Gulf Fall and Uplands

The Gulf Fall and Uplands, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory andQueensland,[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 Boxwood and Variable-barked Bloodwood woodland to low open woodland with spinifex understorey."

The abbreviation for the bioregion is GFU.[3]

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregionIBRA codeAreaStatesLocation in Australia
Gulf Fall and UplandsGFU11,847,909 hectares (29,276,820 acres)NT / Qld
McArthurGFU019,330,938 hectares (23,057,250 acres)
NicholsonGFU022,516,971 hectares (6,219,570 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 5 September 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2007. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. IBRA Version 6.1 data
  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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