The interim Australian bioregions, with Gulf Plains in red
Area
220,418.25 km2 (85,104.0 sq mi)
Localities around Gulf Plains:
Gulf Coastal
Gulf of Carpentaria
Cape York
Gulf Fall and Uplands
Gulf Plains
Einasleigh Uplands
Mount Isa Inlier
Mitchell Grass Downs
Einasleigh Uplands
The Gulf Plains, an interim Australian bioregion (IBRA), is located in the Northern Territory and Queensland, comprising 22,041,825 hectares (54,466,540 acres).[1] It is one of 89 such bioregions defined in Australia, with 419 subregions as of IBRA version 7, compared with the 85 bioregions and 403 subregions described in IBRA6.1.[2][3]
The code for the bioregion is GUP.[1]
IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregion
IBRA code
Area
States
Location in Australia
Gulf Plains
GUP
22,041,825 hectares (54,466,540 acres)
NT / Qld
Karumba Plains
GUP01
1,057,366 hectares (2,612,810 acres)
Armraynald Plains
GUP02
1,589,437 hectares (3,927,580 acres)
Woondoola Plains
GUP03
2,375,110 hectares (5,869,000 acres)
Mitchell-Gilbert Fans
GUP04
5,262,816 hectares (13,004,700 acres)
Claraville Plains
GUP05
3,738,013 hectares (9,236,830 acres)
Holroyd Plain-Red Plateau
GUP06
2,208,468 hectares (5,457,240 acres)
Doomadgee Plains
GUP07
1,831,823 hectares (4,526,530 acres)
Donors Plateau
GUP08
2,449,964 hectares (6,053,990 acres)
Gilberton Plateau
GUP09
1,403,937 hectares (3,469,200 acres)
Wellesley Islands
GUP10
124,893 hectares (308,620 acres)
^ ab"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.
^"Australia's bioregions (IBRA)". Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Australian Government. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^Stanton, J. P. (James Peter); Morgan, M. G; University of New England. School of Natural Resources (1977), The rapid selection and appraisal of key and endangered sites : the Queensland case study, the University of New England School of Natural Resources, p. 3, retrieved 11 February 2022
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