Cowra

Appellation

Cowra is a GI region of Central Ranges in Australia.

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The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type: GI region (Wine Australia)
Protected since: 1998-10-16
Area: 145,612 ha registered outline
Centre: 33.7429° S, 148.6102° E
State: New South Wales
Legal basis: Wine Australia Act 2013; Register of Protected GIs and Other Terms.

Outline: From the Wine Australia GI register, via the adynak/WineRegions copy.

Where it is

Nearest town: 13 km north-west of Cowra
Nearest city: 68 km south-west of Orange 41,920 people
To the sea: 221 km
Rivers nearby: Lachlan (1.9 km)
Same latitude: Valle de Uco (Argentina), Paarl (South Africa), Valle de Leyda (Chile), Centro-Este (Uruguay)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation: 262–525 m
Mean elevation: 330 m

Measured over the whole outline on 91,830 elevation cells of about 127 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

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