Biogeographic subregion 2005 wetland system extents

Definition of biogeographic subregion

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2005 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	290,960	1,147,049	3,887	514,465	36,982	2,833,149	79,306	2,437,265	7,343,064
Alice Tableland	2,866,760	388			19,289	109	42,205	424	25,479	87,895
Anakie Inlier	382,284	567				82	104	9	3,301	4,063
Arcadia	715,288	1,893			2,969	602	2,653	258	5,543	13,917
Armraynald Plains	1,589,437	792	1,451		22	444	34,769	726	54,453	92,658
Atherton	177,037	1,726			147	4	365	183	813	3,238
Banana - Auburn Ranges	1,547,555	4,019				3	125	76	14,687	18,909
Barakula	1,301,712	542			1,009	558	646	61	5,636	8,451
Barkly Tableland	2,180,576	165				82	17,483	151	29,498	47,378
Basalt Downs	1,274,731	17,282				319	231	14	11,339	29,185
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	4,307				1,688	5,510	580	23,449	35,534
Beucazon Hills	95,821	124				67	101		3,658	3,950
Bogie River Hills	1,054,731	3,238	2,897	57		259	292	585	28,093	35,420
Boomer Range	220,541	148				19	10	16	1,503	1,697
Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics	806,778	14,095				8	297	14	11,088	25,502
Broken River	3,309,590	5,484			874	628	5,929	136	130,734	143,784
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	55			22,968	44	24,320	30	2,629	50,045
Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands	706,909	6,394	17,708	17	13	1,394	26,916	636	10,693	63,771
Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges	1,031,742	8,748	32,335	8		2,061	4,096	148	13,815	61,212
Burringbar - Conondale Ranges	535,409	9,999	205	4		192	2,052	139	6,840	19,431
Byfield	128,140	17	163				2,711	< 1	3,443	6,334
Callide Creek Downs	301,303	1,270			25	2	676	56	2,017	4,045
Cape - Campaspe Plains	1,007,026	581			696	165	4,657	401	36,887	43,388
Cape River Hills	747,993	23,147			11	69	382	10	17,028	40,646
Cape York - Torres Strait	102,098	92	26,488		2		785		816	28,182
Carnarvon Ranges	2,263,686	147			755	208	685	33	6,106	7,933
Central Downs	9,378,817	2,829				1,370	5,086	61	23,736	33,082
Claraville Plains	3,738,013	156				12	70,656	466	53,294	124,584
Clarke - Connors Ranges	631,989	1,658	71			< 1	87	6	5,102	6,924
Claude River Downs	1,026,214	778			90	321	544	26	9,821	11,580
Coastal Plains	288,595		62,138				23,029		350	85,517
Coen - Yambo Inlier	2,313,476	181	14,366		12	4	6,311		28,634	49,508
Coongie	5,724				41		53		884	978
Cooper - Diamantina Plains	3,437,773	66			76,962	5	995,499	35	70,352	1,142,919
Culgoa - Bokhara	420,325	25,706			9	107	1,932	453	7,803	36,010
Cuttaburra - Paroo	644,047	35			18,296	4	52,512	529	599	71,976
Daintree - Bloomfield	358,119	56	5,366	12		30	2,652	1	3,149	11,266
Dawson River Downs	982,807	4,052			145	665	2,825	794	5,748	14,229
Debella	81,531	3,737	4,016			< 1	224	54	1,975	10,007
Dieri	259,083	1			5,384		2,772		1,123	9,280
Donors Plateau	2,449,964	2,082	9,239		302	816	21,107	173	55,845	89,562
Doomadgee Plains	1,684,750	54	534			18	22,766	6	18,634	42,012
Dulacca Downs	162,442	380				157	10	17	104	667
Eastern Darling Downs	1,698,060	10,423			66	392	1,876	466	6,270	19,493
Eastern Mulga Plains	1,563,269	453			405	179	13,140	146	404	14,727
Flinders	435,263	218				38	177	7	6,462	6,902
Georgetown - Croydon	1,041,407	826				352	340	38	23,859	25,416
Georgina - Eyre Plains	1,212,759	4			21,571	< 1	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	198			782	15	2,349	120	12,109	15,573
Goneaway Tablelands	5,182,219	291			6,545	152	17,844	41	205,727	230,602
Great Sandy	362,412	84	10,643		3,069	9	39,183	12	1,276	54,276
Gympie Block	859,024	3,939	151			43	1,203	131	22,075	27,543
Herbert	222,189	603	14,587	2		16	7,082	759	10,491	33,540
Herberton - Wairuna	661,771	902			2,668	165	3,000	386	19,618	26,739
Hodgkinson Basin	1,607,221	1,911				3,812	460	3	31,394	37,579
Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau	2,208,468	244			149	45	14,549	199	49,561	64,747
Inglewood Sandstones	1,218,793	3,442			208	4	535	42	3,421	7,652
Innisfail	195,917	2,030	9,272	179		13	12,426	36	3,253	27,209
Isaac - Comet Downs	2,693,397	10,541			316	1,988	8,642	1,396	43,682	66,564
Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones	1,451,290	4	40,650		3,600		57,777		4,837	106,869
Jericho	1,486,926	410				104	2,470	42	11,338	14,364
