Gascoyne bioregion
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Bioregion in Western Australia
| Gascoyne Western Australia | |
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| The interim Australian bioregions, with Gascoyne in red | |
| Area | 180,752.57 km2 (69,789.0 sq mi) |
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Localities around Gascoyne: Carnarvon
Gascoyne
Great Victoria Desert
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Gascoyne is an interim Australian bioregion located in Western Australia.[1] It has an area of 180,752.57 square kilometres (69,788.96 sq mi).[2] Together with Murchison bioregion to the south, it constitutes the Western Australian Mulga shrublands ecoregion, as assessed by the World Wildlife Fund.[3]
Subregions
[edit ]It has three subregions named after localities or areas in the region:
- Ashburton GAS01 3,687,030 hectares (9,110,800 acres)
- Carnegie GAS02 4,718,656 hectares (11,660,050 acres)
- Augustus GAS03 9,669,571 hectares (23,894,030 acres)
Protected areas
[edit ]Protected areas in the bioregion include:
- Barlee Range Nature Reserve
- Birriliburu Indigenous Protected Area
- Collier Range National Park
- Mount Augustus National Park
References
[edit ]- ^ 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 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Commonwealth of Australia. 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Western Australian Mulga shrublands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
Further reading
[edit ]- 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. ISBN 0-642-21371-2