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Geography (Year 5): Year 5 - Australian Climate Zones

Resources to support Year 5 Geography studies

Climate Data Map

Bureau of Meteorology - Climate Data Online

Open the Climate Data Online map in a new tab.
Choose "Select Using Map"
Data menu on right
Click on down menu arrow under "I would like"
Choose "Climate statistics"
Click on a weather station (blue dot) to see the statistics for that zone

Using climate map

Desert

When it rains in the desert http://abcspla.sh/m/1436340 (short video on Splash ABC)

Australia's deserts - vegetation (Australian Bureau of Statistics)

Alice Springs Desert Park Nature Notes - plants

Australian Desert Plants

Land Use in Australia (map)

Equatorial

Land Use in Australia (map)

Wet tropical rainforests

Also look at the links for tropical climate zone

Grassland

Land Use in Australia (map)

Mitchell Grass Downs - land use

Subtropical

Land Use in Australia (map)

Plant species in subtropical rainforests

Subtropical rainforests (diagram of plant types)

Tropical and subtropical rainforests

Temperate

Splash ABC videos:

Tasmania’s ancient pine forests http://abcspla.sh/m/1436252
A peak into Australia’s alpine region http://abcspla.sh/m/1436384
Blue Mountains http://abcspla.sh/m/1436494
Eucalypt forests and woodlands http://abcspla.sh/m/1436472
Snow gums http://abcspla.sh/m/1436406

Land Use in Australia (map)

Tropical

Splash ABC videos:

Daintree’s secrets http://abcspla.sh/m/1423363
The Daintree http://abcspla.sh/m/1423341
Indigenous seasons across northern Australia http://abcspla.sh/m/1771788
Kakadu http://abcspla.sh/m/1423011

Tropical savannas

land use

Land Use in Australia (map)

Climate zones maps