Tanami bioregion

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Tanami
Australia
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Tanami in red
Area259,972.77 km2 (100,376.0 sq mi)
Localities around Tanami:
Ord Victoria Plain Sturt Plateau Mitchell Grass Downs
Great Sandy Desert Tanami Davenport Murchison Ranges
Great Sandy Desert Burt Plain Channel Country

The Tanami (IBRA region), an interim Australian bioregion, comprises 25,997,277 hectares (64,240,670 acres), and is part of twostate/territories of Australia: the Northern Territory and Western Australia.[1][2]

The bioregion has the code TAN.[3] There are three subregions.[3]

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregion IBRA code Area States Location in Australia
Tanami TAN 25,997,277 hectares (64,240,670 acres) NT / WA
Tanami Desert TAN01 20,769,151 hectares (51,321,690 acres)
Wycliffe TAN02 1,600,893 hectares (3,955,890 acres)
Sandover TAN03 3,627,233 hectares (8,963,090 acres)

See also

References

  1. ^ 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. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ IBRA Version 6.1 data
  3. ^ a b "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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