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Tanami Bioregion
Tanami () is an interim Australian bioregion, comprising in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. It is part of the Great Sandy-Tanami desert ecoregion. The bioregion has the code TAN. There are three subregions. See also *Geography of Australia The geography of Australia describes the systematic study of Australian sovereign territory, which, in a geographical sense, refers to the mainland Australia (also called continental Australia), the insular state of Tasmania and thousands of L ... References 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. {{Northern Territory IBRA regions Biogeography of Western Australia Biogeography of the Northern Territory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation For Australia
The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) is a biogeography, biogeographic regionalisation of Australia developed by the Australian government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Australia), Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population, and Communities. It was developed for use as a planning tool, for example for the establishment of a national Reserve System, national reserve system. The first version of IBRA was developed in 1993–94 and published in 1995. Within the broadest scale, Australia is a major part of the Australasia Australasian realm, biogeographic realm, as developed by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Based on this system, the world is also split into Biome#Olson & Dinerstein (1998) biomes for WWF / Global 200, 14 terrestrial habitats, also called biomes, of which eight are shared by Australia. The Australian land mass is divided into 89 bioregions and 419 Terrestrial ecoregion, subr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Australia
The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or simply as the federal government, is the national Executive (government), executive government of Australia, a federalism, federal Parliamentary system, parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The executive consists of the Prime Minister of Australia, prime minister, Cabinet of Australia, cabinet ministers and other ministers that currently have the support of a majority of the members of the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives (the lower house) and also includes the Australian Government#Departments, departments and other List of Australian Government entities, executive bodies that ministers oversee. The Albanese government, current executive government consists of Anthony Albanese and other ministers of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), in office since the 2022 Australian federal election, 2022 federal election. The Prime Minister of Australia, prime minister is the Head of gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IBRA Regions
The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) is a biogeography, biogeographic regionalisation of Australia developed by the Australian government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Australia), Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population, and Communities. It was developed for use as a planning tool, for example for the establishment of a national Reserve System, national reserve system. The first version of IBRA was developed in 1993–94 and published in 1995. Within the broadest scale, Australia is a major part of the Australasia Australasian realm, biogeographic realm, as developed by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Based on this system, the world is also split into Biome#Olson & Dinerstein (1998) biomes for WWF / Global 200, 14 terrestrial habitats, also called biomes, of which eight are shared by Australia. The Australian land mass is divided into 89 bioregions and 419 Terrestrial ecoregion, subr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geography Of Australia
The geography of Australia describes the systematic study of Australian sovereign territory, which, in a geographical sense, refers to the mainland Australia (also called continental Australia), the insular state of Tasmania and thousands of List of islands of Australia, minor islands spread over the Pacific Ocean, Pacific, Indian Ocean, Indian and Southern Ocean, Southern oceans and surrounding the mainland landmass which, together, comprise a territorial area of . Given its vast size, Australia's geography is extremely diverse, ranging from the snow-capped mountains of the Australian Alps and Tasmania to large deserts, tropical and temperate forests, grasslands, heathlands and woodlands. Physical geography Location and dimensions Australia is a country located within the Australia (continent), eponymous continent, in the Southern Hemisphere of the Earth. Properly called the Commonwealth of Australia, its territory consists of a Mainland Australia, mainland portion, the insu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandover (biographic Subregion)
Sandover may refer to: People *Alfred Sandover (1866–1958), a British-Australian hardware merchant and philanthropist *Raymond Sandover (1910–1995), a soldier in Australian and British Armies *William Sandover (1822–1909), South Australian politician and hotelier Places *Sandover, Northern Territory, a locality in Australia *Sandover Highway, a road in Australia *Sandover River, a river in Australia Other uses *Sandover Medal, Australian rules football award * Sandover Village, starting point in the Jak and Daxter video game universe; site of Samos the Sage See also *The Changing Light at Sandover ''The Changing Light at Sandover'' is a 560-page epic poem by James Merrill (1926–1995). Sometimes described as a postmodern apocalyptic epic, the poem was published in three volumes from 1976 to 1980, and as one volume "with a new coda" ..., 560-page epic poem by James Merrill (1926–1995) * Standover (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wycliffe (biographic Subregion)
