Bioregion 2013 wetland system extents

Definition of bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2013 wetland system extent by bioregion
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Bioregion	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	173,140,542	306,753	1,146,637	3,956	514,453	37,457	2,830,796	79,900	2,434,878	7,354,831
Brigalow Belt (BRB)	36,528,106	181,843	191,383	3,336	7,596	17,601	62,007	61,278	379,435	904,480
Cape York Peninsula (CYP)	12,305,219	1,888	244,977		5,425	180	281,337	305	94,160	628,273
Central Queensland Coast (CQC)	1,484,277	9,573	54,837	80	15	117	25,380	4,241	24,615	118,859
Channel Country (CHC)	23,217,288	917			443,051	541	1,630,969	314	407,771	2,483,562
Desert Uplands (DEU)	6,941,095	1,983			20,885	538	54,032	990	86,413	164,841
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)	11,625,726	11,590			4,934	5,636	65,300	1,047	300,669	389,176
Gulf Plains (GUP)	21,910,942	4,976	522,421		4,262	1,611	307,398	2,148	569,612	1,412,428
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)	24,162,329	6,560			1,231	2,736	46,030	389	182,966	239,912
Mulga Lands (MUL)	18,605,811	9,066			23,287	1,021	212,862	4,939	78,992	330,166
New England Tableland (NET)	774,795	4,761				8	290	6	15,579	20,645
Northwest Highlands (NWH)	7,343,636	6,258				1,805	2,290		180,289	190,643
Southeast Queensland (SEQ)	6,248,417	57,876	82,896	349	3,605	5,607	109,310	3,112	89,085	351,839
Wet Tropics (WET)	1,992,899	9,462	50,123	191	163	56	33,591	1,130	25,293	120,008

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

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.