Australia Physical Map
A free printable physical map of Australia, with elevation shown in color and shaded relief. The labeled version names the mountain ranges, deserts, plains, rivers, seas and highest peaks, plus the capital and largest cities. The blank version leaves them off for students to fill in.
Highest Point
Mt. Kosciuszko
7,310 ft
Lowest Point
Lake Eyre
about 49 ft below sea level
Choose your version
Labeled or blank.
Both are free PDFs sized for US Letter paper.
Labeled
Ranges, deserts, plains, rivers, lakes, seas and the highest peaks, all named. Use it as a reference or an answer key.
downloadLabeled PDF
Blank
The same terrain with no names and a name line at the top, for students to label the features themselves.
downloadBlank PDFThe physical geography of Australia
Australia is the flattest continent. The Great Dividing Range runs along the east coast and includes Mt. Kosciuszko, the highest peak. West of the range are the central lowlands, which include the Great Artesian Basin and Lake Eyre, a salt lake that is usually dry. The western two-thirds of the country is a low plateau, much of it desert: the Great Sandy, Gibson and Great Victoria deserts. The Nullarbor Plain borders the south coast, and Tasmania lies off the southeast.
Major rivers
- Murray
- Darling
- Murrumbidgee
- Lachlan
- Cooper Creek
Find it on the map
- The Great Dividing Range along the east coast
- The deserts of the western plateau
- Tasmania, the island off the southeast
Built from real data, not stock images.
The terrain is drawn from a global elevation model (Mapzen terrain tiles, built from NASA SRTM and other public surveys). Coastlines, rivers, lakes and feature names come from Natural Earth. The colors are spread over this country’s own elevation range, so its terrain shows clearly whether it is flat or mountainous.
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