Stony Plains

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Stony Plains
Australia
IBRA 6.1 Stony Plains.png
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Stony Plains in red
Area131,663.72 km2 (50,835.6 sq mi)
Localities around Stony Plains:
Central Ranges Finke Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields
Great Victoria Desert Stony Plains Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields
Gawler Gawler Flinders Lofty Block

Stony Plains, an interim Australian bioregion, comprises 13,166,372 hectares (32,534,810 acres), and is part of two state/territories of Australia: the Northern Territory and South Australia. [1] [2]

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The bioregion has the code STP. [3] There are seven subregions. [3]

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregionIBRA codeArea States Location in Australia
Stony PlainsSTP13,166,372 hectares (32,534,810 acres)SA IBRA 6.1 Stony Plains.png
Breakaways STP012,444,385 hectares (6,040,210 acres)
Oodnadatta STP022,593,717 hectares (6,409,210 acres)
Murnpeowie STP032,910,385 hectares (7,191,720 acres)
Peake-Dennison Inlier STP04158,623 hectares (391,970 acres)
Macumba STP05693,282 hectares (1,713,140 acres)
Witjira STP061,677,111 hectares (4,144,230 acres)
Baltana STP072,688,870 hectares (6,644,300 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 "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.

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