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	Nullarbor Plain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Historically, the Nullarbor was inhabited by the nomadic Spinifex Aboriginal people, despite the lack of surface water and land suitable for cultivation.
		The Nullarbor Plain is thought to be a former seabed.
		The Nullarbor is known for extensive meteorite deposits, which are extremely well-preserved in the arid climate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nullarbor_Plain (1325 words)

	Plain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In geography, a plain is a large area of land with relatively low relief.
		Plains may be more suitable for farming than plateaus or mountains.
		An alluvial plain is a landform formed by the deposition of alluvial soil over a long period of time by a river coming from the mountains.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plain (97 words)

	Visit the Nullarbor Plains of outback WA Australia. Nullarbor Plain is the stretch of land between Norseman in Western ...
		Nullarbor Plain is the stretch of land between Norseman in Western Australia and Ceduna in South Australia.
		The Nullarbor Plain of WA The Nullarbor Plain is the stretch of land between Norseman in Western Australia and Ceduna in South Australia.
		The plain is crossed by the fully-sealed Eyre Highway and a transcontinental railway.
	www.breakloose.com.au /html/adventure_articles/regional/wa/golden_outback/ok_nullarbor.php (818 words)

	Nullarbor Plain: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The word Nullarbor is derived from the Latin[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] for "no trees".
		Farina a town in south australia, in the nullarbor plain; it is believed to be the driest location in australia based on average annual precipitation receiv...
		John baxter (-29 april 1841) was a friend and companion of edward john eyre on his crossing of the nullarbor plain in 1840-1841....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/nu/nullarbor_plain.htm (2208 words)

	Nullarbor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The expedition visited a number of the deep caves of the Nullarbor attempting to measure the size of wall scallops at the current water level.
		Assessment of the collapes at both Weebubbie and Pannikin Plain Cave were undertaken with the permission of DOLA and CALM respectively.
		A number of caves on the Nullarbor Plain contain deposits that are known as "Coffee and Cream".
	wasg.iinet.net.au /nullarbor.html (534 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Nullarbor Plain
		The Spinifex were forced to abandon their homelands when the British began nuclear testing at Maralinga in the 1950s.
		Road Sign Eucla is the easternmost town in Western Australia, and is the largest settlement on the Nullarbor Plain.
		A plain is a landform formed by the deposition of alluvial soil over a long period of time by a river coming from mountains.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nullarbor-Plain (2749 words)

	The Nullarbor Karst
		The Nullarbor Plain has no surface drainage, but relict stream channels are found on the northern and western flanks of the plain.
		A low gradient watertable underlies the plain and its depth ranges from 30m in the north to 120m in the south.
		These changes in the vegetation cover may have acted to destabilise the continental dunefields to the north of the Nullarbor, and allowed reddened quartz sands to accumulate downwind in caves and dolines on the eastern portion of the plain (Spate et al., 1984).
	wasg.iinet.net.au /nulla.html (1006 words)

	Nullarbor Plain, Ceduna, Penong, Nundroo RoadHouse, Yalata and Nullarbor Roadhouse in Outback, South Australia - ...
		Crossing the Nullarbor Plain is undoubtedly one of Australia's great touring experiences.
		Ten kilometres west from where the Flinders Highway merges with the Eyre Highway, the town of Ceduna is the eastern gateway to the Nullarbor Plain.
		This section of the Nullarbor is also a renowned whale watching area between June and October, with southern right whales frequenting the waters around the dramatic cliffs of the Great Australian Bight.
	www.frogandtoad.com.au /sa/out/nullarbor (565 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Nullarbor Plains xeric shrublands (AA1306)
		The Nullarbor Plains are a vast, dry plateau that remains relatively uninhabited.
		Nullarbor stretches from Western Australia into South Australia, and is bordered by the Great Australian Bight to the south and by the Great Victoria Desert to the north.
		The largest population of southern hairy-nosed wombat are found in the Nullarbor region.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa1306.html (335 words)

	AR02. Koonalda: Prehistoric Mind and an Australian Cave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The early Nullarbor settler, surveyor, and Justice of the Peace, Tom Brown, writes that all the roads and tracks on the Nullarbor are good and suitable for driving along fast.
		The Nullarbor sheep Station is the only place where wombats are plentiful, according to Brown, a surveyor who lived at the Station for about thirty years at the end of the nineteenth century.
		The Nullarbor even has waves on it; little, choppy tussocks and rabbit mounds, and a broad, shallow swell which makes it difficult to detect objects on the ground until you are right on them.
	www.ksharpe.com /word/ar02.htm (7880 words)

