Biogeographic subregion 2009 wetland system extents

Definition of biogeographic subregion

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2009 wetland system extent by biogeographic subregion
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Biogeographic 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	173,140,542	299,775	1,146,907	3,900	514,464	37,151	2,831,603	79,557	2,435,744	7,349,100
Alice Tableland	2,866,760	401			19,289	109	42,146	424	25,478	87,848
Anakie Inlier	382,284	586				82	104	9	3,282	4,063
Arcadia	715,288	1,947			2,969	602	2,653	258	5,543	13,971
Armraynald Plains	1,589,437	805	1,451		22	445	34,769	726	54,499	92,717
Atherton	177,037	1,732			147	4	365	183	813	3,244
Banana - Auburn Ranges	1,547,555	4,050				3	125	76	14,679	18,932
Barakula	1,301,712	559			1,009	558	646	61	5,620	8,453
Barkly Tableland	2,180,576	165				82	17,483	151	29,498	47,378
Basalt Downs	1,274,731	17,416				319	231	14	11,333	29,313
Battle Camp Sandstones	504,564	9	1,220				769		4,940	6,938
Bellenden Ker - Lamb	271,116	2,374	102		6	< 1	771		915	4,168
Belyando Downs	1,772,127	4,528				1,688	5,508	580	23,449	35,751
Beucazon Hills	95,821	124				67	101		3,648	3,940
Bogie River Hills	1,054,731	3,351	2,897	57		259	292	587	28,072	35,516
Boomer Range	220,541	159				19	10	16	1,515	1,720
Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics	806,778	14,133				8	297	14	11,081	25,533
Broken River	3,309,590	5,598			874	630	5,929	136	130,715	143,881
Buckland Basalts	281,306	1				2	116		1,048	1,166
Bulloo	619,042	10			18,731		110,365	3	5,496	134,604
Bulloo Dunefields	1,077,211	55			22,968	44	24,319	30	2,629	50,044
Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands	706,909	6,616	17,709	17	13	1,405	26,814	655	10,657	63,886
Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges	1,031,742	8,918	32,333	8		2,059	4,060	148	13,780	61,306
Burringbar - Conondale Ranges	535,409	10,070	204	4		186	2,039	143	6,832	19,477
Byfield	128,140	17	163				2,711	< 1	3,443	6,334
Callide Creek Downs	301,303	1,300			25	2	676	56	2,017	4,076
Cape - Campaspe Plains	1,007,026	629			696	165	4,618	401	36,869	43,379
Cape River Hills	747,993	23,156			11	69	382	10	17,015	40,643
Cape York - Torres Strait	102,098	92	26,488		2		785		816	28,182
Carnarvon Ranges	2,263,686	156			755	208	670	33	6,101	7,923
Central Downs	9,378,817	2,854				1,370	5,086	61	23,736	33,107
Claraville Plains	3,738,013	161				12	70,650	466	53,293	124,583
Clarke - Connors Ranges	631,989	1,678	71			< 1	87	6	5,092	6,934
Claude River Downs	1,026,214	863			90	321	544	26	9,821	11,666
Coastal Plains	288,595	5	62,138				23,029		350	85,522
Coen - Yambo Inlier	2,313,476	185	14,366		12	4	6,311		28,632	49,510
Coongie	5,724				41		53		884	978
Cooper - Diamantina Plains	3,437,773	66			76,962	5	995,498	35	70,352	1,142,918
Culgoa - Bokhara	420,325	25,745			9	107	1,932	453	7,752	35,998
Cuttaburra - Paroo	644,047	35			18,296	4	52,512	529	599	71,976
Daintree - Bloomfield	358,119	101	5,370	12		10	2,654	1	3,149	11,299
Dawson River Downs	982,807	4,311			145	665	2,801	794	5,748	14,465
Debella	81,531	3,992	4,012			< 1	225	58	1,952	10,239
Dieri	259,083	1			5,384		2,772		1,123	9,280
Donors Plateau	2,449,964	2,174	9,239		302	816	21,106	173	55,817	89,627
Doomadgee Plains	1,684,750	55	534			18	22,766	6	18,634	42,013
Dulacca Downs	162,442	381				157	10	17	104	668
Eastern Darling Downs	1,698,060	10,929			66	392	1,861	466	6,267	19,981
Eastern Mulga Plains	1,563,269	470			405	179	13,125	146	404	14,729
Flinders	435,263	238				38	177	7	6,451	6,910
Georgetown - Croydon	1,041,407	1,193				352	340	38	23,858	25,782
Georgina - Eyre Plains	1,212,759	4			21,571	< 1	318,732	18	52,216	392,542
Georgina Limestone	1,437,914	170			516	43	9,141		8,515	18,385
Gilberton Plateau	1,403,937	200			782	15	2,349	120	12,109	15,575
Goneaway Tablelands	5,182,219	297			6,545	154	17,844	41	205,343	230,225
Great Sandy	362,412	86	10,641		3,069	15	39,162	12	1,273	54,258
Gympie Block	859,024	4,005	151			43	1,199	131	22,025	27,555
Herbert	222,189	607	14,589	2		16	7,088	759	10,492	33,554
Herberton - Wairuna	661,771	910			2,668	165	3,000	386	19,617	26,747
Hodgkinson Basin	1,607,221	1,954				3,813	460	3	31,387	37,616
Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau	2,208,468	265			149	47	14,539	209	49,561	64,769
Inglewood Sandstones	1,218,793	3,717			208	4	535	42	3,421	7,926
Innisfail	195,917	2,061	9,281	178		13	12,420	36	3,247	27,236
Isaac - Comet Downs	2,693,397	11,211			316	1,997	8,517	1,401	43,668	67,110
Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones	1,451,290	4	40,650		3,600		57,777		4,837	106,869
Jericho	1,486,926	497				104	2,467	42	11,319	14,429
Karumba Plains	1,070,737	44	483,178		1,230	17	25,865	67	6,768	517,169
Kidston	2,929,528	1,434			264	484	3,460	9	67,707	73,358
Kirrama - Hinchinbrook	283,165	1,474	682			< 1	465		1,598	4,220
Kynuna Plateau	2,293,311	533				173	747	64	35,988	37,505
Lake Pure	984,908	4			12,921	11	10,894		725	24,555
Langlo Plains	1,290,484	107				51	7,652		6,892	14,702
Laura Lowlands	1,791,536	78	9,080		124	16	35,350	14	18,907	63,569
Macalister	112,730	444	24				361	39	1,644	2,511
Macintyre - Weir Fan	291,967	9,558			197	621	3,082	827	8,994	23,279
Manifold	79,681	13	8,514	7			7,078	858	4,366	20,836
Marlborough Plains	1,216,837	10,224	125,306	954	593	596	8,871	37,529	17,709	201,783
McArthur	589,190					1	1,428		9,984	11,413
Mitchell - Gilbert Fans	5,262,816	382	7,905		1,619	59	101,985	277	233,664	345,893
Moonie - Barwon Interfluve	689,472	3,386			0	136	364	176	1,603	5,665
Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout	750,659	2,247				44	598	445	1,492	4,826
Moreton Basin	784,969	5,156	83	8		551	3,729	505	12,277	22,308
Mount Isa Inlier	4,641,852	5,388				1,765	73		108,512	115,738
Mount Morgan Ranges	1,275,970	4,230	96		131	2,472	722	250	7,261	15,161
Nandewar Northern Complex	629,398	4,079					71	2	11,789	15,940
Narrandool	16,500	393							7	400
Nebine Plains	1,207,796	64			2,066	74	66,797	1,755	591	71,347
Nebo - Connors Ranges	449,269	164				10	170	33	9,407	9,784
Noccundra Slopes	1,798,759	114			949	2	11,008		15,840	27,912
North Eastern Plains	660,369	259			516	55	1,133	397	11,291	13,652
Northern Bowen Basin	1,316,957	4,565			399	1,143	1,035	71	26,937	34,151
Northern Holroyd Plain	2,464,074	60	1,560		< 1		86,982		14,928	103,531
Northern Uplands	1,147,549	160				22	97		3,865	4,143
Paluma - Seaview	233,751	249				< 1	37		1,568	1,855
Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials	1,580,383	413			900	155	4,810	123	12,751	19,151
Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands	471,784	3,718	38,971	73	13	94	15,319	3,318	9,689	71,196
Scenic Rim	228,692	692				< 1	13	< 1	2,608	3,314
Simpson Desert	1,964,992				32,320		7,602	12	326	40,260
South Burnett	563,866	1,911				145	304	28	3,056	5,443
South Drummond Basin	1,009,244	757			35	270	959	114	9,263	11,400
Southern Downs	4,264,666	3,525			72	1,213	3,152	646	29,057	37,665
Southern Great Barrier Reef	272						< 1			< 1
Southern Wooded Downs	4,720,995	1,956				952	1,707	74	34,517	39,206
Southwestern Downs	3,715,454	576			715	75	11,690	32	44,269	57,358
Southwestern Plateaus & Floodouts	1,333,519	512				33	775		22,216	23,536
Stanthorpe Plateau	137,941	664				8	219	4	3,625	4,520
Starke Coastal Lowlands	513,912	195	19,403		1,686	9	11,310	43	8,457	41,103
Strzelecki Desert	402,443	66			39,695	25	2,733	51	49	42,619
Sturt Stony Desert	5,773,950	297			200,856	288	127,551	125	50,858	379,975
Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands	365,498	4,678	22,093	256	522	960	31,843	1,308	5,680	67,341
Tara Downs	511,339	1,076				190	759	83	394	2,503
Taroom Downs	652,005	991			430	332	2,110	201	7,233	11,297
Tenterfield Plateau	7,456	8							167	175
Thorntonia	779,074	30				8	14		39,633	39,686
Toko Plains	498,425				4,118	< 1	1,600		1,944	7,663
Townsville Plains	768,022	8,877	63,089	2,324	124	1,896	6,285	13,072	35,329	130,997
Tully	138,876	417	20,066		10	10	9,414	112	1,846	31,875
Undara - Toomba Basalts	2,076,208	412			1,128	184	52,116	475	27,404	81,719
Upper Belyando Floodout	466,275	327				180	233	133	966	1,839
Urisino Sandplains	860,249	30			70	1	7,543	84	1,103	8,833
Warrambool - Moonie	573,576	7,354			10	252	1,650	2,076	4,557	15,899
Warrego Plains	2,168,127	577			1,159	121	30,281	213	6,426	38,776
Weipa Plateau	2,875,674	1,121	70,067			148	59,079	248	12,291	142,953
Wellesley Islands	127,711	45	19,907				1,324		4	21,279
Weribone High	966,510	4,883				339	598	275	7,490	13,586
West Balonne Plains	1,991,194	6,649				361	5,626	1,346	1,305	15,286
West Bulloo	2,852,104	485			100	52	14,071	291	18,735	33,735
West Warrego	4,220,623	184			675	100	14,149	177	27,958	43,242
Whitsunday	91,153	56	3,067		2	15	47		96	3,284
Woodenbong	2,846	3								3
Woondoola Plains	2,375,110	633	206		158	180	12,070	92	85,141	98,480
Woorabinda	749,785	229				220	3,769	249	6,261	10,728
Wyarra Hills	397,935	232				135	303	37	5,893	6,600

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