Central Ranges

{{Short description|Bioregion of Australia}}

{{For|the wine zone in New South Wales|Central Ranges (wine)}}

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{{Infobox Australian place

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| name = Central Ranges

| state = AU

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| caption2 = The interim Australian bioregions,
with Central Ranges in red

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| area = 101640.44

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| near-n = Great Sandy Desert

| near-ne = Finke

| near-e = Finke

| near-se = Great Victoria Desert

| near-s = Great Victoria Desert

| near-sw = Great Victoria Desert

| near-w = Gibson Desert

| near-nw = Gibson Desert

| near = Central Ranges

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Central Ranges (code CER) is an Australian bioregion, with an area of 101,640.44 square kilometres (39,244 sq mi) spreading across two states and one territory: South Australia, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory.{{cite journal|author=Environment Australia |title=Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 - Summary Report |publisher=Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australian Government |url=http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/ibra/version5-1/summary-report/index.html |accessdate=2007-01-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060905215218/http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/ibra/version5-1/summary-report/index.html |archivedate=September 5, 2006 }}[http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/ibra/version6-1/index.html IBRA Version 6.1] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908221444/http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/ibra/version6-1/index.html |date=September 8, 2006 }} It forms a large part of the World Wide Fund for Nature Central Ranges xeric scrub ecoregion.