Wycliffe may refer to: People *John Wycliffe (and other spellings) (c.1320s – 1384), English theologian and Bible translator * Wycliffe (name), includes a list of other people with the name Places * Wycliffe, County Durham, a village (historically in Yorkshire) * Wycliffe, Modesto, California, a neighborhood of Modesto Schools and colleges * Wycliffe College, Gloucestershire, an English independent school * Wycliffe College, Toronto, a Canadian graduate theological school * Wycliffe Christian School, an Australian independent school in New South Wales * Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, an English theological college of the University of Oxford Arts and entertainment * ''Wycliffe'' (TV series), a British television detective series ** Charles Wycliffe, a fictional detective created by W. J. Burley, on whose books the television series is based Other uses * Wycliffe Global Alliance, an alliance of Bible translating organisations ** Wycliffe Bible Translators (UK & Ireland) ** Wycliffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanami Desert
The Tanami Desert () is a desert in northern Australia, situated in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. It has a rocky terrain and small hills. The Tanami was the Northern Territory's final frontier and was not fully explored by Australians of European descent until well into the twentieth century. It is traversed by the Tanami Track. The name ''Tanami'' is thought to be an anglicisation Anglicisation or anglicization is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into or influenced by the culture of England. It can be sociocultural, in which a non-English place adopts the English language ... of the Warlpiri name for the area, "Chanamee", meaning "never die". This referred to certain rock holes in the desert which were said never to run dry. Under the name Tanami, the desert is classified as an interim Australian bioregion, comprising . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IBRA 6
The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) is a biogeography, biogeographic regionalisation of Australia developed by the Australian government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Australia), Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population, and Communities. It was developed for use as a planning tool, for example for the establishment of a national Reserve System, national reserve system. The first version of IBRA was developed in 1993–94 and published in 1995. Within the broadest scale, Australia is a major part of the Australasia Australasian realm, biogeographic realm, as developed by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Based on this system, the world is also split into Biome#Olson & Dinerstein (1998) biomes for WWF / Global 200, 14 terrestrial habitats, also called biomes, of which eight are shared by Australia. The Australian land mass is divided into 89 bioregions and 419 Terrestrial ecoregion, subr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States And Territories Of Australia
The states and territories are the national subdivisions and second level of government of Australia. The states are partially sovereignty, sovereign, administrative divisions that are autonomous administrative division, self-governing polity, polities, having ceded some sovereign rights to the Australian Government, federal government. They have their own state constitutions in Australia, constitutions, Parliaments of the Australian states and territories, legislatures, Premiers and chief ministers of the Australian states and territories, executive governments, Judiciary of Australia#State and territory courts and tribunals, judiciaries and state police#Australia, law enforcement agencies that administer and deliver public policy, public policies and programs. Territories can be autonomous administrative division, autonomous and administer local policies and programs much like the states in practice, but are still legally subordinate to the federal government. Australia has si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Sandy-Tanami Desert
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Department Of The Environment And Water Resources
The Minister for Resources is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Madeleine King following the swearing in of the full First Albanese ministry, Albanese ministry on 1 June 2022. In the Australian Government, Government of Australia, the ministers administer this portfolio through the Department of Industry, Science and Resources. Mission and outcomes Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in the Machinery of government#Australian Government Administrative Arrangement Orders, Administrative Arrangements Orders, the annual Portfolio Budget Statements, in the department's annual reports and on the department's website. At its creation, the department was responsible for: *Environment protection and conservation of biodiversity *Air quality *National fuel quality standards *Land contamination *Meteorology *Administration of the Australian Antarctic Territory and the Territory of Heard Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sturt Plateau
The Sturt Plateau, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory,IBRA Version 6.1 data and covers an area of . The bioregion has the code STU. There are three subregions. Description The Sturt Plateau bioregion consists of gently undulating plains on lateritised Cretaceous sandstones. Its earths are neutral, sandy, and red and yellow. The vegetation is variable-barked bloodwood woodland with a spinifex understorey.See also *Geography of Australia
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