Bioregion 2017 wetland system extents

Definition of bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2017 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)	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
Brigalow Belt (BRB)	36,528,106	190,215	191,106	3,384	7,319	18,598	8	64,715	62,965	399,643	937,954
Cape York Peninsula (CYP)	12,305,219	2,121	244,715		5,383	179		284,622	305	94,487	631,811
Central Queensland Coast (CQC)	1,484,277	9,859	54,895	81	15	119	3	25,844	4,182	24,561	119,558
Channel Country (CHC)	23,217,288	939			441,887	576	2	1,631,268	397	538,042	2,613,111
Desert Uplands (DEU)	6,941,095	2,010			22,091	562	< 1	47,456	905	85,532	158,556
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)	11,625,726	11,696			4,964	5,857	6	65,777	1,034	292,411	381,744
Gulf Plains (GUP)	21,910,942	5,213	536,917		4,214	1,727	11	311,647	3,508	566,693	1,429,928
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)	24,162,329	6,783			1,046	2,759		46,405	389	181,953	239,335
Mulga Lands (MUL)	18,605,811	9,274			23,277	1,027		217,951	5,182	78,715	335,425
New England Tableland (NET)	774,795	4,798				8		290	6	15,537	20,639
Northwest Highlands (NWH)	7,343,636	6,449				1,805		2,290		180,218	190,763
Southeast Queensland (SEQ)	6,248,417	57,453	82,624	738	3,608	5,740	27	108,911	3,757	92,721	355,578
Wet Tropics (WET)	1,992,899	9,618	50,494	191	163	109	3	34,504	1,163	25,850	122,095

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.