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/>with Avon Wheatbelt in red</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#e6c4fb;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">95,171.04 km<sup>2</sup> (36,745.7 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="3" style="width:100%; border: 1px #ddd solid;"> <tbody><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f0f0ff;padding: 2px 0px; text-align:center;"><b>Localities around Avon Wheatbelt:</b></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Geraldton_Sandplains" title="Geraldton Sandplains">Geraldton Sandplains</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><a href="/wiki/Yalgoo_bioregion" title="Yalgoo bioregion">Yalgoo</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Yalgoo_bioregion" title="Yalgoo bioregion">Yalgoo</a></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Swan_Coastal_Plain" title="Swan Coastal Plain">Swan Coastal Plain</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;font-weight:bold;">Avon Wheatbelt</td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Coolgardie_bioregion" title="Coolgardie bioregion">Coolgardie</a></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Jarrah_Forest" title="Jarrah Forest">Jarrah Forest</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><a href="/wiki/Jarrah_Forest" title="Jarrah Forest">Jarrah Forest</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Mallee_bioregion" title="Mallee bioregion">Mallee</a></td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Avon Wheatbelt</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Bioregion" title="Bioregion">bioregion</a> in <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IBRA_5.1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBRA_5.1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has an area of 9,517,104 hectares (23,517,280 acres).<sup id="cite_ref-IBRA7_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IBRA7-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is considered part of the larger <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Australia_savanna" title="Southwest Australia savanna">Southwest Australia savanna</a> ecoregion.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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It lies on the <a href="/wiki/Yilgarn_Craton" title="Yilgarn Craton">Yilgarn Craton</a>, an ancient block of crystalline rock, which was uplifted in the <a href="/wiki/Tertiary" title="Tertiary">Tertiary</a> and dissected by rivers. The craton is overlain by <a href="/wiki/Laterite" title="Laterite">laterite</a> deposits, which in places have decomposed into yellow sandplains, particularly on low hills. Steep-sided erosional gullies, known as breakaways, are common.<sup id="cite_ref-Beecham2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beecham2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the south and west (the Katanning subregion), streams are mostly perennial, and feed rivers which drain westwards to empty into the Indian Ocean.<sup id="cite_ref-Beecham2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beecham2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the centre, east, and north (Merredin subregion) there is no connected drainage. Here streams, which are remnants of ancient drainage systems, flow only during wet years, and drain to chains of salt lakes.<sup id="cite_ref-Beecham1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beecham1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subregions">Subregions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avon_Wheatbelt&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Subregions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It has within it two subregions named after localities within the region: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Merredin,_Western_Australia" title="Merredin, Western Australia">Merredin</a> - AVW01 6,524,175 hectares (16,121,590 acres)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katanning,_Western_Australia" title="Katanning, Western Australia">Katanning</a> - AVW02 2,992,929 hectares (7,395,690 acres)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avon_Wheatbelt&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The bioregion has a semi-arid <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_climate" title="Mediterranean climate">Mediterranean climate</a>, with hot, dry summers and mild winters, with most rainfall occurring in the winter months.<sup id="cite_ref-Beecham1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beecham1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Avon Wheatbelt is generally drier than the <a href="/wiki/Darling_Scarp" title="Darling Scarp">Darling Scarp</a> to the west. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flora_and_fauna">Flora and fauna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avon_Wheatbelt&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Flora and fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scrub-heath, characterized by shrubs in the <a href="/wiki/Proteaceae" title="Proteaceae">Proteaceae</a> family, are common on sandplains and lateritic uplands. These scrub-heaths are species-rich, and include many endemic plants. Mixed eucalypt woodlands with salmon gum (<i><a href="/wiki/Eucalyptus_salmonophloia" title="Eucalyptus salmonophloia">Eucalyptus salmonophloia</a></i>) and rock sheoak (<i><a href="/wiki/Allocasuarina_huegeliana" title="Allocasuarina huegeliana">Allocasuarina huegeliana</a></i>), and woodlands of jam (<i><a href="/wiki/Acacia_acuminata" title="Acacia acuminata">Acacia acuminata</a></i>) and York gum (<i><a href="/wiki/Eucalyptus_loxophleba" title="Eucalyptus loxophleba">Eucalyptus loxophleba</a></i>), are found on granite-derived soils and the alluvial soils of plains and stream valleys. There are smaller areas of <a href="/wiki/Wandoo" title="Wandoo">wandoo</a> woodland.