Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands Basalt Forests
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The Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands Basalt Forests are a sclerophyll temperate forest community that stretch from the northern fringes of the Blue Mountains to the Southern Highlands in New South Wales, Australia.[1] Featuring both wet and dry sclerophyll forests, as well as small rainforest pockets, the community features tall (30m+) and open eucalypt forests and woodlands that lie on igneous rock (Blue Mountains Basalts).[2][3]
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Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands Basalt Forests | |
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Ecology | |
Realm | Australasia |
Biome | Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Geography | |
Area | 100 km2 (39 sq mi) |
Country | Australia |
Elevation | 750–1,100 metres (2,460–3,610 ft) |
Coordinates | 34.2°S 150.28°E / -34.2; 150.28 |
Geology | Basalt |
Climate type | Oceanic climate (Cfb) |
Soil types | Basalt, minor clay |
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Rainforests of the Blue Mountains, which cover just 1% of the area, feature the descendants of the forests that used to cover the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana.[4]