Geography Of Australia Essay

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Australia is smaller than the United States which is located between the Pacific and the Indian oceans. Australia has been divided into six states which are New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. Each state have their own characteristic. There are sixteen regions which located at the New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory. The population in Australia are keep increasing year by year. According to the information that I get from internet resource, it show that in 2014 the total population are 23.5 million. The average of the population from year 1960 to 2014 are 16.42 million.
For the South Australia there has 18 wine regions. South Australia has many zone such as Barossa Valley, Mount …show more content…

This state produced around 27% of the Australia’s wine so this state is quite important to Australia. There are a few regions in New South Wales which are Hunter Valley, Mudgee and Orange. Hunter Valley divided into two parts which are Lower Hunter and Upper Hunter. For the Lower Hunter the soils are heavy and it is a humidity of the climate is higher. For the Upper Hunter it will be a bit drier. Mudgee is an interior area which specializes in red wines for example Merlot.
Victoria is also one of the states in Australia that produced around 15% of the Australia’s wine. Murray River, Rutherglen, Goulburn Valley, Yarra Valley are a few region in Victoria. Murray River is very important region for growing the grapes for the high quality wine. There are more than twenty wineries at Rutherglen and there are more than 150 years of winemaking history. Goulburn Valley is a place that with moderate weather. Yarra Valley is cool-climate region.
In addition, the state is Western Australia. The Western Australia is the country’s largest state and this state produce the high quality wine. There are two region which are Margaret River and Great Southern. Margaret River located near to the Indian Ocean and the well know wines in this region are Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvigon. The place that cooler than Margaret River names Great Southern and the well know wines in this region such as Shiraz, Chardonnay and Pinot

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