Climate | We have generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north |
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Revenue from forest resources | |
Revenue from coal | |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 13.345 million tons (2024 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 492 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 2.43 billion cubic meters (2022) |
Industrial | 3.11 billion cubic meters (2022) |
Agricultural | 11.19 billion cubic meters (2022) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 47.3% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 4.1% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.1% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 43.1% (2022 est.) |
Forest | 17.4% (2022 est.) |
Other | 35.3% (2022 est.) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 86.6% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 1.27% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 5.235 million Melbourne, 5.121 million Sydney, 2.505 million Brisbane, 2.118 million Perth, 1.367 million Adelaide, 472,000 CANBERRA (capital) (2023). |
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