The Carnarvon xeric shrublands or Carnarvon bioregion is a deserts and xeric shrublandsecoregion of Western Australia. The ecoregion covers an area of 90,500 square kilometers (34,900 square miles). The ecoregion is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the west, by the Pilbara shrublands to the northeast, the Western Australian Mulga shrublands to the east, and by the Southwest Australia savanna to the south. The region is named for the coastal town of Carnarvon. Deserts and xeric shrublands is a biome characterized by a dry climate. ... An ecoregion is a relatively large area of land or water that contains a geographically distinct assemblage of natural communities. ... Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Governor Premier Const. ... Carnarvon is a coastal town situated approximately 900 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia. ...
The terrain is generally low, and the vegetation varies with the underlying geology, which consists mostly of recent alluvial, aeolian, and marine sediments over cretaceous strata. Low samphire and saltbush shrublands cover the saline alluvial plains, snakewood scrublands cover the clay flats, Bowgada low woodland covers sandy ridges and plains, red sand dune fields are interspersed or overlain with tree to shrub steppe over hummock grasslands, and Acacia startii/A. bivenosa shrublands cover limestone outcrops in the north. The sheltered embayments and extensive tidal flats along the coast support mangroves. The Cretaceous period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, reaching from the end of the Jurassic period (about 135 mya) to the beginning of the Paleocene epoch of the Tertiary period (65 mya). ... Species ~1,300; See List of Acacia species Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees of Gondwanian origin belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the Pea Family Fabaceae, first described from Africa by Linnaeus in 1773. ... Above and below water view at the edge of the mangal Mangroves are woody trees or shrubs that grow in mangrove habitats or mangal (Hogarth, 1999). ...
The Carnarvonxericshrublands or Carnarvon bioregion is a deserts and xericshrublandsecoregion of Western Australia.
The ecoregion is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the west, by the Pilbara shrublands to the northeast, the Western Australian Mulga shrublands to the east, and by the Southwest Australia savanna to the south.
Low samphire and saltbush shrublands cover the saline alluvial plains, snakewood scrublands cover the clay flats, Bowgada low woodland covers sandy ridges and plains, red sand dune fields are interspersed or overlain with tree to shrub steppe over hummock grasslands, and Acacia startii/A. bivenosa shrublands cover limestone outcrops in the north.
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