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Land cover %area by class by bioregion (IBRA 5)
 

Ben Lomond

Central Highlands

Flinders

King

Northern Midlands

Northern Slopes

South-east

Southern Ranges

West

IBRA area (ha)

657,049

767,337

487,556

426,091

415,109

623,104

1,373,676

752,771

1,550,715

Land cover classes

Percentage area within class

Agriculture

9.3

0.3

19.6

26.4

44.5

21.5

19.2

4.0

0.3

Alpine

1.7

17.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

4.7

1.9

Alpine forest

0.0

4.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.0

5.0

0.0

Bare

1.6

1.9

6.2

1.0

3.6

6.3

1.8

3.3

2.3

Cloud

0.0

0.4

2.9

2.2

0.0

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.0

Dry forest

12.2

2.9

15.6

2.9

19.9

6.9

28.8

6.1

2.1

Forestry activity

1.2

6.8

6.7

8.9

3.4

13.2

5.8

9.9

3.1

Grassland

2.4

4.9

3.7

0.0

9.4

3.5

2.9

1.4

0.0

Rainforest

2.3

7.6

0.6

4.2

0.0

5.8

1.5

8.5

23.9

Saltmarsh

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.0

1.0

0.4

0.7

0.0

0.0

Sand/quartz

0.0

4.3

1.5

0.5

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.5

0.5

Scrub/heath/buttongrass

18.9

9.1

26.9

39.9

8.3

18.2

8.6

8.5

46.1

Shadow

0.2

0.4

0.3

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.3

0.1

Shallow water

0.0

5.3

1.3

0.9

0.1

0.1

0.4

1.4

0.6

Urban

0.6

0.0

1.9

1.1

3.0

1.2

1.7

0.2

0.2

Water

0.1

0.7

0.8

0.2

0.1

1.1

0.4

0.3

3.1

Wet forest

46.9

26.7

2.8

9.3

2.4

18.7

10.8

46.1

15.2

Wetland

2.4

0.1

3.6

2.0

0.8

0.5

0.9

0.2

0.6

Woodland

0.0

6.9

4.3

0.0

3.2

1.8

17.0

2.5

0.0

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