Arnhem Plateau
| Arnhem Plateau Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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 The area is an important site for banded fruit doves | |||||||||||||||
 The interim Australian bioregions, with the Arnhem Plateau in red | |||||||||||||||
| Area | 23,060 km2 (8,903.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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The Arnhem Plateau is an Australian bioregion located in the Northern Territory of Australia, comprising an area of 2,306,023 hectares (5,698,310 acres)[1] of the raised and heavily dissected sandstone plateau that characterises central Arnhem Land in the Top End of the Northern Territory.[2]
Description
The boundary of the 22,000-square-kilometre (8,500 sq mi)
Allosyncarpia ternata. About a quarter of the IBA is within Kakadu National Park; a southern outlier is in Nitmiluk National Park, with much of the remainder due to be incorporated in the Wardekken Indigenous Protected Area.[3][failed verification
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Birds
Identified as an important bird area by
sandstone shrike-thrushes.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Arnhem Plateau bioregion" (PDF). Arnhem Plateau bioregion. NT Environment Department. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Arnhem Plateau. Downloaded from "BirdLife International - conserving the world's birds". Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2014. on 2011-12-08.
- ^ "Explore - Birdata". Birdata. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
13°11′28″S 133°10′50″E / 13.19111°S 133.18056°E
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