Nullarbor Plain is part of the area of flat, almost treeless, arid or semi-arid country of southern Australia, located on the Great Australian Bight coast with the Great Victoria Desert to its north.
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11 Facts About Nullarbor Plain
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In writing about Eyre's voyages in 1865, Henry Kingsley wrote that the area across the Nullarbor Plain and Great Australian Bight was a "hideous anomaly, a blot on the face of Nature, the sort of place one gets into in bad dreams".
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Nullarbor Plain departed with a second expedition on 25 February 1841.
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Nullarbor Plain is a former shallow seabed, as indicated by the presence of bryozoans, foraminifera, echinoids and red algae calcareous skeletons that make up the limestone.
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Nullarbor Plain is known for extensive meteorite deposits, which are extremely well preserved in the arid climate.
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Frequently The Nullarbor Plain is expanded in tourist literature and web-based material to loosely refer to all the land between Adelaide, South Australia and Perth, Western Australia.
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Nullarbor Plain has a desert climate, with arid to semi-arid conditions.
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Fauna of the Nullarbor Plain includes communities of crustaceans, spiders, and beetles adapted to the darkness of the Nullarbor Plain Caves and the underground rivers and lakes that run through them.
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The grasslands of the Nullarbor Plain are suitable for some sheep grazing and are damaged by rabbits.
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Nullarbor Plain represents the boundary between eastern and western Australia, regardless of the travel method.
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