Burma Road Nature Reserve

Burma Road Nature Reserve is a conservation area in the City of Greater Geraldton local government area of Western Australia.[1] It lies 52 kilometres (32 mi) south of Geraldton and 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Walkaway. It is a C-class reserve and covers an area of 6,889.5 hectares (17,024 acres) It is predominantly kwongan scrub-heath, typical of the Tathra Vegetation system of Beard and Burns. Almost all the native vegetation within a 20 km (12 mi) radius of the reserve has been cleared. There is only 11% of native vegetation remaining in the area (1256.6 km2), of which most is within the reserve.

References

  1. "Burma Road Nature Reserve". Australian Government. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  • Franks, Andrew; Branigan, Simon; Smith, Bayden (2006). Flora survey : Burma Road Nature Reserve. Perth: Environmental Services Unit, Greening Australia (WA).
  • Foulds, Bill; McMillan, Peter (1988). Burma Road Reserve report 1988: An ecological study of Burma Road Reserve, Greenough Shire, Western Australia. Perth: Western Australian College of Advanced Education. 6563629.

Coordinates: 28°56′53″S 115°05′35″E / 28.948°S 115.093°E / -28.948; 115.093

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