Kanmantoo bioregion

Kanmantoo
South Australia
Open woodland on Kangaroo Island with kangaroos
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Kanmantoo in red
Area8,124.15 km2 (3,136.8 sq mi)
Localities around Kanmantoo:
Great Australian Bight Gulf St Vincent Flinders Lofty Block
Great Australian Bight Kanmantoo Murray Darling Depression
Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight

Kanmantoo is an interim Australian bioregion located in South Australia.[1] It has an area of 812,415 hectares (2,007,520 acres),[2] which includes the Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island. The bioregion is part of the Mount Lofty woodlands ecoregion.[3]

Kanmantoo is made up of two subregions – Fleurieu (370,730 hectares (916,100 acres)) and Kangaroo Island (441,685 hectares (1,091,430 acres)).

  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 3 May 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA7) regions and codes". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Commonwealth of Australia. 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Mount Lofty woodlands". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.