Burt Plain

Burt Plain
Northern Territory
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Burt Plain in red
Area 73,797.19 km2 (28,493.3 sq mi)
Localities around Burt Plain:
Great Sandy Desert Tanami Tanami
Great Sandy Desert Burt Plain Channel Country
MacDonnell Ranges MacDonnell Ranges Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields

Burt Plain, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory,[1][2] and comprises 7,379,719 hectares (18,235,680 acres).[3]

The bioregion has the code BRT.[3] There are four subregions.[3]

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregionIBRA codeAreaStatesLocation in Australia
Burt PlainBRT7,379,719 hectares (18,235,680 acres)NT
YuendumuBRT012,931,061 ha (7,242,810 acres)
AtartingaBRT023,531,111 ha (8,725,570 acres)
Mount ChappleBRT03390,981 ha (966,140 acres)
DulcieBRT04526,567 ha (1,301,180 acres)


See also


References

  1. ↑ 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 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
  2. ↑ IBRA Version 6.1 data
  3. 1 2 3 "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

  • 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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