Oceania is made up of many islands including Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Tasmania, and others in Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia. The document locates the major land relief and water features of Oceania, including mountain ranges, deserts, islands, archipelagos, rivers, lakes, seas, and oceans that define the region.

1. 6. LAND RELIEF AND WATER DISTRIBUTION IN OCEANIA
Oceania is the smallest continent. It is made up of different islands: Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand,
Tasmania, Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia.
LOCATE ON THE PHYSICAL MAP THE LAND RELIEF OF OCEANIA (and the distribution of water):
 MOUNTAINS - Great Dividing Range (Gran Cordillera) – Bismarck Range –
Australian Alps - Southern Alps – Puncak Jaya (4.884 metres, the
highest Mountain of Oceania).
 PENINSULAS - York Peninsula.
 DESSERTS - Great Sandy Desert – Great Victoria Desert.
 ISLANDS/ARCHIPELAGOS - Australasia: Australia (the largest island in the world), New Zealand
and Melanesia.
- Melanesia: Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Vanuatu, New
Caledonia, Solomon Islands… (More than 10.000 islands).
- Micronesia: Mariana, Guam, Caroline, Gilbert… (about 600 islands)
- Polynesia: Samoa, Tahiti, Cook… (about 1.000 islands).
 CAPES/GULFS/BAYS - Gulf of Carpentaria – Great Australian Bight – Cape Leeuwin – Cape
York
 RIVERS - Murray – Darling.
 LAKES - Lake Eyre
 SEAS AND OCEANS - Coral Sea – Timor Sea – Tasman Sea (Mar de Tasmania) - Arafura
Sea – Indian Ocean – Pacific Ocean.