New South Wales North Coast
Appearance
New South Wales North Coast or NSW North Coast, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in New South Wales,[1][2] comprising 3,996,591 hectares (9,875,790 acres).[3]
Regions
In the IBRA system it has the code of (NNC), and it has nineteen sub-regions:
IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7 | ||||
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IBRA subregion | IBRA code | Area | ||
Washpool | NNC01 | 59,377 hectares (146,720 acres) | ||
Cataract | NNC02 | 121,338 hectares (299,830 acres) | ||
Dalmorton | NNC03 | 316,458 hectares (781,980 acres) | ||
Chaelundi | NNC04 | 188,279 hectares (465,250 acres) | ||
Yuraygir | NNC05 | 45,815 hectares (113,210 acres) | ||
Coffs Coast and Escarpment | NNC06 | 308,115 hectares (761,370 acres) | ||
Macleay Hastings | NNC07 | 729,170 hectares (1,801,800 acres) | ||
Carrai Plateau | NNC08 | 20,100 hectares (50,000 acres) | ||
Macleay Gorges | NNC09 | 153,349 hectares (378,930 acres) | ||
Upper Manning | NNC10 | 83,181 hectares (205,540 acres) | ||
Comboyne Plateau | NNC11 | 123,315 hectares (304,720 acres) | ||
Mummel Escarpment | NNC12 | 400,916 hectares (990,690 acres) | ||
Barrington | NNC13 | 110,903 hectares (274,050 acres) | ||
Tomalla | NNC14 | 227,615 hectares (562,450 acres) | ||
Ellerston | NNC15 | 113,183 hectares (279,680 acres) | ||
Upper Hunter | NNC16 | 232,750 hectares (575,100 acres) | ||
Karuah Manning | NNC17 | 602,423 hectares (1,488,620 acres) | ||
Rocky River Gorge | NNC18 | 86,829 hectares (214,560 acres) | ||
Guy Fawkes | NNC19 | 73,477 hectares (181,570 acres) |
References
- ^ Environment Australia. "Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 – Summary Report". Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australian Government. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
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(help) - ^ IBRA Version 6.1 data
- ^ "Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Commonwealth of Australia. 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
Further reading
- Thackway, R and I D Cresswell (1995) An interim biogeographic regionalisation for Australia : a framework for setting priorities in the National Reserves System Cooperative Program Version 4.0 Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Reserve Systems Unit, 1995. ISBN 0-642-21371-2