The Southern Volcanic Plain is an interim Australian bioregion located in western

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

and south-eastern

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

. It has an area of . The Southern Volcanic Plain bioregion is part of the

Southeast Australia temperate forests The Southeast Australia temperate forests is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of south-eastern Australia. It includes the temperate lowland forests of southeastern Australia, at the southern end of the Great Dividing Range. Veget ...

ecoregion. The

Natural Temperate Grassland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain The Victorian Volcanic Plain Grasslands are a critically endangered temperate grasslands that occur in the Australian state of Victoria, stretching from Hamilton in the northwest to the city of Melbourne. Part of the Southern Volcanic Plain and ...

lies on the plain.

Subregions

The Southern Plains bioregion consists of two subregions: * Victorian Volcanic Plain (SVP01) – *

Mount Gambier Mount Gambier is the second most populated city in South Australia, with a population of 25,591 as of the 2021 census. The city is located on the slopes of Mount Gambier (volcano), Mount Gambier, a volcano in the south east of the state, about ...

(SVP02) –

References

Biogeography of South Australia Biogeography of Victoria (state) IBRA regions Southeast Australia temperate forests {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub