Great Desert of Victoria
Great Desert of Victoria (red color)
Great Victoria Desert is a sandy desert in the south-east of Western Australia and northwestern Australia, bordering the north with the Gibson Desert. Its area is 424 thousand. km², and the annual rainfall is 200-250 mm.
It is a barren, dry and sparsely populated region in the south of Australia. Widely over 700 km from west to east and separated from the Great Australian Plain by the Nullarbor Lowlands.
Summer temperatures range from +32 to +40 ° C. In winter they range from +18 to +23 ° C.
It is inhabited by many different groups of Australian aborigines, ie, Kogara and Mirning.
In 1875, Ernest Giles, the first European, went through the desert. He also named the desert of the then British Queen Victoria.
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