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Study area 2009 wetland system extents

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2009 wetland system extent by study area metadata
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Study area 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 1,359,762 4,259 23,848 166 2,886 515 10 44,710 684 16,510 93,587
Cairns Urban 62,327 504 4,874 166 19 < 1 542 5 538 6,649
Great Sandy Strait 1,218,935 3,526 15,374 2,852 394 7 32,122 402 15,614 70,292
Pumicestone Passage 78,501 228 3,600 < 1 34 102 3 12,046 276 357 16,646

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

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) Study area 2009 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2009/study-area.html

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