Finke bioregion

Finke Australia
The interim Australian bioregions, with Finke in red
Area	72,674.16 km^2 (28,059.7 sq mi)
Localities around Finke: Great Sandy Desert MacDonnell Ranges Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields Central Ranges Finke Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields Central Ranges Stony Plains Stony Plains

Finke, an interim Australian bioregion, comprises 7,267,416 hectares (17,958,180 acres), and is part of two state/territories of Australia: the Northern Territory and South Australia.[1][2] It is part of the Central Ranges xeric scrub ecoregion.[3]

The bioregion has the code FIN.[4]

Subregions

There are four subregions.[4]

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregion	IBRA code	Area	States	Location in Australia
Finke	FIN	7,267,416 hectares (17,958,180 acres)	NT / SA
Henbury	FIN01	2,257,063 hectares (5,577,320 acres)
Finke River	FIN02	1,601,516 hectares (3,957,430 acres)
Tieyon	FIN03	2,505,610 hectares (6,191,500 acres)
Pedirka	FIN04	903,228 hectares (2,231,920 acres)

See also

• Geography of Australia
• Channel Country

References

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. "Central Ranges xeric scrub". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
4. "Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Commonwealth of Australia. 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

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, 1995. ISBN 0-642-21371-2