Bioregion 2001 wetland system extents

Definition of bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2001 wetland system extent by bioregion
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Bioregion	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
Brigalow Belt (BRB)	36,528,106	165,889	191,694	3,403	7,404	17,199	10	67,703	61,504	403,728	918,533
Cape York Peninsula (CYP)	12,305,219	1,294	244,711		5,383	169		284,690	305	94,529	631,081
Central Queensland Coast (CQC)	1,484,277	8,809	54,893	79	15	101	2	26,227	4,160	24,904	119,190
Channel Country (CHC)	23,217,288	776			441,898	560	1	1,631,341	355	538,678	2,613,610
Desert Uplands (DEU)	6,941,095	1,664			22,091	557	< 1	47,539	894	85,754	158,499
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)	11,625,726	10,335			4,964	5,849	6	65,944	1,034	292,571	380,703
Gulf Plains (GUP)	21,910,942	3,857	536,920		4,214	1,621	11	312,296	3,204	570,537	1,432,659
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)	24,162,329	6,016			1,046	2,755		46,405	389	182,185	238,795
Mulga Lands (MUL)	18,605,811	7,899			23,277	1,024		218,689	5,139	79,847	335,875
New England Tableland (NET)	774,795	4,669				8		290	6	15,686	20,659
Northwest Highlands (NWH)	7,343,636	5,540				1,847		2,290		180,387	190,064
Southeast Queensland (SEQ)	6,248,417	51,387	83,188	455	3,609	5,188	28	110,097	3,129	94,647	351,727
Wet Tropics (WET)	1,992,899	9,563	50,492	195	163	85	3	34,863	1,149	25,906	122,419

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

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.