Biogeographic subregion 2017 wetland system extents

Definition of biogeographic subregion

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

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)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified)	riverine
Total	173,140,542	312,186	1,146,232	4,194	514,453	37,569	2,829,647	80,643	2,429,080	7,354,005
Alice Tableland	2,866,760	423			19,289	109	42,153	424	25,416	87,815
Anakie Inlier	382,284	665				82	104	9	3,246	4,107
Arcadia	715,288	2,006			2,969	603	2,653	258	5,543	14,031
Armraynald Plains	1,589,437	827	1,451		22	445	34,766	726	54,499	92,736
Atherton	177,037	1,740			147	5	365	183	813	3,253
Banana - Auburn Ranges	1,547,555	4,113				3	125	76	14,610	18,926
Barakula	1,301,712	693			1,009	558	637	81	5,541	8,519
Barkly Tableland	2,180,576	166				82	17,483	151	29,497	47,378
Basalt Downs	1,274,731	17,501				319	223	14	11,270	29,327
Battle Camp Sandstones	504,564	9	1,220				769		4,940	6,938
Bellenden Ker - Lamb	271,116	2,396	102		6	< 1	771		915	4,190
Belyando Downs	1,772,127	4,926				1,688	5,506	580	23,224	35,924
Beucazon Hills	95,821	128				67	98		3,614	3,907
Bogie River Hills	1,054,731	3,573	2,895	57		259	292	588	27,974	35,638
Boomer Range	220,541	164				19	10	16	1,515	1,724
Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics	806,778	14,217				8	291	14	11,059	25,589
Broken River	3,309,590	5,662			874	631	5,930	136	130,647	143,881
Buckland Basalts	281,306	2				2	116		1,048	1,167
Bulloo	619,042	10			18,731		110,365	3	5,496	134,604
Bulloo Dunefields	1,077,211	55			22,958	54	24,319	30	2,629	50,043
Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands	706,909	6,778	17,690	17	13	1,412	26,703	655	10,637	63,905
Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges	1,031,742	9,180	31,992	31		2,190	4,041	148	13,741	61,323
Burringbar - Conondale Ranges	535,409	10,115	207	4		189	2,018	139	6,837	19,508
Byfield	128,140	17	163				2,710	< 1	3,443	6,333
Callide Creek Downs	301,303	1,329			25	2	676	56	2,017	4,104
Cape - Campaspe Plains	1,007,026	651			696	169	4,615	401	36,862	43,395
Cape River Hills	747,993	23,180			11	70	382	10	16,986	40,637
Cape York - Torres Strait	102,098	92	26,487		2		785		816	28,181
Carnarvon Ranges	2,263,686	229			755	208	670	33	6,100	7,994
Central Downs	9,378,817	2,905				1,370	5,086	61	23,696	33,117
Claraville Plains	3,738,013	194				12	70,640	466	53,270	124,582
Clarke - Connors Ranges	631,989	1,683	71			< 1	86	6	5,074	6,920
Claude River Downs	1,026,214	917			90	321	544	26	9,788	11,686
Coastal Plains	288,595	5	62,138				23,029		350	85,522
Coen - Yambo Inlier	2,313,476	230	14,372		12	4	6,311		28,602	49,531
Coongie	5,724				41		53		884	978
Cooper - Diamantina Plains	3,437,773	70			76,962	7	995,493	35	70,353	1,142,919
Culgoa - Bokhara	420,325	25,821			9	107	1,932	453	7,678	36,000
Cuttaburra - Paroo	644,047	35			18,296	4	52,512	529	599	71,976
Daintree - Bloomfield	358,119	103	5,370	12		10	2,653	1	3,150	11,299
Dawson River Downs	982,807	4,870			145	665	2,698	794	5,741	14,913
Debella	81,531	4,131	4,012			< 1	218	58	1,914	10,334
Dieri	259,083	1			5,384		2,772		1,123	9,280
Donors Plateau	2,449,964	2,469	9,239		302	817	21,104	173	55,757	89,861
Doomadgee Plains	1,684,750	55	534			18	22,766	6	18,634	42,013
Dulacca Downs	162,442	398				157	10	17	104	685
Eastern Darling Downs	1,698,060	11,424			66	394	1,777	469	6,241	20,370
Eastern Mulga Plains	1,563,269	499			405	179	13,070	146	404	14,703
Flinders	435,263	244				38	177	7	6,451	6,916
Georgetown - Croydon	1,041,407	1,245				347	340	38	23,858	25,829
Georgina - Eyre Plains	1,212,759	4			21,571	< 1	318,732	18	52,216	392,542
Georgina Limestone	1,437,914	170			516	43	9,141		8,515	18,385
Gilberton Plateau	1,403,937	206			782	15	2,349	120	12,109	15,581
Goneaway Tablelands	5,182,219	308			6,545	154	17,844	41	205,260	230,153
Great Sandy	362,412	90	10,641		3,069	15	39,151	12	1,272	54,249
Gympie Block	859,024	4,057	151			43	1,198	131	21,950	27,531
Herbert	222,189	611	14,597	2		16	7,069	759	10,495	33,549
Herberton - Wairuna	661,771	916			2,668	170	3,000	386	19,611	26,750
Hodgkinson Basin	1,607,221	2,060				3,814	385	3	31,354	37,617
Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau	2,208,468	268			149	47	14,524	210	49,555	64,752
Inglewood Sandstones	1,218,793	4,066			208	4	535	42	3,420	8,275
Innisfail	195,917	2,053	9,282	177		13	12,421	36	3,258	27,240
