On the planet Earth six continents are located. Each of them special and in something unique. Some represent ice kingdoms, in others the summer reigns. Some continents are huge on the area, and others are absolutely insignificant, but also are unique and unique.
The smallest continent on the planet Earth is Avtstraliya. Its area only 8.9 million sq.km. Australia is in the southern hemisphere of the planet and is washed Silent and Indian by oceans. The relief is mainly low, in comparison with other continents if not to take Antarctica into account. All territory of the continent is occupied by the state of Australia. Because of the sizes the continent received the name of the big island.
This continent differs from all nowadays existing the vegetable and animal variety. Australia is the amazing place where the great number of strange animals and plants live. Exactly here the kangaroo, a koala, a duck-bill and an echidna lives. In the territory of Australia total about 30 species of marsupials. Here the biggest tree of the planet - an eucalyptus took the root.
It should be noted that Australia the driest continent of our planet. In its territory, huge sandy deserts are spread. Precipitation for all year a minute quantity drops out, even the African continent will not be compared to Australia on this indicator.
The capital of the state of Australia is Canberra, and one of the largest cities of Sydney. Sydney is well-known for the opera theater which is easily recognized in any corner of the earth, and the role of this city in the history of world sport cannot be a pereotsenima as in Sydney played the summer Olympic Games in 2000.