Bioregion 2001 wetland system extents

Definition of bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

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)	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
Brigalow Belt (BRB)	36,528,106	163,434	191,689	3,360	7,596	16,284	63,786	60,255	382,233	888,636
Cape York Peninsula (CYP)	12,305,219	1,285	244,971		5,425	172	281,399	305	94,142	627,701
Central Queensland Coast (CQC)	1,484,277	8,711	54,817	79	15	98	25,762	4,220	24,872	118,572
Channel Country (CHC)	23,217,288	747			443,063	526	1,631,036	272	408,296	2,483,939
Desert Uplands (DEU)	6,941,095	1,661			20,885	532	54,175	990	86,650	164,894
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)	11,625,726	10,219			4,934	5,629	65,457	1,047	300,765	388,051
Gulf Plains (GUP)	21,910,942	3,867	522,421		4,262	1,609	307,514	2,112	569,449	1,411,234
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)	24,162,329	5,960			1,231	2,741	46,030	389	183,130	239,482
Mulga Lands (MUL)	18,605,811	7,817			23,287	1,018	213,509	4,895	79,878	330,405
New England Tableland (NET)	774,795	4,648				8	290	6	15,673	20,625
Northwest Highlands (NWH)	7,343,636	5,531				1,847	2,290		180,387	190,055
Southeast Queensland (SEQ)	6,248,417	51,379	83,305	313	3,605	5,129	110,312	2,964	90,942	347,949
Wet Tropics (WET)	1,992,899	9,431	50,134	195	163	53	33,801	1,119	25,295	120,190

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.