Biogeographic subregion 2009 wetland system extents

Definition of biogeographic subregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

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)	lacustrine (unknown degree of modification)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified)	riverine
Total	173,140,542	303,246	1,161,458	4,098	514,061	38,506	62	2,844,446	82,302	2,583,406	7,531,586
Alice Tableland	2,866,760	404			20,062	133		39,342	387	24,669	84,997
Anakie Inlier	382,284	588				82		104	9	3,271	4,054
Arcadia	715,288	1,952			2,969	602		2,730	258	5,540	14,051
Armraynald Plains	1,589,437	805	1,451		22	453		34,951	727	54,514	92,924
Atherton	177,037	1,737			147	31	2	393	158	822	3,289
Banana - Auburn Ranges	1,547,555	4,058				3		126	76	14,793	19,055
Barakula	1,301,712	565			929	665		662	61	5,675	8,557
Barkly Tableland	2,180,576	165				82		17,483	151	29,542	47,423
Basalt Downs	1,274,731	17,419				321		231	14	11,329	29,314
Battle Camp Sandstones	504,564	9	1,220					769		4,940	6,938
Bellenden Ker - Lamb	271,116	2,376	102		6	< 1		773		935	4,191
Belyando Downs	1,772,127	4,543				1,704		5,523	580	23,542	35,892
Beucazon Hills	95,821	124				67		101		3,648	3,940
Bogie River Hills	1,054,731	3,389	2,949	57		263	< 1	165	658	40,172	47,654
Boomer Range	220,541	159				19		10	16	1,720	1,925
Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics	806,778	14,138				8		299	14	11,592	26,052
Broken River	3,309,590	5,650			874	650		6,058	136	123,204	136,573
Buckland Basalts	281,306	1				2		116		1,048	1,166
Bulloo	619,042	14			19,002			110,275	3	5,334	134,628
Bulloo Dunefields	1,077,211	55			22,968	42	1	23,860	30	2,630	49,585
Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands	706,909	6,628	17,821	17	13	1,422	11	27,704	695	11,233	65,543
Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges	1,031,742	8,904	32,245	124		2,062	< 1	4,387	166	14,678	62,567
Burringbar - Conondale Ranges	535,409	10,071	194	14		182	4	2,071	150	6,981	19,667
Byfield	128,140	17	163					2,729	< 1	3,442	6,351
Callide Creek Downs	301,303	1,324			67	2		666	64	2,012	4,135
Cape - Campaspe Plains	1,007,026	629			704	165	< 1	1,502	342	36,812	40,155
Cape River Hills	747,993	23,231			11	70		373	10	17,024	40,718
Cape York - Torres Strait	102,098	93	26,487		2			785		815	28,182
Carnarvon Ranges	2,263,686	156			722	258		651	49	6,100	7,936
Central Downs	9,378,817	2,873				1,375		5,326	61	22,643	32,278
Claraville Plains	3,738,013	161				8	3	70,642	466	53,055	124,336
Clarke - Connors Ranges	631,989	1,717	72			< 1		87	6	5,105	6,987
Claude River Downs	1,026,214	864			90	320		609	26	10,700	12,610
Coastal Plains	288,595	5	62,024					23,166		350	85,545
Coen - Yambo Inlier	2,313,476	191	14,366		12			6,311		28,636	49,516
Coongie	5,724				41			53		884	978
Cooper - Diamantina Plains	3,437,773	66			76,794	7		994,384	40	72,921	1,144,211
Culgoa - Bokhara	420,325	25,809			9	107		2,046	469	7,835	36,274
Cuttaburra - Paroo	644,047	61			18,275	5		52,586	621	599	72,147
Daintree - Bloomfield	358,119	93	5,390	12		11	< 1	2,691	1	3,220	11,418
Dawson River Downs	982,807	4,560			145	658		2,921	799	6,854	15,936
Debella	81,531	4,012	4,021			< 1		230	59	1,954	10,276
Dieri	259,083	1			5,384	16		2,783		1,123	9,307
Donors Plateau	2,449,964	2,178	9,237		264	816		21,197	173	55,839	89,703
Doomadgee Plains	1,684,750	55	534			18		22,766	6	18,634	42,013
Dulacca Downs	162,442	393				157		10	17	104	680
Eastern Darling Downs	1,698,060	11,058			66	399		1,932	467	5,548	19,469
Eastern Mulga Plains	1,563,269	474			405	180		13,174	211	404	14,848
Flinders	435,263	238				38		177	7	6,451	6,910
Georgetown - Croydon	1,041,407	1,029				352		340	38	23,858	25,617
Georgina - Eyre Plains	1,212,759	4			21,591	< 1		318,736	18	52,238	392,588
Georgina Limestone	1,437,914	170			516	43		9,141		8,514	18,384
Gilberton Plateau	1,403,937	200			784	13	4	2,349	120	11,712	15,183
Goneaway Tablelands	5,182,219	263			6,015	147	< 1	18,520	111	284,424	309,481
Great Sandy	362,412	87	10,641		3,073	16		37,812	14	1,273	52,915
Gympie Block	859,024	4,008	156			41		1,247	169	23,243	28,866
Herbert	222,189	700	14,629	2		16		7,565	815	10,677	34,403
Herberton - Wairuna	661,771	910			2,668	165	4	3,050	372	19,810	26,979
Hodgkinson Basin	1,607,221	1,953				3,813		478	3	31,620	37,866
Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau	2,208,468	240			148	47		14,575	209	49,563	64,781
Inglewood Sandstones	1,218,793	3,731			208	8		563	42	3,543	8,095
Innisfail	195,917	2,063	9,612	178		26	< 1	12,834	36	3,377	28,125
