Parish of Yipunyah

Ularara County NSW

Yipunyah Parish is a Parish of Ularara County in north west New South Wales.[1][2] It is at 29°58′47″S 143°59′38″E between Milparinka, New South Wales and Wilcannia and west of Wanaaring.

The main economic activity of the prish is agriculture, but the landscape is an arid, treeless scrubland typical of the channel country and population rates are less that 1 person per 160km². Part of the parish is in the Nocoleche Nature Reserve.

History

The Burke and Wills expedition were the first Europeans to the area, passing a few miles to the west.

Climate

The climate is semi-arid, featuring low rainfall, very hot summer temperatures and cool nights in winter. [3] The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert)[4].

References

  1. ↑ "Ularara". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  2. ↑ / Map of the County of Ularara, Western Division, Land Districts of Bourke (New South Wales. Department of Lands).
  3. ↑ BOM.
  4. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. (direct: Final Revised Paper)

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