The Darwin Coastal, an IBRA bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory of Australia.[1][2]
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Area | 27,800 km2 (10,733.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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It comprises an area of 2,843,199 hectares (7,025,700 acres)[3] of central Arnhem Land, in the Top End of the Northern Territory.[4]
This Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) bioregion is generally flat, low-lying coastlands, drained by several large rivers. Vegetation communities include eucalypt forest and woodlands with tussock grass and hummock grass understorey.
Land use is mixed, with urban development around Darwin, Aboriginal land, pastoral leases and conservation reserves. Major population centres are Darwin and Palmerston.[4]
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