New England Tablelands (code NET), an interim Australian bioregion, is located mainly in New South Wales,IBRA Version 6.1 data comprising , of which or 95.23 per cent of the bioregion lies within New South Wales; and the residual within Queensland. This bioregion is one of the smaller bioregions in NSW, occupying 3.57 per cent of the state.
The New England Tableland Bioregion is a stepped plateau of hills and plains with elevations between on Permian sedimentary rocks, intrusive granites and extensive Tertiary basalts. Rainfall varies considerably from and mean temperatures range from , based on changes with topography. In terms of plants, the region is dominated by stringy bark/box/peppermint species, including Eucalyptus caliginosa, E. nova-anglica, E. melliodora and E. blakelyi.
Subregions In the IBRA system it has the code of (NET), and it has nineteen sub-regions:
IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7IBRA subregionIBRAcodeArea ha acresBundarra Downs NET01 Beardy River Hills NET02 Walcha Plateau NET03 Armidale Plateau NET04 Wongwibinda Plateau NET05 Deepwater Downs NET06 Glenn Innes-Guyra Basalts NET07 Ebor Basalts NET08 Moredun Volcanics NET09 Severn River Volcanics NET10 Northeast Forest Lands NET11 Tenterfield Plateau NET12 NET13 Binghi Plateau NET14 Stanthorpe Plateau NET15 Eastern Nandewars NET16 Tingha Plateau NET17 Nightcap NET18 Round Mountain NET19
References
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.
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