title: Davenport Murchison Ranges
text: # Davenport Murchison Ranges
  
  Davenport Murchison Ranges is an interim Australian bioregion located in the Northern Territory. It has an area of 5,805,108 hectares (14,344,730 acres). The bioregion is part of the larger Great Sandy-Tanami desert ecoregion.
  
  ## Subregions
  
  Davenport Murchison Ranges is made up of three subregions:
  
  * Ashburton Range (DMR01) – 1,218,621 hectares (3,011,280 acres)
  * Davenport (DMR02) – 1,589,590 hectares (3,928,000 acres)
  * Barkly (DMR03) – 2,996,897 hectares (7,405,490 acres)
  
  ## Protected areas
  
  Less than 5% of the bioregion is in protected areas, the largest of which is Iytwelepenty / Davenport Range National Park in the Barkly subregion.
  
  