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位于太平洋西南部和印度洋之间的澳大利亚联邦,国土面积7683300平方公里,人口1600多万。澳大利亚四面环水,在自然地理上明显分成三部分:东部澳大利亚山地区、中部平原区、西部高原区。西部高原大部分为沙漠和半沙漠,占全国面积的35%。采矿工业和农牧业发达,人均国内生产总值达中等国家水平。全国有铁路4万多公里,但轨距甚杂,铁路运输不便。从经济、自然地理与交通运输状况看,发展国内支线航空运输有极有利
The Australian Federation, located between the southwest Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, has a land area of 7,683,300 square kilometers and a population of more than 16 million. Australia is surrounded by water, clearly divided into three parts in the physical geography: the eastern Australian mountains, the central plains, the western plateau area. Most of the western plateau desert and semi-desert, accounting for 35% of the country. Mining industry and agriculture and animal husbandry developed, the per capita GDP reached the national level. There are more than 40,000 km of railways in the country, but the gauge is very complicated and the rail transport is inconvenient. From the perspective of economy, natural geography and transportation, it is very advantageous to develop domestic regional air transport