Australia
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is the world's smallest continent and sixth-largest country. With
proportionately more desert land than any other continent, has a low
population density. Lying completely in the Southern Hemisphere, is
bounded by the Indian Ocean on the west and south and by the Pacific Ocean on
the east. Th ....
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.... The country's name derives from the Latin terra australis
incognita, meaning "unknown southern land," which resulted from a confusion
between Australia and Antarctica on early world maps.
In many ways Australia is unusual among continents. It lacks major relief
features and has a high proportion of dry land. The continent's isolation from
other landmasses accounts for its unique varieties of vegetation and animal life,
and for the existence of a Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) culture a ....
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