Bioregion 2009 wetland system extents

Definition of bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2009 wetland system extent by bioregion
Download this table in .CSV format

Bioregion	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 natural)	lacustrine (natural)	lacustrine (slightly modified natural)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified natural)	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
Brigalow Belt (BRB)	36,528,106	177,510	191,389	3,335	7,596	17,570	62,376	61,114	379,954	900,843
Cape York Peninsula (CYP)	12,305,219	1,749	244,971		5,425	177	281,391	305	94,158	628,177
Central Queensland Coast (CQC)	1,484,277	9,474	54,798	80	15	110	25,466	4,241	24,639	118,823
Channel Country (CHC)	23,217,288	914			443,062	530	1,630,970	314	407,786	2,483,576
Desert Uplands (DEU)	6,941,095	1,940			20,885	532	54,041	990	86,417	164,806
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)	11,625,726	11,502			4,934	5,629	65,304	1,047	300,688	389,104
Gulf Plains (GUP)	21,910,942	4,764	522,421		4,262	1,607	307,422	2,137	569,491	1,412,105
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)	24,162,329	6,493			1,231	2,733	46,030	389	182,973	239,849
Mulga Lands (MUL)	18,605,811	9,021			23,287	1,020	212,985	4,939	79,169	330,421
New England Tableland (NET)	774,795	4,751				8	290	6	15,581	20,636
Northwest Highlands (NWH)	7,343,636	5,930				1,807	2,290		180,346	190,373
Southeast Queensland (SEQ)	6,248,417	56,266	83,214	292	3,605	5,373	109,460	2,944	89,269	350,424
Wet Tropics (WET)	1,992,899	9,460	50,113	191	163	55	33,577	1,130	25,274	119,963

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

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.