Study area 2009 wetland system extents

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

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)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified)	riverine
Total	1,359,762	4,264	23,525	166	2,883	501	45,902	629	15,622	93,492
Cairns Urban	62,327	513	4,572	166		4	498	5	497	6,255
Great Sandy Strait	1,218,935	3,522	15,353		2,849	393	33,161	347	14,764	70,389
Pumicestone Passage	78,501	229	3,600	< 1	34	104	12,243	276	361	16,848

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.