Tanami bioregion

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Tanami
Australia
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Tanami in red
Area259,972.77 km2 (100,376.0 sq mi)
Localities around Tanami:
Ord Victoria Plain Sturt Plateau Mitchell Grass Downs
Great Sandy Desert Tanami Davenport Murchison Ranges
Great Sandy Desert Burt Plain Channel Country

Tanami (

Great Sandy-Tanami desert
ecoregion.

The bioregion has the code TAN.[3] There are three subregions.[3]

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregion IBRA code Area States Location in Australia
Tanami TAN 25,997,277 hectares (64,240,670 acres) NT / WA
Tanami Desert TAN01 20,769,151 hectares (51,321,690 acres)
Wycliffe TAN02 1,600,893 hectares (3,955,890 acres)
Sandover TAN03 3,627,233 hectares (8,963,090 acres)

See also

References

  1. ^ https://ausil.org.au/Dictionary/Warlpiri/index-english/index.htm
  2. Government of Australia. Retrieved 9 May 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help
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  3. ^ a b "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.