Carnarvon (biogeographic region)
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File:IBRA 6.1 Carnarvon.png
The IBRA regions, with Carnarvon in red
Carnarvon is an Australian bioregion in Western Australia.[1][2] This area is also referred to physiographically as the Carnarvon Basin, where it is a physiographic province of the larger West Australian Shield division.
It has two sub regions:-
- Wooramel sub region - which is a significant part of the Shark Bay, Western Australia World Heritage area [3]
- Cape Range sub region
References
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- ↑ IBRA Version 6.1 data
- ↑ Western Australia. Dept. of Environment and Conservation. (2007)Shark Bay terrestrial reserves and proposed reserve additions : draft management plan 2007 Department of Environment and Conservation ; Conservation Commission of Western Australia. Bentley, W.A.: Dept. of Environment and Conservation. pages 37-39 section Bioregions and Figure 4: IBRA sub-regions of the Shark Bay Area (map)
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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