Gulf Fall and Uplands

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = region

| name = Gulf Fall and Uplands

| state = au

| image = IBRA 6.1 Gulf Fall and Uplands.png

| caption = The interim Australian bioregions,
with Gulf Fall and Uplands in red

| coordinates =

| pop =

| est =

| area = 118479.09

| url =

| near-n = Gulf Coastal

| near-ne = Gulf Plains

| near-e = Gulf Plains

| near-se = Mount Isa Inlier

| near-s = Mitchell Grass Downs

| near-sw = Mitchell Grass Downs

| near-w = Sturt Plateau

| near-nw = Arnhem Plateau

| near = Gulf Fall and Uplands

}}

The Gulf Fall and Uplands, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory and Queensland,{{cite web | 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 | access-date = 2007-01-31 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060905215218/http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/ibra/version5-1/summary-report/index.html |archive-date = 2006-09-05}}[http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/ibra/version6-1/index.html IBRA Version 6.1] data comprising {{convert|11847909|ha}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/nrs/science/bioregion-framework/ibra/ibracode7.html |title=Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes |work=Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |year=2012 |access-date=13 January 2013}}

Described in IBRA5.1 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.

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rowwidth=100px colspan=5|IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
scope="col" width="250px"|IBRA region / subregionscope="col" width="100px"|IBRA codescope="col" width="250px"|Areascope="col" width="75px"|StatesLocation in Australia
Gulf Fall and Uplandsalign="center"|GFUalign="right"|{{convert|11847909|ha}}align="center" rowspan=3| NT / Qldalign="center" rowspan=3|100px
align="right"|McArthuralign="center"|GFU01align="right"|{{convert|9330938|ha}}
align="right"|Nicholsonalign="center"|GFU02align="right"|{{convert|2516971|ha}}

See also

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References

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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}}

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Category:Carpentaria tropical savanna

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