Study area 2009 wetland system extents

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2009 wetland system extent by study area
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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.