Carpentaria tropical savanna

The Carpentaria tropical savanna is a tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion in northern Australia.[2]

Carpentaria tropical savanna
Savanna at Riversleigh fossil site, near Lawn Hill, Queensland.
Ecology
Realm	Australasian
Biome	tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Borders	List Arnhem Land tropical savanna Cape York Peninsula tropical savanna Einasleigh Uplands savanna Kimberley tropical savanna Mitchell Grass Downs
Geography
Area	365,042 km^2 (140,944 sq mi)
Country	Australia
States	Northern Territory and Queensland
Conservation
Conservation status	Relatively stable/intact
Protected	24,914 km² (7%)[1]

Geography

The ecoregion lies in northeastern Queensland and western Northern Territory, south of the Gulf of Carpentaria. It includes much of Queensland's Gulf Country, and a portion of the Barkly Tableland in the Northern Territory.

It is bounded on the northeast by the Cape York Peninsula tropical savanna, on the east by the Einasleigh Uplands savanna, on the south by the Mitchell Grass Downs, on the west by the Victoria Plains tropical savanna and Kimberley tropical savanna, and on the northwest by the Arnhem Land tropical savanna.

IBRA regions

The ecoregion includes three IBRA regions – Gulf Coastal, Gulf Fall and Uplands, and Gulf Plains.

Protected areas

Protected areas in the ecoregion include Limmen National Park, Staaten River National Park, and the northern portion of Boodjamulla National Park.

External links

• "Carpentaria tropical savanna". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.

References

1. Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b.
2. "Carpentaria tropical savanna". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.