Central Ranges

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Central Ranges
Australia
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Central Ranges in red
Area101,640.44 km2 (39,243.6 sq mi)
Localities around Central Ranges:
Gibson Desert Great Sandy Desert Finke
Gibson Desert Central Ranges Finke
Great Victoria Desert Great Victoria Desert Great Victoria Desert

Central Ranges (code CER) is an Australian bioregion, with an area of 101,640.44 square kilometres (39,244 sq mi) spreading across two states and one territory: South Australia, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory.[1][2] It forms a large part of the World Wide Fund for Nature Central Ranges xeric scrub ecoregion.

References[edit]

  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}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ IBRA Version 6.1 Archived September 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

Further reading[edit]

  • 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