Southwestern Australia

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Southwestern Australia is a botanically rich region of Australia renowned for its high plant endemism and biodiversity, particularly within its unique Mediterranean-climate ecosystems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biodiversity hotspot
biogeographic region
borderedBy Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
country Australia
hasBiome Mediterranean-type ecosystem
hasCharacteristicPlant Banksia species
Dryandra species
Eucalyptus species
linked to: Eucalyptus

Hakea species
Xanthorrhoea (grasstrees)
hasCharacteristicVegetation heathland
kwongan shrubland
mallee shrubland
sclerophyll forest
hasClimate Mediterranean climate
hasConservationPriority global priority region
hasEcoregion Avon Wheatbelt
Esperance mallee
Geraldton Sandplains
Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands
Southwest Australia savanna
Southwest Australia woodlands
Swan Coastal Plain
Warren bioregion
hasFloraKingdom Southwest Australian Floristic Region
hasHighEndemismIn Myrtaceae
Orchidaceae
Proteaceae
hasHighLevelOf biodiversity
plant endemism
hasHighSpeciesRichnessOf invertebrates
reptiles
vascular plants
hasLongTermClimaticStability yes
hasMajorCity Albany
Bunbury
Perth
hasSoilType lateritic soils
nutrient-poor soils
sandy soils
locatedIn Western Australia
locatedOnContinent Australia
recognizedAs Global biodiversity hotspot
recognizedBy Conservation International
threatenedBy altered fire regimes
climate change
habitat loss
invasive species
land clearing for agriculture

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Proteaceae foundInRegion Southwestern Australia
Australian floristic region includesArea southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Setonix associatedWithRegion southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Setonix nativeTo southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Tarsipes rostratus endemicTo southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Tarsipedidae endemicTo southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Noongar language spokenIn Southwest Western Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Noongar language region Southwestern Western Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Calyptorhynchus banksii distribution southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Prevelly locatedIn south-western Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Cape Arid National Park partOf south-east coastal bioregion of Western Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Mediterranean forests, woodlands and scrub foundInRegion southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Southwest Australia Mediterranean-climate shrublands locatedIn Southwest Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Southwest Australia Mediterranean-climate shrublands borderedBy Southwest Australia woodlands
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Swan Coastal Plain partOf South West Botanic Province
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Yallingup wine region locatedIn South West Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Kings Park Festival region South West Australia Floristic Region
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Banksia nativeTo Southwestern Australia
Avon Valley ecoregion Southwest Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Setonix brachyurus endemicTo southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
quokka nativeTo southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Thylacoleo carnifex geographicDistribution southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Mediterranean climate zone foundInRegion southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
honey possum nativeTo southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
honey possum endemicTo southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Nyunga language region Southwest Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Southwest Pama languages region southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Potorous distribution southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Morelia spilota geographicDistribution southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Nyungic languages region Southwest Western Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Tandanus distribution southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Boryaceae distribution southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Nyungar spokenIn Southwest Western Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Wagyl region Southwest Australia
subject linked to: Wagyl (rainbow serpent being)
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Nyoongar spokenIn Southwest Western Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Atrichornis distribution southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Atrichornis clamosus nativeTo southwestern Australia
subject linked to: Atrichornis
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Jerdacuttup locatedIn southern Western Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Cephalotus nativeTo southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
western ground parrot nativeTo southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
western ground parrot endemicTo southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Kunzea distributionRegion southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Atrichornithidae distribution southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Eneabba floraRegion Southwest Australia biodiversity hotspot
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Nyoongar language spokenIn Southwest Western Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Wudjari dialect spokenIn Southwestern Western Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Noongar language centres regionServed Southwest Western Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Wardandi dialect region Southwest Western Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia
Calyptorhynchus distribution southwestern Australia
linked to: Southwestern Australia