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Gibson Desert
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Vinony's link graph records 475 inbound references to Gibson Desert, and connects out to Australia, Antarctica and rain.
The entry is geolocated on the map in WA.
It sits within the topics Deserts and xeric shrublands, Deserts of Western Australia and Ecoregions of Western Australia.
Vinony links it to 48 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Realm
- Australasian
- Biome
- deserts and xeric shrublands
- Borders
- Central Ranges xeric scrub Great Sandy-Tanami desert Great Victoria Desert
- Area
- 156,289 km (60,344 mi )
- Country
- Australia
- States
- Western Australia
- Conservation status
- Relatively stable/intact
- Protected
- 91,274 km² (58%)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Alfred Gibson
- Country
- Australia
- Located in
- Western Australia
- Area
- 155000
- Elevation
- 505
- Image
- Gibson Desert and moon from Alfred & Marie Range.jpg
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- Gibson Desert
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Encyclopedic overview
A four wheel drive in the Gibson Desert
The Gibson Desert is a large desert in Western Australia, mainly in an almost pristine state. It is about 155,000 square kilometres (60,000 sq mi) in size, making it the fifth largest desert in Australia, after the Great Victoria, Great Sandy, Tanami and Simpson deserts. The Gibson Desert is both an interim Australian bioregion and desert ecoregion. It is inhabited by a small group of Indigenous Australians.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gibson Desert” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.