Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Area | 279,842.83 km2 (108,047.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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The Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields, an interim Australian bioregion, comprises 27,984,283 hectares (69,150,670 acres), and is part of four state/territories of Australia: the Northern Territory, South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland [1] [2]
The bioregion has the code SSD. [3] There are five subregions. [3]
IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7 | ||||
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IBRA region / subregion | IBRA code | Area | States | Location in Australia |
Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | SSD | 27,984,283 hectares (69,150,670 acres) | NSW, NT, Qld, SA | |
Andado | SSD01 | 1,355,195 hectares (3,348,760 acres) | ||
Simpson Desert | SSD02 | 12,962,073 hectares (32,029,980 acres) | ||
Dieri | SSD03 | 5,152,029 hectares (12,730,940 acres) | ||
Warriner | SSD04 | 1,032,165 hectares (2,550,540 acres) | ||
Strzelecki Desert | SSD05 | 7,482,821 hectares (18,490,450 acres) | ||
The Northern Kimberley, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the northern Kimberley region of Western Australia, comprising 8,420,100 hectares.
The Victoria Bonaparte, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory and Western Australia, comprising 7,301,242 hectares.
Central Ranges is an Australian bioregion, with an area of 101,640.44 square kilometres, spreads across two states and one territory: South Australia, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory, forming a large part of the World Wide Fund for Nature Central Ranges xeric scrub ecoregion.
New England Tablelands, an interim Australian bioregion, is located mainly in New South Wales, comprising 3,002,213 hectares, of which 2,860,758 hectares or 95.23 per cent of the bioregion lies within New South Wales; and the residual within Queensland. This bioregion is one of the smaller bioregions in NSW, occupying 3.57 per cent of the state.
New South Wales North Coast or NSW North Coast, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in New South Wales, comprising 3,996,591 hectares.
The Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) is an IBRA biogeographic region, located in the Northern Territory and Queensland, which comprises an area of 33,468,761 hectares with eight subregions.
The Tasmanian Northern Slopes is an interim Australian bioregion located in the northern region of Tasmania, comprising 623,103 hectares.
The Tasmanian South East is an interim Australian bioregion located in the south-eastern region of Tasmania, comprising 1,131,822 hectares.
Nandewar, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in New South Wales and Queensland, and comprises an area of 2,701,977 hectares, surrounded by the Brigalow Belt South to the west, south-west and north-west, and to the east by the New England Tablelands. This is a region of hills on Palaeozoic sediments and lithosols and of Eucalyptus albens woodlands and summer rainfall.
The Pine Creek biogeographic region, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory, and comprises 2,851,777 hectares.
The Gulf Coastal, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory, comprising 2,711,718 hectares.
The Gulf Fall and Uplands, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory and Queensland, comprising 11,847,909 hectares.
The Gulf Plains, an interim Australian bioregion (IBRA), is located in the Northern Territory and Queensland, comprising 22,041,825 hectares. It is one of 89 such bioregions defined in Australia, with 419 subregions as of IBRA version 7, compared with the 85 bioregions and 403 subregions described in IBRA6.1.
Burt Plain, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory, and comprises 7,379,719 hectares.
Mount Isa Inlier, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Queensland, and comprises 6,778,263 hectares.
Central Mackay Coast, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in Queensland, and comprises 1,464,208 hectares.
Cobar Peneplain, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in New South Wales, and comprises 7,385,346 hectares.
Finke, an interim Australian bioregion, comprises 7,267,416 hectares, and is part of two state/territories of Australia: the Northern Territory and South Australia.
Stony Plains, an interim Australian bioregion, comprises 13,166,372 hectares, and is part of two state/territories of Australia: the Northern Territory and South Australia.
Tanami is an interim Australian bioregion, comprising 25,997,277 hectares in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. It is part of the Great Sandy-Tanami desert ecoregion.