SOUTHEAST ASIA

GREAT VICTORIAN DESERT

• The only water source is thunderstorms.
• It has some desert-adapted vegetation like marble gums, mulga
• and spinifex grass, as well as a large variety of arid-land adapted shrubs & smaller plants.
• Average daytime temperatures range from 32 to 40 degrees Celsius in summer
• and 18-23 degrees Celsius in winter.

GREAT VICTORIAN DESERT

• It covers regions of Western Australia and South Australia.

DARLING RIVER

• Darling River was named after Sir Ralph Darling.
• It flows southwest before joining the Murray at Wentworth.
• 94% of rainfall evaporates, 2% drains into the ground and 4% ends up as runoff
• The river is used extensively for irrigation, and the combined Murray-Darling basin
• supports more than 40% of Australia's agriculture.

ANNAMESE CORDILLA

• The range comprises mainly limestones, sandstones, granites, and gneisses.
• To the south, the Annamese Cordilla curves to the southwest, reaching 7,500ft.
• It has a tropical monsoon climate with a short dry season from December-April.
• Another name for this range is the Chaine Annamitique

MAYON VOLCANO

• The type of volcano it is, is the Stratovolcano.
• The rock type is Basalt to Olivine-bearing Pyroxene Andesite.
• The types of hazards it causes are lava flows, airfall tephra, Pyroclastic flows and lahars.
• The base diameter is 20 km.

SOUTH ISLAND

• South Island can be as cold as 14*F in winter.
• Most places in New Zealand receive about 2,000 hours of sunshine a year.
• New Zealand's national symbol is a nocturnal flightless bird with nostrils on the end of its large beak.
• The small Hector's dolphin is the world's rarest dolphin and only found in New Zealand waters.

FIJI

• Fiji became an independent republic in 1970, following nearly a century as British colony.
• The largest Hindu temple in Fiji is the colorful Sri Siva Subramaniya Temple, one of the major landmarks in Nadi.
• About 57 percent of Fiji's population is native Melanesian or Melanesia/Polynesian mix
• English is Fiji's official language.

MARSHALL ISLANDS

• For almost 40 years the islands were under U.S. administration.
• The average height of the islands is only 7 feet above sea level.
• The motto of the country is jepilpilin ke ejukaan, which means “accomplishment through joint effort.”
• The Marshall Islands is made up of two archipelagic chains, with a total of 29 atolls.

TAHITI

• Tahiti's currency is the pacific franc.
• The official languages of the country are both Tahitian and French.
• English is also spoken on some islands.
• There are 118 islands and atolls spread out over five archipelagos.

TRANSANTARCTIC MTS.

• Divides Antarctica into west and east.
• They were first seen by Captain James Ross in 1841 from the Ross Sea.
• The rocks of the Transantarctic Mountains include mostly a light, buff-colored sandstone.
• The rocks forming the present Transantarctic Mountains were uplifted.

VINSON MASSIF

• Mount Vinson is named for Georgia Congressman Carl Vinson.
• Wasn't actually discovered until December 1957 until a reconnaissance flight by U.S. Navy pilots came.
• Mount Vinson was the last of the Seven Summits to be climbed due to its remoteness and late discovery.
• The height is 4897m (16,067ft). It is also 13km (8 miles) wide.