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
biogeographicRealm Australasia
linked to: Asia-Pacific
boundedBy Great Dividing Range
characterizedBy agricultural landscapes
undulating slopes
woodlands
climateType temperate
containsRiver Lachlan River
Macquarie River
Murrumbidgee River
containsTown Albury
Bathurst
Cowra
Orange
Wagga Wagga
Young
containsVegetationCommunity White Box–Yellow Box–Blakely’s Red Gum Grassy Woodland
derived native grasslands
country Australia
dominantLandUse dryland cropping
grazing
irrigated agriculture
drainageBasin Murray–Darling Basin
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
swift parrot
nativeFlora Austrostipa species
Eucalyptus albens
Eucalyptus blakelyi
Eucalyptus melliodora
Themeda triandra
partOfConservationFramework Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia
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 South West Slopes region of New South Wales
linked to: NSW South Western Slopes bioregion
St Patrick’s Catholic Church, Boorowa region South West Slopes region of New South Wales
linked to: NSW South Western Slopes bioregion
Barmedman Mineral Pool region South West Slopes and Riverina interface
linked to: NSW South Western Slopes bioregion
Young Shire locatedOn South West Slopes of New South Wales
linked to: NSW South Western Slopes bioregion