The Gulf Fall and Uplands, an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory and Queensland,[1][2] comprising 11,847,909 hectares (29,276,820 acres).[3]

Gulf Fall and Uplands Australia
The interim Australian bioregions, with Gulf Fall and Uplands in red
Area	118,479.09 km2 (45,745.0 sq mi)
Localities around Gulf Fall and Uplands: Arnhem Plateau Gulf Coastal Gulf Plains Sturt Plateau Gulf Fall and Uplands Gulf Plains Mitchell Grass Downs Mitchell Grass Downs Mount Isa Inlier

Described in IBRA5.1[1] as "undulating terrain with scattered low, steep hills on Proterozoic and Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks, often overlain by lateritised Tertiary material; skeletal soils and shallow sands; Darwin box (Eucalyptus tectifica) and variable-barked bloodwood (Corymbia erythrophloia) woodland to low open woodland with spinifex understorey."

The abbreviation for the bioregion is GFU.[3]

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregion	IBRA code	Area	States	Location in Australia
Gulf Fall and Uplands	GFU	11,847,909 hectares (29,276,820 acres)	NT / Qld
McArthur	GFU01	9,330,938 hectares (23,057,250 acres)
Nicholson	GFU02	2,516,971 hectares (6,219,570 acres)

See also

• Geography of 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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