Biogeographic subregion 2005 wetland system extents

Definition of biogeographic subregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

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)	lacustrine (unknown degree of modification)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified)	riverine
Total	173,140,542	294,260	1,161,639	4,086	514,062	38,301	60	2,846,256	82,004	2,584,957	7,525,624
Alice Tableland	2,866,760	391			20,062	133		39,401	387	24,670	85,044
Anakie Inlier	382,284	569				82		104	9	3,294	4,058
Arcadia	715,288	1,898			2,969	602		2,730	258	5,540	13,996
Armraynald Plains	1,589,437	792	1,451		22	453		34,952	727	54,468	92,865
Atherton	177,037	1,735			147	31	2	393	158	822	3,287
Banana - Auburn Ranges	1,547,555	4,027				3		126	76	14,801	19,032
Barakula	1,301,712	548			929	665		662	61	5,690	8,556
Barkly Tableland	2,180,576	165				82		17,483	151	29,542	47,423
Basalt Downs	1,274,731	17,285				321		231	14	11,336	29,186
Battle Camp Sandstones	504,564	6	1,220					769		4,940	6,935
Bellenden Ker - Lamb	271,116	2,370	101		6	< 1		774		935	4,185
Belyando Downs	1,772,127	4,323				1,704		5,525	580	23,543	35,674
Beucazon Hills	95,821	124				67		101		3,658	3,950
Bogie River Hills	1,054,731	3,273	2,949	57		263	< 1	165	655	40,199	47,562
Boomer Range	220,541	148				19		10	16	1,708	1,902
Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics	806,778	14,098				8		299	14	11,599	26,020
Broken River	3,309,590	5,536			874	646		6,061	136	123,212	136,465
Buckland Basalts	281,306	1				2		116		1,048	1,166
Bulloo	619,042	14			19,002			110,275	3	5,334	134,628
Bulloo Dunefields	1,077,211	55			22,968	42	1	23,860	30	2,630	49,586
Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands	706,909	6,403	17,821	17	13	1,410	11	27,812	676	11,268	65,430
Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges	1,031,742	8,735	32,247	124		2,064	< 1	4,417	162	14,709	62,459
Burringbar - Conondale Ranges	535,409	10,004	195	14		185	4	2,084	147	6,988	19,621
Byfield	128,140	17	163					2,729	< 1	3,442	6,351
Callide Creek Downs	301,303	1,294			67	2		674	56	2,012	4,104
Cape - Campaspe Plains	1,007,026	581			704	165	< 1	1,504	342	36,830	40,125
Cape River Hills	747,993	23,222			11	72		373	10	17,036	40,723
Cape York - Torres Strait	102,098	93	26,487		2			785		815	28,182
Carnarvon Ranges	2,263,686	147			722	258		666	49	6,105	7,946
Central Downs	9,378,817	2,848				1,375		5,326	61	22,643	32,253
Claraville Plains	3,738,013	156				8	3	70,648	466	53,056	124,338
Clarke - Connors Ranges	631,989	1,697	72			< 1		87	6	5,115	6,977
Claude River Downs	1,026,214	778			90	320		609	26	10,699	12,523
Coastal Plains	288,595		62,024					23,166		350	85,540
Coen - Yambo Inlier	2,313,476	186	14,366		12			6,311		28,637	49,511
Coongie	5,724				41			53		884	978
Cooper - Diamantina Plains	3,437,773	66			76,794	7		994,384	40	72,921	1,144,211
Culgoa - Bokhara	420,325	25,769			9	107		2,046	469	7,886	36,286
Cuttaburra - Paroo	644,047	61			18,275	5		52,586	621	599	72,147
Daintree - Bloomfield	358,119	56	5,389	12		27	< 1	2,691	1	3,222	11,399
Dawson River Downs	982,807	4,273			145	658		2,945	799	6,854	15,673
Debella	81,531	3,755	4,026			< 1		229	54	1,977	10,042
Dieri	259,083	1			5,384	16		2,783		1,123	9,307
Donors Plateau	2,449,964	2,086	9,237		264	816		21,197	173	55,866	89,638
Doomadgee Plains	1,684,750	54	534			18		22,766	6	18,634	42,012
Dulacca Downs	162,442	392				157		10	17	104	679
Eastern Darling Downs	1,698,060	10,545			66	399		1,964	467	5,552	18,993
Eastern Mulga Plains	1,563,269	457			405	180		13,189	211	404	14,845
Flinders	435,263	218				38		177	7	6,462	6,902
Georgetown - Croydon	1,041,407	830				352		340	38	23,859	25,419
Georgina - Eyre Plains	1,212,759	4			21,591	< 1		318,736	18	52,238	392,588
Georgina Limestone	1,437,914	170			516	43		9,141		8,514	18,384
Gilberton Plateau	1,403,937	198			784	12	4	2,349	120	11,712	15,180
Goneaway Tablelands	5,182,219	258			6,015	145	< 1	18,520	111	284,808	309,858
Great Sandy	362,412	86	10,642		3,073	10		37,833	14	1,275	52,934
Gympie Block	859,024	3,942	156			41		1,250	169	23,287	28,845
Herbert	222,189	691	14,627	2		16		7,580	815	10,676	34,406
Herberton - Wairuna	661,771	902			2,668	165	4	3,050	372	19,810	26,972
Hodgkinson Basin	1,607,221	1,909				3,812		478	3	31,627	37,828
Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau	2,208,468	222			148	45		14,585	199	49,563	64,763
Inglewood Sandstones	1,218,793	3,451			208	8		563	42	3,543	7,816
Innisfail	195,917	2,034	9,608	179		11	< 1	12,845	36	3,382	28,095
