Mitchell Grass Downs bioregion
Region in Australia
Mitchell Grass Downs Australia | |||||||||||||||
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The interim Australian bioregions, with Mitchell Grass Downs in red | |||||||||||||||
Area | 334,687.61 km2 (129,223.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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The Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) is an IBRA biogeographic region, located in the Northern Territory and Queensland,[1][2] which comprises an area of 33,468,761 hectares (82,703,110 acres) with eight subregions.[3]
IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7 | ||||
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IBRA region / subregion | IBRA code | Area | States | Location in Australia |
Mitchell Grass Downs | MGD | 33,468,761 hectares (82,703,110 acres) | NT / Qld | |
Sylvester | MGD01 | 1,153,283 hectares (2,849,820 acres) | ||
Barkly Tableland | MGD02 | 9,479,612 hectares (23,424,630 acres) | ||
Georgina Limestone | MGD03 | 2,292,026 hectares (5,663,720 acres) | ||
Southwestern Downs | MGD04 | 3,715,454 hectares (9,181,090 acres) | ||
Kynuna Plateau | MGD05 | 2,293,311 hectares (5,666,890 acres) | ||
Northern Downs | MGD06 | 435,263 hectares (1,075,560 acres) | ||
Central Downs | MGD07 | 9,378,817 hectares (23,175,560 acres) | ||
Southern Wooded Downs | MGD08 | 4,720,995 hectares (11,665,830 acres) |
See Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia
See also
- Geography of Australia
References
- ^ Environment Australia. "Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 - Summary Report". Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australian Government. Archived from the original on 5 September 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2007.
- ^ IBRA Version 6.1 data
- ^ "Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Commonwealth of Australia. 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
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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