How much of Australia coastline is desert? (Out of the total 21,262 miles/34,218 km)
1,000 miles (1,600 km)
750
3,000 miles (4,800 km)
1251
14,000 miles (22,500 km)
2100
More than 40% of Australia's land is classified as desert, but almost all of it is located inland. The Great Sandy Desert is the only one to extend to the coast, forming the long sweep of the Eighty Miles Beach (which is actually 140 miles long).