Gascoyne bioregion
Bioregion in Western Australia
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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 | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 180,752.57 km2 (69,788.96 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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Subregions
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
Protected areas in the bioregion include:
- Barlee Range Nature Reserve
- Birriliburu Indigenous Protected Area
- Collier Range National Park
- Mount Augustus National Park