Study area 2005 wetland system extents

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2005 wetland system extent by study area
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Study area	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	1,359,762	4,170	23,837	167	2,886	495	10	44,803	707	16,536	93,612
Cairns Urban	62,327	478	4,873	166		5	< 1	547	5	543	6,618
Great Sandy Strait	1,218,935	3,474	15,373		2,852	394	7	32,158	401	15,634	70,292
Pumicestone Passage	78,501	218	3,591	< 1	34	96	3	12,099	301	359	16,701

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of study areas.

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.