The Gulf Plains, an interim Australian bioregion (IBRA), is located in the Northern Territory and Queensland, comprising . It is one of 89 such bioregions defined in Australia, with 419 subregions as of IBRA version 7, compared with the 85 bioregions and 403 subregions described in IBRA6.1.
The code for the bioregion is GUP.
IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7IBRA region / subregionIBRA codeAreaStates Location in AustraliaGulf Plains GUP NT / Qld Karumba Plains GUP01 Armraynald Plains GUP02 Woondoola Plains GUP03 Mitchell-Gilbert Fans GUP04 Claraville Plains GUP05 Holroyd Plain-Red Plateau GUP06 Doomadgee Plains GUP07 Donors Plateau GUP08 Gilberton Plateau GUP09 Wellesley Islands GUP10
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.