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The part of the ranges south of and including the Barossa Valley are commonly known as the South Mount Lofty Ranges, and the highest part of this section is the summit of Mount Lofty (710 m or 2,330 ft). The part of the ranges nearest Adelaide is called the Adelaide Hills and, further north, the Barossa Range.
Mount Lofty, elevation 710 m (2,330 ft) AHD) is the highest point in the southern Mount Lofty Mountain Ranges It is located about 15 km (9.3 mi) east of the Adelaide city centre , within the Cleland National Park in the Adelaide Hills area of South Australia .
The Mount Lofty Ranges is situated on a north–south plane and lies east of the city of Adelaide. The Mount Lofty Ranges is surrounded by the western Murray Basin and the city of Adelaide. The region is roughly 300 square kilometres in length and 1,640 square kilometres with an elevation peaking at 936 metres.
Flinders Lofty Block is an interim Australian bioregion located in South Australia. [1] It has an area of 6,615,765 hectares (16,347,910 acres), [ 2 ] which includes the Mount Lofty Ranges and Flinders Ranges .
IBRA version 7 map. The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) ... Mount Lofty Ranges: FLB01: 300,580 hectares (742,700 acres) Broughton: FLB02:
The Adelaide Hills region is located in the southern Mount Lofty Ranges east of the city of Adelaide in the state of South Australia.The largest town in the area, Mount Barker, is one of Australia's fastest-growing towns.
The Mount Lofty Ranges intercept southwesterly winter winds, creating orographic rainfall. Rainfall ranges from nearly 900 mm on the high peaks of the southern range to below 400 in the northern portion of the range.
Morialta Conservation Park covers 5.33 km 2 within the Mount Lofty Ranges, which run north–south to the east of Adelaide's coastal plain. It is bounded by Black Hill Conservation Park on the north, Norton Summit road on the south, the suburb of Rostrevor on the west, and by agricultural land on the east.