-Although Australia has a fairly low population there are many environmental problems that exist because of human activity. Issues such as globalization has environmentally impacted Australia. Mostly by outside sources the regions main natural resource base has been opened to development. By letting development occur Australia's environment is becoming threatened more and more. Mining operations put watersheds at risk of metals pollution, as well as the addition of pastures creating deforestation are among these threats. Another great threat is the introduction of exotic plants and animals such as nonnative rabbits that because of the lack of disease and predators they are able to continuously multiply and cover an excessive amount of land as well as consume great amounts of vegetation.
-Although Australia is known to be among the most urbanized societies most people relate it with its large Outback. The Outback is a land consisting of bare vegetation, abnormal animals, and faintly settled land. The Western Plateau, Lowland Basins, and the Great Dividing Range control Australia's physical geography. The Western Plateau is only about 1,000 to 1,800 feet high but covers a massive amount of land that covers more than half of Australia. The Lowland Basins are located on the east side of the continent and cover 1,000 miles of land from north to south. The last piece of land being the Great Dividing Range contains the most amount of mountainous as well as forested land which covers ground from southern Victoria to the Cape York Peninsula.
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