Gascoyne is an interim Australian bioregion located in Western Australia.[1] It has an area of 180,752.57 square kilometres (69,788.96 sq mi).[2] Together with Murchison bioregion to the south, it constitutes the Western Australian Mulga shrublands ecoregion, as assessed by the World Wildlife Fund.[3]

Gascoyne
Western Australia
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Gascoyne in red
Area180,752.57 km2 (69,789.0 sq mi)
Localities around Gascoyne:
Carnarvon Pilbara Little Sandy Desert
Carnarvon Gascoyne Great Victoria Desert
Murchison Murchison Murchison

Subregions

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It has three subregions named after localities or areas in the region:

  • Ashburton GAS01 3,687,030 hectares (9,110,800 acres)
  • Carnegie GAS02 4,718,656 hectares (11,660,050 acres)
  • Augustus GAS03 9,669,571 hectares (23,894,030 acres)

Protected areas

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Protected areas in the bioregion include:

References

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  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, Australian Government. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Commonwealth of Australia. 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Western Australian Mulga shrublands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.

Further reading

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  • 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. ISBN 0-642-21371-2