Yanda Parish (Yanda County)

Yanda Parish, (Yanda County) is a civil parish,[1] of Yanda County, a cadasteral division of New South Wales[2]; a Cadastral division of New South Wales.[3][4][5][6][7]

Geography

The topography is flat with a Köppen climate classification of BsK (Hot semi arid)[8]. The climate is characterised by hot summers and mild winters. The annual average rainfall is 350 mm, although this is highly variable.[9]

Much of the Parish is in the Gundabooka National Park and adjoining conservation area.

References

  1. Map of the County of Yanda, Western Division, NSW 1918.
  2. [cartographer] C.A. Orwin, Map of the County of Rankin : Western Division, Land Districts of Bourke, Cobar and Wilcannia, N.S.W. 1912 (New South Wales. Department of Lands Title, Sydney N.S.W. 1914).
  3. "Rankin". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  4. The New atlas of Australia (John Sands, 1886) map 24.
  5. Yanda County, GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT.
  6. The New atlas of Australia, (John Sands, 1886), map 24.
  7. "Rankin". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  8. 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)
  9. Gundabooka National Park Plan of Management page 2.

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