The Eneabba sandplain, or the Eneabba portion of the northern sandplain, is an extension of the Swan Coastal Plain in Western Australia.

The town of Eneabba is located on the sandplain, as are former[1] and current sand mining operations.[2]

The sandplain is a habitat for kwongan.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Herath, D; Lamont, B; Enright, N; Miller, B (2009), Fire impacts on restored shrublands following mining for heavy metals near Eneabba southwestern Australia, retrieved 23 October 2016
  2. ↑ Strategen (Firm); Iluka Resources Limited (2009), Eneabba Mineral Sands future mining proposal : environmental scoping document, Strategen, retrieved 23 October 2016
  3. ↑ Tsakalos, J.L; Drskova, M.; Hruban, J.; Mucina, L.; Dobrowolski, M. (2014), Floristic patterns and drivers of kwongan vegetation patterns in Eneabba region of the Northern Sandplains, Western Australia, Kwongan Foundation, Perth, retrieved 23 October 2016
  4. ↑ Macintyre, Paul; Mucina, Laco; Dobrowolski, Mark; Van Niekerk, A; Stephenson, G; Pauw, T (2014), Fine-scale predictive mapping of the kwongan vegetation of the Eneabba sandplains, Western Australia, Kwongan Foundation, Perth, retrieved 23 October 2016
  5. ↑ Bellairs, Sean Mark; University of Western Australia. Department of Botany (1991), Seed biology, establishment ecology and vegetation development of Northern Sandplain Kwongan vegetation after mineral sand mining near Eneabba, Western Australia, retrieved 23 October 2016

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