NSW South Western Slopes bioregion

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The NSW South Western Slopes bioregion is a temperate ecological region of New South Wales characterized by undulating slopes, woodlands, and agricultural landscapes on the inland side of the Great Dividing Range.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf IBRA bioregion
bioregion
abbreviation NSS NERFINISHED
biogeographicRealm Australasia NERFINISHED
boundedBy Great Dividing Range NERFINISHED
characterizedBy agricultural landscapes
undulating slopes
woodlands
climateType temperate
containsRiver Lachlan River NERFINISHED
Macquarie River NERFINISHED
Murrumbidgee River NERFINISHED
containsTown Albury NERFINISHED
Bathurst NERFINISHED
Cowra NERFINISHED
Orange NERFINISHED
Wagga Wagga NERFINISHED
Young NERFINISHED
containsVegetationCommunity White Box–Yellow Box–Blakely’s Red Gum Grassy Woodland NERFINISHED
derived native grasslands
country Australia
dominantLandUse dryland cropping
grazing
irrigated agriculture
drainageBasin Murray–Darling Basin NERFINISHED
hasLandform alluvial plains
low ranges
rolling hills
locatedOnSideOf inland side of the Great Dividing Range
nativeFauna eastern grey kangaroo
regent honeyeater
squirrel glider
superb parrot NERFINISHED
swift parrot NERFINISHED
nativeFlora Austrostipa species
Eucalyptus albens NERFINISHED
Eucalyptus blakelyi NERFINISHED
Eucalyptus melliodora NERFINISHED
Themeda triandra NERFINISHED
partOfConservationFramework Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia NERFINISHED
soilType clay loams
fertile loams
state New South Wales
threat habitat fragmentation
invasive species
land clearing
overgrazing
salinity
vegetationType box–gum woodlands
eucalypt woodlands
grassy woodlands

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South Eastern Highlands borderedBy NSW South Western Slopes bioregion
Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council locatedIn NSW South Western Slopes bioregion
this entity surface form: South West Slopes region of New South Wales
Young Shire locatedOn NSW South Western Slopes bioregion
this entity surface form: South West Slopes of New South Wales
Barmedman Mineral Pool region NSW South Western Slopes bioregion
this entity surface form: South West Slopes and Riverina interface
St Patrick’s Catholic Church, Boorowa region NSW South Western Slopes bioregion
this entity surface form: South West Slopes region of New South Wales