Tanami bioregion

Tanami is an interim Australian bioregion, comprising 25,997,277 hectares (64,240,670 acres) in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.[1] It is part of the Great Sandy-Tanami desert ecoregion.

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

The bioregion has the code TAN.[2] There are three subregions.[2]

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregionIBRA codeAreaStatesLocation in Australia
TanamiTAN25,997,277 hectares (64,240,670 acres)NT / WA
Tanami DesertTAN0120,769,151 hectares (51,321,690 acres)
WycliffeTAN021,600,893 hectares (3,955,890 acres)
SandoverTAN033,627,233 hectares (8,963,090 acres)

See also

References
  1. Environment Australia. "Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 – Summary Report" (PDF). Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Government of Australia. Retrieved 9 May 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "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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