NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: World Regions of Australia
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Wheat
- Major Exporter
- Method of cultivation similar to USA and Canada
- Yields are low (Wheat farms are not all that prone to climatic hazards in the southern continents as they are in the north because of maritime locations)
- Irrigation is necessary in Victoria and NS. Wales
- Wheat cultivation is intensified in the Riverina district of the MurrayDarling Basin and in Swanland (W. Australia)
Wine
- Chiefly from S. Australia, around Adelaide.
- Minor area Murray Darling Basin of Victoria and New South Wales Centered at Mildura.
Wool
- Leading producer
- Two third of produced wools belong to Merino Class
- Concentrated in New South Wales, especially in the rolling Downs on the western side of the GreDividingRange.
- New Zealand has astonishing numterjifsheerj. Maritime climate and, better pasture are helpful. Out of total threefourth belongs to the Rodney Marsh (British) . New Zealand fleeces are the heaviest
Forests
- Australia has little natural forest It has some reserves in the moister south east and in Tasmania,
- Major tree type Eucalyptus (poor quality timber) Also possess valuable Jarrah and Karri. (Found in south west of the country in Swanaland in W. Australia)
- Australia has few local softwood resources but many conifers have been planted in order to provide larger supplies.
- New Zealand has some small softwood reserve. (Most in less fettled south island which has Kauri Pine.)