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Great Barrier Reef 2005 wetland system extents

Definition of Great Barrier Reef

based on wetland mapping version 6.0 metadata

Display areas in
2005 wetland system extent by Great Barrier Reef metadata
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Great Barrier Reef 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 136,168,416 453,768 1,221,703 10,687 56,473 56,585 777,709 189,228 2,059,779 4,825,933
Great Barrier Reef catchments, reef and islands 51,245,150 151,769 444,106 3,614 20,847 18,890 269,297 63,396 686,799 1,658,718
Paddock to Reef (P2R) report cards 42,291,163 151,000 376,722 3,529 17,807 18,841 253,126 62,924 686,250 1,570,199
Water Quality Improvement Plans 42,632,103 150,999 400,875 3,544 17,820 18,854 255,286 62,908 686,730 1,597,017

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of Great Barrier Reef.

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.


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) Great Barrier Reef 2005 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2005/great-barrier-reef.html

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