only as a part of the Indian Oc
just as it categorises Bass Stra
and the Tasman Sea as simply
of the South Pacific Ocean. The
Australian Hydrographic Servic
considers the Great Australian
to be a part of the Southern Oc
WEATHER IMPACTS
The separation of Australia
from Antarctica created one of
this planet’s most powerful and
influential weather patterns. It
opened a clear channel from we
to east to permit ocean currents
and weather patterns to flow fre
around the southern polar regio
much colder and more violent w
exists at similar latitudes to the north of the
equator.
Great Britain exists at a latitude of about 55
degrees north of the Equator, with extensive
forests and a very diverse ecology of animals
and plants. At 55 degrees south of the Equator
we find the Australian possession of Macquarie
Island where the weather is so cold no woody
gy is so harsh that it is greatly
restricted to essentially polar forms.
This has had immeasurable effects on
Australia, from governing the weather patte
in the southern half of Australia, to determ
the shipping routes to and from our shores
in the days of sail, governing water flow
from rivers, where major cities have been
established and on and on.cean,
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th f hplant can grow, only stunted grasses, and
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ingThe awesome Bunda CliffsAh yes. I think this means:
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