Biogeographic subregion 2017 wetland system extents

Definition of biogeographic subregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2017 wetland system extent by biogeographic subregion
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Biogeographic subregion	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	173,140,542	316,428	1,160,752	4,393	513,966	39,065	61	2,841,679	83,794	2,576,361	7,536,498
Alice Tableland	2,866,760	426			20,062	133		39,351	398	24,629	84,999
Anakie Inlier	382,284	670				83		104	9	3,233	4,098
Arcadia	715,288	2,011			2,969	602	2	2,730	258	5,540	14,111
Armraynald Plains	1,589,437	827	1,451		22	453		34,948	727	54,514	92,944
Atherton	177,037	1,756			147	32	2	393	158	822	3,308
Banana - Auburn Ranges	1,547,555	4,121				3		126	76	14,723	19,048
Barakula	1,301,712	699			929	666		654	81	5,595	8,624
Barkly Tableland	2,180,576	166				82		17,483	151	29,541	47,423
Basalt Downs	1,274,731	17,504				321		223	14	11,213	29,275
Battle Camp Sandstones	504,564	9	1,220					769		4,940	6,938
Bellenden Ker - Lamb	271,116	2,398	102		6	< 1		773		935	4,213
Belyando Downs	1,772,127	4,994				1,705		5,520	580	23,223	36,022
Beucazon Hills	95,821	128				67		98		3,614	3,907
Bogie River Hills	1,054,731	3,643	2,947	57		263	< 1	165	658	40,076	47,809
Boomer Range	220,541	164				19		10	16	1,720	1,930
Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics	806,778	14,222				8		291	14	11,577	26,113
Broken River	3,309,590	5,718			874	652		6,059	136	123,108	136,547
Buckland Basalts	281,306	2				2		116		1,048	1,167
Bulloo	619,042	14			19,002			110,275	3	5,334	134,628
Bulloo Dunefields	1,077,211	55			22,958	52	1	23,860	30	2,630	49,585
Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands	706,909	6,781	17,796	17	13	1,429	11	27,622	696	11,214	65,579
Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges	1,031,742	9,168	31,905	147		2,194	< 1	4,368	166	14,640	62,587
Burringbar - Conondale Ranges	535,409	10,114	197	14		185	4	2,050	147	6,983	19,693
Byfield	128,140	17	163					2,727	< 1	3,442	6,350
Callide Creek Downs	301,303	1,355			67	2		673	64	2,090	4,251
Cape - Campaspe Plains	1,007,026	651			704	169	< 1	1,502	342	36,803	40,172
Cape River Hills	747,993	23,254			11	71		373	10	16,994	40,713
Cape York - Torres Strait	102,098	93	26,486		2			785		815	28,181
Carnarvon Ranges	2,263,686	229			722	258		651	49	6,099	8,007
Central Downs	9,378,817	2,925				1,375		5,326	61	22,631	32,318
Claraville Plains	3,738,013	194				8	3	70,632	466	53,031	124,335
Clarke - Connors Ranges	631,989	1,722	72			< 1		86	6	5,087	6,973
Claude River Downs	1,026,214	917			90	320		609	26	10,667	12,631
Coastal Plains	288,595	5	62,024					23,166		350	85,545
Coen - Yambo Inlier	2,313,476	236	14,372		12			6,311		28,604	49,535
Coongie	5,724				41			53		884	978
Cooper - Diamantina Plains	3,437,773	70			76,794	9		994,376	40	72,921	1,144,209
Culgoa - Bokhara	420,325	26,021			9	107		2,046	469	7,761	36,413
Cuttaburra - Paroo	644,047	61			18,275	5		52,586	621	599	72,147
Daintree - Bloomfield	358,119	94	5,390	12		11	< 1	2,689	1	3,219	11,416
