Region 4: Blue Mountains
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Location
West of the Nepean Hawkesbury River on a sandstone plateau extending to Colo
Heights northwards and Mt Wilson and Mt Victoria westwards.
Vegetation Types
Eucalypt Woodland and open Forests. Closed Forest. Swamps .
Soils
Shallow Hawkesbury Sandstone derived soils and pockets of volcanics weathered
to moist fertile clay soil.
Altitude
Ranging from 100m at Lapstone to 1300 metres above sea level at Mt Victoria.
Rainfall
Average 1000mm-1400mm per year.
Mean Max. Temp
23.5 Degrees Celsius
Mean Min Temp
0-1 Degrees Celsius
Frost days per year
Frosts are common during the winter months. Snow : 5 days per year in the
upper mountains, rare below Lawson
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