Tasmania Geography

Tasmania Geography:

Tasmania is a small rugged island located to the south-east of mainland Australia. Early european settlers described Tasmania as a "southern england" because of it's similarities to their homeland in climate and geography.

Tasmania is separated from the Australian mainland by the Bass Strait making it one of the largest australian islands measuring approximately 250 kilometres in length.

Tasmania has a number of inactive volcanoes and is one of the mountainous areas of the australia islands. The most mountainous regions are the Central Highlands and south western areas, which cover most of the central, west and south west parts of the island. The central east area is fairly flat only by comparison, and is predominantly used for agriculture.

With regard to a map of Tasmania. The west coast is known for it's significant mineral deposits with some mining occuring in the area. The southwest is densely forested and contains of the worlds last temperate rainforests.