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The South West NRM Region
Introduction
The South West NRM region covers an area of 186,200 square kilometres and four
catchments: the Bulloo, Paroo, Warrego, and Nebine Rivers. The Paroo, Warrego
and Nebine Rivers all eventually connect with the Darling River, which has both local
and national significance. In the NRM region there is representation of four
bioregions: the Mitchell Grass Downs, Channel Country, Brigalow belt, and the
majority of the area being Mulga Lands. Most of the residents in this region are in the
pastoral industry, tourism, some mining, and Charleville is a centre for kangaroo and
goat harvesting and processing.
A total of 51 sites were visited, 21 of which were biodiversity hotspots, three were of
high nature conservation value, and one site was of high geological value (Table 3
and Map 4).
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