Flinders Lofty Block

{{Short description|Bioegion in South Australia}}

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| area = 66157.65

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| near-n = Stony Plains

| near-ne = Broken Hill Complex

| near-e = Murray Darling Depression

| near-se = Murray Darling Depression

| near-s = Kanmantoo

| near-sw = Eyre Yorke Block

| near-w = Gawler

| near-nw = Gawler

| near = Flinders Lofty Block

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Flinders Lofty Block is an interim Australian bioregion located in South Australia.{{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=https://www.awe.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/revision-ibra-development-5-1-summary-report.pdf |access-date=3 May 2022}} It has an area of {{convert|6615765|ha|acre}},{{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 |access-date=3 May 2022}} which includes the Mount Lofty Ranges and Flinders Ranges.

Subregions

Flinders Lofty Block consists of six subregions

  • Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) – {{convert|300580|ha|acre}}
  • Broughton (FLB02) – {{convert|1,032,918|ha|acre}}
  • Olary Spur (FLB03) – {{convert|1,745,479|ha|acre}}
  • Southern Flinders (FLB04) – {{convert|728,317|ha|acre}}
  • Northern Flinders (FLB05) – {{convert|1,846,804|ha|acre}}
  • Central Flinders (FLB06) – {{convert|961,667 |ha|acre}}

The Mount Lofty Ranges and Broughton subregions are part of the Mount Lofty woodlands ecoregion.{{WWF ecoregion|name=Mount Lofty woodlands|id=aa1206}} The other subregions are part of the Tirari–Sturt stony desert ecoregion.

References

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{{Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA)}}

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Category:Biogeography of South Australia

Category:IBRA regions

Category:Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub in Australia

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