Overall, the reserve is around 140, 000 square miles in size, larger than the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

宏观看来，这个保护区大约有140，000平方英里，比澳大利亚的大堡礁还要大。

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Australia has a land area of 7, 682, 300 square kilometers and its coastline is 36, 735 kilometers long.

澳大利亚占地7,682,300平方公里，海岸线长达36,735公里。

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Lake Eyre might be the bleakest, most featureless place on earth-a flat, arid salt sink in Australia with only the horizon to define its 3,700 square miles.

澳大利亚南部的艾尔湖可能是地球上最荒芜，最没有特色的地方了。这个澳大利亚低平的，荒芜的盐碱性湖泊有的只是地平线上3700平方英里的面积。

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The setback now means Australia must attempt to square the series without their figurehead and best batsman of the last decade.

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Its breezy cosmopolitan capital, Papeete, sits on Tahiti's northeastern tip and is the gateway to a captivating world of indigenous culture that infuses a chain of islands spread across 5 million square kilometres of sparkling ocean between Australia and South America.

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More than 50 companies exploring geothermal projects in Australia have taken out over 400 licences for areas covering nearly 500, 000 square kilometres a combined area roughly the size of Spain.

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