| Geraldton Sandplains Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The interim Australian bioregions,with Geraldton Sandplains in red | |||||||||||||||
| Area | 31,421.49 km (12,131.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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Geraldton Sandplains is an interim Australian bioregion of Western Australia. It has an area of 3,142,149 hectares (7,764,420 acres). The Geraldton Sandplains is part of the larger Southwest Australia savanna ecoregion, as assessed by the World Wildlife Fund.
Subregions
| IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7 | ||||
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| IBRA region / subregion | IBRA code | Area | States | Location in Australia |
| Geraldton Sandplains | GES | 3,142,149 hectares (7,764,420 acres) | WA |
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| Geraldton Hills | GES01 | 1,969,997 hectares (4,867,970 acres) | ||
| Leseur Sandplain | GES02 | 1,172,152 hectares (2,896,450 acres) | ||
See also
References
- 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 15 May 2022.
- "Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Commonwealth of Australia. 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- "Southwest Australia savanna". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
Further reading
- Thackway, R and I D Cresswell (1995) An interim biogeographic regionalisation for Australia : a framework for setting priorities in the National Reserves System Cooperative Program Version 4.0 Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Reserve Systems Unit, 1995. ISBN 0-642-21371-2
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