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Bioregion 2017 wetland system extents

Definition of bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2017 wetland system extent by bioregion metadata
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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.


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) Bioregion 2017 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2017/bioregion.html

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