IBRA bioregion 2017 wetland system extents

Definition of IBRA bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2017 wetland system extent by IBRA bioregion
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IBRA 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	172,991,372	312,122	1,129,074	4,180	514,431	37,554	2,829,468	80,641	2,429,408	7,336,877
Brigalow Belt North (BBN)	13,674,533	90,704	201,834	3,328	1,480	8,785	33,497	53,974	235,165	628,768
Brigalow Belt South (BBS)	21,596,722	52,137	96		5,900	7,882	22,473	4,196	122,396	215,079
Cape York Peninsula (CYP)	12,256,457	2,108	243,123		5,425	180	281,275	305	94,124	626,540
Central Mackay Coast (CMC)	1,464,208	9,758	53,207	66	15	102	25,094	4,239	24,530	117,011
Channel Country (CHC)	20,586,529	871			365,630	517	1,617,856	251	406,199	2,391,324
Coral Sea (COS)	17,167									0
Darling Riverine Plains (DRP)	1,286,683	43,498			216	979	6,591	3,344	21,514	76,141
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 Fall and Uplands (GFU)	589,180					1	1,428		9,984	11,413
Gulf Plains (GUP)	21,894,679	5,221	516,218		4,262	1,620	307,185	2,169	565,649	1,402,325
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)	24,162,527	6,725			1,231	2,737	46,030	389	182,858	239,970
Mount Isa Inlier (MII)	6,754,379	6,441				1,804	863		170,233	179,341
Mulga Lands (MUL)	18,606,551	9,125			23,288	1,021	212,774	4,939	78,760	329,906
Nandewar (NAN)	629,160	4,088					71	2	11,644	15,805
New England Tablelands (NET)	145,132	686				8	218	4	3,787	4,702
Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)	2,621,932	67			77,399	25	13,106	63	1,499	92,160
South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)	6,149,605	57,399	64,984	595	3,603	5,664	108,230	3,593	88,812	332,881
Wet Tropics (WET)	1,989,107	9,487	49,611	191	163	56	33,498	1,136	25,273	119,415

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