Coastal regions of Western Australia

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Western Australia has the longest coastline of any state in Australia, at 10,194 km [1]

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[edit] Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia

[edit] Coast Regions used in Weather reports

Standard Bureau of Meteorology reports include the following reference points for coastal weather reports [2]: -

Kuri Bay to Wallal:

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:

[edit] 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

[edit] Features

The coastal regions include a range of beaches, cliffs, and coastline features that are dependant upon the underlying geology - and the 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

[edit] Gulfs

  • Admiralty Gulf
  • Cambridge Gulf
  • Exmouth Gulf

[edit] Sounds

Specficially referring to Sound (geography)

  • Camden Sound
  • King Sound
  • York Sound

[edit] Archipelagoes and Island Groups

[edit] Coastal management planning

[edit] References

  1. ^ Short, Andrew D (2005)Beaches of the Western Australian Coast: Eucla to Roeback Bay ISBN 0-9586504-3-8. page 1
  2. ^ See the map at http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/wa/wa-forecast-map.shtml for locations of the coastal forecast boundary locations

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

Australian context:-

Local features:-

Regional divisions:-

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