Broken Hill Complex
Region in Australia
Broken Hill Complex Australia | |||||||||||||||
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![]() The interim Australian bioregions, with the Broken Hill Complex in red | |||||||||||||||
Area | 56,354.22 km2 (21,758.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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The Broken Hill Complex (code BHC), an interim Australian bioregion, is located in both New South Wales and South Australia,[1] and comprises an area of 5,635,422 hectares (13,925,430 acres)[2] of inland Australia.
IBRA 5.1 describes BHC as being:
Hills and colluvial fans on Proterozoic rocks; desert loams and red clays, lithosols and calcareous red earths; supporting chenopod shrublands Maireana spp. - Atriplex spp. shrublands, and mulga open shrublands Acacia aneura.[3]
IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7 | ||||
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IBRA region / subregion | IBRA code | Area | States | Location in Australia |
Broken Hill Complex | BHC | 5,635,422 hectares (13,925,430 acres) | SA / NSW | ![]() |
Barrier Range | BHC01 | 1,802,996 ha (4,455,300 acres) | ||
Mootwingee Downs | BHC02 | 630,694 ha (1,558,480 acres) | ||
Scopes Range | BHC03 | 260,806 ha (644,470 acres) | ||
Barrier Range Outwash | BHC04 | 1,954,973 ha (4,830,840 acres) | ||
Bimbowrie | BHC05 | 279,258 ha (690,060 acres) | ||
Curnamona | BHC06 | 706,696 ha (1,746,280 acres) |
See also
- Geography of Australia
References
- ^ Environment Australia. "Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 – Summary Report". Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australian Government. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2007.
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(help) - ^ "Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Commonwealth of Australia. 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ "IBRA 5.1 regional descriptions". Archived from the original on 4 September 2006. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
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