Bioregion 2017 wetland system extents

Definition of bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

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)	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
Brigalow Belt (BRB)	36,528,106	186,345	191,101	3,328	7,595	17,647	61,558	61,513	378,469	907,557
Cape York Peninsula (CYP)	12,305,219	2,108	244,976		5,425	180	281,337	305	94,127	628,459
Central Queensland Coast (CQC)	1,484,277	9,758	54,845	80	15	117	25,360	4,241	24,531	118,946
Channel Country (CHC)	23,217,288	938			443,051	542	1,630,965	314	407,702	2,483,512
Desert Uplands (DEU)	6,941,095	2,008			20,885	538	54,036	990	86,342	164,799
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)	11,625,726	11,799			4,934	5,633	65,245	1,047	300,638	389,296
Gulf Plains (GUP)	21,910,942	5,221	522,418		4,262	1,620	307,196	2,169	565,649	1,408,535
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)	24,162,329	6,725			1,231	2,737	46,030	389	182,858	239,970
Mulga Lands (MUL)	18,605,811	9,125			23,287	1,021	212,761	4,939	78,760	329,893
New England Tableland (NET)	774,795	4,775				8	290	6	15,524	20,603
Northwest Highlands (NWH)	7,343,636	6,441				1,805	2,290		180,218	190,754
Southeast Queensland (SEQ)	6,248,417	57,457	82,770	595	3,605	5,664	109,076	3,593	88,986	351,747
Wet Tropics (WET)	1,992,899	9,487	50,122	191	163	56	33,504	1,136	25,276	119,934

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.