Wednesday, 10 August 2011

Great Victoria Desert, Australia

The Great Victoria Desert is a sparsely populated desert area in Western Australia and South Australia. It is the largest desert in Australia and consists of many small sandhills, grassland plains and salt lakes. It is over 700 kilometres wide from west to east and covers an area of 348,750 square kilometres from the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia to the Gawler Ranges in South Australia. Average annual rainfall is low and irregular, ranging from 200 to 250 mm per year. Summer daytime temperatures range from 32 to 40 °C while in winter, this falls to 18 to 23 °C  

Images of Great Victoria Desert, Australia
Great Victoria Desert, Australia
Great Victoria Desert, Australia
Great Victoria Desert, Australia
Great Victoria Desert, Australia

Great Victoria Desert, Australia


Great Victoria Desert, Australia






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