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There's plenty of land in Australia which is absolutely not desert. Also there are cities built in deserts these days.
by eliben 9y ago
There's plenty of land in Australia which is absolutely not desert. Also there are cities built in deserts these days.
- calsy 9y agoThere is plenty of land that is not desert, but the majority is desert. Any stat comparing population size with land mass is misleading. Australia is hot, 300km off the coast and you’re in drought territory. Go in further and you won’t last a day in the sun without shade and water. It’s not the US, there are towns in the outback, the majority choose not to live there. People will ordinarily group together in a single area where jobs, infrastructure and general quality of living are high.
- ghaff 9y agoSome of the fastest growing US cities are in the desert. However, there is (sort of) water available for those. (Water supply in the southwest is a major issue though.) I assume inland Australia would have bigger issues with water supply as they don't have a large mountain range draining into the interior.