Bioregion 2005 wetland system extents

Definition of bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2005 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)	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
Brigalow Belt (BRB)	36,528,106	175,556	191,533	3,374	7,404	18,327	10	66,775	62,120	402,055	927,153
Cape York Peninsula (CYP)	12,305,219	1,360	244,711		5,383	167		284,691	305	94,534	631,152
Central Queensland Coast (CQC)	1,484,277	9,105	54,875	79	15	105	3	25,992	4,167	24,781	119,122
Channel Country (CHC)	23,217,288	855			441,898	563	2	1,631,278	397	538,553	2,613,545
Desert Uplands (DEU)	6,941,095	1,782			22,091	557	< 1	47,519	894	85,629	158,472
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)	11,625,726	10,850			4,964	5,845	6	65,857	1,034	292,540	381,097
Gulf Plains (GUP)	21,910,942	4,576	536,920		4,214	1,633	11	312,236	3,217	570,488	1,433,295
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)	24,162,329	6,422			1,046	2,754		46,405	389	182,030	239,046
Mulga Lands (MUL)	18,605,811	8,616			23,277	1,027		218,520	5,182	79,267	335,888
New England Tableland (NET)	774,795	4,759				8		290	6	15,620	20,683
Northwest Highlands (NWH)	7,343,636	5,687				1,859		2,290		180,385	190,221
Southeast Queensland (SEQ)	6,248,417	55,208	83,115	440	3,609	5,350	25	109,718	3,134	93,208	353,806
Wet Tropics (WET)	1,992,899	9,483	50,485	192	163	106	3	34,684	1,160	25,867	122,142

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.