THE WEATHER CYCLE 



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a tropical climate, with a very low yearly range 

 of temperature. The eastern coastlands of 

 Queensland, New South Wales, and the eastern 

 part of Victoria, and the whole of Tasmania 

 belong to the " East Australian Province." It 

 has regular, plentiful rains, and a moderate 

 annual range of temperature. The south- 

 western corner of Western Australia forms 

 another province, characterized by a subtropical 



i. African Tropical. 2. Kalahari. 3. Cape. 4. Indio- Australian Monsoon. 



5. Inner Australia. 6. S.W. Australia. 7. East Australia. 



8. Polynesian Tropical. 9. New Zealand. 



FIG. 16. Map showing the Climatic Provinces. (After Supan.) 



climate, with fairly equable annual conditions. 

 The rest of Australia, extending from the western 

 coast to the head of the Australian Bight and 

 Spencer Gulf, and bounded eastward by the 

 main divide of eastern Australia, and northward 

 by the I ndo- Australian Monsoonal Province, 

 is the " Inner Australian Province." It is 

 characterized by great extremes in temperatures, 



