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Geraldton Sandplains is an interim Australian bioregion of
Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...
. It has an area of . The Geraldton Sandplains is part of the larger
Southwest Australia savanna The Southwest Australia savanna is an ecoregion in Western Australia. Location and description The southwest Australia savanna is at the transition between the Mediterranean climate ecoregions of Australia's southwest corner and the deserts a ...
ecoregion, as assessed by the
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Subregions


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Shark Bay, Western Australia Shark Bay () is a World Heritage Site in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The area is located approximately north of Perth, on the westernmost point of the Australian continent. UNESCO's listing of Shark Bay as a World Heritage S ...


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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. Biogeography of Western Australia IBRA regions Plains of Australia Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub in Australia Southwest Australia {{WesternAustralia-stub