Dawson River Downs	982,807	5,140			145	658		2,798	799	6,838	16,378
Debella	81,531	4,150	4,021			< 1		223	59	1,916	10,369
Dieri	259,083	1			5,384	16		2,783		1,123	9,307
Donors Plateau	2,449,964	2,479	9,237		264	817		21,195	173	55,778	89,942
Doomadgee Plains	1,684,750	55	534			18		22,766	6	18,634	42,013
Dulacca Downs	162,442	410				157		10	17	104	697
Eastern Darling Downs	1,698,060	11,566			66	439	< 1	1,808	470	5,523	19,873
Eastern Mulga Plains	1,563,269	505			405	180		13,119	211	404	14,824
Flinders	435,263	244				38		177	7	6,451	6,916
Georgetown - Croydon	1,041,407	1,081				347		340	38	23,858	25,664
Georgina - Eyre Plains	1,212,759	4			21,591	< 1		318,736	18	52,238	392,588
Georgina Limestone	1,437,914	170			516	43		9,141		8,514	18,384
Gilberton Plateau	1,403,937	206			784	13	4	2,349	120	11,712	15,188
Goneaway Tablelands	5,182,219	287			6,015	147	< 1	18,520	111	284,334	309,415
Great Sandy	362,412	90	10,641		3,073	16		37,803	14	1,272	52,908
Gympie Block	859,024	4,060	156			41		1,246	169	23,169	28,842
Herbert	222,189	703	14,629	2		16		7,524	813	10,675	34,361
Herberton - Wairuna	661,771	916			2,668	169	4	3,050	372	19,807	26,986
Hodgkinson Basin	1,607,221	2,061				3,815		403	3	31,608	37,890
Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau	2,208,468	242			148	47		14,560	210	49,557	64,764
Inglewood Sandstones	1,218,793	4,091			208	8		563	42	3,543	8,455
Innisfail	195,917	2,069	9,615	177		29	< 1	12,818	36	3,376	28,119
Isaac - Comet Downs	2,693,397	13,739			316	2,025	4	8,152	1,479	43,535	69,250
Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones	1,451,290	6	40,503		3,558			60,391		4,857	109,315
Jericho	1,486,926	518				104		2,117	42	11,350	14,131
Karumba Plains	1,070,737	51	496,283		1,219	103		27,324	390	6,814	532,185
Kidston	2,929,528	1,500			264	692		3,294	9	67,319	73,077
Kirrama - Hinchinbrook	283,165	1,492	684			< 1		450		1,610	4,238
Kynuna Plateau	2,293,311	642				187		747	64	36,244	37,884
Lake Pure	984,908	12			12,950	11		10,916		725	24,613
Langlo Plains	1,290,484	113				51		8,428		6,775	15,367
Laura Lowlands	1,791,536	114	9,080		124	16		35,347	14	18,907	63,603
Macalister	112,730	445	24					365	38	1,657	2,529
Macintyre - Weir Fan	291,967	11,979			212	678		4,199	1,406	8,972	27,445
Manifold	79,681	13	8,525	7				7,080	858	4,362	20,846
Marlborough Plains	1,216,837	10,671	125,225	998	519	696		8,892	37,602	17,776	202,378
McArthur	589,190					1		1,428		9,984	11,413
Mitchell - Gilbert Fans	5,262,816	464	9,299		1,619	68	3	104,424	656	231,285	347,818
Moonie - Barwon Interfluve	689,472	3,281			0	137		440	200	1,603	5,660
Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout	750,659	2,316				49		675	501	1,633	5,174
Moreton Basin	784,969	6,459	82	8		605	2	3,683	565	12,489	23,892
Mount Isa Inlier	4,641,852	5,907				1,763		73		108,384	116,127
Mount Morgan Ranges	1,275,970	3,932	96		33	2,955		722	250	7,836	15,823
Nandewar Northern Complex	629,398	4,093						71	2	11,751	15,917
Narrandool	16,500	405								7	412
Nebine Plains	1,207,796	65			2,066	76		66,772	1,795	709	71,483
Nebo - Connors Ranges	449,269	176				10		170	33	10,587	10,975
