Editing Pilbara (section)

==Definitions of the Pilbara region==
[[File:Pilbara 1.jpg|thumb|North of the Pilbara looking south at the range]]
At least two important but differing definitions of "the Pilbara" region exist. Administratively it is one of the nine regions of Western Australia defined by the ''[[Regional Development Commissions Act 1993]]''; the term also refers to the Pilbara shrublands [[bioregion]] (which differs in extent) under the [[Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia]] (IBRA).<ref name="IBRA 5.1">{{cite journal | author = Environment Australia | author-link = Environment Australia | title = Revision of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) and Development of Version 5.1 – Summary Report | publisher = [[Department of the Environment and Water Resources]], [[Government of Australia|Australian Government]] | url = http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/ibra/version5-1/summary-report/index.html | access-date = 31 January 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060905215218/http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/ibra/version5-1/summary-report/index.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 5 September 2006}}</ref><ref name="IBRA 6.1">{{cite web |url=http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/ibra/version6-1/index.html |title=Australia's Biogeographical Regions - IBRA Version 6.1 |website=www.deh.gov.au |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060217234114/http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/nrs/ibra/version6-1/index.html |archive-date=17 February 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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!rowwidth=100px colspan=5|IBRA regions and subregions: IBRA7
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!scope="col" width="250px"|IBRA region / subregion!!scope="col" width="100px"|IBRA code!!scope="col" width="250px"|Area!!scope="col" width="75px"|[[States and territories of Australia|States]] !! Location in Australia
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|'''[[Pilbara shrublands]]''' ||align="center"|'''PIL''' ||align="right"|'''{{convert|17823126|ha}}''' ||align="center" rowspan=5|WA ||align="center" rowspan=5 colspan=3|[[File:IBRA 6.1 Pilbara.png|100px]]
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|align="right"|[[Chichester (biogeographic subregion)|Chichester]]|| align="center" |PIL01 ||align="right"|{{convert|8374728|ha}}
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|align="right"|[[Fortescue (biogeographic subregion)|Fortescue]]|| align="center" |PIL02 ||align="right"|{{convert|1951435|ha}}
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|align="right"|[[Hamersley (biogeographic subregion)|Hamersley]]|| align="center" |PIL03 ||align="right"|{{convert|5634727|ha}}
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|align="right"|[[Roebourne (biogeographic subregion)|Roebourne]]|| align="center" |PIL04 ||align="right"|{{convert|1862236|ha}}
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