Ramsar internationally important wetland 2001 wetland system extents

Definition of Ramsar internationally important wetland

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2001 wetland system extent by Ramsar internationally important wetland
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Ramsar wetland	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	593,865	3	81,091	78	8,167	15	29,350	352	1,537	120,592
Bowling Green Bay	36,652		26,135	76			366	177	20	26,774
Currawinya Lakes	150,864	1			7,746	1	13,308	155	221	21,433
Great Sandy Strait	83,742	< 1	16,459		12	14	3,867	19	< 1	20,371
Moreton Bay	120,639	< 1	14,469	1	409	< 1	8,373	1	19	23,272
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area	201,967	2	24,028				3,437		1,276	28,742

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of Ramsar internationally important wetlands.

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.