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Gascoyne
Western Australia
Gascoyne; Western Australia
	The interim Australian bioregions,; with Gascoyne in red
Area	180,752.57 km2 (69,789.0 sq mi)
	Localities around Gascoyne:

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Gascoyne is an interim Australian bioregion located in Western Australia.^[1] It has an area of 180,752.57 square kilometres (69,788.96 sq mi).^[2] Together with Murchison bioregion to the south, it constitutes the Western Australian Mulga shrublands ecoregion, as assessed by the World Wildlife Fund.^[3]

Subregions

It has three subregions named after localities or areas in the region:

Ashburton GAS01 3,687,030 hectares (9,110,800 acres)
Carnegie GAS02 4,718,656 hectares (11,660,050 acres)
Augustus GAS03 9,669,571 hectares (23,894,030 acres)

Protected areas

Protected areas in the bioregion include:

References

^ Environment Australia. "Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 – Summary Report" (PDF). Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australian Government. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
^ "Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Commonwealth of Australia. 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
^ "Western Australian Mulga shrublands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.

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+{{Short description|Bioregion in Western Australia}}
-[[File:IBRA 6.1 Gascoyne.png|thumb|right|The IBRA regions, with Gascoyne in red]]
+{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
-'''Gascoyne''' is an [[Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia|interim Australian]] [[bioregion]] located in [[Western Australia]]<ref name="IBRA 5.1">{{cite paper  | 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]], [[Government of Australia|Australian Government]] | url = http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/ibra/version5-1/summary-report/index.html | accessdate = 2007-01-31 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060905215218/http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/ibra/version5-1/summary-report/index.html |archivedate = 2006-09-05}}</ref><ref name="IBRA 6.1">[http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/ibra/version6-1/index.html IBRA Version 6.1] {{wayback|url=http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/ibra/version6-1/index.html |date=20060908221444 }} data</ref> and part of the [[Western Australian Mulga shrublands|Mulga shrublands]] [[ecoregion]], as assessed by the [[World Wildlife Fund]].<ref>{{NatGeo ecoregion|id=aa1310|name=Western Australian Mulga shrublands}}</ref>
+{{Infobox Australian place
+| type = region
+| name = Gascoyne
+| state = WA
+| image =
+| caption =
+| image2 = IBRA 6.1 Gascoyne.png
+| caption2 = The [[Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia|interim Australian bioregions]],<br />with Gascoyne in red
+| image2_alt =
+| pop =
+| est =
+| area = 180752.57
+| lga =
+| lga2 =
+| lga3 =
+| lga4 =
+| stategov =
+| fedgov =
+| logo =
+| url =
+| near-n = [[Pilbara shrublands|Pilbara]]
+| near-ne = [[Little Sandy Desert]]
+| near-e = [[Great Victoria Desert]]
+| near-se = [[Murchison bioregion|Murchison]]
+| near-s = [[Murchison bioregion|Murchison]]
+| near-sw = [[Murchison bioregion|Murchison]]
+| near-w = [[Carnarvon xeric shrublands|Carnarvon]]
+| near-nw = [[Carnarvon xeric shrublands|Carnarvon]]
+| near = Gascoyne
+| footnotes =
+}}
+'''Gascoyne''' is an [[Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia|interim Australian bioregion]] located in [[Western Australia]].<ref name="IBRA 5.1">{{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]], [[Government of Australia|Australian Government]] |url=https://www.awe.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/revision-ibra-development-5-1-summary-report.pdf |access-date=9 May 2022}}</ref> It has an area of {{convert|180752.57|km2}}.<ref name="IBRA7">{{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=7 May 2022}}</ref> Together with [[Murchison bioregion]] to the south, it constitutes the [[Western Australian Mulga shrublands]] [[ecoregion]], as assessed by the [[World Wildlife Fund]].<ref>{{WWF ecoregion|id=aa1310|name=Western Australian Mulga shrublands}}</ref>
+==Subregions==
+It has three subregions named after localities  or areas in the region:
+*Ashburton 	GAS01 	3,687,030 hectares (9,110,800 acres)
+*Carnegie 	GAS02 	4,718,656 hectares (11,660,050 acres)
+*Augustus 	GAS03 	9,669,571 hectares (23,894,030 acres)
+==Protected areas==
+Protected areas in the bioregion include:
+* [[Barlee Range Nature Reserve]]
+* [[Birriliburu Indigenous Protected Area]]
+* [[Collier Range National Park]]
+* [[Mount Augustus National Park]]
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
 ==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. ISBN 0-642-21371-2
+* 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. {{ISBN|0-642-21371-2}}
-[[Category:Biogeography of Western Australia]]
-[[Category:IBRA regions]]
 {{Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA)}}
-{{WesternAustralia-geo-stub}}
+[[Category:IBRA regions]]
+[[Category:Western Australian mulga shrublands]]