Burt Plain, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory,[1][2] and comprises 7,379,719 hectares (18,235,680 acres).[3]

Burt Plain
Northern Territory
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Burt Plain in red
Area73,797.19 km2 (28,493.3 sq mi)
Localities around Burt Plain:
Great Sandy Desert Tanami Tanami
Great Sandy Desert Burt Plain Channel Country
MacDonnell Ranges MacDonnell Ranges Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields

The bioregion has the code BRT. There are four subregions.[3]

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregion IBRA code Area States Location in Australia
Burt Plain BRT 7,379,719 hectares (18,235,680 acres) NT
Yuendumu BRT01 2,931,061 ha (7,242,810 acres)
Atartinga BRT02 3,531,111 ha (8,725,570 acres)
Mount Chapple BRT03 390,981 ha (966,140 acres)
Dulcie BRT04 526,567 ha (1,301,180 acres)

See also

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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 from the original on 5 September 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2007.
  2. ^ IBRA Version 6.1 data
  3. ^ a b "Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) Codes". Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Commonwealth of Australia. 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2022.

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 Program Version 4.0 Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Reserve Systems Unit, 1995. ISBN 0-642-21371-2