Queensland

Queensland (kwenikweni /ˈkwiːnzlænd/ KWEENZ-land, omwe amatchedwa mwachidule kuti Qld) ndi chigawo chakummawa kwa Australia, chachiwiri chachikulu ndi chachitatu chokhala ndi anthu ambiri pakati pa zigawo za Australia. Chili ndi malire ndi Northern Territory, South Australia, ndi New South Wales kumadzulo, kum'mwera chakumadzulo, ndi kum'mwera motsatana. Kum'mawa, Queensland imakhala ndi malire ndi Nyanja ya Coral ndi Nyanja ya Pacific; kumpoto kwake kuli Torres Strait, yomwe imalekanitsa dziko la Australia ndi Papua New Guinea, ndi Gulf of Carpentaria kumpoto chakumadzulo. Ndi malo okwana 1,723,030 square kilometres (665,270 sq mi), Queensland ndi chigawo chachisanu ndi chimodzi chachikulu kwambiri padziko lonse; ndichachikulu kuposa mayiko 16 onse kupatula. Chifukwa cha kukula kwake, mawonekedwe ake ndi nyengo za Queensland ndizovuta, kuphatikizapo nkhalango za m'tchire, mitsinje, miyala yamchere, minda yamapiri, ndi magombe amchenga m'madera otentha ndi ocheperako a m'mphepete mwa nyanja, komanso zigwa ndi savanna m'malo ozizira ndi a m'chipululu m'mkati mwa chigawochi.