Biogeographic subregion 2001 wetland system extents

Definition of biogeographic subregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2001 wetland system extent by biogeographic subregion
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Biogeographic subregion	Total area (ha)	Wetland area by system									Total wetland area (ha)
		artificial and highly modified	intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)	intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified)	lacustrine (natural)	lacustrine (slightly modified)	lacustrine (unknown degree of modification)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified)	riverine
Total	173,140,542	277,697	1,161,899	4,133	514,062	36,961	61	2,848,374	81,268	2,589,358	7,513,814
Alice Tableland	2,866,760	385			20,062	133		39,405	387	24,681	85,054
Anakie Inlier	382,284	556				82		104	9	3,310	4,060
Arcadia	715,288	1,829			2,969	602		2,765	223	5,540	13,928
Armraynald Plains	1,589,437	419	1,451		22	453		34,990	727	54,468	92,530
Atherton	177,037	1,730			147	31	2	393	158	822	3,282
Banana - Auburn Ranges	1,547,555	3,995				3		126	76	14,828	19,027
Barakula	1,301,712	475			929	665		664	61	5,729	8,524
Barkly Tableland	2,180,576	125				82		17,483	151	29,583	47,423
Basalt Downs	1,274,731	17,021				321		247	14	11,360	28,963
Battle Camp Sandstones	504,564	6	1,220					769		4,940	6,935
Bellenden Ker - Lamb	271,116	2,370	101		6	< 1		774		935	4,185
Belyando Downs	1,772,127	3,270				1,704		5,534	570	23,637	34,716
Beucazon Hills	95,821	124				67		101		3,658	3,950
Bogie River Hills	1,054,731	3,045	2,949	57		266	< 1	176	655	40,201	47,349
Boomer Range	220,541	142				19		10	16	1,717	1,904
Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics	806,778	14,044				8		299	14	11,616	25,982
Broken River	3,309,590	5,413			874	649		6,061	136	123,225	136,358
Buckland Basalts	281,306	1				2		116		1,048	1,166
Bulloo	619,042	14			19,002			110,275	3	5,334	134,628
Bulloo Dunefields	1,077,211	39			22,968	42	1	23,872	30	2,632	49,585
Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands	706,909	6,201	17,859	20	13	1,390	11	27,988	651	11,280	65,414
Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges	1,031,742	7,050	32,256	124		2,055	< 1	4,420	162	15,347	61,415
Burringbar - Conondale Ranges	535,409	9,966	195	14		187	4	2,093	147	7,007	19,613
Byfield	128,140	17	163					2,746	< 1	3,444	6,370
Callide Creek Downs	301,303	1,245			67	2		674	56	2,012	4,055
Cape - Campaspe Plains	1,007,026	513			704	165	< 1	1,505	342	36,876	40,105
Cape River Hills	747,993	23,190			11	71		373	10	17,038	40,693
Cape York - Torres Strait	102,098	93	26,487		2			785		815	28,181
Carnarvon Ranges	2,263,686	131			722	258		666	49	6,117	7,943
Central Downs	9,378,817	2,666				1,385		5,326	61	22,694	32,131
Claraville Plains	3,738,013	139				8	3	70,650	466	53,062	124,328
Clarke - Connors Ranges	631,989	1,669	72			< 1		87	6	5,130	6,964
Claude River Downs	1,026,214	722			90	309		609	9	10,938	12,677
Coastal Plains	288,595		62,024					23,166		350	85,540
Coen - Yambo Inlier	2,313,476	143	14,366		12			6,311		28,634	49,465
Coongie	5,724				41			53		884	978
Cooper - Diamantina Plains	3,437,773	49			76,794	6		994,394	40	72,921	1,144,202
Culgoa - Bokhara	420,325	25,769			9	107		2,046	469	7,886	36,286
Cuttaburra - Paroo	644,047	40			18,275	5		52,606	621	599	72,146
