Western Desert (Australia)

E910837

arid region desert region

Western Desert (Australia) is a vast arid region in central and western Australia encompassing several major deserts, including the Great Sandy, Gibson, and Great Victoria Deserts, and is home to many Aboriginal communities and cultural sites.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Western Desert Aboriginal	3
Central Western Desert	1
Central and Western Desert regions of Australia	1
Central desert of Australia	1
Western Desert (Australia) canonical	1
Western Desert region of Australia	1
Western Desert, Australia	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arid region ⓘ desert region ⓘ
biodiversity	adapted arid-zone fauna ⓘ adapted arid-zone flora ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ semi-arid ⓘ
contains	Aboriginal communities ⓘ Dreaming tracks ⓘ rock art sites ⓘ sacred sites ⓘ songlines ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
culturalSignificance	central to Western Desert art movement ⓘ important for Indigenous law and ceremony ⓘ
ecoregionType	desert and xeric shrublands ⓘ
geologicalCharacteristic	ancient cratonic landscapes ⓘ weathered sandstone and quartzite ⓘ
hasClimateCharacteristic	high temperature extremes ⓘ low and variable rainfall ⓘ
hasConservationValue	intact desert ecosystems ⓘ
hasFeature	ephemeral watercourses ⓘ rocky plains ⓘ salt lakes ⓘ sand dunes ⓘ spinifex grasslands ⓘ
humanPopulationDensity	very low ⓘ
includes	Gibson Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Sandy Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Victoria Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
inhabitedBy	Aboriginal Australians NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Desert peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Aboriginal cultural heritage ⓘ extreme aridity ⓘ remote landscapes ⓘ
languageRegionOf	Western Desert language NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	central Australia ⓘ western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partlyIn	Northern Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Australian desert ecosystem ⓘ
traditionalOwners	Martu people NERFINISHED ⓘ Ngaanyatjarra people NERFINISHED ⓘ Pintupi people NERFINISHED ⓘ Pitjantjatjara people NERFINISHED ⓘ Yankunytjatjara people NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	Aboriginal land management ⓘ traditional hunting and gathering ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Sandy Desert → partOf → Western Desert (Australia) ⓘ

Yankunytjatjara people → culturalRegion → Western Desert (Australia) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central desert of Australia

Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri → region → Western Desert (Australia) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert, Australia

Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri → associatedRegion → Western Desert (Australia) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central and Western Desert regions of Australia

Yayayi Napangati → culturalHeritage → Western Desert (Australia) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert Aboriginal

Joseph Jurra Tjapaltjarri → culturalBackground → Western Desert (Australia) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert Aboriginal

Kaapa Tjampitjinpa → heritage → Western Desert (Australia) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert Aboriginal

Uta Uta Tjangala → placeOfBirth → Western Desert (Australia) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Desert region of Australia

Ronnie Tjampitjinpa → region → Western Desert (Australia) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Western Desert