Bioregion 2009 wetland system extents

Definition of bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2009 wetland system extent by bioregion
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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)	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
Brigalow Belt (BRB)	36,528,106	180,725	191,395	3,391	7,404	18,471	10	65,960	62,416	401,454	931,226
Cape York Peninsula (CYP)	12,305,219	1,763	244,711		5,383	175		284,687	305	94,524	631,548
Central Queensland Coast (CQC)	1,484,277	9,574	54,852	81	15	111	3	25,966	4,182	24,669	119,452
Channel Country (CHC)	23,217,288	888			441,897	564	2	1,631,276	397	538,167	2,613,192
Desert Uplands (DEU)	6,941,095	1,943			22,091	557	< 1	47,457	894	85,585	158,526
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)	11,625,726	11,393			4,964	5,851	6	65,854	1,034	292,519	381,621
Gulf Plains (GUP)	21,910,942	4,751	536,920		4,214	1,631	11	312,204	3,229	570,524	1,433,483
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)	24,162,329	6,550			1,046	2,755		46,405	389	182,017	239,162
Mulga Lands (MUL)	18,605,811	9,103			23,277	1,027		218,174	5,182	79,138	335,900
New England Tableland (NET)	774,795	4,772				8		290	6	15,594	20,670
Northwest Highlands (NWH)	7,343,636	5,939				1,807		2,290		180,346	190,382
Southeast Queensland (SEQ)	6,248,417	56,277	83,088	435	3,608	5,446	27	109,264	3,108	93,003	354,257
Wet Tropics (WET)	1,992,899	9,568	50,492	191	163	105	3	34,620	1,160	25,866	122,167

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.