Noccundra Slopes	1,798,759	115			1,073	2		11,238		37,864	50,291
North Eastern Plains	660,369	266			516	55		1,126	397	11,040	13,401
Northern Bowen Basin	1,316,957	5,989			399	1,102		1,028	71	27,330	35,920
Northern Holroyd Plain	2,464,074	101	1,560		< 1			86,986		14,928	103,576
Northern Uplands	1,147,549	165				22		97		4,199	4,482
Paluma - Seaview	233,751	250				< 1		37		1,581	1,868
Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials	1,580,383	415			1,325	156		4,485	123	12,750	19,255
Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands	471,784	3,897	39,047	74	13	103	3	15,681	3,258	9,657	71,733
Scenic Rim	228,692	700				< 1		13	< 1	2,646	3,360
Simpson Desert	1,964,992				32,320			7,602	12	343	40,276
South Burnett	563,866	1,948				146		302	28	3,071	5,495
South Drummond Basin	1,009,244	842			35	273		960	114	9,693	11,918
Southern Downs	4,264,666	4,114			25	1,250		4,016	792	29,087	39,284
Southern Great Barrier Reef	272							< 1			< 1
Southern Wooded Downs	4,720,995	2,006				959		1,634	74	34,306	38,980
Southwestern Downs	3,715,454	630			530	75		11,897	32	44,267	57,431
Southwestern Plateaus & Floodouts	1,333,519	512				33		775		22,216	23,536
Stanthorpe Plateau	137,941	696				8		219	4	3,619	4,546
Starke Coastal Lowlands	513,912	229	19,403		1,686	11		11,312	43	8,505	41,189
Strzelecki Desert	402,443	66			39,715	50		2,733	60	49	42,673
Sturt Stony Desert	5,773,950	316			199,927	288		128,576	125	77,651	406,884
Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands	365,498	3,901	21,847	553	522	1,116	10	31,533	1,957	5,661	67,100
Tara Downs	511,339	1,347				191		920	67	405	2,930
Taroom Downs	652,005	1,255			430	347		2,240	224	7,185	11,681
Tenterfield Plateau	7,456	9								167	177
Thorntonia	779,074	30				8		14		39,633	39,686
Toko Plains	498,425				4,118	< 1		1,600		1,944	7,663
Townsville Plains	768,022	9,134	62,838	2,330	125	2,008	1	6,220	13,747	38,597	135,000
Tully	138,876	412	20,052		10	19		9,455	118	1,976	32,042
Undara - Toomba Basalts	2,076,208	421			1,158	181	1	52,631	476	26,710	81,580
Upper Belyando Floodout	466,275	369				180		249	133	966	1,897
Urisino Sandplains	860,249	30			71	1		7,566	96	1,103	8,867
Warrambool - Moonie	573,576	8,140			10	254		1,711	2,144	4,552	16,812
Warrego Plains	2,168,127	606			1,159	121		30,531	225	7,604	40,246
Weipa Plateau	2,875,674	1,328	70,068			152		59,555	248	12,579	143,931
Wellesley Islands	127,711	45	19,907					1,324		4	21,279
Weribone High	966,510	5,110				344		778	282	7,466	13,981
West Balonne Plains	1,991,194	6,759				361		5,829	1,347	1,306	15,602
West Bulloo	2,852,104	485			111	56		17,740	311	18,725	37,428
West Warrego	4,220,623	217			675	100		14,157	178	26,250	41,578
Whitsunday	91,153	60	3,067		2	15		47		97	3,287
Woodenbong	2,846	10									10
Woondoola Plains	2,375,110	649	206		158	199		12,126	759	85,364	99,459
Woorabinda	749,785	258				213		3,771	249	6,260	10,751
Wyarra Hills	397,935	239				135		294	37	6,548	7,252

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

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.