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Finke, an interim Australian bioregion, comprises 7,267,416 hectares (17,958,180 acres), and is part of two state/territories of Australia: the Northern Territory and South Australia.[1][2] It is part of the Central Ranges xeric scrub ecoregion.[3]

The bioregion has the code FIN.[4]

Subregions

There are four subregions.[4]

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregion IBRA code Area States Location in Australia
Finke FIN 7,267,416 hectares (17,958,180 acres) NT / SA
Henbury FIN01 2,257,063 hectares (5,577,320 acres)
Finke River FIN02 1,601,516 hectares (3,957,430 acres)
Tieyon FIN03 2,505,610 hectares (6,191,500 acres)
Pedirka FIN04 903,228 hectares (2,231,920 acres)

See also

References

  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.
  2. ^ IBRA Version 6.1 data
  3. ^ "Central Ranges xeric scrub". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
  4. ^ 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. ISBN 0-642-21371-2


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