New South Wales North Coast
For the region of the NSW North Coast, see Northern Rivers.
IBRA regions, with New South Wales North Coast in red
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- ↑ 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