Broken Hill Complex

Broken Hill Complex
Australia
The interim Australian bioregions,
with the Broken Hill Complex in red
Area56,354.22 km2 (21,758.5 sq mi)
Localities around Broken Hill Complex:
SSD CHC MUL
FLB BHC DRP
FLB MDD DRP

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
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

References

  1. ^ 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. {{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 13 January 2013.
  3. ^ "IBRA 5.1 regional descriptions". Archived from the original on 4 September 2006. Retrieved 12 May 2018.


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