Isaac - Comet Downs	2,693,397	11,282			316	1,997	4	8,404	1,479	43,828	67,311
Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones	1,451,290	4	40,503		3,558			60,391		4,857	109,313
Jericho	1,486,926	497				104		2,119	42	11,351	14,112
Karumba Plains	1,070,737	50	496,286		1,219	28		27,648	142	6,814	532,187
Kidston	2,929,528	1,438			264	689		3,297	9	67,321	73,018
Kirrama - Hinchinbrook	283,165	1,492	684			< 1		450		1,610	4,238
Kynuna Plateau	2,293,311	549				183		747	64	36,244	37,787
Lake Pure	984,908	4			12,950	11		10,916		725	24,606
Langlo Plains	1,290,484	110				51		8,431		6,897	15,489
Laura Lowlands	1,791,536	85	9,080		124	16		35,351	14	18,907	63,578
Macalister	112,730	445	24					366	38	1,657	2,531
Macintyre - Weir Fan	291,967	11,599			212	676		4,390	1,407	9,038	27,324
Manifold	79,681	13	8,525	7				7,080	858	4,364	20,848
Marlborough Plains	1,216,837	10,281	125,251	998	519	683		9,069	37,578	17,806	202,184
McArthur	589,190					1		1,428		9,984	11,413
Mitchell - Gilbert Fans	5,262,816	383	9,299		1,619	56	3	104,620	626	234,962	351,569
Moonie - Barwon Interfluve	689,472	3,221			0	137		474	176	1,603	5,611
Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout	750,659	2,263				48		675	501	1,635	5,123
Moreton Basin	784,969	5,166	83	8		592	2	3,702	568	12,611	22,731
Mount Isa Inlier	4,641,852	5,397				1,765		73		108,512	115,746
Mount Morgan Ranges	1,275,970	3,773	96		33	2,955		722	250	7,837	15,665
Nandewar Northern Complex	629,398	4,083						71	2	11,802	15,958
Narrandool	16,500	405								7	412
Nebine Plains	1,207,796	65			2,066	76		66,872	1,795	709	71,583
Nebo - Connors Ranges	449,269	165				10		170	33	10,598	10,975
Noccundra Slopes	1,798,759	115			1,073	2		11,238		37,865	50,292
North Eastern Plains	660,369	259			516	55		1,133	397	11,291	13,652
Northern Bowen Basin	1,316,957	4,678			399	1,097		1,042	71	27,498	34,786
Northern Holroyd Plain	2,464,074	60	1,560		< 1			86,986		14,928	103,534
Northern Uplands	1,147,549	163				22		97		4,199	4,480
Paluma - Seaview	233,751	249				< 1		37		1,581	1,868
Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials	1,580,383	413			1,325	155		4,493	123	12,754	19,263
Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands	471,784	3,759	39,004	74	13	95	3	15,794	3,258	9,707	71,706
Scenic Rim	228,692	692				< 1		13	< 1	2,637	3,343
Simpson Desert	1,964,992				32,320			7,602	12	343	40,276
South Burnett	563,866	1,913				145		304	28	3,072	5,461
South Drummond Basin	1,009,244	761			35	272		960	114	9,797	11,938
Southern Downs	4,264,666	3,621			25	1,249		4,133	788	29,218	39,033
Southern Great Barrier Reef	272							< 1			< 1
Southern Wooded Downs	4,720,995	1,978				959		1,634	74	34,345	38,990
Southwestern Downs	3,715,454	576			530	75		11,897	32	44,279	57,391
Southwestern Plateaus & Floodouts	1,333,519	512				33		775		22,216	23,536
Stanthorpe Plateau	137,941	681				8		219	4	3,624	4,536
Starke Coastal Lowlands	513,912	195	19,403		1,686	10		11,312	43	8,511	41,160
Strzelecki Desert	402,443	66			39,716	50		2,733	60	49	42,673
Sturt Stony Desert	5,773,950	300			199,927	288		128,577	125	77,686	406,903
Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands	365,498	4,662	21,948	273	522	978	10	31,724	1,303	5,683	67,101
Tara Downs	511,339	1,303				191		920	67	405	2,886
Taroom Downs	652,005	1,068			515	347		2,274	198	7,236	11,638
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	8,909	63,099	2,337	125	1,974	5	6,286	13,364	38,633	134,731
Tully	138,876	411	20,052		10	19		9,511	112	1,988	32,104
Undara - Toomba Basalts	2,076,208	413			1,158	181	1	52,632	476	26,708	81,569
Upper Belyando Floodout	466,275	329				180		249	133	976	1,868
Urisino Sandplains	860,249	30			71	1		7,577	96	1,103	8,878
Warrambool - Moonie	573,576	7,643			10	254		1,801	2,076	4,557	16,342
Warrego Plains	2,168,127	580			1,159	121		30,556	225	7,621	40,262
Weipa Plateau	2,875,674	1,121	70,068			149		59,616	248	12,579	143,782
Wellesley Islands	127,711	45	19,907					1,324		4	21,279
Weribone High	966,510	5,034				344		779	282	7,499	13,938
West Balonne Plains	1,991,194	6,672				361		5,836	1,347	1,315	15,533
West Bulloo	2,852,104	483			111	56		17,740	311	18,725	37,426
West Warrego	4,220,623	204			675	100		14,172	178	26,274	41,603
Whitsunday	91,153	57	3,067		2	15		47		97	3,284
Woodenbong	2,846	9									9
Woondoola Plains	2,375,110	633	206		158	192		12,133	758	85,427	99,508
Woorabinda	749,785	236				213		3,771	249	6,263	10,732
Wyarra Hills	397,935	232				135		303	37	6,560	7,267

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.