Type: | region |
New England Tablelands | |
State: | au |
Image Upright: | 1.5 |
Map Type: | nomap |
Area: | 30022 |
Elevation: | 600-1500 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Maxtemp: | 9-17 |
Mintemp: | -3.6-6 |
Rainfall: | 653-1765 |
Rainfall Footnotes: | [2] |
Near-N: | Nandewar |
Near-Ne: | New South Wales North Coast |
Near-E: | New South Wales North Coast |
Near-Se: | New South Wales North Coast |
Near-S: | Nandewar |
Near-Sw: | Nandewar |
Near-W: | Nandewar |
Near-Nw: | Nandewar |
New England Tablelands (code NET), an interim Australian bioregion, is located mainly in New South Wales,[3] [4] comprising,[5] of which or 95.23 per cent of the bioregion lies within New South Wales; and the residual within Queensland. This bioregion is one of the smaller bioregions in NSW, occupying 3.57 per cent of the state.[6]
The New England Tableland Bioregion is a stepped plateau of hills and plains with elevations between 600and on Permian sedimentary rocks, intrusive granites and extensive Tertiary basalts.[1] Rainfall varies considerably from 653to[2] and mean temperatures range from -3C17C,[2] based on changes with topography. In terms of plants, the region is dominated by stringy bark/box/peppermint species, including Eucalyptus caliginosa, E. nova-anglica, E. melliodora and E. blakelyi.
In the IBRA system it has the code of (NET), and it has nineteen sub-regions:
IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7 | |||
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IBRA subregion | IBRA code | Area | |
acres | |||
NET01 | 151867ha | ||
NET02 | 24625ha | ||
NET03 | 473825ha | ||
NET04 | 290577ha | ||
NET05 | 106929ha | ||
NET06 | 97773ha | ||
NET07 | 277299ha | ||
NET08 | 35709ha | ||
NET09 | 117461ha | ||
NET10 | 150795ha | ||
NET11 | 206492ha | ||
NET12 | 139242ha | ||
NET13 | 65135ha | ||
NET14 | 64555ha | ||
NET15 | 267999ha | ||
NET16 | 319096ha | ||
NET17 | 78461ha | ||
NET18 | 113767ha | ||
NET19 | 20606ha |