Editing Erringibba National Park

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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
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| name                   = Erringibba National Park
| state                  = qld
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| nearest_town_or_city   = [[Glenmorgan, Queensland|Glenmorgan]]
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| established            = 1999
| established_footnotes  = <ref name="manstat">{{cite web |url=http://nprsr.qld.gov.au/managing/plans-strategies/statements/pdf/erringibba.pdf |title=Erringibba National Park Management Statement 2013 |publisher=Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing |access-date=4 January 2015 }}</ref>
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| managing_authorities   = [[Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service]]
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'''Erringibba''' is a national park at [[Glenmorgan, Queensland|Glenmorgan]] in the far west of the [[Darling Downs]] region of southern [[Queensland]], Australia, 329&nbsp;km west of [[Brisbane]].  The park was established in 1999 and covers {{Convert|8.77|km2|sqmi|2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="manstat"/> 
The park lies within the catchment area of the [[Condamine River]] and the [[Brigalow Belt South]] bioregion.<ref name="wetlandinfo">{{cite web |url=http://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/national-park-erringibba/ |title=Erringibba National Park |work=WetlandInfo |publisher=Department of Environment and Heritage Protection |access-date=4 January 2015 }}</ref>

The landscape is flat and vegetated with open-forest dominated by brigalow and belah species common in the area.<ref name="manstat"/>  The park's main aim is to preserve two endangered ecosystems which have been mostly cleared for agriculture.<ref name="manstat"/> These include an shrubby open forest dominated by ''[[Acacia harpophylla]]'' and/or ''[[Casuarina cristata]]'' on [[Cainozoic]] clay plains and open forest to woodland of ''[[Eucalyptus populnea]]'' with ''[[Acacia harpophylla]]'' and/or ''[[Casuarina cristata]]'' on Cainozoic clay plains.<ref name="manstat"/>

A total of four rare of threatened species have been identified in Erringibba.<ref name="wetlandinfo"/>

The average elevation of the terrain is 294 metres.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Erringibba National Park topographic map, elevation, relief |url=https://en-us.topographic-map.com/maps/d8ae/Erringibba-National-Park/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=topographic-map.com |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Queensland}}
* [[Protected areas of Queensland]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/fms/documents/queensland-national-parks-map.pdf  Map of Queensland National Parks]

{{National Parks of Queensland}}
{{Darling Downs}}


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[[Category:National parks of Queensland]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1999]]
[[Category:Darling Downs]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in Australia]]


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