Canadian and Australian nature

Michaela Srpová

Travelling to Canada and Australia, their nature and what can you find there...

I am sure that as well as me, many of you are really interested in nature. In that case, trips to nature are more important for you, than city sightseeing or knowing the history of monuments, aren't they? For those who answered yes, I decided to write something about typical flora and fauna in Canada and Australia and choose the best nature places to visit there.

Canada:

In Canada you can find 80 000 classified species of flora and fauna. There are 8 distinct forest regions and half of them are covered by forests, which make 8% of the world forested land. You can find there white and black spruce, balsam fir, jack pine, white birch, tamarack and willow. The largest terrestrial ecozone in Canada is the Boreal Shield, which makes up 20% of the whole Canada. And of course, Canada is known for so many lakes there, it is over 2 millions lakes and 563 are greater than 100 km2.

The most beautiful and most famous place you should absolutely visit is Niagara Falls in Ontario. There is a trio of waterfalls, which forms a massive U-shape that pours 3160 tons of water into the Niagara Gorge (11 km long canyon carved by the Niagara River along the Canada-United States border) every second! How unbelievable...

Australia:

Australia has an extremely diverse nature. You can find a number of unique animals living just in there. Lot of them and a lot of flora as well have unique and individual appearance. From local flora you can find acacias, banksias, boabs, bunya pine, cabbage palms, callistemons, desert oaks and kangaroo paw. In Australia there are 30 000 species of vascular plants. Australian flora has to be adapted to aridity and fire, which include scheromorphy and serotiny. Si this whole means...if you want to discover some new flora species and for us unknown nature, Australia is the right place!

Australia is known for the National park, where are two of the country's most amazing and most famous monuments: KATA TJUTA and ULURU, right in the heart of the Red Center-this is a really must-see place!