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

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Introduction: The Kurnalpi-Kalgoorlie Study Area has hot, dry summers and cool winters. Rain falls during both winter and summer (Figure 4). The climate of the Study Area has been classified as Hot Arid Desert (BWh) according to the Koppen scheme (Dick 1975). Alternatively, the climate is Sub-desert (attenuated) (UNESCO-FAO 1963), using the system of Bagnouls and Gaussen (1957). Beard (1972) regards the Study Area as "non-seasonal desert" in recognition of the mean distribution of rain through the year. Details of the annual variation of rainfall and temperature are given in Figure 4.