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Great Barrier Reef 2013 wetland system extents

Definition of Great Barrier Reef

based on wetland mapping version 6.0 metadata

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2013 wetland system extent by Great Barrier Reef metadata
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Great Barrier Reef 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 136,168,416 480,742 1,220,478 10,812 56,473 57,576 775,294 189,807 2,055,747 4,846,930
Great Barrier Reef catchments, reef and islands 51,245,150 160,909 443,700 3,657 20,847 19,219 268,492 63,589 685,455 1,665,868
Paddock to Reef (P2R) report cards 42,291,163 159,914 376,320 3,570 17,807 19,172 252,321 63,117 684,906 1,577,127
Water Quality Improvement Plans 42,632,103 159,919 400,459 3,584 17,820 19,185 254,482 63,101 685,386 1,603,935

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

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) Great Barrier Reef 2013 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2013/great-barrier-reef.html

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