Geraldton Sandplains is an interim Australian bioregion of Western Australia.[1] It has an area of 3,142,149 hectares (7,764,420 acres).[2] The Geraldton Sandplains is part of the larger Southwest Australia savanna ecoregion, as assessed by the World Wildlife Fund.[3]

Geraldton Sandplains Western Australia
The interim Australian bioregions, with Geraldton Sandplains in red
Area	31,421.49 km2 (12,131.9 sq mi)
Localities around Geraldton Sandplains: Indian Ocean Yalgoo Yalgoo Indian Ocean Geraldton Sandplains Avon Wheatbelt Indian Ocean Swan Coastal Plain Avon Wheatbelt

Subregions

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregion	IBRA code	Area	States	Location in Australia
Geraldton Sandplains	GES	3,142,149 hectares (7,764,420 acres)	WA
Geraldton Hills	GES01	1,969,997 hectares (4,867,970 acres)
Leseur Sandplain	GES02	1,172,152 hectares (2,896,450 acres)

See also

• Shark Bay, Western Australia

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. ISBN 0-642-21371-2

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