| Geraldton Sandplains Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The interim Australian bioregions, with Geraldton Sandplains in red | |||||||||||||||
| Area | 31,421.49 km2 (12,131.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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Geraldton Sandplains is an interim Australian bioregion of Western Australia.[1] It has an area of 3,142,149 hectares (7,764,420 acres).[2] The Geraldton Sandplains is part of the larger Southwest Australia savanna ecoregion, as assessed by the World Wildlife Fund.[3]
Subregions
| IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7 | ||||
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| IBRA region / subregion | IBRA code | Area | States | Location in Australia |
| Geraldton Sandplains | GES | 3,142,149 hectares (7,764,420 acres) | WA | |
| Geraldton Hills | GES01 | 1,969,997 hectares (4,867,970 acres) | ||
| Leseur Sandplain | GES02 | 1,172,152 hectares (2,896,450 acres) | ||
See also
References
- ↑ Environment Australia. "Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 – Summary Report" (PDF). Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australian Government. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ↑ "Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Commonwealth of Australia. 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ↑ "Southwest Australia savanna". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
Further reading
- Thackway, R and I D Cresswell (1995) An interim biogeographic regionalisation for Australia : a framework for setting priorities in the National Reserves System Cooperative Program Version 4.0 Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Reserve Systems Unit, 1995. ISBN 0-642-21371-2
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