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120°E
130°E
140°E
150°E
Perth
Adelaide
Canberra
S
INDIAN OCEAN
Legend
Mediterranean-type climate
Mediterranean-type veg
120°E
0 1 25 250
500 750 1000
Kilometers
130°E
Tasmania
140°E
150°E
Fig. 8.1
Distribution of the mediterranean-type climate (MTC) in Western Australia, South
Australia and adjacent parts of Victoria (dark shading) and shrublands dominated by
mediterranean-type vegetation (MTV) outside the MTC region (hatched)
.
Fig. 8.2
(a) Treeless heath shrublands, and (b) scattered
Eucalyptus
in grasstree
(Xanthorrhoea)
heathland in the southwestern part of Western Australia. (Photos by Jon Keeley.)
