Flinders Lofty Block

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Flinders Lofty Block
South Australia
IBRA 6.1 Flinders Lofty Block.png
The interim Australian bioregions,
with the Flinders Lofty Block in red
Area66,157.65 km2 (25,543.6 sq mi)
Localities around Flinders Lofty Block:
Gawler Stony Plains Broken Hill Complex
Gawler Flinders Lofty Block Murray Darling Depression
Eyre Yorke Block Kanmantoo Murray Darling Depression

Flinders Lofty Block is an interim Australian bioregion located in South Australia. [1] It has an area of 6,615,765 hectares (16,347,910 acres), [2] which includes the Mount Lofty Ranges and Flinders Ranges.

Subregions

Flinders Lofty Block consists of six subregions

The Mount Lofty Ranges and Broughton subregions are part of the Mount Lofty woodlands ecoregion. [3] The other subregions are part of the Tirari–Sturt stony desert ecoregion.

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References

  1. Environment Australia. "Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 – Summary Report" (PDF). Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australian Government . Retrieved 3 May 2022.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Commonwealth of Australia. 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  3. "Mount Lofty woodlands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.