The Gulf Coastal, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory,[1][2] comprising 2,711,718 hectares (6,700,800 acres).[3]
Gulf Coastal Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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Area | 27,117.18 km2 (10,470.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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The code for the bioregion is GUC.[3]
IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7 | ||||
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IBRA region / subregion | IBRA code | Area | States | Location in Australia |
Gulf Coastal | GUC | 2,711,718 hectares (6,700,800 acres) | NT | |
Limmen | GUC01 | 12,714,805 hectares (31,418,970 acres) | ||
Pellews | GUC02 | 2,914,114 hectares (7,200,930 acres) |
See also
editReferences
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
- ^ 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