Type: | region |
Broken Hill Complex | |
State: | au |
Area: | 56354.22 |
Near-N: | CHC |
Near-Ne: | MUL |
Near-E: | DRP |
Near-Se: | DRP |
Near-S: | MDD |
Near-Sw: | FLB |
Near-W: | FLB |
Near-Nw: | SSD |
Near: | BHC |
The Broken Hill Complex (code BHC), an interim Australian bioregion, is located in both New South Wales and South Australia, and comprises an area of 5635422ha of inland Australia.
IBRA 5.1 describes BHC as being:
Hills and colluvial fans on Proterozoic rocks; desert loams and red clays, lithosols and calcareous red earths; supporting chenopod shrublands Maireana spp. - Atriplex spp. shrublands, and mulga open shrublands Acacia aneura.
IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7 | ||||
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IBRA region / subregion | IBRA code | Area | Location in Australia | |
Broken Hill Complex | BHC | |||
BHC01 | 1802996ha | |||
BHC02 | 630694ha | |||
BHC03 | 260806ha | |||
BHC04 | 1954973ha | |||
BHC05 | 279258ha | |||
BHC06 | 706696ha | |||