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Tiwi Cobourg is an interim Australian bioregion located in the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia.[1] It has an area of 1,010,580 hectares (2,497,200 acres),[2] which includes the Cobourg Peninsula of Arnhem Land, Croker Island, and the Tiwi Islands.[3] The bioregion is part of the Arnhem Land tropical savanna ecoregion.[4]

Tiwi Cobourg
Northern Territory
The interim Australian bioregions,
with Tiwi Cobourg in red
Area10,105.8 km2 (3,901.9 sq mi)
Localities around Tiwi Cobourg:
Timor Sea Arafura Sea Arafura Sea
Timor Sea Tiwi Cobourg Arnhem Coast
Beagle Gulf Van Diemen Gulf Darwin Coastal

Tiwi Cobourg consists of two subregions – Cobourg, which includes the Cobourg Peninsula and Croker Island, and Tiwi, which includes the Tiwi Islands.[3]


See also



References


  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. John Woinarski and Bryan Baker. "Biodiversity Audit - bioregional case study Tiwi-Cobourg bioregion, Northern Territory" (PDF). Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory, Darwin. Government of Australia. Retrieved 3 May 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Arnhem Land tropical savanna". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.

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