Esperance Plains

Esperance Plains
Region
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Esperance Plains in red
CountryAustralia
StateWestern Australia
Area
 • Total
29,213.27 km2 (11,279.31 sq mi)
Regions around Esperance Plains
Mallee Mallee Mallee
Avon Wheatbelt Esperance Plains Great Australian Bight
Jarrah Forest Southern Ocean Great Australian Bight

Esperance Plains, also known as Eyre Botanical District, is a biogeographic region in southern Western Australia on the south coast between the Avon Wheatbelt and Hampton bioregions, and bordered to the north by the Mallee region. It is a plain punctuated by granite and quartz outcrops and ranges, with a semi-arid Mediterranean climate and vegetation consisting mostly of mallee-heath and proteaceous scrub. About half of the region has been cleared for intensive agriculture. Recognised as a bioregion under the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA), it was first defined by John Stanley Beard in 1980.

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