THE BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE EASTERN GOLDFIELDS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA: PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

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Introduction: Main features of the climate are cool winters, hot summers and rainfall grading from relatively reliable in the west and south, to irregular in the north-cast. According to the classification of Koppen (Dick 1975), the Study Area is Low Latitude Steppe (BSk). Alternatively, most of the Study Area is Xerothermomediterranean, with a small area of Thermomediterranean (accentuated) near Peak Charles (UNESCO-FAO 1963). Average monthly recordings of temperature and rainfall for the Study Area arc presented in Figure 3. Climatic data arc summarised from Hyden, Lake King, Salmon Gums and Norseman.