Isaac - Comet Downs	2,693,397	13,605			316	2,021	8,269	1,400	43,407	69,018
Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones	1,451,290	6	40,650		3,600		57,777		4,837	106,871
Jericho	1,486,926	518				104	2,466	42	11,318	14,448
Karumba Plains	1,070,737	45	483,176		1,230	17	25,865	67	6,768	517,168
Kidston	2,929,528	1,494			264	486	3,457	9	67,704	73,415
Kirrama - Hinchinbrook	283,165	1,474	682			< 1	465		1,598	4,220
Kynuna Plateau	2,293,311	625				177	747	64	35,988	37,602
Lake Pure	984,908	12			12,921	11	10,894		725	24,563
Langlo Plains	1,290,484	110				51	7,649		6,770	14,579
Laura Lowlands	1,791,536	108	9,080		124	16	35,349	14	18,907	63,598
Macalister	112,730	443	24				361	39	1,644	2,510
Macintyre - Weir Fan	291,967	9,829			197	621	3,030	814	8,922	23,413
Manifold	79,681	13	8,514	7			7,078	858	4,364	20,834
Marlborough Plains	1,216,837	10,597	125,280	954	593	609	8,693	37,554	17,679	201,960
McArthur	589,190					1	1,428		9,984	11,413
Mitchell - Gilbert Fans	5,262,816	463	7,905		1,620	70	101,790	307	229,976	342,132
Moonie - Barwon Interfluve	689,472	3,444			0	136	354	176	1,603	5,713
Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout	750,659	2,299				44	598	445	1,490	4,876
Moreton Basin	784,969	6,458	82	8		557	3,709	502	12,160	23,476
Mount Isa Inlier	4,641,852	5,899				1,763	73		108,384	116,119
Mount Morgan Ranges	1,275,970	4,392	96		131	2,472	722	250	7,260	15,322
Nandewar Northern Complex	629,398	4,088					71	2	11,738	15,899
Narrandool	16,500	393							7	400
Nebine Plains	1,207,796	64			2,066	74	66,697	1,755	591	71,247
Nebo - Connors Ranges	449,269	176				10	170	33	9,403	9,791
Noccundra Slopes	1,798,759	114			949	2	11,008		15,838	27,911
North Eastern Plains	660,369	266			516	55	1,126	397	11,054	13,414
Northern Bowen Basin	1,316,957	5,874			399	1,143	1,025	71	26,784	35,297
Northern Holroyd Plain	2,464,074	101	1,560		< 1		86,982		14,928	103,572
Northern Uplands	1,147,549	162				22	97		3,865	4,145
Paluma - Seaview	233,751	249				< 1	37		1,568	1,855
Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials	1,580,383	415			900	156	4,802	123	12,747	19,142
Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands	471,784	3,856	39,018	73	13	101	15,221	3,318	9,639	71,239
Scenic Rim	228,692	697				< 1	13	< 1	2,618	3,329
Simpson Desert	1,964,992				32,320		7,602	12	326	40,260
South Burnett	563,866	1,946				145	302	28	3,055	5,475
South Drummond Basin	1,009,244	839			35	271	959	114	9,160	11,379
Southern Downs	4,264,666	3,975			72	1,214	3,110	650	28,993	38,014
Southern Great Barrier Reef	272						< 1			< 1
Southern Wooded Downs	4,720,995	1,985				952	1,707	74	34,455	39,173
Southwestern Downs	3,715,454	630			715	75	11,690	32	44,257	57,398
Southwestern Plateaus & Floodouts	1,333,519	512				33	775		22,216	23,536
Stanthorpe Plateau	137,941	677				8	219	4	3,620	4,528
Starke Coastal Lowlands	513,912	228	19,403		1,686	9	11,310	43	8,456	41,136
Strzelecki Desert	402,443	66			39,695	25	2,733	51	49	42,619
Sturt Stony Desert	5,773,950	299			200,856	288	127,550	125	50,858	379,976
Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands	365,498	3,918	22,006	536	522	1,103	31,650	1,963	5,657	67,357
Tara Downs	511,339	1,116				190	759	83	394	2,543
Taroom Downs	652,005	1,100			430	332	2,111	201	7,184	11,358
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	9,052	62,829	2,317	124	1,930	6,238	13,433	35,420	131,342
Tully	138,876	418	20,066		10	10	9,362	118	1,834	31,817
Undara - Toomba Basalts	2,076,208	421			1,128	184	52,133	475	27,463	81,804
Upper Belyando Floodout	466,275	354				180	233	133	955	1,855
Urisino Sandplains	860,249	30			70	1	7,533	84	1,103	8,822
Warrambool - Moonie	573,576	7,851			10	252	1,627	2,076	4,552	16,369
Warrego Plains	2,168,127	602			1,159	121	30,256	213	6,410	38,761
Weipa Plateau	2,875,674	1,328	70,067			151	59,025	248	12,291	143,111
Wellesley Islands	127,711	45	19,907				1,324		4	21,279
Weribone High	966,510	4,957				339	598	275	7,460	13,629
West Balonne Plains	1,991,194	6,671				361	5,618	1,346	1,295	15,291
West Bulloo	2,852,104	487			100	52	14,071	291	18,735	33,737
West Warrego	4,220,623	198			675	100	14,134	177	27,934	43,217
Whitsunday	91,153	59	3,067		2	15	47		96	3,286
Woodenbong	2,846	3								3
Woondoola Plains	2,375,110	648	206		158	180	12,069	93	85,077	98,432
Woorabinda	749,785	252				220	3,769	249	6,257	10,747
Wyarra Hills	397,935	238				135	303	37	5,881	6,594

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.