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"The extent of flood waters that have engulfed Queensland over the past
fortnight is so widespread it has covered an area more than four times the size
of the United Kingdom. The inundation is larger than France and Germany
combined – and is even bigger than Texas.
The seemingly endless plains of outback Queensland are so vast and remote as to
boggle any attempts to visualise the scale of what is being described as one of
the most devastating floods in living memory.
The Bureau of Meteorology said on Friday that the flooding had “severely
impacted” more catchments spanning about 1m sq km since prolonged downpours
began drenching south-west and central Queensland on 23 March.
To put that in perspective, Tasmania is 15 times smaller (64,519 sq km or
24,911 sq miles); the land area of the United Kingdom is 241,930 sq km, and
Texas is 695,662 sq km.
The flooded area is more than four times the size of Victoria (227,038 sq km)
and bigger than New South Wales (801,137 sq km). It is about the same size as
Egypt and about half the size of Saudi Arabia or Mexico.
If the flooding were a country, it would be the 31st largest on Earth."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
