Bioregion 2005 wetland system extents

Definition of bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

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)	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
Brigalow Belt (BRB)	36,528,106	172,688	191,524	3,318	7,596	17,426	62,911	60,865	380,574	896,901
Cape York Peninsula (CYP)	12,305,219	1,352	244,971		5,425	170	281,399	305	94,167	627,789
Central Queensland Coast (CQC)	1,484,277	9,007	54,804	79	15	104	25,524	4,226	24,748	118,507
Channel Country (CHC)	23,217,288	881			443,063	529	1,630,972	314	408,172	2,483,930
Desert Uplands (DEU)	6,941,095	1,779			20,885	532	54,142	990	86,462	164,790
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)	11,625,726	10,792			4,934	5,625	65,305	1,047	300,720	388,424
Gulf Plains (GUP)	21,910,942	4,586	522,421		4,262	1,610	307,454	2,125	569,400	1,411,859
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)	24,162,329	6,365			1,231	2,732	46,030	389	182,986	239,733
Mulga Lands (MUL)	18,605,811	8,535			23,287	1,020	213,332	4,939	79,298	330,410
New England Tableland (NET)	774,795	4,738				8	290	6	15,607	20,649
Northwest Highlands (NWH)	7,343,636	5,679				1,859	2,290		180,385	190,213
Southeast Queensland (SEQ)	6,248,417	55,192	83,235	298	3,605	5,292	109,912	2,969	89,495	349,997
Wet Tropics (WET)	1,992,899	9,367	50,095	192	163	75	33,587	1,130	25,252	119,862

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.