Overview
South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the aridest parts of the country. With a total land area of 983,482 square kilometers, it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories.
Description
South Australia, state of south-central Australia. It occupies one of the driest, most barren parts of the continent, but its southern fringe consists of well-watered and fertile lands and is where most of the population is located. It is bounded by Western Australia to the west, the Northern Territory to the north, Queensland to the north and east, and New South Wales and Victoria to the east. To the south, it fronts the Great Australian Bight, a marginal sea of the southern Indian Ocean (called the Southern Ocean in Australia). The capital is Adelaide, on the southern coast.