Yalgoo (biogeographic region)
Yalgoo is an interim Australia bioregion located in Western Australia,[1][2] comprising 5,087,577 hectares (12,571,680 acres).[3]
The IBRA regions, with Yalgoo in red
In the IBRA system it has the code of (YAL), and it has two sub-regions:
- Edel (YAL01) that is a significant component of the Shark Bay, Western Australia World Heritage area.[4]
- Tallering sub-region (YAL02)
The region is also part of the larger Southwest Australia savanna ecoregion, as classified by the World Wildlife Fund.[5]
| IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBRA region / subregion | IBRA code | Area | States | Location in Australia |
| Yalgoo | YAL | 5,087,577 hectares (12,571,680 acres) | WA | |
| Edel | YAL01 | 1,588,634 hectares (3,925,600 acres) | ||
| Tallering | YAL02 | 3,498,943 hectares (8,646,080 acres) | ||
See also
Shark Bay, Western Australia
References
- 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
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- "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.
- Shark Bay terrestrial reserves and proposed reserve additions: draft management plan: Bioregions and Figure 4: IBRA sub-regions of the Shark Bay Area (map). Department of Environment and Conservation; Conservation Commission of Western Australia. Bentley, W.A.: Dept. of Environment and Conservation. 2007. pp. 37–39.
- "Southwest Australia savanna". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
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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