Adelaide Plains

{{Short description|Coastal plain in South Australia}} {{about|the plain in South Australia|the wine region|Adelaide Plains wine region|the local government area|Adelaide Plains Council}} {{more citations needed|date=November 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox Australian place |type = other |name = Adelaide Plains |state = sa |image ={{multiple image | total_width = 280 | border = infobox | perrow = 1/1 | caption_align = center | image1 = Home on a Wing.jpg | alt1 = | caption1 = Aerial view of the Adelaide metropolitan area viewed from above the northern suburbs at the bottom of the image. The city centre is the cluster of buildings in the centre, the Adelaide Hills are centre-right, the eastern suburbs on the far left and the southern suburbs far centre. | image2 = Little para reservoir.JPG | alt2 = | caption2 = Northwest regions of the Adelaide Plains. The built-up area in the bottom left corner is Greenwith. The dark dotted areas in the background are the northern suburbs of Adelaide, corresponding to the City of Playford centred around Elizabeth and the mid-area of the Adelaide Plains are further in the background. }} |relief = 1 |coordinates = {{coord|34|56|21.69|S|138|35|51.25|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} }} The '''Adelaide Plains''' (Kaurna name '''Tarndanya''') is a plain in South Australia lying between the coast (Gulf St Vincent) on the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges on the east.<ref>{{cite web|title=Search result for 'Adelaide Plains'|id=SA0000253|url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/PLB/|publisher=Land Services, Department of Transport Planning and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia|work=Property Location Browser|access-date=20 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/|archive-date=12 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Adelaide Plains|url=http://boundforsouthaustralia.net.au/journey-content/adelaide-plains.html|author=History SA and Department of Education and Children's Services|publisher=Government of South Australia|access-date=20 June 2019|archive-date=9 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109084006/http://boundforsouthaustralia.net.au/journey-content/adelaide-plains.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The southernmost tip of the plain is in the southern seaside suburbs of Adelaide around Brighton at the foot of the O'Halloran Hill escarpment with the south Hummocks Range and Wakefield River roughly approximating the northern boundary.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

Traditionally entirely occupied by the Kaurna (indigenous) people, the Adelaide Plains are crossed by a number of rivers and creeks, but several dry up during summer.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Kaurna people: Aboriginal people of the Adelaide Plains: an Aboriginal studies course for secondary students in years 8-10|publisher=Education Department of South Australia|edition=Illustrated|year=1989|pages=266}}</ref> The rivers (from south to north) include: the Onkaparinga/Ngangki, Sturt/Warri Torrens/Karra Wirra, Little Para, Gawler, Light/Yarralinka and Wakefield/Undalya. The plains are generally fertile with annual rainfall of about {{convert|460|mm}} per year.

The plain can be roughly divided into three parts. The southern area is now covered by the city of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. The central area is considered the breadbasket of South Australia with many market gardens and wineries, particularly around the towns of Virginia and Angle Vale. The northern area is predominantly used for growing cereal grains such as wheat, barley, and canola, and farming sheep.

Usage of the term ''Adelaide Plains'' frequently refers to a central and non-metropolitan subset of the plain. This is evidenced by the local government area of Adelaide Plains Council, which occupies {{convert|932|sqkm}} from the Gawler River in the south to Wild Horse Plains, Long Plains and Grace Plains north of Dublin and Mallala.

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110930005119/http://www.southaustralia.com/food-and-wine/wine-region-adelaide-plains.aspx Adelaide and Adelaide Plains Wine Region official tourism page] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050503165503/http://www.winediva.com.au/regions/adelaide-plains.asp Wine Diva - Adelaide Plains]

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