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  • 1. Introduction
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      • 3.4.1 Laterite
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      • 5.2.1 Naturally open grasslands and heathlands
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      • 6.2.6 Land Management Unit 6
      • 6.2.7 Land Management Unit 7
      • 6.2.8 Land Management Unit 8
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      • 6.2.10 Land Management Unit 10
      • 6.2.11 Land management unit 11
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      • 6.2.15 Land Management Unit 15
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Desert Uplands Regional Ecosystems
Outliers of Regional Ecosystems from other bioregions in the Desert Uplands
Geological units by subregion for the land zones in the Desert Uplands

Desert Uplands Regional Ecosystems

Land Zone 3	Land Zone 4	Land Zone 5	Land Zone 7	Land Zone 9	Land Zone 10
10.3.1	10.4.1	10.5.1	10.7.1	10.9.1	10.10.1
10.3.2	10.4.2	10.5.2	10.7.2	10.9.2	10.10.2
10.3.3	10.4.3	10.5.4	10.7.3	10.9.3	10.10.3
10.3.4	10.4.4	10.5.5	10.7.4	10.9.5	10.10.4
10.3.5	10.4.5	10.5.7	10.7.5	10.9.6	10.10.5
10.3.6	10.4.6	10.5.8	10.7.6	10.9.7	10.10.6
10.3.7	10.4.7	10.5.9	10.7.7	10.9.8	10.10.7
10.3.8	10.4.8	10.5.10	10.7.8
10.3.9	10.4.9	10.5.11	10.7.9
10.3.10		10.5.12	10.7.10
10.3.11			10.7.11
10.3.12			10.7.12
10.3.13			10.7.13
10.3.14
10.3.15
10.3.16
10.3.17
10.3.19
10.3.20
10.3.21
10.3.22
10.3.23
10.3.24
10.3.25
10.3.26
10.3.27
10.3.28
10.3.29
10.3.30
10.3.31

 

Outliers of Regional Ecosystems from other bioregions in the Desert Uplands

Mitchell Grass Downs	Einasleigh Uplands	Brigalow Belt	Gulf Plains
4.9.1	9.3.1	11.5.5	2.10.2
4.9.7	9.3.6	11.5.12
4.9.8	9.8.1	11.9.11
4.9.11	9.8.5	11.11.2
4.9.16	9.8.13	11.11.6
	9.11.1	11.11.9
	9.11.2	11.11.10
	9.11.5	11.11.12
	9.11.17	11.11.13
	9.11.18	11.11.15
	9.12.1	11.12.8

 

Geological units by subregion for the land zones in the Desert Uplands

Land Zone	Geology unit (subregion)
3	Qa (1, 2, 3, 4), Qs (2), Tf (3)
4	Oo (3), Qa (2, 3, 4), Qs (2)
5	Cz (2, 3), Cze (3), Qs (2, 3, 4), Tf (3), Tc (3)
7	J-Kr (duricrust), Kld (duricrust), Qs (1, 2), T (2, 3, 4), Tg (1), Tl (3), Tu (3)
8	Czb (2), Czn (3)
9	J-Kr (2, 4), Kla (1), Klc (1), Kld (1, 2, 4), Klq (2), Klm (4), Rm (2, 4)
10	J-Kr (1, 2), Jlh (4), Jub (4), Pub (2), Re (2, 4), Rld (2, 4), Rlw (2, 3)
11	Cln (3), Clr (3), Cls (3), E-Oc (3),
12	Cur (3), ODn (2), Pzg (2)

Compiled by E.J. Thompson and D. Sharp, Queensland Herbarium, Environmental Protection Agency. Fauna images and information supplied by Alex Kutt, EPA, Townsville. G. Morgan, EPA, Townsville made significant contribution to information provided in the fact sheets. Funded by the NHT Bushcare program and Queensland Herbarium, EPA.

Last updated: 03 December 2003

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