Abstract
The most characteristic feature of present day Australian climatology is the arid centre surrounded by belts of progressively wetter country. The arid zone, bioclimatically determined, is bounded approximately by the 10 inch annual rainfall isohyet in the south, the 25 inch isohyet in the north, the 15 inch isohyet in New South Wales and the 20 inch isohyet in Queensland; it occupies about four-fifths of the Continent.
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Wood, J.G. (1959). The Phytogeography of Australia (In Relation to Radiation of Eucalyptus, Acacia, Etc.). In: Keast, A., Crocker, R.L., Christian, C.S. (eds) Biogeography and Ecology in Australia. Monographiae Biologicae. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6295-3_18
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