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A '''bushfire''' is a [[wildfire]] that happens mostly in the Australian [[The Bush|bush]]. Bush is the word for [[scrubland|scrub]], [[woodland]] or [[grassland]] of [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]]. In south east and south west of Australia, bushfires are most common in the summer and early autumn. In the north of Australia, bushfires usually happen during winter which is the dry season.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://burarra.questacon.edu.au/pages/seasons.html | title=Monsoonal Climate | accessdate=2006-09-09 | format=html | publisher=Questacon | archive-date=2012-03-21 | archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/66Kmfa8wW?url=http://burarra.questacon.edu.au/pages/seasons.html | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=BW>{{cite web |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/inside/services_policy/fire_ag/bushfire/threat.htm |title= The Bushfire Threat|accessdate=2008-10-24 |format= |work= Bushfire Weather}}</ref> Many Australian plants burn easily. [[Eucalyptus]] trees have a high oil content which makes them burn.<ref name=BW/> Over the last 40 years, Australian bushfires have cost around 2.5 billion Australian dollars. In the same period, Australian bushfires caused the death of around 250 people and the destruction of 4,554 homes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ga.gov.au/hazards/bushfire/ |title=What is a bushfire |accessdate=2008-10-25 |format= |work=Geoscience Australia }}</ref>But these figures do not include the 173 people who died and the 2000 homes destroyed in the [[2009 Victorian bushfires]]. They can also kill wildlife including rare koalas.
A '''bushfire''' is a [[wildfire]] that happens mostly in the Australian [[The Bush|bush]]. Bush is the word for [[scrubland|scrub]], [[woodland]] or [[grassland]] of [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]]. In south east and south west of Australia, bushfires are most common in the summer and early autumn. In the north of Australia, bushfires usually happen during winter which is the dry season.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://burarra.questacon.edu.au/pages/seasons.html | title=Monsoonal Climate | accessdate=2006-09-09 | format=html | publisher=Questacon | archive-date=2012-03-21 | archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/66Kmfa8wW?url=http://burarra.questacon.edu.au/pages/seasons.html | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=BW>{{cite web |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/inside/services_policy/fire_ag/bushfire/threat.htm |title= The Bushfire Threat|accessdate=2008-10-24 |format= |work= Bushfire Weather}}</ref> Many Australian plants burn easily. [[Eucalyptus]] trees have a high oil content which makes them burn.<ref name=BW/> Over the last 40 years, Australian bushfires have cost around 2.5 billion Australian dollars. In the same period, Australian bushfires caused the death of around 250 people and the destruction of 4,554 homes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ga.gov.au/hazards/bushfire/ |title=What is a bushfire |accessdate=2008-10-25 |format= |work=Geoscience Australia }}</ref>But these figures do not include the 173 people who died and the 2000 homes destroyed in the [[2009 Victorian bushfires]]. They can also kill wildlife including rare koalas.
== Bushfire Media ==
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File:Burnout ops on Mangum Fire McCall Smokejumpers.jpg|Wildfire burning in the [[Kaibab National Forest]], [[Arizona]], United States, in 2020. The [[Mangum Fire]] burned more than {{convert|70,000|acres|km2}} of [[forest]].
File:The_Rim_Fire_in_the_Stanislaus_National_Forest_near_in_California_began_on_Aug._17,_2013-0004.jpg|Wildfire near [[Yosemite National Park]], United States, in 2013. The [[Rim Fire]] burned more than {{convert|250,000|acres|km2}} of forest.
File:Global Fires - August and February 2008.jpg|Global fires during the year 2008 for the months of August (top image) and February (bottom image), as detected by the [[Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer]] (MODIS) on NASA's [[Terra satellite]].
File:2011-08-04 20 00 00 Susie Fire in the Adobe Range west of Elko Nevada.jpg|Lightning-sparked wildfires are frequent occurrences during the dry summer season in [[Nevada]].
File:Wildfire near Cedar Fort, Utah.jpg|A surface fire in the western desert of [[Utah]], United States
File:Forest fire aftermath.jpg|Charred landscape following a crown fire in the [[Cascade Range|North Cascades]], United States
File:Priske 24.03.2019.jpg|Forest fires visible from a distance in [[Dajti National Park]], [[Tirana]], [[Albania]]
File:Comtrasts.jpg|A dirt road acted as a fire barrier in [[South Africa]]. The effects of the barrier can clearly be seen on the unburnt (left) and burnt (right) sides of the road.
File:Incendio en Caracas (4515878847).jpg|A wildfire in [[Venezuela]] during a [[drought]]
File:Wildfire acres burned in the United States, OWID.svg|Average U.S. acreage burned annually by wildfires has almost tripled in three decades.
File:UC Irvine scientist James Randerson discusses new research linking ocean temperatures and fire seasons severity.ogv|Video to explain how increasing [[Ocean temperature|ocean temperatures]] are linked to fire-season severity.
File:Healthy Hillsides - a project in Rhondda Cynon Taf between NRW and Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.webm|A short video on managing and protecting the natural habitat between a town and the hillside, from the risk of fire.
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== Related pages ==
== Related pages ==
*[[Wildfire]]
*[[Wildfire]]
*[[Fire ecology]]
*[[Fire ecology]]
== References ==
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