Daintree - Bloomfield	358,119	56	5,389	12		10	< 1	2,704	1	3,222	11,395
Dawson River Downs	982,807	3,911			145	600		2,969	920	6,855	15,400
Debella	81,531	3,753	4,026			< 1		235	50	1,998	10,063
Dieri	259,083	1			5,384	16		2,783		1,123	9,307
Donors Plateau	2,449,964	1,865	9,237		264	815		21,197	162	55,877	89,417
Doomadgee Plains	1,684,750	54	534			18		22,769	6	18,634	42,015
Dulacca Downs	162,442	360				157		10	17	104	647
Eastern Darling Downs	1,698,060	9,958			66	383		1,972	464	5,553	18,397
Eastern Mulga Plains	1,563,269	421			405	178		13,214	211	403	14,833
Flinders	435,263	208				38		177	7	6,482	6,911
Georgetown - Croydon	1,041,407	556				357		340	38	23,862	25,152
Georgina - Eyre Plains	1,212,759	4			21,591			318,737	18	52,238	392,588
Georgina Limestone	1,437,914	170			516	43		9,141		8,514	18,384
Gilberton Plateau	1,403,937	194			784	12	4	2,357	120	11,712	15,184
Goneaway Tablelands	5,182,219	243			6,015	145		18,520	111	284,931	309,965
Great Sandy	362,412	81	10,644		3,073	10		37,878	14	1,290	52,990
Gympie Block	859,024	2,214	156			41		1,258	169	23,912	27,750
Herbert	222,189	692	14,631	2		16		7,634	804	10,693	34,472
Herberton - Wairuna	661,771	847			2,668	165	5	3,111	372	19,811	26,978
Hodgkinson Basin	1,607,221	1,832				3,812		478	3	31,642	37,766
Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau	2,208,468	219			148	45		14,585	199	49,579	64,776
Inglewood Sandstones	1,218,793	3,202			208	5		563	42	3,553	7,573
Innisfail	195,917	2,011	9,611	181		8	< 1	12,857	36	3,395	28,099
Isaac - Comet Downs	2,693,397	8,959			316	1,989	4	8,605	1,483	44,145	65,501
Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones	1,451,290	4	40,503		3,558			60,391		4,857	109,313
Jericho	1,486,926	388				104		2,127	42	11,425	14,085
Karumba Plains	1,070,737	50	496,286		1,219	28		27,648	142	6,814	532,187
Kidston	2,929,528	1,310			264	686		3,297	9	67,324	72,889
Kirrama - Hinchinbrook	283,165	1,492	684			< 1		450		1,610	4,237
Kynuna Plateau	2,293,311	407				174		747	64	36,244	37,635
Lake Pure	984,908	4			12,950	11		10,916		725	24,606
Langlo Plains	1,290,484	103				51		8,627		7,248	16,030
Laura Lowlands	1,791,536	52	9,080		124	16		35,355	14	18,907	63,548
Macalister	112,730	431	24					369	38	1,659	2,521
Macintyre - Weir Fan	291,967	10,229			212	676		4,574	1,426	9,090	26,208
Manifold	79,681	13	8,525	7				7,081	858	4,366	20,851
Marlborough Plains	1,216,837	9,418	125,521	1,009	519	636		9,452	37,444	17,887	201,885
McArthur	589,190					1		1,428		9,984	11,413
Mitchell - Gilbert Fans	5,262,816	339	9,299		1,619	62	3	104,642	621	234,944	351,530
Moonie - Barwon Interfluve	689,472	3,006			0	137		474	176	1,603	5,397
Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout	750,659	2,096				48		947	229	1,636	4,957
Moreton Basin	784,969	4,662	81	8		593	2	3,757	573	12,665	22,341
Mount Isa Inlier	4,641,852	5,003				1,804		73		108,553	115,433
Mount Morgan Ranges	1,275,970	3,369	96		33	2,043		722	250	7,851	14,364
Nandewar Northern Complex	629,398	4,068						71	2	11,859	16,000
Narrandool	16,500	399								7	407
Nebine Plains	1,207,796	65			2,066	76		67,066	1,795	710	71,777
Nebo - Connors Ranges	449,269	133				10		170	33	10,623	10,968
Noccundra Slopes	1,798,759	103			1,073	2		11,238		37,867	50,282
North Eastern Plains	660,369	229			516	55		1,220	397	11,443	13,860
Northern Bowen Basin	1,316,957	3,322			399	1,106		1,063	71	27,855	33,816
