Category talk:Riverina

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Chris.sherlock2 (talk) 01:05, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

The Riverina and the South West Slopes

There are places where the Riverina is part of the South West Slopes. For instance, the Narrandera Shire is in the Riverina and in the South West Slopes. - Chris.sherlock2 (talk) 02:16, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

If you are talking about the bioregions then no, they're adjacent and don't overlap, as defined by Environment and Heritage. Compare these not-very-good maps of South Western Slopes and Riverina. Whether the Commons categories are meant to represent these two things I don't know, but they probably should as both are subcats of Category:IBRA regions. Sam Wilson 06:08, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

Hmmm... that seems reasonable. OK, I'll need to fix this. - Chris.sherlock2 (talk) 07:46, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

So looking at this again... I'm looking at Regions of New South Wales and it clearly shows that the Riverina is a subset of the South West Slopes. I'm using the informal divisions, which looks about right. - Chris.sherlock2 (talk) 07:51, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

@Chris.sherlock2: Yes, I think Category:Riverina should probably be defined as the informal region, and a separate Category:Riverina (bioregion) be used for the specific IBRA region. Then, Category:South West Slopes, New South Wales (the bioregion) can contain Category:Riverina but shouldn't contain Category:Riverina (bioregion). Sam Wilson 08:20, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

That is actually a damn good idea. The problem as always is that non-IVRA regions aren’t formally defined. The Wikipedia definition is probably the best we have. - Chris.sherlock2 (talk) 09:23, 18 July 2025 (UTC)