New England Tablelands
Australia
View west over the New England Tablelands from Point Lookout.
The interim Australian bioregions,
with New England Tablelands in red.
Elevation600–1,500 m (1,969–4,921 ft)[1]
Area30,022 km2 (11,591.6 sq mi)[2]
Mean max temp[3] Mean min temp[3] Annual rainfall[3]
9-17 °C
10 °F		 -3.6-6 °C
18 °F		 653−1,765 mm
583.5 in
Localities around New England Tablelands:
Nandewar Nandewar New South Wales North Coast
Nandewar New England Tablelands New South Wales North Coast
Nandewar Nandewar New South Wales North Coast

New England Tablelands (code NET), an interim Australian bioregion, is located mainly in New South Wales,[4][5] comprising 3,002,213 hectares (7,418,630 acres),[2] of which 2,860,758 hectares (7,069,090 acres) 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.[6]

The New England Tableland Bioregion is a stepped plateau of hills and plains with elevations between 600 and 1,500 metres (2,000 and 4,900 ft) on Permian sedimentary rocks, intrusive granites and extensive Tertiary basalts.[1] Rainfall varies considerably from 653 to 1,765 millimetres (25.7 to 69.5 in)[3] and mean temperatures range from −3 to 17 °C (27 to 63 °F),[3] based on changes with topography. In terms of plants, the region is dominated by stringy bark/box/peppermint species, including Eucalyptus caliginosa, E. nova-anglica, E. melliodora and E. blakelyi.[7]

Subregions

In the IBRA system it has the code of (NET), and it has nineteen sub-regions:

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA subregionIBRA
code		Area
haacres
Bundarra DownsNET01151,867 375,270
Beardy River HillsNET0224,625 60,850
Walcha PlateauNET03473,825 1,170,850
Armidale PlateauNET04290,577 718,030
Wongwibinda PlateauNET05106,929 264,230
Deepwater DownsNET0697,773 241,600
Glenn Innes-Guyra BasaltsNET07277,299 685,220
Ebor BasaltsNET0835,709 88,240
Moredun VolcanicsNET09117,461 290,250
Severn River VolcanicsNET10150,795 372,620
Northeast Forest LandsNET11206,492 510,250
Tenterfield PlateauNET12139,242 344,070
Yarrowyck-Kentucky DownsNET1365,135 160,950
Binghi PlateauNET1464,555 159,520
Stanthorpe PlateauNET15267,999 662,240
Eastern NandewarsNET16319,096 788,500
Tingha PlateauNET1778,461 193,880
NightcapNET18113,767 281,120
Round MountainNET1920,606 50,920

References

  1. 1 2 "New England Tableland - landform". Office of Environment & Heritage. Government of New South Wales. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  2. 1 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. 1 2 3 4 5 "New England Tableland - climate". Office of Environment & Heritage. Government of New South Wales. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ IBRA Version 6.1 data
  6. ↑ "New England Tableland Bioregion". Office of Environment & Heritage. Government of New South Wales. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  7. ↑ 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 4 September 2006. Retrieved 6 May 2018. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

Further reading

  • Thackway, R and I D Cresswell (1995) An interim biogeographic regionalisation for Australia : a framework for setting priorities in the National Reserves System Cooperative Program Version 4.0 Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Reserve Systems Unit, 1995. ISBN 0-642-21371-2

See also


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