Competitive Exams: 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.)