Southwest, Western Australia
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The Southwest is a loosely defined area in the southwest corner of Western Australia
. Various regionalisations have provided formal definitions of the area, but these do not coincide.
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
. Various regionalisations have provided formal definitions of the area, but these do not coincide.
- For the drainage division, see Southwest corner of Western AustraliaSouthwest corner of Western AustraliaThe south-west corner drainage region of Western Australia is one of only two temperate and relatively fertile parts of mainland Australia. It covers about 140,000 square kilometres, or a little less than 2% of the continent...
- For the ecoregion, see Southwest AustraliaSouthwest AustraliaSouthwest Australia is a biodiversity hotspot that includes the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecoregions of Western Australia. The region has a wet-winter, dry-summer Mediterranean climate, one of five such regions in the world...
- For the governmental region, see South West (Western Australia)
- For the land division, see South-West Land Division
- For the seismic zone, see South West Seismic ZoneSouth West Seismic ZoneThe South West Seismic Zone is a major intraplate earthquake province located in the south west of Western Australia. The zone exists within an Archaean Shield structure called the Yilgarn Block...