Riverland Biosphere Reserve
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Riverland Biosphere Reserve South Australia |
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Mallee woodland at Gluepot Reserve, South Australia
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 Riverland Biosphere Reserve
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| Nearest town or city |
Berri Renmark Paringa |
| Coordinates | 33°19′0″S 140°30′0″E / 33.31667°S 140.50000°ECoordinates: 33°19′0″S 140°30′0″E / 33.31667°S 140.50000°E |
| Established | 1977 |
| Area | 9,000 km2 (3,474.9 sq mi) |
| Footnotes | Coordinates |
The Riverland Biosphere Reserve, formerly the Bookmark Biosphere Reserve, is a 9,000 square kilometres (3,500 sq mi) area of land in eastern South Australia, adjoining the states of New South Wales and Victoria. It is one of 14 biosphere reserves in Australia and is part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, being officially recognized and listed by UNESCO in 1977.
The reserve is composed of several mainly contiguous properties that, although having different ownerships and different management purposes, have the joint aim of identifying approaches to ecologically sustainable development in a low-productivity landscape with many shared land-management problems. It lies in the Murray Mallee and the Riverland with the native vegetation predominantly mallee woodland and shrubland, but also including wetlands and riverine communities along the Murray River. The flood plains of the reserve are recognised as internationally significant wetlands for migratory birds under the Ramsar Convention. The reserve is involved in Australia’s national recovery plan for the endangered black-eared miner
The reserve's many component properties include protected areas, pastoral leases and privately owned land such as the following:
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