Gulf Fall and Uplands
Region in Australia
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The Gulf Fall and Uplands, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory and Queensland,[1][2] comprising 11,847,909 hectares (29,276,820 acres).[3]
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The interim Australian bioregions, with Gulf Fall and Uplands in red | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Australia | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 118,479.09 km2 (45,745.03 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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Described in IBRA5.1[1] as "undulating terrain with scattered low, steep hills on Proterozoic and Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks, often overlain by lateritised Tertiary material; skeletal soils and shallow sands; Darwin box (Eucalyptus tectifica) and variable-barked bloodwood (Corymbia erythrophloia) woodland to low open woodland with spinifex understorey."
The abbreviation for the bioregion is GFU.[3]
| IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7 | ||||
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| IBRA region / subregion | IBRA code | Area | States | Location in Australia |
| Gulf Fall and Uplands | GFU | 11,847,909 hectares (29,276,820 acres) | NT / Qld | |
| McArthur | GFU01 | 9,330,938 hectares (23,057,250 acres) | ||
| Nicholson | GFU02 | 2,516,971 hectares (6,219,570 acres) | ||
