Carnarvon (biogeographic region)

This article is about the region of Western Australia. For other uses, see Carnarvon.

The IBRA regions, with Carnarvon in red

Carnarvon is an Australian bioregion in Western Australia.^[1]^[2] This area is also referred to physiographically as the Carnarvon Basin, where it is a physiographic province of the larger West Australian Shield division.

It has two sub regions:-

Wooramel sub region - which is a significant part of the Shark Bay, Western Australia World Heritage area ^[3]
Cape Range sub region

References

↑ 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 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
↑ IBRA Version 6.1 Archived September 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. data
↑ Western Australia. Dept. of Environment and Conservation. (2007)Shark Bay terrestrial reserves and proposed reserve additions : draft management plan 2007 Department of Environment and Conservation ; Conservation Commission of Western Australia. Bentley, W.A.: Dept. of Environment and Conservation. pages 37-39 section Bioregions and Figure 4: IBRA sub-regions of the Shark Bay Area (map)

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Carnarvon (biogeographic region)

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