Northeast Shelf Province
Provincial bioregion of central and southern Great Barrier Reef.
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The Northeast Shelf Province is a marine bioregion covering Australia's coastal and continental shelf waters. It encompasses the tropical central and southern Great Barrier Reef. This provincial-level area is part of the IMCRA system and matches the WWF's Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef ecoregion.
Quick Facts
- Northern boundary
- Cooktown/Cairns
- Southern boundary
- just north of Baffle Creek
- Number of meso-scale bioregions
- 6
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Did You Know?
- The Northeast Shelf Province extends from Cooktown/Cairns at its northern end to just north of Baffle Creek at its southern end.
- It adjoins the Northeast Shelf Transition to the north and the Central Eastern Shelf Transition to the south.
- The province contains six meso-scale bioregions: West Tropic Coast, Central Reef, Lucinda-Mackay Coast, Shoalwater Coast, Mackay-Capricorn, and Pompey-Swains.
- This bioregion has the greatest number of coral reef species in Australia.
- Many eastern tropical endemic species in the province extend into the adjacent transition regions.
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