Type: | region |
Gulf Fall and Uplands | |
State: | au |
Area: | 118479.09 |
Near-N: | Gulf Coastal |
Near-Ne: | Gulf Plains |
Near-E: | Gulf Plains |
Near-Se: | Mount Isa Inlier |
Near-S: | Mitchell Grass Downs |
Near-Sw: | Mitchell Grass Downs |
Near-W: | Sturt Plateau |
Near-Nw: | Arnhem Plateau |
Near: | Gulf Fall and Uplands |
The Gulf Fall and Uplands, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory and Queensland,[1] [2] comprising .[3]
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]
rowwidth=100px colspan=5 | IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7 | |||
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IBRA region / subregion | IBRA code | Area | Location in Australia | |
Gulf Fall and Uplands | GFU | NT / Qld | ||
GFU01 | ||||
GFU02 | ||||