IBRA subregion 2009 wetland system extents
Definition of IBRA subregion
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2009 wetland system extent by IBRA subregion Download this table in .CSV format
IBRA 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
172,991,370
299,714
1,129,760
3,885
514,441
37,136
2,831,424
79,555
2,436,073
7,331,988
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
2,180,778
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
504,409
9
1,211
769
4,940
6,929
Bellenden Ker-Lamb
271,062
2,374
101
6
< 1
771
914
4,166
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
1,054,392
3,351
2,785
57
259
292
587
28,071
35,403
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
619,009
10
18,727
110,360
3
5,496
134,595
Bulloo Dunefields
1,077,224
55
22,968
44
24,319
30
2,629
50,044
Burnett-Curtis Coastal Lowlands
700,181
6,616
16,919
17
13
1,405
26,792
655
10,657
63,074
Burnett-Curtis Hills and Ranges
962,583
8,888
17,085
8
2,059
3,312
148
13,606
45,106
Burringbar-Conondale Ranges
535,416
10,070
215
4
186
2,039
143
6,832
19,488
Byfield
127,697
17
204
2,711
< 1
3,443
6,375
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
94,367
92
26,360
2
784
815
28,052
Carnarvon Ranges
2,263,686
156
755
208
670
33
6,101
7,923
Castlereagh-Barwon
292,740
9,555
197
620
3,084
827
9,355
23,639
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
631,985
1,678
71
< 1
87
6
5,092
6,933
Claude River Downs
1,026,214
863
90
321
544
26
9,821
11,666
Coastal Plains
284,780
5
61,669
22,994
350
85,018
Coen-Yambo Inlier
2,312,126
185
14,265
12
4
6,302
28,631
49,400
Coongie
5,444
41
53
884
978
Cooper-Diamantina Plains
3,437,745
66
76,959
5
995,498
35
70,351
1,142,914
Coral Sea
17,167
0
Culgoa-Bokhara
420,365
25,745
9
107
1,932
453
7,752
35,999
Cuttaburra-Paroo
644,091
35
18,297
4
52,514
529
599
71,978
Daintree-Bloomfield
357,932
101
5,312
12
10
2,654
1
3,149
11,240
Dawson River Downs
982,807
4,311
145
665
2,801
794
5,748
14,465
Debella
80,964
3,992
3,919
< 1
225
58
1,952
10,147
Diamantina-Eyre
1,212,761
4
21,572
< 1
318,732
18
52,216
392,542
Dieri
259,127
1
5,384
2,772
1,124
9,281
Donors Plateau
2,449,964
2,174
9,239
302
816
21,106
173
55,817
89,627
Doomadgee Plains
1,684,677
55
534
18
22,766
6
18,634
42,013
Dulacca Downs
162,442
381
157
10
17
104
668
Eastern Darling Downs
1,697,945
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
Georgetown-Croydon
1,041,407
1,193
352
340
38
23,858
25,782
Georgina Limestone
1,437,909
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
356,502
86
9,803
3,069
15
39,119
12
1,273
53,377
Gympie Block
859,020
4,005
151
43
1,199
131
22,025
27,555
Herbert
220,920
607
14,465
2
16
7,088
759
10,492
33,430
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
1,219,008
3,717
208
4
535
42
3,500
8,006
Innisfail
195,200
2,061
9,184
178
13
12,420
36
3,247
27,138
Isaac-Comet Downs
2,693,397
11,211
316
1,997
8,517
1,401
43,668
67,110
Jardine-Pascoe Sandstones
1,444,223
4
40,359
3,600
57,777
4,836
106,577
Jericho
1,486,926
497
104
2,467
42
11,319
14,429
Karumba Plains
1,057,366
44
477,655
1,230
17
25,854
67
6,768
511,635
Kidston
2,929,528
1,434
264
484
3,460
9
67,707
73,358
Kirrama-Hinchinbrook
257,594
1,474
< 1
< 1
205
1,568
3,247
Kynuna Plateau
2,293,311
533
173
747
64
35,988
37,505
Lake Pure
984,217
4
12,921
11
10,894
725
24,555
Langlo Plains
1,290,484
107
51
7,652
6,892
14,702
Laura Lowlands
1,791,228
78
9,070
124
16
35,350
14
18,907
63,559
Macalister
112,652
444
23
361
39
1,644
2,511
Manifold
67,885
13
8,335
7
6,821
858
4,366
20,400
Marlborough Plains
1,250,611
10,224
137,312
954
593
596
9,874
37,529
17,883
214,965
McArthur
589,180
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
689,476
3,386
0
136
364
176
1,604
5,667
Moonie-Commoron Floodout
750,661
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
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
629,160
4,079
71
2
11,695
15,847
Narrandool
16,503
393
7
400
Nebine Plains
1,207,864
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 Downs
435,263
238
38
177
7
6,451
6,910
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
1,580,384
413
900
155
4,810
123
12,751
19,151
Proserpine-Sarina Lowlands
466,498
3,718
37,821
59
13
89
15,316
3,317
9,689
70,022
Scenic Rim
229,099
692
< 1
13
< 1
2,608
3,314
Simpson Desert
1,962,618
32,321
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
220
< 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 and Floodouts
1,333,519
512
33
775
22,216
23,536
Stanthorpe Plateau
137,535
664
8
218
4
3,625
4,518
Starke Coastal Lowlands
512,498
195
19,195
1,686
9
11,305
43
8,456
40,890
Strzelecki Desert
400,187
66
39,695
25
2,733
51
49
42,619
Sturt Stony Desert
5,771,058
297
200,841
288
127,553
125
50,855
379,959
Sunshine Coast-Gold Coast Lowlands
348,090
4,660
21,133
256
521
960
31,810
1,307
5,680
66,327
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
7,597
8
167
175
Thorntonia
779,008
30
8
14
39,633
39,686
Toko Plains
498,090
4,118
< 1
1,600
1,944
7,663
Townsville Plains
763,495
8,867
62,061
2,324
124
1,896
6,283
13,072
35,319
129,947
Tully
162,958
417
20,518
10
10
9,670
112
1,876
32,613
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
860,305
30
70
1
7,544
84
1,103
8,833
Warrambool-Moonie
573,578
7,354
10
252
1,650
2,076
4,557
15,899
Warrego Plains
2,168,635
577
1,159
121
30,291
213
6,426
38,787
Weipa Plateau
2,848,753
1,121
69,430
148
59,066
248
12,291
142,304
Wellesley Islands
124,893
45
19,231
1,324
4
20,603
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
4,220,686
184
675
100
14,149
177
27,958
43,242
Whitsunday
89,179
56
2,823
2
4
42
96
3,024
Woodenbong
2,879
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 IBRA 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.
This page should be cited as:
Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) IBRA subregion 2009 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2009/ibra-subregion.html