Tanami bioregion

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Tanami
Australia
IBRA 6.1 Tanami.png
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Tanami in red
Area259,972.77 km2 (100,376.0 sq mi)
Localities around Tanami:
Ord Victoria Plain Sturt Plateau Mitchell Grass Downs
Great Sandy Desert Tanami Davenport Murchison Ranges
Great Sandy Desert Burt Plain Channel Country

Tanami (Warlpiri : Jarnami) [1] is an interim Australian bioregion, comprising 25,997,277 hectares (64,240,670 acres) in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. [2] It is part of the Great Sandy-Tanami desert ecoregion.

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

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregionIBRA codeArea States Location in Australia
TanamiTAN25,997,277 hectares (64,240,670 acres)NT / WA IBRA 6.1 Tanami.png
Tanami Desert TAN0120,769,151 hectares (51,321,690 acres)
Wycliffe TAN021,600,893 hectares (3,955,890 acres)
Sandover TAN033,627,233 hectares (8,963,090 acres)

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References

  1. "English - Warlpiri".
  2. Environment Australia. "Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 – Summary Report" (PDF). Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Government of Australia . Retrieved 9 May 2022.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  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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