THE BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE EASTERN GOLDFIELDS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Physical Environment

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Introduction: The climate of the Edjudina-Menzies Study Area is arid and has been described by UNESCO-FAO (1963) as Desert using the system of Bagnouls and Gaussen (1957). Hot, dry summers alternate with cool winters. Rain falls in both the warm and the cool seasons of the year. In the Koppen classification (Dick 1975) the climate is BWh i.e. hot arid desert climate with the possibility of precipitation in any month. According to the Thornthwaite system, which is preferable to the Koppen system for Australian conditions (Gentilli 1948), the climate of the Edjudina-Menzies Study Area is arid mesothermal, rainfall deficient in all seasons. Beard (1975) regards the Study Area as desert with summer and winter rainfall.

Author(s) A.V. Milewski : Part 5
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