Im interested to know why Australia seems to have the largest continuous area of arid land (probably being the Sahara), and very little of it is green, arable land? I assume a lot of it has to do with weather patterns, but I’d love to know the specifics. Thanks!
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Really just the way it’s placed in the Southern Hemisphere. It is located in the subtropical zone, which receives the least amount of rainfall in the world. It’s also located in the rain shadow of the Great Dividing Range, which is a mountain range that blocks much of the moisture from the Pacific Ocean from reaching the continent. It’s also also located in an area surrounded by a lot of ocean which absorbs and evaporates much of the moisture from the atmosphere.
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