Darling Riverine Plains

Summary

The Darling Riverine Plains is an interim Australian bioregion located in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.[1] It has an area of 10,699,769 hectares (26,439,710 acres).[2] South Eastern Queensland bioregion is part of the Southeast Australia temperate savanna ecoregion.

Darling Riverine Plains
Australia
The interim Australian bioregions,
with the Darling Riverine Plains in red
Area106,997.69 km2 (41,312.0 sq mi)
Localities around Darling Riverine Plains:
Mulga Lands Mulga Lands Brigalow Belt South
Broken Hill Complex Darling Riverine Plains Brigalow Belt South
Murray Darling Depression Cobar Peneplain NSW South Western Slopes

Subregions edit

The Darling Riverine Plains bioregion consists of nine subregions:

  • Culgoa-Bokhara (DRP01) – 1,354,799 hectares (3,347,780 acres)
  • Warrambool-Moonie (DRP02) – 1,151,637 hectares (2,845,760 acres)
  • Castlereagh-Barwon (DRP03) – 4,500,355 hectares (11,120,620 acres)
  • Bogan-Macquarie (DRP04) – 1,999,951 hectares (4,941,990 acres)
  • Louth Plains (DRP05) – 276,573 hectares (683,430 acres)
  • Wilcannia Plains (DRP06) – 504,562 hectares (1,246,800 acres)
  • Menindee (DRP07) – 653,935 hectares (1,615,910 acres)
  • Great Darling Anabranch (DRP08) – 147,138 hectares (363,590 acres)
  • Pooncarie-Darling (DRP09) – 110,819 hectares (273,840 acres)

References edit

  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.