Lang, New South Wales, is a remote
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
of
Poole County
Poole County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It is located in the extreme north-west of the state, abutting Cameron Corner. It includes parts of Sturt National Park.
Poole County was named in honour of James Poole (e ...
in far northwest
New South Wales
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/ Map of the County of Poole : Western Division
, located at 29°30′25″S 141°31′10″E.
The geography
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of the parish is mostly the flat, arid
A region is arid when it severely lacks available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. Regions with arid climates tend to lack vegetation and are called xeric or desertic. Most ar ...
landscape of the Channel Country. The parish has a Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...
of BWh (Hot desert).[ ''(direct]
Final Revised Paper
'' The County is barely inhabited with a population density of less than 1 person per 150 km² and the landscape is a flat arid scrubland.
References
Parishes of Poole County
Far West (New South Wales)
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