An area of land which share similar environmental, physical and climatic conditions and contain characteristic ecosystems of plants and animals. Tasmania is divided into nine land bioregions and nine coastal and marine bioregions. Bioregions represent broad landscape patterns that are the result of the interplay between a range of factors including geology, climate and biota. Subregions represent more homogenous geomorphic units at a finer scale that often closely relate to historical and current land-use and therefore, reflect differing pressures on the landscape ( Gouldthorpe & Gilfedder 2002).
an area of land and/or water whose limits are defined by the geographical distribution of biophysical attributes and ecological systems
an area defined by its unique ecologicalcharacteristics
Bioregions are defined for Victoria in the Victorian Government's Biodiversity Strategy (DSE A, B & C). Bioregions are delineated according to patterns of ecological and environmental characteristics including vegetation, landform and climate across the state
A geographic area defined by ecological characteristics. A bioregion includes an area of relatively homogeneous ecological characteristics, or a specific assemblage of ecological communities. It is similar to a biome but may refer to a smaller area with more specific characteristics.
an area constituting a natural ecological community with characteristic flora, fauna, and environmental conditions and bounded by natural rather than artificial borders; Water
A region defined on the basis of physical and biological features.
Any geographical region characterized by a distinctive flora and fauna.
biogeographic areas that capture the patterns of ecological characteristics in the landscape or seascape and form part of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia. more about bioregions, ( http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosite.nsf/40a2f70b889ac885ca256656002ed378/4cd4e072ddb5076eca256db9001cfe0a?OpenDocument) also map of Victoria's bioregions. ( http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosite.nsf/40a2f70b889ac885ca256656002ed378/4cd4e072ddb5076eca256db9001cfe0a?OpenDocument)
a distinct geographic area (often defined by a watershed) which encompasses a unique and coherent set of soils, climate, geological underpinnings, native plants and animals, and human culture
a geographical area scientifically delineated through its nested natural ecosystems and landforms and characterised by its flora, fauna, its socio-economic activities, culture and the history of its human populations
a geographic area containing one or more nested ecosystems and whose boundaries are defined by the limits of ecological systems or human communities
a land and water territory whose limits are defined not by political boundaries, but by the geographical limits of human communities and ecological systems
a loose term for a watershed or an ecological zone with common characteristics
a naturally defined region (e
an identifiable geographical area of interacting life-systems that is relatively self-sustaining in the ever renewing process of nature
a specific region containing life.
large assemblages of ecosystems defined by some geological feature like a large river boundary or height of land
(biogeographic region) - An area of the continent defined by a combination of particular geology, landforms, climate and vegetation. For the definition of regional ecosystems, the bioregions of Sattler and Williams (1999) are adopted.
a territory defined by a combination of biological, social and geographical criteria rather than by geopolitical considerations; generally, a system of related, interconnected ecosystems
a complex land area composed of a cluster of interacting ecosystems that are repeated in similar form. They describe the dominant landscape scale attributes of climate, lithology, geology, landforms and vegetation. They are based on the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (see IBRA regions)
A unique region on the Earth that has distinct soils, landforms, watersheds, climates, native plants, and animals, and/or other particular natural characteristics.