	THE NULLARBOR
		The Nullarbor Plain is the world’s biggest single lump of limestone covering an area of 250,000 square km.
		This is obtainable from either the Yalata or Nullarbor Roadhouses or the ticket office on the road from the highway to the lookout and costs $7 per person.
		Further to the west is the Nullarbor National Park which is the section where the highway is on the treeless plain.
	www.uq.net.au /~zzpeande/travel/enullab.htm (1814 words)

	The Biological Survey of the Nullarbor Region
		The Biological Survey of the Nullarbor area was a cooperative project between the Department of Conservation and Land Management in Western Australia and the Department of Environment and Planning in South Australia.
		The quadrats were selected to represent the biological diversity of the Nullarbor and provide a data base of assemblage descriptions amenable to quantitative analyses for ecological pattern.
		The Nullarbor region biological survey consolidated, for the first time, a considerable amount of existing data on the plants and animals of this large and important region of southern Australia.
	www.environment.sa.gov.au /biodiversity/nullarbor.html (711 words)

	ipedia.com: Nullarbor Plain Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Nullarbor Plain is the vast expanse of flat, almost treeless, arid or semi-arid country immediately north of the Great Australian Bight.
		The two ways of crossing the Nullarbor plain by land are the Transcontinental railway line that stretches from Kalgoorlie, WA to Port Augusta, SA, and the Eyre Highway, which goes from Norseman, WA to Port Augusta, SA.
		Their nature is such that they hold the record for the longest straight piece of railway line in the world (478 km) and the longest straight piece of tarred road surface in Australia (146.6 km).
	www.ipedia.com /nullarbor_plain.html (427 words)

	Regions of Australia: Nullarbor Karst
		The Nullarbor Plain is huge arid area, probably the deadliest area of Australia.
		The exploration of the Nullarbor plain is difficult, because of the extreme climate and the remote location.
		Ponderings from the Inner Sanctum Geological Evolution of the Eucla Basin (Nullarbor Plain) by
	www.showcaves.com /english/au/region/Nullarbor.html (551 words)

	Nullarbor Plain Tourism Eyre Peninsula
		The Aboriginal name for the Nullarbor Plain was 'Oondiri' meaning 'the waterless', for the average rainfall of the area is about 8 inches per annum.
		The Nullarbor Plain extends approximately 450 miles from east to west and from the coast it extends 200 miles to the Great Victoria Desert in the north - covering an area of 77,000 square miles - almost as large as the State of Victoria.
		The Nullarbor region is one of the largest arid to semi-arid KARST landforms in the world.
	www.tep.com.au /region/nullarbor.htm (444 words)

	Nullarbor NP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Nullarbor Plain is a low plateau of limestone which extends along part of the south coast of South Australia and Western Australia.
		From the outside, Koonalda Cave (just north of the Nullarbor Roadhouse) is a large hole with recently planted fruit trees growing in the mouth; inside, a tremendously deep network of tunnels leads to an underground lake, the shafts grooved by fingers being dragged over their soft walls.
		Eucla and the rest of the Nullarbor lie 16km over the border in Western Australia on a noticeably worse road and in a considerably earlier time zone.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/southaustralia/nullarborplains.asp (665 words)

	NULLARBOR PLAIN
		Nullarbor Plain is the section of southern land between Norseman in Western Australia and Ceduna in South Australia.
		Nullarbor means 'no trees' in poor Latin, which is exactly what you will see as you drive through sections of the Nullarbor.
		The Eyre Highway heads along the southern section of the Nullarbor Plain, although the Trans Australia Railway runs directly through the centre of the Nullarbor.
	www.australianexplorer.com /nullarbor_plain.htm (365 words)

	The Caves of the Nullabor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Nullarbor Plain is the largest single karst formation on the planet.
		The Nullarbor is unique as it is the only desert region with extensive caves that contain large quantities of water.
		Most of the Nullarbor caves are difficult or dangerous to locate and enter, plus the cave environment and inhabitants are extremely fragile and can easily be damaged or destroyed by a careless or ill-informed movement.
	www.users.bigpond.com /balladonia/attractions/caves.htm (335 words)

	4Car Feature - Crossing Nullarbor Plain - from Channel 4
		Nullarbor, on the eastern edge of the plain from which it gets its name, is a settlement of a few houses and, of course, a roadhouse.
		Unfortunately, on the one day I was at Nullarbor, Greenwood had an argument with the Aboriginal landowners on whose land is the prime whale watching site.
		Robbed of the rare opportunity to watch whales just 20ft from shore, Greenwood opted for a drive north across the plain to a series of caves littered with staggering examples of aboriginal art.
	www.channel4.com /4car/feature/features-2004/nullarbor/nullarbor-3.html (247 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Nullarbor Plain, Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Nullarbor Plain is a huge expanse that sits at the bottom of the continent of Australia, straddling the border between Western Australia and South Australia.
		Crossing the Nullarbor is recognized as a rite of passage and something that you generally only do once.
		The Nullarbor serves as a physical barrier to fruit fly, and the last thing the West Australian fruit farming fraternity wants is for you to bring them in on those oranges that have rolled under the seat.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A290936 (852 words)

