Australia (Capital: Canberra)
Australia has severed diplomatic ties with Iran and expelled Iran's ambassador over anti-Semitic attacks.
Political features
- Both a country and smallest continent entirely surrounded by the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with no land borders.
- Maritime Boundaries: the coastline is surrounded by several major seas and straits:
- Arafura Sea (north), Timor Sea (northwest), Coral Sea (northeast)
- Tasman Sea (southeast), Bass Strait: separates mainland Australia from Tasmania and Great Australian Bight (south).
Geographical features
- Climate: Tropical (north), Temperate (southeast and southwest) and most of the country is arid or semi-arid desert.
- Major Rivers: Murray and Darling
- Great Dividing Range (Mountain range along the east coast).
- Major Deserts: Great Victoria Desert, the Gibson Desert, and the Great Sandy Desert.
- Tropic of Capricorn runs through the central regions of Australia