1. A USTRALIA By: Jake Ball

2. L AND R EGIONS Highlands in the east, lowlands in the central area, and in the west there are plateaus.

3. R IVERS, L AKES, AND O CEANS Coral Sea, Great Australian Bright, Indian Ocean, Tasman Sea, Lake Eyre, Lake Torrens, Lake Gairdner, Lake St. Clair, The Murray River, The Murrumbidgee.

4. P LANT AND A NIMALS Koala Bears, Thorny Devil, Sea Eagles, Xanthorrhoea Pressii, Gravillea “Bronze Rambler”

5. F ORESTS, D ESERTS, M OUNTAINS & M INERALS Australia has 149.4 million hectares of forests comprising 147.4 million hectares of native forests and 2 million hectares of plantations. This is about 8 hectares of forest for each Australian, one of the highest areas of forest per person in the world. Minerals: Opal, Hematite, Copper.

6. S PECIAL T HANKS T O http://australian-animals.net/ http://www.daff.gov.au/forestry/national/australias-forests http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Australian_famous_lakes http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/austn- rivers http://www.australianminesatlas.gov.au/build/images/copcrystal.gi f http://minerals.gps.caltech.edu/Mineral_Pictures/Opal_Australia.j pg http://www.crocoite.com/realindex.html http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/assets/images/article/jou rnal/11030/glass-house-mountains-tibrogargan-queensland.jpg http://img.ezinemark.com/imagemanager2/files/30002668/2010/0 7/2010-07-22-15-04-57-10-red-dunes-spot-evergreen- plateaus.jpeg http://interactivejungle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Great- Barrier-Reef.jpeg http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.7073976.9586/flat,550x550,075,f.j pg