Mount Isa Inlier

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Mount Isa Inlier
Queensland
IBRA 6.1 Mount Isa Inlier.png
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Mount Isa Inlier in red
Area67,782.63 km2 (26,171.0 sq mi)
Localities around Mount Isa Inlier:
Gulf Fall and Uplands Gulf Plains Gulf Plains
Mitchell Grass Downs Mount Isa Inlier Gulf Plains
MacDonnell Ranges Mitchell Grass Downs Mitchell Grass Downs

Mount Isa Inlier, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Queensland, [1] [2] and comprises 6,778,263 hectares (16,749,450 acres). [3]

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The bioregion has the code MII. [3] There are three subregions. [3] [4]

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregionIBRA codeArea States Location in Australia
Mount Isa InlierMII6,778,263 hectares (16,749,450 acres)Qld IBRA 6.1 Mount Isa Inlier.png
Southwestern Plateaus and Floodouts MII011,333,519 hectares (3,295,200 acres)
Thorntonia MII02802,892 hectares (1,983,990 acres)
Mount Isa MII034,641,851 hectares (11,470,260 acres)

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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.
  2. IBRA Version 6.1 data
  3. 1 2 3 "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.
  4. Stanton, J. P. (James Peter); Morgan, M. G; University of New England. School of Natural Resources (1977), The rapid selection and appraisal of key and endangered sites : the Queensland case study, the University of New England School of Natural Resources, pp. 1–10, retrieved 11 February 2022

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