Great Victoria Desert

Great Victoria Desert
Great Victoria Desert
	Serpentine Lakes, South Australia
	Map of the IBRA regions, with the Great Victoria Desert in red
Ecology
Realm	Australasian
Biome	Deserts and xeric shrublands
Borders	List Central Ranges xeric scrub; Coolgardie woodlands; Eyre and Yorke mallee; Great Sandy-Tanami desert; Gibson Desert; Nullarbor Plains xeric shrublands; Tirari-Sturt stony desert; Western Australian mulga shrublands;
Geography
Area	422,466 km2 (163,115 sq mi)
Country	Australia
States	South Australia; Western Australia;
Conservation
Conservation status	Relatively stable/intact
Protected	129,367 km2 (31%)

The Great Victoria Desert is a sparsely populated desert ecoregion and interim Australian bioregion in Western Australia and South Australia.

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