Terrestrial Ecoregions - Gibson Desert
Terrestrial Ecoregions - Gibson Desert
National Geographic
Buckshot Plains
This is a vast, dry region of red sandhills and desert grass. On these so-called "buckshot" plains, the soil is sandy, iron-rich, and deeply weathered. Here, mulgas, an evergreen eucalyptus shrub with yellow coneflowers, grow alongside clumps of hardy Triodia grass and other drought-resistant shrubs. After one of this ecoregion’s rare rains, these small shrubs will flower in a brilliantly colorful display.
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The Gibson Desert is bounded on the north by the Great Sandy Desert and on the south by the Great Victoria Desert. To the west lies Lake Disappointment, a large saline lake that is no disappointment for the many waterbirds that congregate there, seeking refuge in an otherwise arid environment. The characteristic gravel rises of the Gibson Desert led one early explorer to call it a "great undulating desert of gravel."
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