<sup id="cite_ref-Beecham1_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beecham1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Wongan_Hills" title="Wongan Hills">Wongan Hills</a> are a range of flat-topped hills, dissected by steep gullies, in the northern portion of the bioregion. They are the largest area of intact vegetation in the northern Wheatbelt. The hills are home to remnant woodlands of salmon gum, York gum, gimlet (<i><a href="/wiki/Eucalyptus_salubris" title="Eucalyptus salubris">Eucalyptus salubris</a></i>), and silver mallet (<i><a href="/wiki/Eucalyptus_falcata" title="Eucalyptus falcata">Eucalyptus falcata</a></i>), and low forest of jam (<i>Acacia acuminata</i>), plant communities were once widespread but now rare in the Wheatbelt. The hills are home to 90 species of birds. Plants endemic to the Wongan Hills include <i><a href="/wiki/Acacia_botrydion" title="Acacia botrydion">Acacia botrydion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Acacia_pharangites" title="Acacia pharangites">Acacia pharangites</a>, <a href="/wiki/Acacia_pygmaea" title="Acacia pygmaea">Acacia pygmaea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banksia_bella" title="Banksia bella">Banksia bella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eremophila_ternifolia" title="Eremophila ternifolia">Eremophila ternifolia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philotheca_wonganensis" title="Philotheca wonganensis">Philotheca wonganensis</a></i>, and <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chenopodium_aciculare&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chenopodium aciculare (page does not exist)">Chenopodium aciculare</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Beecham1_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beecham1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Granite outcrops, like <a href="/wiki/Boyagin_Rock" title="Boyagin Rock">Boyagin Rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kokerbin_Rock" title="Kokerbin Rock">Kokerbin Rock</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yilliminning_Rock&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yilliminning Rock (page does not exist)">Yilliminning Rock</a>, are important as seasonal habitats and refuges for native fauna. Some are home to some endemic species, including the tree <i><a href="/wiki/Eucalyptus_caesia" title="Eucalyptus caesia">Eucalyptus caesia</a></i> endemic to Boyagin Rock and the lichens <i>Paraparmelia sammyi</i> and <i>Paraparmelia sargentii</i> endemic to Yilliminning Rock. Granite pools are home to 350 species of aquatic invertebrates, including 50 thought to be endemic to the Wheatbelt.<sup id="cite_ref-Beecham1_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beecham1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Native mammals include the <a href="/wiki/Red-tailed_phascogale" title="Red-tailed phascogale">red-tailed phascogale</a> (<i>Phascogale calura</i>), <a href="/wiki/Black-flanked_rock-wallaby" title="Black-flanked rock-wallaby">black-flanked rock-wallaby</a> (<i>Petrogale lateralis lateralis</i>), <a href="/wiki/Western_brush_wallaby" title="Western brush wallaby">western brush wallaby</a> (<i>Macropus irma</i>), and <a href="/wiki/Common_brushtail_possum" title="Common brushtail possum">common brushtail possum</a> (<i>Trichosurus vulpecula</i>). Several other once-native mammals are now locally extinct.<sup id="cite_ref-Beecham1_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beecham1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Beecham2_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beecham2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Native birds include <a href="/wiki/Malleefowl" title="Malleefowl">malleefowl</a> (<i>Leipoa ocellata</i>), <a href="/wiki/Carnaby%27s_black_cockatoo" title="Carnaby's black cockatoo">Carnaby's black cockatoo</a> (<i>Calyptorhynchus latirostris</i>), <a href="/wiki/Baudin%27s_black_cockatoo" title="Baudin's black cockatoo">Baudin's black cockatoo</a> (<i>Calyptorhynchus baudinii</i>), and <a href="/wiki/Australian_bustard" title="Australian bustard">Australian bustard</a> (<i>Ardeotis australis</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Beecham1_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beecham1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Beecham2_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beecham2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Toolibin_Lake" title="Toolibin Lake">Toolibin Lake</a> is an important breeding area for waterbirds in the inland drainage systems of south-western Australia, particularly <a href="/wiki/Freckled_duck" title="Freckled duck">freckled duck</a> (<i>Stictonetta naevosa</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Beecham2_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beecham2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Land_use">Land use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avon_Wheatbelt&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Land use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Much of the land is used for dryland farming, particularly wheat. Extensive areas have been converted to pasture for livestock grazing.<sup id="cite_ref-Beecham1_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beecham1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Beecham2_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beecham2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Protected_areas">Protected areas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avon_Wheatbelt&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Protected areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Less than 5% of the Avon Wheatbelt bioregion is in protected areas.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 May</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Greater+protection+for+Wheatbelt+bushland&rft.pub=Wheatbelt+Natural+Resource+Management%2C+Government+of+Australia&rft.date=2009-09-03&rft.au=Wheatbelt+Natural+Resource+Management&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wheatbeltnrm.org.au%2Fgreater-protection-wheatbelt-bushland&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAvon+Wheatbelt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Avon_Wheatbelt&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Thackway, R and I D Cresswell (1995) <i>An interim biogeographic regionalisation for Australia : a framework for setting priorities in the National Reserves System Cooperative Program</i> Version 4.0 Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Reserve Systems Unit, 1995. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-642-21371-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-642-21371-2">0-642-21371-2</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl 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