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Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) Codes

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Regions and codes

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IBRA7 Regions and codes
IBRA7 Region code IBRA7 Region name Area (ha)   IBRA6.1 Region code IBRA6.1 Region name IBRA6.1 Region number
ARC Arnhem Coast 3,335,669   ARC Arnhem Coast 81
ARP Arnhem Plateau 2,306,023   ARP Arnhem Plateau 82
AUA Australian Alps 1,232,981   AA Australian Alps 6
AVW Avon Wheatbelt 9,517,104   AW Avon Wheatbelt 70
BBN Brigalow Belt North 13,674,533   BBN Brigalow Belt North 22
BBS Brigalow Belt South 27,219,776   BBS Brigalow Belt South 76
BEL Ben Lomond 657,500   BEL Ben Lomond 11
BHC Broken Hill Complex 5,635,422       0
BRT Burt Plain 7,379,719   BRT Burt Plain 48
CAR Carnarvon 8,430,172   CAR Carnarvon 54
CEA Central Arnhem 3,462,433   CA Central Arnhem 77
CEK Central Kimberley 7,675,587   CK Central Kimberley 55
CER Central Ranges 10,164,044   CR Central Ranges 28
CHC Channel Country 30,409,437   CHC Channel Country 21
CMC Central Mackay Coast 1,464,208   CMC Central Mackay Coast 43
COO Coolgardie 12,912,209   COO Coolgardie 56
COP Cobar Peneplain 7,385,346   CP Cobar Peneplain 24
COS Coral Sea 17,167       0
CYP Cape York Peninsula 12,256,457   CYP Cape York Peninsula 40
DAB Daly Basin 2,092,229   DAB Daly Basin 73
DAC Darwin Coastal 2,843,199   DAC Darwin Coastal 79
DAL Dampierland 8,360,871   DL Dampierland 58
DEU Desert Uplands 6,941,095   DEU Desert Uplands 45
DMR Davenport Murchison Ranges 5,805,108   DMR Davenport Murchison Ranges 84
DRP Darling Riverine Plains 10,699,769   DRP Darling Riverine Plains 17
EIU Einasleigh Uplands 11,625,726   EIU Einasleigh Uplands 44
ESP Esperance Plains 2,921,327   ESP Esperance Plains 57
EYB Eyre Yorke Block 6,120,409   EYB Eyre Yorke Block 35
FIN Finke 7,267,416   FIN Finke 29
FLB Flinders Lofty Block 6,615,765   FLB Flinders Lofty Block 36
FUR Furneaux 537,543   FLI Flinders 9
GAS Gascoyne 18,075,257   GAS Gascoyne 53
GAW Gawler 12,002,883   GAW Gawler 31
GES Geraldton Sandplains 3,142,149   GS Geraldton Sandplains 67
GFU Gulf Fall and Uplands 11,847,909   GFU Gulf Fall and Uplands 46
GID Gibson Desert 15,628,918   GD Gibson Desert 59
GSD Great Sandy Desert 39,486,135   GSD Great Sandy Desert 60
GUC Gulf Coastal 2,711,718   GUC Gulf Coastal 72
GUP Gulf Plains 22,041,825   GUP Gulf Plains 39
GVD Great Victoria Desert 42,246,564   GVD Great Victoria Desert 32
HAM Hampton 1,088,198   HAM Hampton 34
ITI Indian Tropical Islands 27,329       0
JAF Jarrah Forest 4,509,074   JF Jarrah Forest 61
KAN Kanmantoo 812,415   KAN Kanmantoo 37
KIN King 425,567   KIN King 85
LSD Little Sandy Desert 11,089,857   LSD Little Sandy Desert 63
MAC MacDonnell Ranges 3,929,444   MAC MacDonnell Ranges 47
MAL Mallee 7,397,559   MAL Mallee 64
MDD Murray Darling Depression 19,958,349       0
MGD Mitchell Grass Downs 33,468,761   MGD Mitchell Grass Downs 41
MII Mount Isa Inlier 6,778,263   MII Mount Isa Inlier 38
MUL Mulga Lands 25,188,333   ML Mulga Lands 18
MUR Murchison 28,120,554   MUR Murchison 65
NAN Nandewar 2,701,977       0
NCP Naracoorte Coastal Plain 2,458,215   NCP Naracoorte Coastal Plain 2
NET New England Tablelands 3,002,213   NET New England Tablelands 26
NNC NSW North Coast 3,996,591   NNC NSW North Coast 27
NOK Northern Kimberley 8,420,100   NK Northern Kimberley 66
NSS NSW South Western Slopes 8,681,126   NSS NSW South Western Slopes 7
NUL Nullarbor 19,722,774   NUL Nullarbor 33
OVP Ord Victoria Plain 12,540,703   OVP Ord Victoria Plain 51
PCK Pine Creek 2,851,777   PCK Pine Creek 75
PIL Pilbara 17,823,126   PIL Pilbara 68
PSI Pacific Subtropical Islands 5,817       0
RIV Riverina 9,704,469   RIV Riverina 8
SAI Subantarctic Islands 49,164       0
SCP South East Coastal Plain 1,749,237   SCP South East Coastal Plain 4
SEC South East Corner 2,532,053   SEC South East Corner 10
SEH South Eastern Highlands 8,375,961   SEH South Eastern Highlands 5
SEQ South Eastern Queensland 7,804,921   SEQ South Eastern Queensland 74
SSD Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields 27,984,283   SSD Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields 19
STP Stony Plains 13,166,372   STP Stony Plains 30
STU Sturt Plateau 9,857,531   STU Sturt Plateau 50
SVP Southern Volcanic Plain 2,440,340   VVP Victorian Volcanic Plain 3
SWA Swan Coastal Plain 1,525,798   SWA Swan Coastal Plain 69
SYB Sydney Basin 3,629,597   SB Sydney Basin 20
TAN Tanami 25,997,277   TAN Tanami 49
TCH Tasmanian Central Highlands 767,849   TCH Tasmanian Central Highlands 16
TIW Tiwi Cobourg 1,010,580   TIW Tiwi Cobourg 83
TNM Tasmanian Northern Midlands 415,445   TNM Tasmanian Northern Midlands 12
TNS Tasmanian Northern Slopes 623,103   TNS Tasmanian Northern Slopes 80
TSE Tasmanian South East 1,131,822   TSE Tasmanian South East 13
TSR Tasmanian Southern Ranges 757,228   TSR Tasmanian Southern Ranges 15
TWE Tasmanian West 1,565,077   TWE Tasmanian West 14
VIB Victoria Bonaparte 7,301,242   VB Victoria Bonaparte 52
VIM Victorian Midlands 3,469,789   VM Victorian Midlands 78
WAR Warren 844,771   WAR Warren 62
WET Wet Tropics 1,989,107   WT Wet Tropics 42
YAL Yalgoo 5,087,577   YAL Yalgoo 71

Subregions and codes

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