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stretching in a belt from Dampierland to the north- 

 eastern highlands, alike on the western plateau and in 

 the central lowlands, over the large levels broken by 

 short ranges of hills of the former, and over a flat or 

 undulating territory farther east. 



In its general aspect, the savana is a brush of tall 

 tuft-grass, dotted with groves or solitary specimens of 



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CLIMATE REGIONS 



ivith Type Stations 



FIG. 59. Seasonal distribution of Rainfall in Australia. 



low shrubby trees, mostly evergreen like eucalyptus, 

 or heath-like (casuarinas), or again with thickets of 

 acacias. The most important trees of this savana are 

 again the melaleucas and the tea-trees. As in Africa 

 and America, the bombax tree is conspicuous. This 

 belt is frequently interrupted by tracts of scrub, and in 



