Mitchell Grass Downs bioregion

Mitchell Grass Downs Australia
The interim Australian bioregions, with Mitchell Grass Downs in red
Area	334,687.61 km^2 (129,223.6 sq mi)
Localities around Mitchell Grass Downs: Sturt Plateau Gulf Fall and Uplands Mount Isa Inlier Tanami Mitchell Grass Downs Desert Uplands Channel Country Channel Country Mulga Lands

The Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) is an IBRA biogeographic region, located in the Northern Territory and Queensland,[1][2] which comprises an area of 33,468,761 hectares (82,703,110 acres) with eight subregions.[3]

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregion	IBRA code	Area	States	Location in Australia
Mitchell Grass Downs	MGD	33,468,761 hectares (82,703,110 acres)	NT / Qld
Sylvester	MGD01	1,153,283 hectares (2,849,820 acres)
Barkly Tableland	MGD02	9,479,612 hectares (23,424,630 acres)
Georgina Limestone	MGD03	2,292,026 hectares (5,663,720 acres)
Southwestern Downs	MGD04	3,715,454 hectares (9,181,090 acres)
Kynuna Plateau	MGD05	2,293,311 hectares (5,666,890 acres)
Northern Downs	MGD06	435,263 hectares (1,075,560 acres)
Central Downs	MGD07	9,378,817 hectares (23,175,560 acres)
Southern Wooded Downs	MGD08	4,720,995 hectares (11,665,830 acres)

See Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia

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