Mitchell Grass Downs (biogeographic region)

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]

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregionIBRA codeAreaStatesLocation in Australia
Mitchell Grass DownsMGD33,468,761 hectares (82,703,110 acres)NT / Qld
SylvesterMGD011,153,283 hectares (2,849,820 acres)
Barkly TablelandMGD029,479,612 hectares (23,424,630 acres)
Georgina LimestoneMGD032,292,026 hectares (5,663,720 acres)
Southwestern DownsMGD043,715,454 hectares (9,181,090 acres)
Kynuna PlateauMGD052,293,311 hectares (5,666,890 acres)
Northern DownsMGD06435,263 hectares (1,075,560 acres)
Central DownsMGD079,378,817 hectares (23,175,560 acres)
Southern Wooded DownsMGD084,720,995 hectares (11,665,830 acres)

Mitchell Grass Downs
Australia
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Mitchell Grass Downs in red
Area334,687.61 km2 (129,223.6 sq mi)
Localities around Mitchell Grass Downs:
Sturt Plateau Gulf Fall and Uplands Mount Isa Inlier
Tanami Mitchell Grass Downs Desert Uplands
Channel Country Channel Country Mulga Lands

See Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia

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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