Biogeographic subregion 2001 wetland system extents

Definition of biogeographic subregion

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

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)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified)	riverine
Total	173,140,542	274,692	1,147,335	3,946	514,466	35,646	2,835,361	78,576	2,441,712	7,331,734
Alice Tableland	2,866,760	382			19,289	109	42,223	424	25,544	87,972
Anakie Inlier	382,284	556				82	104	9	3,317	4,067
Arcadia	715,288	1,819			2,969	600	2,688	223	5,543	13,841
Armraynald Plains	1,589,437	419	1,451		22	444	34,807	726	54,453	92,323
Atherton	177,037	1,721			147	4	366	183	813	3,234
Banana - Auburn Ranges	1,547,555	3,987				3	125	76	14,714	18,905
Barakula	1,301,712	469			1,009	558	647	61	5,675	8,420
Barkly Tableland	2,180,576	125				82	17,483	151	29,538	47,378
Basalt Downs	1,274,731	17,019				319	247	14	11,363	28,962
Battle Camp Sandstones	504,564	6	1,220				769		4,940	6,935
Bellenden Ker - Lamb	271,116	2,370	101		6	< 1	771		915	4,164
Belyando Downs	1,772,127	3,255				1,688	5,520	570	23,544	34,576
Beucazon Hills	95,821	124				67	101		3,658	3,950
Bogie River Hills	1,054,731	3,010	2,898	57		264	302	585	28,094	35,209
Boomer Range	220,541	142				19	10	16	1,505	1,692
Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics	806,778	14,044				8	297	14	11,103	25,467
Broken River	3,309,590	5,373			874	631	5,929	136	130,756	143,698
Buckland Basalts	281,306	1				2	116		1,048	1,166
Bulloo	619,042	10			18,731		110,365	3	5,496	134,604
Bulloo Dunefields	1,077,211	39			22,968	44	24,331	30	2,632	50,044
Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands	706,909	6,196	17,747	20	13	1,374	27,109	611	10,708	63,779
Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges	1,031,742	7,064	32,343	8		2,051	4,101	148	14,451	60,168
Burringbar - Conondale Ranges	535,409	9,962	205	4		194	2,060	139	6,858	19,423
Byfield	128,140	17	163				2,729	< 1	3,445	6,353
Callide Creek Downs	301,303	1,221			25	2	676	56	2,017	3,996
Cape - Campaspe Plains	1,007,026	513			696	165	4,657	401	36,945	43,377
Cape River Hills	747,993	23,115			11	69	382	10	17,030	40,616
Cape York - Torres Strait	102,098	92	26,488		2		785		816	28,182
Carnarvon Ranges	2,263,686	131			755	208	685	33	6,118	7,930
Central Downs	9,378,817	2,648				1,380	5,086	61	23,789	32,963
Claraville Plains	3,738,013	139				12	70,658	466	53,300	124,574
Clarke - Connors Ranges	631,989	1,630	71			< 1	87	6	5,116	6,910
Claude River Downs	1,026,214	722			90	309	544	9	10,060	11,734
Coastal Plains	288,595		62,138				23,029		350	85,517
Coen - Yambo Inlier	2,313,476	138	14,366		12	4	6,311		28,607	49,438
Coongie	5,724				41		53		884	978
Cooper - Diamantina Plains	3,437,773	49			76,962	4	995,508	35	70,352	1,142,909
Culgoa - Bokhara	420,325	25,706			9	107	1,932	453	7,803	36,010
Cuttaburra - Paroo	644,047	14			18,296	4	52,542	529	599	71,984
Daintree - Bloomfield	358,119	56	5,363	12		10	2,664	1	3,147	11,253
Dawson River Downs	982,807	3,704			145	607	2,850	916	5,749	13,970
Debella	81,531	3,735	4,016			< 1	230	50	1,997	10,028
Dieri	259,083	1			5,384		2,772		1,123	9,280
Donors Plateau	2,449,964	1,861	9,239		302	815	21,107	162	55,855	89,341
Doomadgee Plains	1,684,750	54	534			18	22,769	6	18,634	42,015
Dulacca Downs	162,442	348				157	10	17	104	636
Eastern Darling Downs	1,698,060	9,912			66	377	1,885	463	6,270	18,972
Eastern Mulga Plains	1,563,269	418			405	178	13,166	146	403	14,716
Flinders	435,263	208				38	177	7	6,482	6,911
Georgetown - Croydon	1,041,407	556				357	340	38	23,862	25,153
Georgina - Eyre Plains	1,212,759	4			21,571		318,732	18	52,216	392,542
Georgina Limestone	1,437,914	170			516	43	9,141		8,515	18,385
Gilberton Plateau	1,403,937	194			782	15	2,357	120	12,109	15,577
Goneaway Tablelands	5,182,219	222			6,545	152	17,844	41	205,849	230,654
Great Sandy	362,412	80	10,644		3,069	9	39,228	12	1,291	54,333
Gympie Block	859,024	2,212	151			43	1,212	131	22,706	26,456
Herbert	222,189	594	14,609	2		16	7,159	749	10,517	33,645
Herberton - Wairuna	661,771	847			2,668	165	3,066	386	19,622	26,754
Hodgkinson Basin	1,607,221	1,834				3,812	460	3	31,411	37,519
Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau	2,208,468	241			149	45	14,549	199	49,577	64,761
Inglewood Sandstones	1,218,793	3,193			208	1	535	42	3,431	7,409
Innisfail	195,917	2,000	9,291	181		11	12,457	36	3,261	27,237
