Nandewar Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Area | 27,019.77 km2 (10,432.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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Nandewar (code NAN), [1] an interim Australian bioregion, is located in New South Wales and Queensland, [2] and comprises an area of 2,701,977 hectares (6,676,730 acres), [1] surrounded by the Brigalow Belt South to the west, south-west and north-west, and to the east by the New England Tablelands. [3] This is a region of hills on Palaeozoic sediments and lithosols [2] and of Eucalyptus albens woodlands and summer rainfall. [2]
In the IBRA system Nandewar has the code of (NAN), and it has four sub-regions: [4]
IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7 | ||||
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IBRA subregion | IBRA code | Area | ||
ha | acres | |||
Nandewar Northern Complex | NAN01 | 962,254 | 2,377,780 | |
Inverell Basalts | NAN02 | 230,854 | 570,450 | |
Kaputar | NAN03 | 78,307 | 193,500 | |
Peel | NAN04 | 1,430,562 | 3,535,000 |
New England Tablelands, an interim Australian bioregion, is located mainly in New South Wales, comprising 3,002,213 hectares, of which 2,860,758 hectares or 95.23 per cent of the bioregion lies within New South Wales; and the residual within Queensland. This bioregion is one of the smaller bioregions in NSW, occupying 3.57 per cent of the state.
New South Wales North Coast or NSW North Coast, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in New South Wales, comprising 3,996,591 hectares.
The Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) is an IBRA biogeographic region, located in the Northern Territory and Queensland, which comprises an area of 33,468,761 hectares with eight subregions.
The Arnhem Coast, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory, comprising an area of 3,335,669 hectares of the coastal plains that characterises central Arnhem Land in the Top End of the Northern Territory.
The Darwin Coastal, an IBRA bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory of Australia.
The Cape York Peninsula tropical savanna is a tropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion in northern Australia. It occupies the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, mainland Australia's northernmost point. It is coterminous with the Cape York Peninsula, an interim Australian bioregion.
The Broken Hill Complex, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in both New South Wales and South Australia, and comprises an area of 5,635,422 hectares of inland Australia.
The Gulf Fall and Uplands, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory and Queensland, comprising 11,847,909 hectares.
The Gulf Plains, an interim Australian bioregion (IBRA), is located in the Northern Territory and Queensland, comprising 22,041,825 hectares. It is one of 89 such bioregions defined in Australia, with 419 subregions as of IBRA version 7, compared with the 85 bioregions and 403 subregions described in IBRA6.1.
The Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields, an interim Australian bioregion, comprises 27,984,283 hectares, and is part of four state/territories of Australia: the Northern Territory, South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland
Mount Isa Inlier, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Queensland, and comprises 6,778,263 hectares.
The Pacific Subtropical Islands is an interim biographic region of Australia (IBRA) and comprises Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island. Its IBRA code is PSI.
Central Mackay Coast, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in Queensland, and comprises 1,464,208 hectares.
Cobar Peneplain, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in New South Wales, and comprises 7,385,346 hectares.
Finke, an interim Australian bioregion, comprises 7,267,416 hectares, and is part of two state/territories of Australia: the Northern Territory and South Australia.
The Sturt Plateau, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory, and covers an area of 9,857,531 hectares. The bioregion has the code STU. There are three subregions.
Tanami is an interim Australian bioregion, comprising 25,997,277 hectares in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. It is part of the Great Sandy-Tanami desert ecoregion.
South Eastern Queensland is an interim Australian bioregion located in south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales. It has an area of 7,804,921 hectares. It is one of the most biodiverse bioregions in Australia. The bioregion is home to eucalypt forests and woodlands, with rainforests on mountain slopes and in stream valleys and wallum heaths near the coast. South Eastern Queensland bioregion is the northernmost part of the Eastern Australian temperate forests ecoregion.
The Darling Riverine Plains is an interim Australian bioregion located in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales. It has an area of 10,699,769 hectares. South Eastern Queensland bioregion is part of the Southeast Australia temperate savanna ecoregion.
The South East Corner is an interim Australian bioregion located in eastern Victoria and south-eastern New South Wales. It has an area of 2,532,053 hectares. The South East Corner bioregion is part of the Southeast Australia temperate forests ecoregion.
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