Editing Nullarbor Plain (section)

{{Short description|Geographical feature in Western Australia and South Australia}}
{{Redirect|Nullarbor|other uses|Nullarbor (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2011}}

{{Infobox ecoregion
| name = Nullarbor Plain<br><small>Nullarbor Plains xeric shrublands</small>
| image = Nullabor plain from the indian pacific.jpg
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| image_caption = Nullarbor Plain, [[Australia]]
| map = IBRA 6.1 Nullarbor.png
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| map_alt = 
| map_caption = The [[IBRA region]]s, with Nullarbor in red
| biogeographic_realm = [[Australasian realm|Australasian]]
| biome = [[deserts and xeric shrublands]]
| border1 = [[Coolgardie woodlands]]
| border2 = [[Eyre and Yorke mallee]]
| border3 = [[Great Victoria Desert]]
| area = 197,195
| country = [[Australia]]
| state1 = [[South Australia]]
| state2 = [[Western Australia]]
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| region_type = 
| coordinates = {{coord|30.3|S|129|E|display=title,inline}}
| bird_species = 
| mammal_species = 
| habitat_loss = 
| habitat_loss_ref = 
| conservation = Relatively stable/intact
|protected = 62,317&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (32
|protected_ref = )<ref name="doi.org">Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix014]</ref>
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The '''Nullarbor Plain''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|ʌ|l|ər|b|ɔr}} {{respell|NUL|ər-bor}}; [[Latin]]: {{lang|la|nulla}} feminine of {{lang|la|nullus}} 'no' and {{lang|la|arbor}} 'tree'<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Macquarie Dictionary|edition=2nd|year=1991|publisher=Macquarie University|isbn=0-949757-63-2|page=1220|title-link=Macquarie Dictionary}}</ref>) 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. It is the world's largest single exposure of [[limestone]] [[bedrock]], and occupies an area of about {{convert|200000|km2|-3}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wilderness.esmartweb.com/Australia/nullabor.html |title=Across the Nullarbor Plain |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010135423/http://wilderness.esmartweb.com/Australia/nullabor.html |archive-date=10 October 2007 |date=7 June 2004 |work=Kevin's Wilderness Journeys}}</ref> At its widest point, it stretches about {{convert|1100|km|0}} from east to west across the border between [[South Australia]] and [[Western Australia]].