Pine Creek (biogeographic region)

The Pine Creek biogeographic region, an interim Australian bioregion, (abbreviation PCK) is located in the Northern Territory,[1][2] and comprises 2,851,777 hectares (7,046,890 acres).[3]

Pine Creek
Northern Territory
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Pine Creek in red
Area28,517.77 km2 (11,010.8 sq mi)
Localities around Pine Creek:
Darwin Coastal Darwin Coastal Arnhem Plateau
Darwin Coastal Pine Creek Arnhem Plateau
Daly Basin Daly Basin Gulf Fall and Uplands

The bioregion draws its name from Pine Creek, and has the code PCK.[3] There is just one subregion (PCK01, identical to the region.[3]

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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