The Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) is an IBRA biogeographic region, located in the Northern Territory and Queensland,[1][2] which comprises an area of 33,468,761 hectares (82,703,110 acres) with eight subregions.[3]
| Mitchell Grass Downs Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The interim Australian bioregions, with Mitchell Grass Downs in red | |||||||||||||||
| Area | 334,687.61 km2 (129,223.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7 | ||||
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| IBRA region / subregion | IBRA code | Area | States | Location in Australia |
| Mitchell Grass Downs | MGD | 33,468,761 hectares (82,703,110 acres) | NT / Qld |
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| Sylvester | MGD01 | 1,153,283 hectares (2,849,820 acres) | ||
| Barkly Tableland | MGD02 | 9,479,612 hectares (23,424,630 acres) | ||
| Georgina Limestone | MGD03 | 2,292,026 hectares (5,663,720 acres) | ||
| Southwestern Downs | MGD04 | 3,715,454 hectares (9,181,090 acres) | ||
| Kynuna Plateau | MGD05 | 2,293,311 hectares (5,666,890 acres) | ||
| Northern Downs | MGD06 | 435,263 hectares (1,075,560 acres) | ||
| Central Downs | MGD07 | 9,378,817 hectares (23,175,560 acres) | ||
| Southern Wooded Downs | MGD08 | 4,720,995 hectares (11,665,830 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
- ^ "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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