Darwin Coastal
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Area | 27,800 km2 (10,733.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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The Darwin Coastal, an IBRA bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory of Australia.[1][2]
Geography
It comprises an area of 2,843,199 hectares (7,025,700 acres)[3] of central Arnhem Land, in the Top End of the Northern Territory.[4]
This Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) bioregion is generally flat, low-lying coastlands, drained by several large rivers. Vegetation communities include eucalypt forest and woodlands with tussock grass and hummock grass understorey.
Land use is mixed, with urban development around Darwin, Aboriginal land, pastoral leases and conservation reserves. Major population centres are Darwin and Palmerston.[4]
See also
- Biogeography of the Northern Territory
- IBRA regions
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.
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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.
- ^ a b "Darwin Coastal bioregion" (PDF). Department of the Environment. Australian Government. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
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- Arnhem Coast
- Arnhem Plateau
- Australian Alps
- Avon Wheatbelt
- Ben Lomond
- Brigalow Belt North
- Brigalow Belt South
- Broken Hill Complex
- Burt Plain
- Cape York Peninsula
- Carnarvon
- Central Arnhem
- Central Kimberley
- Central Mackay Coast
- Central Ranges
- Channel Country
- Cobar Peneplain
- Coolgardie
- Coral Sea
- Cumberland Plain
- Daly Basin
- Dampierland
- Darling Riverine Plains
- Darwin Coastal
- Davenport Murchison Ranges
- Desert Uplands
- Einasleigh Uplands
- Esperance Plains
- Eyre Yorke Block
- Finke
- Flinders Lofty Block
- Furneaux
- Gascoyne
- Gawler
- Geraldton Sandplains
- Gibson Desert
- Great Sandy Desert
- Great Victoria Desert
- Gulf Coastal
- Gulf Fall and Uplands
- Gulf Plains
- Hampton
- Indian Tropical Islands
- Jarrah Forest
- Kanmantoo
- King
- Little Sandy Desert
- MacDonnell Ranges
- Mallee
- Mitchell Grass Downs
- Mount Isa Inlier
- Mulga Lands
- Murchison
- Murray Darling Depression
- Nandewar
- Naracoorte Coastal Plain
- New England Tablelands
- Northern Kimberley
- New South Wales North Coast
- New South Wales South Western Slopes
- Nullarbor Plain
- Ord Victoria Plain
- Pacific Subtropical Islands
- Pine Creek
- Pilbara
- Riverina
- Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields
- South East Coastal Plain
- South East Corner
- South Eastern Highlands
- South Eastern Queensland
- Southern Volcanic Plain
- Stony Plains
- Sturt Plateau
- Subantarctic Islands
- Swan Coastal Plain
- Sydney Basin
- Tanami
- Tasmanian Central Highlands
- Tasmanian Northern Midlands
- Tasmanian Northern Slopes
- Tasmanian South East
- Tasmanian Southern Ranges
- Tasmanian West
- Tiwi Cobourg
- Victoria Bonaparte
- Victorian Midlands
- Warren
- Wet Tropics
- Yalgoo
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