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Region in Australia

Broken Hill Complex
Australia

The interim Australian bioregions,
with the Broken Hill Complex in red

Area

56,354.22 km (21,758.5 sq mi)

Localities around Broken Hill Complex:
SSD	CHC	MUL
FLB	BHC	DRP
FLB	MDD	DRP

The Broken Hill Complex (code BHC), an interim Australian bioregion, is located in both New South Wales and South Australia, and comprises an area of 5,635,422 hectares (13,925,430 acres) of inland Australia.

IBRA 5.1 describes BHC as being:

Hills and colluvial fans on Proterozoic rocks; desert loams and red clays, lithosols and calcareous red earths; supporting chenopod shrublands Maireana spp. - Atriplex spp. shrublands, and mulga open shrublands Acacia aneura.

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregion	IBRA code	Area	States	Location in Australia
Broken Hill Complex	BHC	5,635,422 hectares (13,925,430 acres)	SA / NSW
Barrier Range	BHC01	1,802,996 ha (4,455,300 acres)
Mootwingee Downs	BHC02	630,694 ha (1,558,480 acres)
Scopes Range	BHC03	260,806 ha (644,470 acres)
Barrier Range Outwash	BHC04	1,954,973 ha (4,830,840 acres)
Bimbowrie	BHC05	279,258 ha (690,060 acres)
Curnamona	BHC06	706,696 ha (1,746,280 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 5 September 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2007. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
"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.
"IBRA 5.1 regional descriptions". Archived from the original on 4 September 2006. Retrieved 12 May 2018.

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