Murray Mallee

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Murray Mallee is a semi-arid, mallee-dominated biogeographic region in southeastern Australia characterized by low-growing eucalypt scrub, sandy soils, and dryland agriculture.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Murray Mallee canonical 5
Murray-Mallee 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf IBRA bioregion
biogeographic region
biogeographicRealm Australasian realm
borderedBy River Murray
linked to: Murray River
climateType cooler drier winters
hot dry summers
contains remnant native vegetation patches
country Australia
dominantVegetation low-growing eucalypt scrub
mallee eucalypt shrubland
hasAverageAnnualRainfall approximately 250–400 mm
hasCharacteristic calcareous sands
dune fields
low rainfall
low relief
hasClimate semi-arid
hasConservationValue habitat for mallee bird species
habitat for mallee-dependent mammals
habitat for threatened reptiles
hasEcosystemType semi-arid mallee ecosystem
hasManagementAuthority state conservation agencies of New South Wales
state conservation agencies of South Australia
state conservation agencies of Victoria
hasSoilType sandy soils
hasVegetationType chenopod shrubland remnants
semi-arid woodland remnants
landUse cropping
dryland agriculture
grazing
locatedIn Murray Basin geological province
New South Wales
South Australia
Victoria
southeastern Australia
partOf Murray–Darling Basin
soilLimitation low fertility
soilLimitation wind erosion risk
threat dryland salinity
invasive species
land clearing
overgrazing
usedFor barley production
sheep grazing
wheat production
vegetationDominatedBy multi-stemmed eucalypts
vegetationStructure heath-like scrub
open shrubland

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Mallee region biogeographicRegion Murray Mallee
Pinnaroo region Murray Mallee
Lameroo region Murray Mallee
Karoonda region Murray Mallee
Hammond previouslyKnownAs Murray-Mallee
linked to: Murray Mallee