Karumba Plains	1,070,737	44	483,178		1,230	17	25,865	67	6,768	517,169
Kidston	2,929,528	1,319			264	484	3,461	9	67,711	73,247
Kirrama - Hinchinbrook	283,165	1,474	682			< 1	465		1,598	4,220
Kynuna Plateau	2,293,311	480				173	747	64	35,988	37,452
Lake Pure	984,908	4			12,921	11	10,894		725	24,555
Langlo Plains	1,290,484	102				51	7,701		6,908	14,762
Laura Lowlands	1,791,536	49	9,080		124	16	35,356	14	18,907	63,546
Macalister	112,730	444	24				361	39	1,644	2,511
Macintyre - Weir Fan	291,967	9,566			197	621	3,082	827	9,019	23,311
Manifold	79,681	13	8,514	7			7,078	858	4,366	20,836
Marlborough Plains	1,216,837	9,968	125,428	937	593	583	8,881	37,404	17,753	201,547
McArthur	589,190					1	1,428		9,984	11,413
Mitchell - Gilbert Fans	5,262,816	349	7,905		1,619	64	101,998	275	233,591	345,802
Moonie - Barwon Interfluve	689,472	3,366			0	136	364	176	1,603	5,645
Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout	750,659	2,241				44	814	229	1,494	4,822
Moreton Basin	784,969	4,868	82	8		548	3,751	505	12,306	22,067
Mount Isa Inlier	4,641,852	5,137				1,816	73		108,551	115,577
Mount Morgan Ranges	1,275,970	4,108	96		131	2,472	722	250	7,266	15,044
Nandewar Northern Complex	629,398	4,076					71	2	11,806	15,954
Narrandool	16,500	393							7	400
Nebine Plains	1,207,796	64			2,066	74	66,825	1,755	591	71,375
Nebo - Connors Ranges	449,269	145				10	170	33	9,408	9,765
Noccundra Slopes	1,798,759	112			949	2	11,008		15,841	27,912
North Eastern Plains	660,369	259			516	55	1,166	397	11,396	13,790
Northern Bowen Basin	1,316,957	3,725			399	1,152	1,046	71	27,093	33,485
Northern Holroyd Plain	2,464,074	39	1,560		< 1		86,982		14,928	103,510
Northern Uplands	1,147,549	153				22	97		3,865	4,137
Paluma - Seaview	233,751	249				< 1	37		1,568	1,855
Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials	1,580,383	401			900	155	4,810	123	12,757	19,144
Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands	471,784	3,531	38,969	72	13	88	15,377	3,308	9,765	71,123
Scenic Rim	228,692	684				< 1	13	< 1	2,611	3,309
Simpson Desert	1,964,992				32,320		7,602	12	326	40,260
South Burnett	563,866	1,820				145	307	28	3,066	5,365
South Drummond Basin	1,009,244	658			35	269	960	112	9,284	11,318
Southern Downs	4,264,666	3,320			73	1,213	3,254	607	29,073	37,540
Southern Great Barrier Reef	272						< 1			< 1
Southern Wooded Downs	4,720,995	1,944				952	1,707	74	34,516	39,193
Southwestern Downs	3,715,454	559			715	75	11,690	32	44,271	57,341
Southwestern Plateaus & Floodouts	1,333,519	512				33	775		22,216	23,536
Stanthorpe Plateau	137,941	654				8	219	4	3,634	4,519
Starke Coastal Lowlands	513,912	195	19,403		1,686	9	11,310	43	8,463	41,109
Strzelecki Desert	402,443	66			39,695	25	2,733	51	49	42,619
Sturt Stony Desert	5,773,950	271			200,856	288	127,551	125	50,858	379,950
Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands	365,498	4,556	22,111	261	523	891	32,096	1,354	5,726	67,518
Tara Downs	511,339	1,064				190	759	83	394	2,491
Taroom Downs	652,005	954			430	332	2,111	201	7,248	11,277
Tenterfield Plateau	7,456	8							167	175
Thorntonia	779,074	30				8	14		39,633	39,686
Toko Plains	498,425				4,118	< 1	1,600		1,944	7,663
Townsville Plains	768,022	8,611	63,102	2,324	124	1,904	6,299	13,078	35,414	130,856
Tully	138,876	415	20,063		10	10	9,427	112	1,821	31,859
Undara - Toomba Basalts	2,076,208	350			1,128	184	52,116	475	27,404	81,658
Upper Belyando Floodout	466,275	232				43	233	270	966	1,745
Urisino Sandplains	860,249	30			70	1	7,546	84	1,103	8,836
Warrambool - Moonie	573,576	7,115			10	252	1,650	2,076	4,561	15,663
Warrego Plains	2,168,127	512			1,159	121	30,432	213	6,426	38,863
Weipa Plateau	2,875,674	785	70,066			141	59,081	248	12,291	142,613
Wellesley Islands	127,711	45	19,907				1,324		4	21,279
Weribone High	966,510	4,813				339	598	275	7,503	13,528
West Balonne Plains	1,991,194	6,294				361	5,626	1,346	1,305	14,932
West Bulloo	2,852,104	447			100	52	14,098	291	18,735	33,724
West Warrego	4,220,623	184			675	100	14,188	177	27,966	43,289
Whitsunday	91,153	52	3,070		2	15	47		97	3,284
Woodenbong	2,846	3								3
Woondoola Plains	2,375,110	623	206		158	180	12,072	92	85,141	98,472
Woorabinda	749,785	195				220	3,769	247	6,322	10,753
Wyarra Hills	397,935	211				135	303	37	5,911	6,597

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.