South-west Corner of Western Australia
The South-west Corner of Western Australia is one of the only two temperate and relatively fertile parts of mainland Australia. It covers about 140,000 square kilometres, or a little less than 2% of the continent. For comparison, this is about the same size as North Carolina or a little larger than England.
The landscape is generally flat and sandy but there are several major features, in particular the Stirling Ranges near Albany, which reach 1096 metres at their highest point, and the Pilbara
