Erringibba National Park

Protected area in Queensland, Australia

27°17′25″S 149°42′15″E / 27.29028°S 149.70417°E / -27.29028; 149.70417Established1999^[1]Area8.77 km² (3.39 sq mi)Managing authoritiesQueensland Parks and Wildlife ServiceSee alsoProtected areas of Queensland

Erringibba is a national park at Glenmorgan in the far west of the Darling Downs region of southern Queensland, Australia, 329 km west of Brisbane. The park was established in 1999 and covers 8.77 km² (3.39 sq mi).^[1] The park lies within the catchment area of the Condamine River and the Brigalow Belt South bioregion.^[2]

The landscape is flat and vegetated with open-forest dominated by brigalow and belah species common in the area.^[1] The park's main aim is to preserve two endangered ecosystems which have been mostly cleared for agriculture.^[1] These include an shrubby open forest dominated by Acacia harpophylla and/or Casuarina cristata on Cainozoic clay plains and open forest to woodland of Eucalyptus populnea with Acacia harpophylla and/or Casuarina cristata on Cainozoic clay plains.^[1]

A total of four rare of threatened species have been identified in Erringibba.^[2]

The average elevation of the terrain is 294 metres.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Erringibba National Park Management Statement 2013" (PDF). Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Erringibba National Park". WetlandInfo. Department of Environment and Heritage Protection. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
^ "Erringibba National Park topographic map, elevation, relief". topographic-map.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

External links

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Cities	Toowoomba Warwick
Townships	Acland Allora Amiens Applethorpe Ballandean Bell Brigalow Bungunya Cambooya Cecil Plains Chinchilla Clifton Condamine Cooyar Crows Nest Dalby Dalveen Daymar Drillham Dulacca Goombungee Goondiwindi Gowrie Junction Greenmount Haden Hampton Highfields Inglewood Jandowae Jimbour Karara Kaimkillenbun Killarney Kingsthorpe Kogan Kulpi Leyburn Macalister Maclagan Maryvale Meandarra Meringandan Messines Miles Millmerran Moonie Mount Tyson Nobby Oakey Passchendaele Peranga Pittsworth Pozieres Quinalow Stanthorpe Southbrook Talwood Texas Tara The Gums Thulimbah Toobeah Wallangarra Wandoan Warra Weengallon Wyberba Wyreema Yangan Yarraman Yelarbon
Local government areas	Goondiwindi Region Southern Downs Region Toowoomba Region Western Downs Region
National parks	Bendidee Bunya Mountains Crows Nest Erringibba Girraween Main Range Mount Binga Pidna Southwood Sundown The Palms Wondul Range
Places of interest	Cambanoora Gorge Canning Downs Cunninghams Gap Granite Belt Jimbour Homestead