IBRA bioregion 2009 wetland system extents

Definition of IBRA bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2009 wetland system extent by IBRA bioregion
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IBRA 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)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified)	riverine
Total	172,991,372	299,714	1,129,760	3,885	514,441	37,136	2,831,424	79,555	2,436,073	7,331,988
Brigalow Belt North (BBN)	13,674,533	85,508	202,158	3,335	1,480	8,712	33,993	53,589	236,134	624,908
Brigalow Belt South (BBS)	21,596,722	49,335	96		5,900	7,879	22,720	4,168	122,762	212,861
Cape York Peninsula (CYP)	12,256,457	1,749	243,119		5,425	177	281,329	305	94,155	626,260
Central Mackay Coast (CMC)	1,464,208	9,473	53,173	66	15	95	25,201	4,240	24,639	116,901
Channel Country (CHC)	20,586,529	847			365,640	505	1,617,862	251	406,283	2,391,388
Coral Sea (COS)	17,167									0
Darling Riverine Plains (DRP)	1,286,683	42,655			216	979	6,666	3,356	21,664	75,536
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 Fall and Uplands (GFU)	589,180					1	1,428		9,984	11,413
Gulf Plains (GUP)	21,894,679	4,764	516,221		4,262	1,607	307,412	2,137	569,491	1,405,895
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)	24,162,527	6,493			1,231	2,733	46,030	389	182,973	239,849
Mount Isa Inlier (MII)	6,754,379	5,930				1,806	863		170,362	178,960
Mulga Lands (MUL)	18,606,551	9,021			23,288	1,020	212,998	4,939	79,169	330,434
Nandewar (NAN)	629,160	4,079					71	2	11,695	15,847
New England Tablelands (NET)	145,132	672				8	218	4	3,792	4,693
Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)	2,621,932	67			77,400	25	13,106	63	1,499	92,160
South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)	6,149,605	56,219	65,389	292	3,603	5,373	108,614	2,944	89,095	331,529
Wet Tropics (WET)	1,989,107	9,460	49,603	191	163	55	33,571	1,130	25,271	119,445

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