World Atlas 2010 (4th edition)

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Lake Barlee

Lake Carnegie

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Lake Wells

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Uluru

(Ayers Rock)

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Great Victoria Desert

Manjimup

Augusta

Katanning

Esperance

Elliston

Wagin

Norseman

Ceduna

Penong

Eucla

Northam

Merredin

MooraGingin

SouthernCross

Coolgardie

Reid

Coober Pedy

Kalbarri

Meekatharra

Mount Magnet

Carnarvon

Kalgoorlie

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Albany

Geraldton

Bunbury

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Brookton

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The Nullarbor Plain is so flat that theTrans-Australian Railway runsthrough it in a dead straight linefor 297 miles (478 km), the longest section of straight track in the world.

Around 18 percent of Australia is covered indesert, the biggest being The Great VictoriaDesert, which at 163,900 sq miles (424,400 sq km)is over 10 times the size of Belgium.

Residents of Coober Pedy have built their homesbelow ground to escape temperatures that can reach 113 ̊F (45 ̊C) during the summer months.

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