Gulf Fall and Uplands

Summary

The Gulf Fall and Uplands, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory and Queensland,[1][2] comprising 11,847,909 hectares (29,276,820 acres).[3]

Gulf Fall and Uplands
Australia
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Gulf Fall and Uplands in red
Area118,479.09 km2 (45,745.0 sq mi)
Localities around Gulf Fall and Uplands:
Arnhem Plateau Gulf Coastal Gulf Plains
Sturt Plateau Gulf Fall and Uplands Gulf Plains
Mitchell Grass Downs Mitchell Grass Downs Mount Isa Inlier

Described in IBRA5.1[1] as "undulating terrain with scattered low, steep hills on Proterozoic and Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks, often overlain by lateritised Tertiary material; skeletal soils and shallow sands; Darwin box (Eucalyptus tectifica) and variable-barked bloodwood (Corymbia erythrophloia) woodland to low open woodland with spinifex understorey."

The abbreviation for the bioregion is GFU.[3]

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregion IBRA code Area States Location in Australia
Gulf Fall and Uplands GFU 11,847,909 hectares (29,276,820 acres) NT / Qld
McArthur GFU01 9,330,938 hectares (23,057,250 acres)
Nicholson GFU02 2,516,971 hectares (6,219,570 acres)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ IBRA Version 6.1 data
  3. ^ 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