Geography

Concepts to cover

1. Australia: Great Dividing Range, Murray-Darling basin, Great Artesian Basin, Western Plateau, Great Barrier Reef, Great Victoria and Gibson deserts, Lake Eyre
2. New Zealand's Southern Alps; Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia; Ring of Fire islands
3. Antarctica: ice sheet, Transantarctic mountains, Vinson Massif, Ross and Weddell seas, Indian research stations Maitri and Bharati
4. Arctic Ocean and its littoral states; Bering Strait between Alaska and Chukotka; Greenland; Svalbard; Northern Sea Route
5. Arctic Council: eight members (Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, United States) and observers including India