Western Desert, Australia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Western_Desert,_Australia

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:grass
gptkbp:adjacentTo	gptkb:Simpson_Desert gptkb:Nullarbor_Plain
gptkbp:annualRainfall	less than 250 mm per year
gptkbp:area	approximately 600,000 square kilometers
gptkbp:climate	arid
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:Great_Sandy_Desert gptkb:Great_Victoria_Desert gptkb:Gibson_Desert
gptkbp:explores	gptkb:David_Carnegie gptkb:Ernest_Giles
gptkbp:fauna	gptkb:Dragon red kangaroo thorny devil
gptkbp:flora	gptkb:mulga acacia spinifex
gptkbp:highestPoint	gptkb:Mount_Davies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Western Desert, Australia
gptkbp:inhabitedBy	gptkb:Aboriginal_Australians gptkb:Western_Desert_cultural_bloc
gptkbp:languageGroup	gptkb:Western_Desert_languages
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Northern_Territory gptkb:South_Australia gptkb:Western_Australia
gptkbp:notableEvent	British nuclear tests at Maralinga
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Papunya_Tula_art_movement arid climate Indigenous art bush tucker rock art sites salt lakes spinifex grasslands sparse population sandy dunes remote Aboriginal communities seasonal waterholes
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Australian_deserts
gptkbp:protectedArea	gptkb:Karlamilyi_National_Park gptkb:Uluru-Kata_Tjuta_National_Park gptkb:Great_Victoria_Desert_Nature_Reserve
gptkbp:traditionalOwners	gptkb:Martu gptkb:Pintupi gptkb:Ngaanyatjarra gptkb:Pitjantjatjara gptkb:Yankunytjatjara
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Aboriginal_people_of_Western_Desert_region gptkb:Western_Desert_people
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7