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Australia and its People › Geography
What is the Outback?
- The coastal areas outside of major cities
- The vast, remote interior of Australia, characterised by arid or semi-arid land
- A national park in central Australia
Why this is the correct answer
Australia's vast interior is one of the driest and most sparsely populated places on earth, dominated by desert, scrubland and red soil. Australians call this remote region the Outback, and it covers roughly seventy percent of the continent.