Coastal regions of Western Australia
Coastal regions of Western Australia
Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia
Coast Regions used in Weather reports
Standard Bureau of Meteorology reports include the following reference points for coastal weather reports : -
Wallal to Cape Preston:
Cape Preston to North West Cape:
Northwest Cape to Carnarvon:
Carnarvon to Kalbarri:
Kalbarri to Jurien Bay:
Jurien Bay to Mandurah:
Mandurah to Cape Leeuwin:
Cape Leeuwin to Bremer Bay:
Bremer Bay to Israelite Bay:
Israelite Bay to SA Border:
General coastal regions
These groupings are for wider regions: -
Kimberley
Canning
Pilbara
Carnarvon
Central West
Leeuwin
South Coast - incorporates the coastal region between Cape Leeuwin and Windy Harbour, usually considered part of the south west; also the Esperance to Eucla is known as the south east coast.
South East
Features
The coastal regions include a range of beaches, cliffs, and coastline features that are dependent upon the underlying geology - and the geological provinces have direct relationship to the coastal forms: -
! Eucla Basin - Eucla - Israelite Bay - Limestone
2 Yilgarn Craton - Pt Malcolm - Cape Arid and Pt Hood to Pt D'Entrecasteaux
3 Bremer Basin - Israelite Bay - Pt D'Entrecasteaux
4 Perth Basin - Augusta - Muchsiosn River
5 Carnarvon Basin - Murchison River - Cape Preston
6 Pilbara craton - Cape Preston - Port Hedland
7 Canning Basin - Port Hedland - King Sound
8 Kimberley Basin - Kimberley Coast
9 Bonaparte Basin - Cambridge Gulf
Gulfs
- Admiralty Gulf
- Cambridge Gulf
- Exmouth Gulf
Sounds
Specficially referring to Sound (geography)
- Camden Sound
- Cockburn Sound
- King Sound
- Yampi Sound
- York Sound
- King George Sound
Archipelagoes and Island Groups
Coastal management planning
References
Further reading
- WA State Coastal Conference (3rd : 2005 : Mandurah, Bunbury and Busselton, W.A.)
Title 3rd WA State Coastal Conference, Mandurah - Bunbury - Busselton, November 2005 : coastal solutions : balancing the waves of change : program and papers. Canning Bridge, W.A. : Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd, 2005. ISBN 1863081267
Government reports
- Department of Conservation and Land Management, 1994: A Representative Marine Reserves
- System for Western Australia: Report of the Marine Parks and Reserves Selection Working Group (the Wilson Report).
- Government of Western Australia, 1998: New Horizons: the Way Ahead in Marine Conservation and Management.
- Government of Western Australia, 2002b: Focus on the Future: the Western Australian State Sustainability Strategy, Consultation Draft.
- Government of Western Australia, 2002c: A Biodiversity Conservation Act for Western Australia, Consultation Paper.
- Western Australian Planning Commission, 2001: Coastal Zone Management Policy for Western Australia, for public comment.
- Western Australian Planning Commission, 2002: Coastal Planning Program - Status of Coastal Planning in Western Australia 2001/02.
- Western Australian Planning Commission, 2003a: Statement of Planning Policy No. 2.6: StateCoastal Planning Policy.
- Western Australian Planning Commission, 2003b: Coastal Planning and Management Manual
See also
Australian context:-Local features:-
- List of islands of Western Australia, A-C and numerals and subsequent sections
- List of watercourses in Western Australia
Regional divisions:-
- Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia
- Ecoregions in Australia
- Regions of Western Australia
Plants and natural history:-
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