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By Alex and Ali
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Maps Of the Deserts
Great Victorian desert
The Big Desert
Antarctica
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The Big Deserty The Big Desert has had a few natural disasters such as
On 19th December 2002 lightening strikes caused fires
in the Big Desert. These
raged th
rough 180,000hectares of bush land.
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Species from the Big deserty The Big Desert is home to a wide type of birds, reptiles and
mammals. It offers visitors an opportunity to experience alandscape which has remained unaffected by humanbeings and provides a challenge for the experienced hiker.
y The region is considered to be the best single area in Victoria for reptiles with over fifty species of lizards andsnakes recorded. Ninety-three species of birds have been
recorded in the park including the extremely rare western whipbird. Mammals found in the area include the silky mouse, western pygmy possum and Mitchell's hopping-mouse.
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The Great Victorian Deserty The Great Victoria Desert in Australia was first crossed by the European explorer
Ernest Giles in 1875.
y David Lindsey's expedition crossed the area from the top to bottom in 1891. Lime
Juice Camp is named to remind us of one of their mishaps: it was there at the party,they decided to have a part in all of this and open their own supply of lime juice. It
did not go well . It was mixed with alcohol and water in a galvanized tin, with the
result that everybody became rather sick with zinc poisoning. Ah well bad luck!
y The next explorer to leave his mark was Frank Hann, who was looking for lands
and for gold in the land between 1903 and 1908. He named a few more places and
left his mark.y And last but not least there is the famous Len Beadell. He worked as a surveyor for
the Australian army, and surveyed and build roads in the 1960s. If you read any of
the many books he wrote about his time in the Great Victoria Desert then you can
guess that the Anne Beadell Highway (named after his wife) is not exactly a
highway which is Fairly weird?
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How Big is the Great Victorian
Desert?
TheGreat Victorian Desert is 424,400 km2 according to
this site if the last number is correct it is the 3rd
biggest desert but if the 1st number is correct thatmeans its eight biggest desert in the world
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Antarcticay Antarctica is a desert because it is a polar region. It is
obviously different to all the others but it is the driestdesert because the extreme cold f reezes, water vapours out
of the air. Annual snow fall on the polar plateau isequivalent to less than 0.5cm of rain, keep this in mind adesert if a ver y dr y place that includes ice.
y . Solar Energy:Did you know that the south polo does not get any shine
for six months and the other six months do most of thesuns rays that do reach the ground are reflected back intospace.
y
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