Tanami Desert

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The Tanami Desert is a wilderness in northern Australia located in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

It has a rocky terrain with small hills. Tanami is the last frontier of the Northern Territory and not fully explored by Australians of European descent into the 20th century. This is traversed by Tanami Track.

The name Tanami is considered a corruption of the Walpiri name for the area, "Chanamee", meaning "never dead". This is called a certain stone hole in the desert that is said to never dry.

Under the name Tanami , the desert is classified as a temporary Australian bioregion, comprising 25,997,277 hectares (64,240,670 hectares).

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Biological resources

According to the government commission, the Tanami desert is uniquely "one of the most important biological areas to be found in Australia primarily because it provides protection to some endangered and endangered species of Australia."

Species found include:

• Western chest mice ( Pseudomys nanus )
• Original little mouse ( Pseudomys delicatulus )
• Planigale long-tailed ( Planigale ingrami )

Significant bird species include:

• Gray falcon ( Falco hypoleucos )
• Paints that are painted in Australia ( Rostratulas )
• Micked Duck ( Stictonetta naevosa )

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Mineral resources

There are several mines in the Tanami Desert including:

• Granite gold mine
• Coyote Gold Mine

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Local indigenous group

Tanami Desert is Kukatja and Walpiri. The craftsman lives on the edge of the desert.

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South Tanami Native Protection Area

In July 2012, 10,000,000 hectares (25,000,000 hectares) of the desert area (38% of the total bioregion) were declared as genuine protected areas or conservation zones.

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See also

• Australian Desert
• The descend list by area

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Note

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References

• Kelly, Kieran, (2003) Tanami: walking through the heart of the Australian desert Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, 2003. ISBNÃ, 0-7329-1188-5
• Thackway, R and ID Cresswell (1995) Regionalization of interim biogeography for Australia: a framework for setting priorities in the National Reserve System Cooperative Program Version 4.0 Canberra: Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Unit Reserve System, 1995 ISBNÃ, 0-642-21371-2

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External links

• Australian government paper on environmental conditions

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