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The vegetation of the ecoregion includes grasslands, savanna, open woodlands, and small patches of forest. The Gulf Coastal region, which encompasses the coastal plains along the western Gulf of Carpentaria in Northern Territory, is covered mostly in woodlands of Darwin stringybark (Eucalyptus tetrodonta) with an understory of grasses, chiefly curly spinifex (Triodia pungens).
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. Arnhem Land tropical savanna; Brigalow tropical savanna; Cape York Peninsula tropical savanna; Carpentaria tropical savanna; Einasleigh Uplands savanna; Kimberley tropical savanna; Mitchell Grass Downs; Victoria Plains tropical savanna; Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
The Gulf Country supports the world's largest intact savanna woodlands as well as native grasslands, known as the Carpentaria tropical savanna. The woodlands also extend up the west and east coast of the Gulf. They are dominated by Eucalyptus and Melaleuca species from the family Myrtaceae. The climate is hot and humid with two seasons per year.
Pages in category "Carpentaria tropical savanna" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Coral Sea lies to the east of the peninsula, and the Gulf of Carpentaria is to the west. The ecoregion is bounded by the Carpentaria tropical savanna ecoregion to the southwest, Einasleigh Uplands savanna to the south, and Queensland tropical rain forests to the southeast. [6]
The ecoregion is bounded on the north and east by tropical savanna ecoregions – the Victoria Plains tropical savanna to the northeast, the Carpentaria tropical savanna to the north, the Einasleigh Uplands savanna to the northeast, and the Brigalow tropical savanna to the east.
It is the administrative centre of the Shire of Carpentaria. It has a tropical savanna climate and the main economy of the locality is cattle grazing. The town is one terminus of the isolated Normanton to Croydon railway line, which was built during gold rush days in the 1890s. The Gulflander passenger train operates once a week along the ...
Carpentaria tropical savanna (10 P) K. Kimberley tropical savanna (22 P) Pages in category "Ecoregions of the Northern Territory" The following 4 pages are in this ...