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The Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) is an IBRA biogeographic region, located in the Northern Territory and Queensland,[1][2] which comprises an area of 33,468,761 hectares (82,703,110 acres) with eight subregions.[3]

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregion IBRA code Area States Location in Australia
Mitchell Grass Downs MGD 33,468,761 hectares (82,703,110 acres) NT / Qld
Sylvester MGD01 1,153,283 hectares (2,849,820 acres)
Barkly Tableland MGD02 9,479,612 hectares (23,424,630 acres)
Georgina Limestone MGD03 2,292,026 hectares (5,663,720 acres)
Southwestern Downs MGD04 3,715,454 hectares (9,181,090 acres)
Kynuna Plateau MGD05 2,293,311 hectares (5,666,890 acres)
Northern Downs MGD06 435,263 hectares (1,075,560 acres)
Central Downs MGD07 9,378,817 hectares (23,175,560 acres)
Southern Wooded Downs MGD08 4,720,995 hectares (11,665,830 acres)

See Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia

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



source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Grass_Downs_bioregion