Tiwi Cobourg

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Tiwi Cobourg
Region
IBRA 6.1 Tiwi Cobourg.png
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Tiwi Cobourg in red
Country Australia
State Northern Territory
Area
 • Total
10,105.8 km2 (3,901.9 sq mi)
Regions around Tiwi Cobourg
Timor Sea Arafura Sea Arafura Sea
Timor Sea Tiwi Cobourg Arnhem Coast
Beagle Gulf Van Diemen Gulf Darwin Coastal

Tiwi Cobourg is an interim Australian bioregion located in the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia. [1] It has an area of 1,010,580 hectares (2,497,200 acres), [2] which includes the Cobourg Peninsula of Arnhem Land, Croker Island, and the Tiwi Islands. [3] The bioregion is part of the Arnhem Land tropical savanna ecoregion. [4]

Tiwi Cobourg consists of two subregions – Cobourg, which includes the Cobourg Peninsula and Croker Island, and Tiwi, which includes the Tiwi Islands. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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, Australian Government . Retrieved 3 May 2022.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  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. 1 2 John Woinarski and Bryan Baker. "Biodiversity Audit - bioregional case study Tiwi-Cobourg bioregion, Northern Territory" (PDF). Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin. Government of Australia . Retrieved 3 May 2022.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ "Arnhem Land tropical savanna". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
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