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Geography Exam Study Notes: The Australian Continent
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The Australian continent: Countries that belong to the Asia-Pacific Region: | Countries that are described as being on the Pacific Rim: | * Australia * Brunei * Cambodia * People's Republic of China * Hong Kong * Macau * Fiji * Indonesia * Japan * Kiribati * North Korea * South Korea * Laos * Malaysia * Marshall Islands * Federated States of Micronesia * Nauru * New Zealand * Palau * Papua New Guinea * Philippines * Samoa * Singapore * Solomon Islands * Thailand * Timor-Leste * Tonga * Republic of China (Taiwan) * Tuvalu * Vanuatu * Vietnam * United States Territories - * American Samoa * Guam * Northern Mariana Islands * Sometimes included - * India (member of the East Asia Summit) * Mongolia (landlocked country in East Asia) * Myanmar (Burma) (member of the ASEAN) * Russia (the Russian Far East borders the Pacific Ocean | * Australia * Brunei * Cambodia * Canada * Chile * China * Colombia * Costa Rica * Ecuador * El Salvador * Guatemala * Honduras * Indonesia * Japan * Malaysia * Mexico * New Zealand * Nicaragua * North Korea * Panama * Papua New Guinea * Peru * Philippines * Russia * Singapore * South Korea * Taiwan * Thailand * United States of America * Vietnam |
-Location of Australia:
Australia is a country, an island, and a continent. It is located in Oceania between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean atWikiMiniAtlas 27°S 144°E / 27°S 144°E / -27; 144. It is the sixth largest country in the world with a total area of 7,686,850 square kilometers
-EEZ:
An exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is a sea zone prescribed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea over which a state has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.[1] It stretches from the seaward edge of the state's territorial sea

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