Malo opezeka kumtunda kwa Australia ndi zigwa, koma pali mapiri awiri apa:
- Mtundu Wogawa Kwakukulu;
- Ma Alps aku Australia.
Mapiri ambiri ku Australia ndi otchuka padziko lapansi, chifukwa chake okwera ambiri amabwera kuno. Amagonjetsa mapiri osiyanasiyana.
Alps aku Australia
Malo okwera kwambiri kontrakitala ndi Phiri la Kostsyushko, pamwamba pake lomwe lidafika mamita 2228. Phirili ndi la Alps aku Australia, omwe nsonga zake ndizofika mamita 700-1000. Mapiri monga Blue Mountains ndi Liverpool amapezeka pano. Mapiri awa akuphatikizidwa mu World Heritage List.
N'zochititsa chidwi kuti Alps a ku Australia ndi osiyanasiyana: mapiri ena ali ndi mitengo yobiriwira komanso nkhalango, ena ali ndi mapiri opanda miyala komanso miyala ina, ndipo ena amaphimbidwa ndi chipewa cha chipale chofewa, ndipo pamakhala chiopsezo chamapiri. Mitsinje yambiri imachokera mu mapiriwa, ndipo pakati pawo pali mtsinje wautali kwambiri kumtunda - Murray. Pofuna kuteteza mapiri a Alps aku Australia, malo osungirako zachilengedwe ambiri atsegulidwa.
Mawonekedwe a mapiri ndi okongola, makamaka nthawi yachisanu. Pamalo amenewa pali Great Alpine Road yomwe imadutsa mapiri onse. Chifukwa chapadera cha kutonthozedwa kwa mapiriwa, kukwera maulendo apaulendo komanso kuyendetsa magalimoto kumapangidwa pano.
Mtundu Wogawa Kwakukulu
Dera lamapirili ndi lalikulu kwambiri ku Australia, lomwe limazungulira gombe lakum'mawa ndi kumwera chakum'mawa kwa mainland. Mapiriwa ndi achichepere, chifukwa adapangidwa munthawi ya Cenozoic. Panapezeka madipoziti a mafuta ndi golide, gasi wachilengedwe ndi mkuwa, malasha, mchenga ndi zinthu zina zofunikira zachilengedwe. Anthu okhala ku Australia komanso alendo amakonda kukacheza ndi mapiriwa, chifukwa kuli mathithi ndi mapanga okongola, malo okongola komanso zachilengedwe zosiyanasiyana. Maluwa ndi olemera. Awa ndi nkhalango zobiriwira nthawi zonse, mapululu, nkhalango, nkhalango za bulugamu. Chifukwa chake, nyama zosiyanasiyana zikuyimiridwa pano.
Mapiri akuluakulu ku Australia
Pakati pa mapiri otchuka komanso okwera ku Australia, nsonga ndi zitunda zotsatirazi ziyenera kuzindikiridwa:
- Phiri la Bogong;
- mapiri a Darling;
- Phiri la Meharri;
- Mtunda wa Hamersley;
- mapiri akuluakulu a McPherson;
- Phiri Loyaka;
- Mapiri Achisanu;
- Phiri la Zil;
- Phiri la Ossa ndiye nsonga yayitali kwambiri ku Tasmania.
Chifukwa chake, mapiri ambiri aku Australia ali m'gulu la Great Dividing Range. Amapangitsa kukongola kwa dzikoli kukhala kokongola. Mapiri ambiri ndi otchuka pakati pa okwera mapiri, chifukwa chake amabwera kuno kuchokera padziko lonse lapansi.