Isaac - Comet Downs	2,693,397	10,613			316	1,988	4	8,529	1,474	43,844	66,769
Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones	1,451,290	4	40,503		3,558			60,391		4,857	109,313
Jericho	1,486,926	410				104		2,121	42	11,370	14,047
Karumba Plains	1,070,737	50	496,286		1,219	28		27,648	142	6,814	532,187
Kidston	2,929,528	1,323			264	689		3,297	9	67,324	72,905
Kirrama - Hinchinbrook	283,165	1,492	684			< 1		450		1,610	4,238
Kynuna Plateau	2,293,311	496				183		747	64	36,244	37,733
Lake Pure	984,908	4			12,950	11		10,916		725	24,606
Langlo Plains	1,290,484	106				51		8,480		6,913	15,550
Laura Lowlands	1,791,536	52	9,080		124	16		35,355	14	18,907	63,548
Macalister	112,730	445	24					367	38	1,657	2,531
Macintyre - Weir Fan	291,967	11,419			212	676		4,556	1,426	9,039	27,328
Manifold	79,681	13	8,525	7				7,080	858	4,364	20,848
Marlborough Plains	1,216,837	10,022	125,375	980	519	670		9,079	37,452	17,850	201,946
McArthur	589,190					1		1,428		9,984	11,413
Mitchell - Gilbert Fans	5,262,816	350	9,299		1,619	62	3	104,633	623	234,944	351,533
Moonie - Barwon Interfluve	689,472	3,201			0	137		474	176	1,603	5,590
Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout	750,659	2,257				48		947	229	1,637	5,118
Moreton Basin	784,969	4,876	82	8		585	2	3,718	573	12,641	22,484
Mount Isa Inlier	4,641,852	5,145				1,816		73		108,551	115,586
Mount Morgan Ranges	1,275,970	3,650	96		33	2,955		722	250	7,842	15,548
Nandewar Northern Complex	629,398	4,080						71	2	11,819	15,972
Narrandool	16,500	405								7	412
Nebine Plains	1,207,796	65			2,066	76		66,900	1,795	709	71,611
Nebo - Connors Ranges	449,269	145				10		170	33	10,599	10,956
Noccundra Slopes	1,798,759	112			1,073	2		11,238		37,867	50,292
North Eastern Plains	660,369	259			516	55		1,166	397	11,396	13,790
Northern Bowen Basin	1,316,957	3,793			399	1,106		1,053	71	27,656	34,078
Northern Holroyd Plain	2,464,074	39	1,560		< 1			86,986		14,928	103,514
Northern Uplands	1,147,549	156				22		97		4,199	4,473
Paluma - Seaview	233,751	249				< 1		37		1,581	1,868
Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials	1,580,383	401			1,325	155		4,493	123	12,760	19,257
Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands	471,784	3,569	39,019	72	13	89	3	15,819	3,248	9,786	71,620
Scenic Rim	228,692	684				< 1		13	< 1	2,640	3,338
Simpson Desert	1,964,992				32,320			7,602	12	343	40,276
South Burnett	563,866	1,821				145		307	28	3,073	5,374
South Drummond Basin	1,009,244	662			35	271		960	112	9,818	11,857
Southern Downs	4,264,666	3,417			25	1,249		4,235	749	29,233	38,908
Southern Great Barrier Reef	272							< 1			< 1
Southern Wooded Downs	4,720,995	1,966				959		1,634	74	34,344	38,978
Southwestern Downs	3,715,454	559			530	75		11,897	32	44,281	57,374
Southwestern Plateaus & Floodouts	1,333,519	512				33		775		22,216	23,536
Stanthorpe Plateau	137,941	671				8		219	4	3,633	4,535
Starke Coastal Lowlands	513,912	194	19,403		1,686	10		11,310	43	8,521	41,168
Strzelecki Desert	402,443	66			39,716	50		2,733	60	49	42,673
Sturt Stony Desert	5,773,950	275			199,928	288		128,577	125	77,686	406,878
Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands	365,498	4,549	21,971	278	523	901	8	31,985	1,349	5,728	67,292
Tara Downs	511,339	1,291				191		920	67	405	2,874
Taroom Downs	652,005	1,012			515	345		2,275	198	7,255	11,600
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	8,632	63,113	2,337	125	1,981	5	6,297	13,370	38,704	134,564
Tully	138,876	410	20,052		10	19		9,547	112	1,982	32,133
Undara - Toomba Basalts	2,076,208	351			1,158	181	1	52,632	476	26,708	81,508
Upper Belyando Floodout	466,275	234				43		249	270	977	1,774
Urisino Sandplains	860,249	30			71	1		7,580	96	1,103	8,881
Warrambool - Moonie	573,576	7,404			10	254		1,801	2,076	4,561	16,107
Warrego Plains	2,168,127	516			1,159	121		30,707	225	7,621	40,348
Weipa Plateau	2,875,674	785	70,068			141		59,618	248	12,579	143,441
Wellesley Islands	127,711	45	19,907					1,324		4	21,279
Weribone High	966,510	4,923				344		814	282	7,512	13,876
West Balonne Plains	1,991,194	6,318				361		5,837	1,347	1,316	15,179
West Bulloo	2,852,104	445			111	56		17,767	311	18,725	37,415
West Warrego	4,220,623	204			675	100		14,212	178	26,282	41,650
Whitsunday	91,153	53	3,070		2	15		47		97	3,284
Woodenbong	2,846	9									9
Woondoola Plains	2,375,110	623	206		158	192		12,135	758	85,427	99,500
Woorabinda	749,785	201				213		3,771	247	6,324	10,757
Wyarra Hills	397,935	211				135		303	37	6,578	7,264

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.