Finke bioregion
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 The interim Australian bioregions, with Finke in red | |||||||||||||||
| Area | 72,674.16 km2 (28,059.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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Finke, an interim Australian bioregion, comprises 7,267,416 hectares (17,958,180 acres), and is part of two state/territories of Australia: the Northern Territory and South Australia.[1][2] It is part of the Central Ranges xeric scrub ecoregion.[3]
The bioregion has the code FIN.[4]
Subregions
[edit]There are four subregions.[4]
| IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7 | ||||
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| IBRA region / subregion | IBRA code | Area | States | Location in Australia |
| Finke | FIN | 7,267,416 hectares (17,958,180 acres) | NT / SA |
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| Henbury | FIN01 | 2,257,063 hectares (5,577,320 acres) | ||
| Finke River | FIN02 | 1,601,516 hectares (3,957,430 acres) | ||
| Tieyon | FIN03 | 2,505,610 hectares (6,191,500 acres) | ||
| Pedirka | FIN04 | 903,228 hectares (2,231,920 acres) | ||
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ "Central Ranges xeric scrub". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
- ^ 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
[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, 1995. ISBN 0-642-21371-2
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