Stony Plains

Finke
Australia
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Stony Plains in red
Area 131,663.72 km2 (50,835.6 sq mi)
Localities around Finke:
Central Ranges [[Finke (biogeographic region)}Finke]] Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields
Great Victoria Desert Stony Plains Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields
Gawler Gawler Flinders Lofty Block

Stony Plains, an interim Australian bioregion, comprises 13,166,372 hectares (32,534,810 acres), and is part of two state/territories of Australia: the Northern Territory and South Australia.[1][2]

The bioregion has the code STP.[3] There are seven subregions.[3]

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregionIBRA codeAreaStatesLocation in Australia
Stony PlainsSTP13,166,372 hectares (32,534,810 acres)SA
BreakawaysSTP012,444,385 hectares (6,040,210 acres)
OodnadattaSTP022,593,717 hectares (6,409,210 acres)
MurnpeowieSTP032,910,385 hectares (7,191,720 acres)
Peake-Dennison InlierSTP04158,623 hectares (391,970 acres)
MacumbaSTP05693,282 hectares (1,713,140 acres)
WitjiraSTP061,677,111 hectares (4,144,230 acres)
BaltanaSTP072,688,870 hectares (6,644,300 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 "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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