Parish of Walker (Yungnulgra County)

Walker Parish, New South Wales in Central Darling Shire is a civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales.[1][2]

Yungnulgra County, NSW.

The Parish has an arid landscape and the nearest town is Whitecliffs. The parish has extremely hot summers and mild winters. The annual average rainfall is about 249.7 millimetres (9.8 in) which would make it a semi-arid climate except that its high evapotranspiration, or its aridity, makes it a desert climate. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert),[3]. is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Yungnulgra". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  2. Historic map of Yungnulgra County.
  3. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. (direct: Final Revised Paper)
  4. NASA Earth Observations: Population Density”. NASA/SEDAC..


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