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Central Ranges

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Central Ranges
Australia
Theinterim Australian bioregions,
with Central Ranges in red
Area101,640.44 km2(39,243.6 sq mi)
Localities around Central Ranges:
Gibson Desert Great Sandy Desert Finke
Gibson Desert Central Ranges Finke
Great Victoria Desert Great Victoria Desert Great Victoria Desert

Central Ranges(codeCER) is an Australianbioregion,with an area of 101,640.44 square kilometres (39,244 sq mi) spreading across two states and one territory:South Australia,Western Australia,and theNorthern Territory.[1][2]It forms a large part of theWorld Wide Fund for NatureCentral Ranges xeric scrubecoregion.

References

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  1. ^Environment Australia."Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 - Summary Report".Department of the Environment and Water Resources,Australian Government.Archived fromthe originalon 5 September 2006.Retrieved31 January2007.{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help)
  2. ^IBRA Version 6.1ArchivedSeptember 8, 2006, at theWayback Machine

Further reading

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  • Thackway, R and I D Cresswell (1995)An interim biogeographic regionalisation for Australia: a framework for setting priorities in the National Reserves System Cooperative ProgramVersion 4.0 Canberra: Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Reserve Systems Unit, 1995.ISBN0-642-21371-2