Gulf Coastal

The Gulf Coastal, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory,[1][2] comprising 2,711,718 hectares (6,700,800 acres).[3]

Gulf Coastal
Northern Territory
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Gulf Coastal in red
Area27,117.18 km2 (10,470.0 sq mi)
Localities around Gulf Coastal:
Gulf Fall and Uplands Central Arnhem Gulf of Carpentaria
Gulf Fall and Uplands Gulf Coastal Gulf Fall and Uplands
Gulf Fall and Uplands Gulf Fall and Uplands Gulf Fall and Uplands

The code for the bioregion is GUC.[3]

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregionIBRA codeAreaStatesLocation in Australia
Gulf CoastalGUC2,711,718 hectares (6,700,800 acres)NT
LimmenGUC0112,714,805 hectares (31,418,970 acres)
PellewsGUC022,914,114 hectares (7,200,930 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. "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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