Definitions for "Kwongan"
An aboriginal word from southwestern Australia referring to the open, scrubby vegetation on sandy soil, similar to the fynbos, chaparral, or matorral. Approximately 30 percent of SW Australia was kwongan, but most has now been cleared for development.
An aboriginal word from the Nyungar language of southwestern Australia refering to the open, scrubby vegetation on sandy soil, similar to, though less diverse than, the South African fynbos. It also resembles the vegetation types of other mediterranean regions - California's chaparral, the Chilean matorral, and the Mediterranean maquis.