The Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields, an interim Australian bioregion, comprises 27,984,283 hectares (69,150,670 acres), and is part of four state/territories of Australia: the Northern Territory, South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland

The bioregion has the code SSD. There are five subregions.

IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
IBRA region / subregionIBRA codeAreaStatesLocation in Australia
Simpson Strzelecki DunefieldsSSD27,984,283 hectares (69,150,670 acres)NSW, NT, Qld, SA
AndadoSSD011,355,195 hectares (3,348,760 acres)
Simpson DesertSSD0212,962,073 hectares (32,029,980 acres)
DieriSSD035,152,029 hectares (12,730,940 acres)
WarrinerSSD041,032,165 hectares (2,550,540 acres)
Strzelecki DesertSSD057,482,821 hectares (18,490,450 acres)

See also

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