Year 8 Australian Landforms

How many major landform regions does Australia have?

• Two

• Three

• Four

• Five

Match the following

• Coastal lowlands

• 
• Eastern Highlands

• 
• Great Western Plateau

• 
• Central lowlands

• 

This landform is the...

• Central lowlands

• Coastal lowlands

• Great Western Plateau

• Eastern highlands

This landform is the...

• Great Western Plateau

• Central lowlands

• Coastal lowlands

• Eastern highlands

This landform is the...

• Eastern highlands

• Coastal lowlands

• Great Western Plateau

• Central lowlands

This landform is the...

• Great Western Plateau

• Central lowlands

• Coastal lowlands

• Eastern highlands

The coastal lowlands around Australia are...

• narrow and fragmented

• wide and open

• narrow and open

• wide and fragmented

The Hunter-River Valley is part of which landform region?

• The Coastal lowlands

• The Great Western Plateau

• The Central lowlands

• The Eastern highlands

The Great Dividing Range is part of which landform region?

• The Central lowlands

• The Great Western Plateau

• The Eastern highlands

• The Coastal lowlands

The Eastern Highlands are very rugged because...

• rivers have cut deep valleys

• valleys have cut deep rivers

• weather and erosion have cut deep valleys

• weather and erosion have cut deep rivers