Prelims · 3 Physical & World Geography · 3.8 World regional geography: continents

3.8.7 Australia, Oceania and Antarctica

Australia is the smallest, flattest and driest inhabited continent, set among the island groups of Oceania, while Antarctica is an ice-covered, uninhabited continent governed for peace and science under the Antarctic Treaty.

  • APPSC Group 2 · Prelims
  • Standard level
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  • Full course

Key terms

  • Australia
  • island continent
  • Western Plateau
  • Great Artesian Basin
  • Great Dividing Range
  • Kosciuszko
  • Uluru
  • Lake Eyre
  • Murray-Darling
  • Great Barrier Reef
  • Downs
  • Kalgoorlie
  • New Zealand
  • Canterbury Plains
  • Melanesia
  • Micronesia
  • Polynesia
  • New Guinea
  • Antarctica
  • Vinson Massif
  • Mount Erebus
  • Vostok
  • Antarctic Treaty
  • Madrid Protocol
  • Maitri
  • Bharati
  • Dakshin Gangotri
  • Indian Antarctic Act

What this note covers

  1. Core factsFoundation
  2. ExplainedStandard
  3. DeeperAdvanced
  4. Mains writingMains writing
  5. Common trapsFoundation
  6. Quick revisionFoundation

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