Account for the high population of sheep in Australia.

      

Account for the high population of sheep in Australia.

  

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Maurice
(i) Australia has both local and international markets for her wool for example in Japan, Britain and other European countries.

(ii) Advance in technology has introduced refrigeration facilities that have made it possible to for Australia to export lamb and mutton in chilled (frozen) form.

(iii) Most of the human population in Australia lives in towns/urban centers. Thus, there are large tracts of land in the countryside suitable for sheep farming.


(iv) Favourable climatic conditions: Most of the sheep farming is concentrated in the better-watered areas, where rainfall totals are between 380 and 625 mm.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 15, 2019 at 06:14


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