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Broken Hill Complex

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = region

| name = Broken Hill Complex

| state = au

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| image2 = IBRA 6.1 Broken Hill Complex.png

| caption2 = The interim Australian bioregions,
with the Broken Hill Complex in red

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| area = 56354.22

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| 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

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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 {{convert|5635422|ha|acre}} 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.

class="wikitable sortable"
colspan=5|IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
scope="col" width="250px"|IBRA region / subregionscope="col" width="100px"|IBRA codescope="col" width="250px"|Areascope="col" width="75px"|StatesLocation in Australia
Broken Hill Complexalign="center"|BHCalign="right"|{{convert|5635422|ha}}align="center" rowspan=7|SA / NSWalign="center" rowspan=7|100px
align="right"|Barrier Rangealign="center"|BHC01align="right"|{{convert|1802996|ha|abbr=on}}
align="right"|Mootwingee Downsalign="center"|BHC02align="right"|{{convert|630694|ha|abbr=on}}
align="right"|Scopes Rangealign="center"|BHC03align="right"|{{convert|260806|ha|abbr=on}}
align="right"|Barrier Range Outwashalign="center"|BHC04align="right"|{{convert|1954973|ha|abbr=on}}
align="right"|Bimbowriealign="center"|BHC05align="right"|{{convert|279258|ha|abbr=on}}
align="right"|Curnamonaalign="center"|BHC06align="right"|{{convert|706696|ha|abbr=on}}

See also

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References

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{{cite journal|author=Environment Australia |title=Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 – Summary Report |publisher=Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australian Government |url=http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/ibra/version5-1/summary-report/index.html |accessdate=2007-01-31 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060905215218/http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/ibra/version5-1/summary-report/index.html |archivedate=2006-09-05 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/nrs/science/bioregion-framework/ibra/ibracode7.html |title=Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes |work=Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |year=2012 |accessdate=13 January 2013}}

{{cite web|url=http://deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/ibra/version5-1/summary-report/summary-report3.html#34 |title=IBRA 5.1 regional descriptions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060904221837/http://deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/ibra/version5-1/summary-report/summary-report3.html#34|accessdate=12 May 2018|archive-date=4 September 2006}}

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Category:IBRA regions

Category:Biogeography of New South Wales

Category:Biogeography of South Australia

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