Flinders Lofty Block is an
interim Australian bioregion located in
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
.
It has an area of ,
which includes the
Mount Lofty Ranges
The Mount Lofty Ranges are a range of mountains in the Australian state of South Australia which for a small part of its length borders the east of Adelaide. The part of the range in the vicinity of Adelaide is called the Adelaide Hills and ...
and
Flinders Ranges.
Subregions
Flinders Lofty Block consists of six subregions
*
Mount Lofty Ranges
The Mount Lofty Ranges are a range of mountains in the Australian state of South Australia which for a small part of its length borders the east of Adelaide. The part of the range in the vicinity of Adelaide is called the Adelaide Hills and ...
(FLB01) –
* Broughton (FLB02) –
* Olary Spur (FLB03) –
* Southern Flinders (FLB04) –
* Northern Flinders (FLB05) –
* Central Flinders (FLB06) –
The Mount Lofty Ranges and Broughton subregions are part of the
Mount Lofty woodlands ecoregion.
The other subregions are part of the
Tirari–Sturt stony desert ecoregion.
References
Biogeography of South Australia
IBRA regions
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub in Australia
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