Ramsar internationally important wetland 2009 wetland system extents

Definition of Ramsar internationally important wetland

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2009 wetland system extent by Ramsar internationally important wetland
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Ramsar wetland	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	591,831	3	80,819	82	8,188	15	29,245	353	1,537	120,242
Bowling Green Bay	34,619		25,763	81			296	179	20	26,339
Currawinya Lakes	150,864	1			7,767	1	13,285	155	221	21,430
Great Sandy Strait	83,742	< 1	16,458		12	14	3,868	19	< 1	20,371
Moreton Bay	120,639	< 1	14,581	1	409	< 1	8,361	< 1	19	23,372
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area	201,967	2	24,017				3,435		1,276	28,730

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of Ramsar internationally important wetlands.

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.