Davenport Murchison Ranges

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Davenport Murchison Ranges
Northern Territory
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Old Police Station Waterhole in Iytwelepenty / Davenport Range National Park
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The interim Australian bioregions,
with Davenport Murchison Ranges in red
Area58,051.08 km2 (22,413.6 sq mi)
Localities around Davenport Murchison Ranges:
Mitchell Grass Downs Mitchell Grass Downs Mitchell Grass Downs
Tanami Davenport Murchison Ranges Tanami
Tanami Tanami Tanami

Davenport Murchison Ranges is an interim Australian bioregion located in the Northern Territory. [1] It has an area of 5,805,108 hectares (14,344,730 acres). [2] The bioregion is part of the larger Great Sandy-Tanami desert ecoregion.

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Subregions

Davenport Murchison Ranges is made up of three subregions: [2]

Protected areas

Less than 5% of the bioregion is in protected areas, [3] the largest of which is Iytwelepenty / Davenport Range National Park in the Barkly subregion.

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Commonwealth of Australia. 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  3. "National Reserve System - IBRA Region Protection Level" (PDF). Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Australian Government. Geospatial & Information Analytics Branch, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Commonwealth of Australia. March 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2022.