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]
| Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The interim Australian bioregions, with Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields in red | |||||||||||||||
| Area | 279,842.83 km2 (108,047.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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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 |
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| 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) | ||
See also
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ IBRA Version 6.1 data
- ^ a b "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.
Further reading
edit- 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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