Gascoyne bioregion

Bioregion in Western Australia

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]

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

References

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

• 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