IBRA bioregion 2017 wetland system extents

Definition of IBRA bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

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)	lacustrine (unknown degree of modification)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified)	riverine
Total	172,991,372	316,363	1,143,584	4,378	513,943	39,049	60	2,841,497	83,792	2,576,703	7,519,371
Brigalow Belt North (BBN)	13,674,533	91,348	201,721	3,496	1,405	8,940	6	33,642	54,490	253,549	648,597
Brigalow Belt South (BBS)	21,596,722	52,722	96		5,683	8,620	3	24,311	4,461	125,066	220,962
Cape York Peninsula (CYP)	12,256,457	2,121	242,864		5,383	179		284,560	305	94,483	629,894
Central Mackay Coast (CMC)	1,464,208	9,858	53,247	66	15	104	2	25,578	4,180	24,561	117,611
Channel Country (CHC)	20,586,529	872			364,445	510	2	1,618,148	325	536,523	2,520,826
Coral Sea (COS)	17,167										0
Darling Riverine Plains (DRP)	1,286,683	46,138			231	1,038		7,958	4,019	21,649	81,032
Desert Uplands (DEU)	6,941,095	2,011			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 Fall and Uplands (GFU)	589,180					1		1,428		9,984	11,413
Gulf Plains (GUP)	21,894,679	5,213	530,696		4,214	1,727	11	311,637	3,508	566,693	1,423,697
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)	24,162,527	6,783			1,046	2,759		46,405	389	181,953	239,335
Mount Isa Inlier (MII)	6,754,379	6,449				1,804		863		170,233	179,349
Mulga Lands (MUL)	18,606,551	9,274			23,277	1,027		217,963	5,182	78,714	335,438
Nandewar (NAN)	629,160	4,093						71	2	11,657	15,823
New England Tablelands (NET)	145,132	705				8		218	4	3,786	4,721
Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)	2,621,932	67			77,420	66		13,117	71	1,516	92,257
South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)	6,149,605	57,395	64,974	626	3,607	5,740	27	107,868	3,752	92,547	336,535
Wet Tropics (WET)	1,989,107	9,618	49,986	191	163	109	3	34,501	1,163	25,847	121,580

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.