Study area 2001 wetland system extents

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2001 wetland system extent by study area
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Study area	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	1,359,762	4,360	23,518	169	2,883	455	45,840	644	15,700	93,570
Cairns Urban	62,327	479	4,580	169		2	511	5	512	6,259
Great Sandy Strait	1,218,935	3,394	15,352		2,849	391	33,289	346	14,817	70,438
Pumicestone Passage	78,501	487	3,586	< 1	34	62	12,041	292	371	16,873

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

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.