Lachlan Valley

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Lachlan Valley is an agricultural region in central western New South Wales, Australia, named after the Lachlan River and known for its farming communities and rural landscapes.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lachlan Valley canonical 2
Lachlan Valley region 2
Lachlan River region 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural region
region of New South Wales
administrativeRegionOverlap Orana and Central West (informal region)
surface form: Central West and Orana region (NSW planning region)
climate temperate to semi-arid
containsLocalGovernmentArea Cowra Shire
Forbes Shire
Lachlan Shire
Weddin Shire
containsSettlement Condobolin
Cowra
Forbes
Grenfell
Lake Cargelligo
Parkes, New South Wales
surface form: Parkes
country Australia
drainageBasin Murray–Darling Basin
Murrumbidgee catchment
hasCharacteristic farming communities
rural landscapes
hasEconomicActivity cattle grazing
grain production
horticulture
irrigated cotton (in some areas)
sheep grazing
hasFeature alluvial plains
cropping fields
grazing lands
hasLandUse dryland farming
irrigated agriculture
hasTransportCorridor Mid-Western Highway
surface form: Mid-Western Highway (through parts of the valley)

Newell Highway (through parts of the valley)
railway lines serving grain transport
knownFor agriculture
cropping
livestock farming
language English
locatedIn New South Wales
central western New South Wales
locatedOnContinent Australia
mainRiver Lachlan River NERFINISHED
namedAfter Lachlan River NERFINISHED
partOf Central West (New South Wales)
surface form: Central West New South Wales
regionType inland river valley
riverBasinOf Lachlan River NERFINISHED
state New South Wales
usedFor broadacre farming
pastoralism
waterResource Lachlan River irrigation schemes

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canowindra locatedIn Lachlan Valley
Wiradhuri traditionalTerritory Lachlan Valley
this entity surface form: Lachlan River region
Wyangala Dam region Lachlan Valley
Lambing Flat Folk Museum locatedIn Lachlan Valley
this entity surface form: Lachlan Valley region
Cabonne Shire neighboringRegion Lachlan Valley
this entity surface form: Lachlan Valley region