Northern Holroyd Plain	2,464,074	39	1,560		< 1			86,986		14,928	103,514
Northern Uplands	1,147,549	142				22		97		4,199	4,460
Paluma - Seaview	233,751	249				< 1		37		1,581	1,868
Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials	1,580,383	378			1,325	155		4,502	123	12,772	19,255
Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands	471,784	3,305	39,038	72	13	84	2	16,031	3,246	9,868	71,657
Scenic Rim	228,692	682				< 1		13	< 1	2,642	3,338
Simpson Desert	1,964,992				32,320			7,602	12	343	40,276
South Burnett	563,866	1,762				145		310	28	3,076	5,320
South Drummond Basin	1,009,244	539			36	265		960	110	9,917	11,827
Southern Downs	4,264,666	2,730			25	1,232		4,260	748	29,287	38,283
Southern Great Barrier Reef	272							< 1			< 1
Southern Wooded Downs	4,720,995	1,924				959		1,634	74	34,387	38,979
Southwestern Downs	3,715,454	517			530	75		11,897	32	44,281	57,332
Southwestern Plateaus & Floodouts	1,333,519	507				33		775		22,216	23,531
Stanthorpe Plateau	137,941	593				8		219	4	3,660	4,484
Starke Coastal Lowlands	513,912	184	19,403		1,686	12		11,310	43	8,519	41,156
Strzelecki Desert	402,443	66			39,716	50		2,775	18	49	42,673
Sturt Stony Desert	5,773,950	253			199,928	288		128,577	125	77,686	406,856
Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands	365,498	4,714	21,997	290	523	759	10	32,083	1,369	5,811	67,555
Tara Downs	511,339	1,242				191		920	67	405	2,825
Taroom Downs	652,005	786			515	345		2,350	175	7,318	11,490
Tenterfield Plateau	7,456	8								167	175
Thorntonia	779,074	30				8		14		39,633	39,686
Toko Plains	498,425				4,118			1,600		1,944	7,663
Townsville Plains	768,022	8,534	63,128	2,337	125	1,916	5	6,343	13,356	38,815	134,559
Tully	138,876	532	20,053		10	19		9,644	112	1,989	32,359
Undara - Toomba Basalts	2,076,208	378			1,158	181	1	52,658	476	26,708	81,561
Upper Belyando Floodout	466,275	181				43		249	270	982	1,725
Urisino Sandplains	860,249	30			71	1		7,653	96	1,103	8,955
Warrambool - Moonie	573,576	6,869			10	248		1,921	1,441	4,695	15,184
Warrego Plains	2,168,127	500			1,159	120		30,777	225	7,639	40,418
Weipa Plateau	2,875,674	773	70,068			141		59,617	248	12,579	143,427
Wellesley Islands	127,711	45	19,907					1,324		4	21,279
Weribone High	966,510	4,746				343		814	282	7,610	13,795
West Balonne Plains	1,991,194	5,762				361		5,428	1,304	1,317	14,171
West Bulloo	2,852,104	409			111	56		17,779	311	18,725	37,391
West Warrego	4,220,623	198			675	100		14,221	178	26,461	41,833
Whitsunday	91,153	52	3,070		2	16		47		97	3,284
Woodenbong	2,846	9									9
Woondoola Plains	2,375,110	533	206		158	180		12,135	758	85,443	99,413
Woorabinda	749,785	194				211		3,849	247	6,334	10,835
Wyarra Hills	397,935	191				135		303	37	6,583	7,248

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of biogeographic subregions.

Disclaimer

Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
(e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).

All statistics are approximate and generated based on data transformed to a customised Albers equal-area projection, thus allowing wetland extent change for different regions of Queensland to be comparable.

Areas may change over time as mapping approaches improve.

Totals may not match the sum of individually displayed figures due to the rounding of displayed figures.