Identifier: canadianschoolge00corn (find matches)
Title: Canadian school geography
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: London Toronto : Dent
Contributing Library: The University of Western Ontario, Western Archives
Digitizing Sponsor: Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries

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ngutilised for sheep ranching. The water is suited for stock, but notfor irrigation. Its dissolved salts in time make the soil so alkalinethat crops do not flourish. Sec. 584. Climate.—The climate of Australia is a serious hind-rance to its development. The northern portion is in the torridzone, and the most southern part of the mainland is not so far fromthe Equator as the southern parts of Ontario and Quebec. More-over, a large part of the interior is bordered by highlands on boththe east and the west. Hence the climate as a whole is hot, andduring the summer (December to February) a considerable part ofthe interior forms one of the hottest regions in the world (Map 62in Atlas). During the winter, even in the south, there is Uttle frost,and snow is uncommon except in the higher peaks of the DividingRange. The cHmate of the north is unpleasant on account of thehigh temperatures and great humidity. In the south the climateis much pleasanter, and the difference in temperature between
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■Jouiltiy oj (Jueensi-ind Government.FIG. 230. BOTTLE TREE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA The natives make nets from its tibres and drink the sap found in reservoirswithin the trunk. What is the height of this tree? What is the diameter ofits trunk? Are the other trees seen in the picture of the same kind? 424 CANADIAN SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY summer and winter is much greater, though, on account of theinfluence of the ocean, the extremes are much less than in Centraland Eastern Canada. The ramfall is largely dependent on the winds. In the northernpart monsoons (Sec. 42) blow from the Equator toward Australiaduring the summer (December to February), and in the oppositedirection during the winter (Maps 3 and 4 in Atlas). The moistsummer monsoon causes heavy rainfall along the north and north-east coasts, and as there is little or no rain during the winter, thetwo divisions of the year may be more accurately described as therainy and the dry season, rather than summer and winter. In the interior ther

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