Gascoyne bioregion explained

Type:	region
Gascoyne
State:	WA
Area:	180752.57
Near-N:	Pilbara
Near-Ne:	Little Sandy Desert
Near-E:	Great Victoria Desert
Near-Se:	Murchison
Near-S:	Murchison
Near-Sw:	Murchison
Near-W:	Carnarvon
Near-Nw:	Carnarvon
Near:	Gascoyne

Gascoyne is an interim Australian bioregion located in Western Australia.^[1] It has an area of .^[2] Together with Murchison bioregion to the south, it constitutes the Western Australian Mulga shrublands ecoregion, as assessed by the World Wildlife Fund.

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

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: . Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 – Summary Report . . 9 May 2022.
2. Web site: Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes . Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities . Commonwealth of Australia . 2012 . 7 May 2022.