The Northern Kimberley, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the northern Kimberley region of Western Australia,[1][2] comprising 8,420,100 hectares (20,807,000 acres).[3]

Northern Kimberley
Western Australia
The interim Australian bioregions,
with the Northern Kimberley in red
Area84,201 km2 (32,510.2 sq mi)
Localities around Northern Kimberley:
Timor Sea Timor Sea Timor Sea
Timor Sea North Kimberley Victoria Bonaparte
Dampierland Central Kimberley Ord Victoria Plain

It is composed of two recognised sub-regions: Mitchell and Berkeley subregions.

See also

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References

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  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

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  • 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