IBRA subregion 2005 wetland system extents
Definition of IBRA subregion
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2005 wetland system extent by IBRA subregion Download this table in .CSV format
IBRA 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
172,991,370
290,885
1,129,899
3,872
514,443
36,966
2,832,969
79,304
2,437,594
7,325,933
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
2,180,778
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
504,409
6
1,211
769
4,940
6,926
Bellenden Ker-Lamb
271,062
2,370
100
6
< 1
771
914
4,162
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
1,054,392
3,238
2,786
57
259
292
585
28,092
35,308
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
619,009
10
18,727
110,360
3
5,496
134,595
Bulloo Dunefields
1,077,224
55
22,968
44
24,320
30
2,629
50,045
Burnett-Curtis Coastal Lowlands
700,181
6,394
16,918
17
13
1,394
26,894
636
10,693
62,959
Burnett-Curtis Hills and Ranges
962,583
8,714
17,086
8
2,061
3,347
148
13,642
45,006
Burringbar-Conondale Ranges
535,416
9,999
216
4
192
2,052
139
6,840
19,442
Byfield
127,697
17
204
2,711
< 1
3,443
6,375
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
94,367
92
26,360
2
784
815
28,052
Carnarvon Ranges
2,263,686
147
755
208
685
33
6,106
7,933
Castlereagh-Barwon
292,740
9,563
197
620
3,084
827
9,380
23,671
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
631,985
1,658
71
< 1
87
6
5,102
6,923
Claude River Downs
1,026,214
778
90
321
544
26
9,821
11,580
Coastal Plains
284,780
61,669
22,994
350
85,013
Coen-Yambo Inlier
2,312,126
181
14,265
12
4
6,302
28,633
49,398
Coongie
5,444
41
53
884
978
Cooper-Diamantina Plains
3,437,745
66
76,959
5
995,499
35
70,351
1,142,915
Coral Sea
17,167
0
Culgoa-Bokhara
420,365
25,706
9
107
1,932
453
7,803
36,010
Cuttaburra-Paroo
644,091
35
18,297
4
52,514
529
599
71,978
Daintree-Bloomfield
357,932
56
5,308
12
30
2,651
1
3,148
11,207
Dawson River Downs
982,807
4,052
145
665
2,825
794
5,748
14,229
Debella
80,964
3,737
3,924
< 1
224
54
1,975
9,914
Diamantina-Eyre
1,212,761
4
21,572
< 1
318,732
18
52,216
392,542
Dieri
259,127
1
5,384
2,772
1,124
9,281
Donors Plateau
2,449,964
2,082
9,239
302
816
21,107
173
55,845
89,562
Doomadgee Plains
1,684,677
54
534
18
22,766
6
18,634
42,012
Dulacca Downs
162,442
380
157
10
17
104
667
Eastern Darling Downs
1,697,945
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
Georgetown-Croydon
1,041,407
826
352
340
38
23,859
25,416
Georgina Limestone
1,437,909
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
356,502
84
9,805
3,069
9
39,140
12
1,276
53,396
Gympie Block
859,020
3,939
151
43
1,203
131
22,075
27,542
Herbert
220,920
603
14,464
2
16
7,081
759
10,491
33,416
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
1,219,008
3,442
208
4
535
42
3,500
7,731
Innisfail
195,200
2,030
9,175
179
13
12,426
36
3,253
27,111
Isaac-Comet Downs
2,693,397
10,541
316
1,988
8,642
1,396
43,681
66,564
Jardine-Pascoe Sandstones
1,444,223
4
40,359
3,600
57,777
4,836
106,577
Jericho
1,486,926
410
104
2,470
42
11,338
14,364
Karumba Plains
1,057,366
44
477,655
1,230
17
25,854
67
6,768
511,635
Kidston
2,929,528
1,319
264
484
3,461
9
67,711
73,247
Kirrama-Hinchinbrook
257,594
1,474
< 1
< 1
205
1,568
3,247
Kynuna Plateau
2,293,311
480
173
747
64
35,988
37,452
Lake Pure
984,217
4
12,921
11
10,894
725
24,555
Langlo Plains
1,290,484
102
51
7,701
6,908
14,762
Laura Lowlands
1,791,228
49
9,070
124
16
35,356
14
18,907
63,536
Macalister
112,652
444
23
361
39
1,644
2,510
Manifold
67,885
13
8,335
7
6,821
858
4,366
20,400
Marlborough Plains
1,250,611
9,968
137,435
937
593
583
9,884
37,404
17,927
214,731
McArthur
589,180
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
689,476
3,366
0
136
364
176
1,604
5,646
Moonie-Commoron Floodout
750,661
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
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
629,160
4,076
71
2
11,712
15,861
Narrandool
16,503
393
7
400
Nebine Plains
1,207,864
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 Downs
435,263
218
38
177
7
6,462
6,902
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
1,580,384
401
900
155
4,810
123
12,757
19,144
Proserpine-Sarina Lowlands
466,498
3,531
37,817
58
13
83
15,373
3,307
9,765
69,947
Scenic Rim
229,099
684
< 1
13
< 1
2,611
3,309
Simpson Desert
1,962,618
32,321
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
220
< 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 and Floodouts
1,333,519
512
33
775
22,216
23,536
Stanthorpe Plateau
137,535
654
8
218
4
3,634
4,517
Starke Coastal Lowlands
512,498
195
19,195
1,686
9
11,305
43
8,463
40,896
Strzelecki Desert
400,187
66
39,695
25
2,733
51
49
42,619
Sturt Stony Desert
5,771,058
271
200,841
288
127,553
125
50,855
379,934
Sunshine Coast-Gold Coast Lowlands
348,090
4,518
21,150
261
521
891
32,063
1,354
5,726
66,483
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
7,597
8
167
175
Thorntonia
779,008
30
8
14
39,633
39,686
Toko Plains
498,090
4,118
< 1
1,600
1,944
7,663
Townsville Plains
763,495
8,611
62,074
2,324
124
1,904
6,297
13,078
35,404
129,816
Tully
162,958
415
20,515
10
10
9,683
112
1,850
32,597
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
860,305
30
70
1
7,547
84
1,103
8,836
Warrambool-Moonie
573,578
7,115
10
252
1,650
2,076
4,561
15,663
Warrego Plains
2,168,635
512
1,159
121
30,442
213
6,426
38,873
Weipa Plateau
2,848,753
785
69,429
141
59,068
248
12,291
141,964
Wellesley Islands
124,893
45
19,231
1,324
4
20,603
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
4,220,686
184
675
100
14,188
177
27,966
43,289
Whitsunday
89,179
52
2,825
2
4
43
97
3,023
Woodenbong
2,879
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 IBRA 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.
This page should be cited as:
Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) IBRA subregion 2005 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2005/ibra-subregion.html