Australia: World Geography English Glossary | Basic Vocabulary | The Outback | Uluru | Coral Reef 🇦

Hello, you're very welcome to Learning English Pro. In this video, we will discuss world geography, relating to Australia. This is the second part in our series, and we plan to bring you lots more geography in the future. In this video, we will discuss key geographical locations in Australia, and lots of English geography vocabulary, as well as English adjectives, and some interesting facts for you. But before we begin, make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel, and hit that bell to get a notification direct to your inbox every time we post a new English lesson. Are you ready to begin? This is Australia. It is the oldest, flattest, and lowest continent in the world. And it's also an island, and a country. It is a fascinating place, and I'm very excited to discuss it with you today. Our first destination is the Outback. It covers a vast area, and is remote, or isolated. This means that it is situated far from the main centres of population. On the coast, you can see it here on the map. The Outback is an amazing place, and it has many different types of climatic zones, like the coast, and monsoon. It also has tropical zones, and semi-arid zones, along with temperate zones, and the famous Red Centre, which we will cover in detail later in the video. Australia, and the Outback in particular, has lots of well-adapted wildlife, including many different species of marsupials, creatures who rear their young in a front pouch. And the Outback is one of the largest remaining intact natural areas on Earth. This means that it has mostly been untouched by man. In our last video, we saw the savannas in Africa in the Serengeti, but the savanna in Northern Australia is actually the largest intact savanna region in the world. If you want some more vocabulary on the savanna, why not check out part 1 of this series, and learn about the interesting relationship between the animals and the geography of the savannas in Africa. Okay, it's time to move on to our next location in Australia. Coming up, we have the Red Centre. Famous for having 10 named deserts, largest of which is the Great Victoria Desert. Australia has lots of deserts, in fact, deserts cover 35% of the continent, and in these deserts vegetation is limited in both height and density. Located in the Red Centre is the very famous Uluru. Uluru is a sandstone formation, and incredibly is 600 million years old. Uluru is huge, and it is 340 metres high, with a circumference of 9.4 kilometres. Uluru is sometimes referred to as a monolith, but it is actually an inselberg, or an island mountain. Humans have lived in Australia for 40,000 years, and Uluru is a sacred site to the local Aboriginal people. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. And did you know that Uluru appears to change colour at different times of the day and year, especially at dawn and sunset? Uluru is an amazing place, and of course it is a popular tourist attraction. Would you like to visit Uluru someday? Write a comment and let us know. Now it's time to move to a different geographical location. Australia is very famous for its beaches, and this is one of its most famous beaches, Bondi Beach in Sydney. As Australia is a huge island, it is surrounded by oceans. To the west, the Indian Ocean, to the east, the Pacific Ocean, and to the south, the Southern Ocean, or Antarctic Ocean. So it is no surprise that Australia has a prominent beach culture. This is very natural, as over 85% of Australians live near the coast. There is over 10,000 beaches, and amazingly, 25,000 km of coastline. It's no surprise they love to surf. Now it's time to move to our last location, and this one is a little bit further out to sea. The Great Barrier Reef, found off the coast of Queensland, in the northeast of the country. This famous aquatic environment is the world's largest coral reef. It is a place filled with colour, because of an abundance of species. It has a huge diversity of life, and like Uluru, is a World Heritage Site. Unfortunately, the Great Barrier Reef has several environmental threats, and since 1985 has lost half its coral reefs. These threats include climate change, pollution, invasive species, and overfishing. Saving the Barrier Reef is a big job, because it is 2,300 km long. It contains 2,900 individual reefs, and 900 islands. You can help the Great Barrier Reef, and the planet, so make sure to recycle, and limit your use of single-use plastics. That's the end of our video, thank you so much for watching, we really value your support. Do you have a friend who is learning English? Why not share this video with them and tell them about Learning English Pro. Before you go, don't forget to like this video, and if you have any suggestions or a question for us, why not leave a comment below? We'd love to hear from you. Check out our social media, like YouTube, Tumblr, Instagram, and Facebook. Follow us today, and remember, keep learning English like a pro. Have a great day!