How much of Australia coastline is desert? (Out of the total 21,262 miles/34,218 km)

140 miles (225 km)

1,000 miles (1,600 km)

3,000 miles (4,800 km)

14,000 miles (22,500 km)

More than 40% of Australia's land is classified as desert, but almost all of it is located inland. The Great Sandy Desert is the only one to extend to the coast, forming the long sweep of the Eighty Miles Beach (which is actually 140 miles long).

Cleo

Alex Proimos

Australiadesertsdeserts of Australiageographygeography of Australianature

Geography of Australia quiz Deserts quiz Australia quiz

You will play as

Answers by country

Italy

63%

18%

Germany

43%

11%

19%

23%

Australia

40%

16%

13%

30%

Republic of Ireland

38%

15%

Greece

25%

50%

Poland

19%

14%

24%

41%

4872

the United Kingdom

19%

29%

41%

the United States

18%

27%

34%

123

India

14%

32%

20%

32%

What was the reason to build Canberra for Australian capital, rather than selecting one of the existing large cities?

safe location far from the sea

wish of the Indigenous Australians

low land price

dispute between Sydney and Melbourne

Which continent is that?

The Australian Gibson Desert is named after Alfred Gibson. Who was he?

a man who got lost in the desert

the first president of Australia

the explorer that first crossed Australia

a famous Australian poet

Where is this pinnacle desert?