Isaac - Comet Downs	2,693,397	8,858			316	1,989	8,682	1,405	43,984	65,234
Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones	1,451,290	4	40,650		3,600		57,777		4,837	106,869
Jericho	1,486,926	388				104	2,476	42	11,393	14,402
Karumba Plains	1,070,737	44	483,178		1,230	17	25,865	67	6,768	517,169
Kidston	2,929,528	1,306			264	481	3,461	9	67,711	73,231
Kirrama - Hinchinbrook	283,165	1,474	682			< 1	465		1,598	4,220
Kynuna Plateau	2,293,311	391				173	747	64	35,988	37,363
Lake Pure	984,908	4			12,921	11	10,894		725	24,555
Langlo Plains	1,290,484	100				51	7,848		7,243	15,242
Laura Lowlands	1,791,536	49	9,080		124	16	35,356	14	18,907	63,546
Macalister	112,730	429	24				364	39	1,646	2,501
Macintyre - Weir Fan	291,967	8,585			197	621	3,089	827	9,074	22,392
Manifold	79,681	13	8,514	7			7,078	858	4,368	20,839
Marlborough Plains	1,216,837	9,365	125,581	978	593	537	9,248	37,403	17,787	201,492
McArthur	589,190					1	1,428		9,984	11,413
Mitchell - Gilbert Fans	5,262,816	338	7,905		1,619	64	102,007	273	233,591	345,798
Moonie - Barwon Interfluve	689,472	3,270			0	136	364	176	1,603	5,550
Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout	750,659	2,081				44	814	229	1,494	4,662
Moreton Basin	784,969	4,655	81	8		557	3,788	505	12,330	21,925
Mount Isa Inlier	4,641,852	4,994				1,804	73		108,553	115,424
Mount Morgan Ranges	1,275,970	3,826	96		131	1,560	722	250	7,275	13,860
Nandewar Northern Complex	629,398	4,063					71	2	11,846	15,982
Narrandool	16,500	393							7	400
Nebine Plains	1,207,796	64			2,066	74	66,990	1,755	592	71,541
Nebo - Connors Ranges	449,269	132				10	170	33	9,431	9,776
Noccundra Slopes	1,798,759	102			949	2	11,008		15,841	27,902
North Eastern Plains	660,369	229			516	55	1,220	397	11,442	13,859
Northern Bowen Basin	1,316,957	3,279			399	1,152	1,056	71	27,285	33,242
Northern Holroyd Plain	2,464,074	39	1,560		< 1		86,982		14,928	103,510
Northern Uplands	1,147,549	139				22	97		3,865	4,123
Paluma - Seaview	233,751	249				< 1	37		1,568	1,855
Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials	1,580,383	378			900	155	4,819	123	12,769	19,143
Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands	471,784	3,266	38,982	72	13	81	15,590	3,305	9,849	71,158
Scenic Rim	228,692	682				< 1	13	< 1	2,613	3,309
Simpson Desert	1,964,992				32,320		7,602	12	326	40,260
South Burnett	563,866	1,761				145	309	28	3,070	5,313
South Drummond Basin	1,009,244	539			36	260	960	110	9,383	11,288
Southern Downs	4,264,666	2,636			73	1,197	3,280	606	29,126	36,917
Southern Great Barrier Reef	272						< 1			< 1
Southern Wooded Downs	4,720,995	1,903				952	1,707	74	34,546	39,182
Southwestern Downs	3,715,454	517			715	75	11,690	32	44,271	57,300
Southwestern Plateaus & Floodouts	1,333,519	507				33	775		22,216	23,531
Stanthorpe Plateau	137,941	576				8	219	4	3,660	4,467
Starke Coastal Lowlands	513,912	184	19,403		1,686	11	11,310	43	8,466	41,102
Strzelecki Desert	402,443	66			39,695	25	2,775	9	49	42,619
Sturt Stony Desert	5,773,950	249			200,857	288	127,551	125	50,858	379,928
Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands	365,498	4,720	22,133	273	523	747	32,194	1,374	5,810	67,774
Tara Downs	511,339	1,015				190	759	83	394	2,441
Taroom Downs	652,005	733			430	332	2,187	178	7,312	11,172
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	8,513	63,114	2,324	124	1,839	6,346	13,065	35,526	130,851
Tully	138,876	539	20,064		10	10	9,516	112	1,830	32,081
Undara - Toomba Basalts	2,076,208	304			1,128	184	52,201	475	27,404	81,695
Upper Belyando Floodout	466,275	179				43	233	270	971	1,696
Urisino Sandplains	860,249	30			70	1	7,621	84	1,103	8,910
Warrambool - Moonie	573,576	6,580			10	246	1,769	1,441	4,695	14,741
Warrego Plains	2,168,127	496			1,159	120	30,501	213	6,445	38,933
Weipa Plateau	2,875,674	773	70,066			141	59,081	248	12,291	142,601
Wellesley Islands	127,711	45	19,907				1,324		4	21,279
Weribone High	966,510	4,638				338	598	275	7,601	13,450
West Balonne Plains	1,991,194	5,738				361	5,217	1,303	1,306	13,925
West Bulloo	2,852,104	411			100	52	14,110	291	18,735	33,701
West Warrego	4,220,623	178			675	100	14,198	177	28,145	43,472
Whitsunday	91,153	51	3,070		2	16	47		97	3,284
Woodenbong	2,846	3								3
Woondoola Plains	2,375,110	533	206		158	179	12,072	92	85,157	98,397
Woorabinda	749,785	188				218	3,847	247	6,332	10,831
Wyarra Hills	397,935	191				135	303	37	5,915	6,581

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.