	AusEmade: Nullarbor Plain Information and Attractions, South Australia (SA), Australia
		The highway journeys close to the coast, with a little scrub and other vegetation on the “plains” and the sand dunes that lie between the highway and the ocean.
		Archaeological digs in the 1950s by Alexander Gallus, indicate that the Koonalda Cave was used by the Aboriginal people, with the it’s primary use as a flint mine, many nodules having been removed from the walls from the length of its passage.
		Local Aboriginal lore talk about the evil spirits that inhabit the caves in the western part of the Nullarbor Plain, and who can be heard roaring in the rushing water of the subterranean lakes.
	www.ausemade.com.au /sa/destination/n/nullarbor-plain.htm (852 words)

	Southern Deserts and Nullarbor Plain, South Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Nullarbor Plain (no trees in Latin) is located in the west and along the Great Australian Bight The plain is a raised limestone plateau about 50 - 200 m above sealevel.
		Rainfall can fall at any time of year, although in the Nullarbor it tends to fall with light showers during the passage of winter cold fronts from the south west.
		NULLARBOR PLAIN - Meaning " no tree" (latin).
	home.iprimus.com.au /ozthunder/oz/sdsa.html (427 words)

	Untitled Document
		The Nullarbor Plain is the world's biggest single lump of limestone - all 250,000 square kilometers of it.
		As the continent tilted the Nullarbor Plain became part of the seabed, eventually forming a crust of limestone up to 300 meters thick.
		The Shingle-backed lizard, a resident of the Nullarbar Plains
	www.2docstock.com /sa-nullarbor.html (630 words)

	The Wilderness Society - The Nullarbor Plain - world’s largest limestone karst landscape
		The vast Nullarbor Plain is the world’s largest limestone karst landscape covering an area of 270 000 square km, extending 2000 km between Norseman and Ceduna.
		The name Nullarbor derives from “no trees”, but the plain is covered with bluebush and saltbush plants, hardy shrubs that are drought-resistant and salt-tolerant.
		The dominant land uses of the Nullarbor are wildlife conservation, indigenous people’s hunting and cultural practices, adventure tourism, mineral exploration and pastoralism.
	www.wilderness.org.au /campaigns/outback/oa_sa_nullarbor (854 words)

	Nullarbor Plain - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Nullarbor Plain - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Nullarbor Plain, limestone plateau, Australia, stretching about 725 km (450 mi) west to east across south-eastern Western Australia and southern...
		The Nullarbor Plain and great areas of the western interior have no surface drainage.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Nullarbor_Plain.html (111 words)

	Perth, Australia - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		The discovery in 1890 of gold around Kalgoorlie in the interior of Western Australia, the construction of port facilities at nearby Fremantle about 1900, and the completion of a transcontinental railroad in 1917 aided the growth and prosperity of the city.
		Nullarbor Plain, limestone plateau of Australia, located in southeastern Western Australia and southern South Australia.
		The plain measures about 725 km (450 mi) from west to east and 400 km (250 mi) from north to south and covers an area of about 300,000 sq km (116,000 sq mi) of lowland country.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /perth_australia.htm (508 words)

	Geoscience - The Earth - Australian Landforms - Nullarbor Plain
		In fact, it is the world's largest single piece of limestone, covering the plain with a 15 m - 60 m limestone layer.
		The Transcontinental Railway stretches across the Nullarbor from Port Augusta in South Australia to Perth in Western Australia, and includes the longest section of straight railway track in the world (478 km).
		The Nullabor Plain has an arid to semi-arid climate, with 150 mm - 250 mm annual rainfall and 1200 mm - 2500 mm annual evaporation.
	www.amonline.net.au /geoscience/earth/nullabor.htm (371 words)

	Yalata Aboriginal Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Nullarbor Plain is a limestone plateau which began forming over 65 ma when much of Australia was covered by ocean.
		The Nullarbor Limestone formation, presenting the upper surface of the plain, is a grey or brown crystalline rock up to 70 metres thick, which was formed by the deposition of calcareous marine sediments (foraminifera) in shallow seas 10 ma.
		During the late Miocene, the Nullarbor Plain was uplifted and seas began to carve out the Bunda Cliffs.
	www.wangkawilurrara.com /yalata/formations.htm (373 words)

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