Gulf Fall and Uplands

Gulf Fall and Uplands Australia
The interim Australian bioregions, with Gulf Fall and Uplands in red
Area	118,479.09 km^2 (45,745.0 sq mi)
Localities around Gulf Fall and Uplands: Arnhem Plateau Gulf Coastal Gulf Plains Sturt Plateau Gulf Fall and Uplands Gulf Plains Mitchell Grass Downs Mitchell Grass Downs Mount Isa Inlier

The Gulf Fall and Uplands, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory and Queensland,[1][2] comprising 11,847,909 hectares (29,276,820 acres).[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]

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregion	IBRA code	Area	States	Location in Australia
Gulf Fall and Uplands	GFU	11,847,909 hectares (29,276,820 acres)	NT / Qld
McArthur	GFU01	9,330,938 hectares (23,057,250 acres)
Nicholson	GFU02	2,516,971 hectares (6,219,570 acres)

See also

• Geography of Australia

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. "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