The Wimmera

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The Wimmera is a predominantly agricultural region in western Victoria, Australia, known for its broadacre grain and sheep farming and the Wimmera River system.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Wimmera 6
The Wimmera canonical 1
Wimmera River system 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural region
region
borderedBy Glenelg region
linked to: Glenelg Shire

Grampians region
Mallee
linked to: Mallee region
climate semi-arid
temperate
country Australia
drainageBasin Wimmera River system
linked to: The Wimmera
economicActivity broadacre farming
grain handling and storage
federalDivision Mallee
linked to: Mallee region

Wannon
hasFeature Wimmera plains
linked to: Wimmera region

clay soils
sandy soils
hasLandUse cropping
grazing
hasLocalGovernmentArea Ararat Rural City
Hindmarsh Shire
Northern Grampians Shire
Rural City of Horsham
West Wimmera Shire
Yarriambiack Shire
hasRiver Wimmera River
knownFor broadacre grain farming
dryland agriculture
sheep farming
livestock merino sheep
locatedIn Victoria
western Victoria
majorCrop barley
canola
lupins
wheat
majorTown Ararat
Dimboola
Hopetoun
Horsham
Minyip
Murtoa
Nhill
Stawell
Warracknabeal
near Grampians National Park
partOf Inland southeastern Australia
stateElectorate Lowan
Ripon
waterManagementIssue salinity
variable river flows

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Horsham, Victoria, Australia region Wimmera
linked to: The Wimmera
Jeparit, Victoria, Australia region Wimmera
linked to: The Wimmera
Warracknabeal region Wimmera
linked to: The Wimmera
Western Victoria hasSubregion Wimmera
subject linked to: western Victoria
linked to: The Wimmera
The Wimmera drainageBasin Wimmera River system
linked to: The Wimmera
Regional Victoria hasPart Wimmera
subject linked to: regional Victoria
linked to: The Wimmera
Horsham locatedIn Wimmera
linked to: The Wimmera