Yalgoo bioregion

Yalgoo
Western Australia
Zuytdorp Cliffs and Edel Land
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Yalgoo in red
Area50,875.77 km2 (19,643.2 sq mi)
Localities around Yalgoo:
Shark Bay Carnarvon Murchison
Indian Ocean Yalgoo Murchison
Geraldton Sandplains Avon Wheatbelt Coolgardie

Yalgoo is an interim Australian bioregion located in Western Australia.[1] It has an area of 5,087,577 hectares (12,571,680 acres).[2] The bioregion, together with the Avon Wheatbelt and Geraldton Sandplains bioregions, is part of the larger Southwest Australia savanna ecoregion as classified by the World Wildlife Fund.[3]

  1. ^ Environment Australia. "Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 – Summary Report" (PDF). Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australian Government. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Commonwealth of Australia. 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Southwest Australia savanna". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.