IBRA subregion 2017 wetland system extents
Definition of IBRA subregion
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2017 wetland system extent by IBRA subregion Download this table in .CSV format
IBRA subregion
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
172,991,370
312,122
1,129,074
4,180
514,431
37,554
2,829,468
80,641
2,429,408
7,336,877
Alice Tableland
2,866,760
423
19,289
109
42,153
424
25,416
87,815
Anakie Inlier
382,284
665
82
104
9
3,246
4,107
Arcadia
715,288
2,006
2,969
603
2,653
258
5,543
14,031
Armraynald Plains
1,589,437
827
1,451
22
445
34,766
726
54,499
92,736
Atherton
177,037
1,740
147
5
365
183
813
3,253
Banana-Auburn Ranges
1,547,555
4,113
3
125
76
14,610
18,926
Barakula
1,301,712
693
1,009
558
637
81
5,541
8,519
Barkly Tableland
2,180,778
166
82
17,483
151
29,497
47,378
Basalt Downs
1,274,731
17,501
319
223
14
11,270
29,327
Battle Camp Sandstones
504,409
9
1,211
769
4,940
6,929
Bellenden Ker-Lamb
271,062
2,396
101
6
< 1
771
914
4,188
Belyando Downs
1,772,127
4,926
1,688
5,506
580
23,224
35,924
Beucazon Hills
95,821
128
67
98
3,614
3,907
Bogie River Hills
1,054,392
3,573
2,783
57
259
292
588
27,974
35,526
Boomer Range
220,541
164
19
10
16
1,515
1,724
Brisbane-Barambah Volcanics
806,778
14,217
8
291
14
11,059
25,589
Broken River
3,309,590
5,662
874
631
5,930
136
130,647
143,881
Buckland Basalts
281,306
2
2
116
1,048
1,167
Bulloo
619,009
10
18,727
110,360
3
5,496
134,595
Bulloo Dunefields
1,077,224
55
22,958
54
24,319
30
2,629
50,043
Burnett-Curtis Coastal Lowlands
700,181
6,778
16,900
17
13
1,412
26,682
655
10,637
63,095
Burnett-Curtis Hills and Ranges
962,583
9,140
16,783
31
2,190
3,292
148
13,567
45,152
Burringbar-Conondale Ranges
535,416
10,115
218
4
189
2,018
139
6,837
19,519
Byfield
127,697
17
204
2,710
< 1
3,443
6,374
Callide Creek Downs
301,303
1,329
25
2
676
56
2,017
4,104
Cape-Campaspe Plains
1,007,026
651
696
169
4,615
401
36,862
43,395
Cape River Hills
747,993
23,180
11
70
382
10
16,986
40,637
Cape York-Torres Strait
94,367
92
26,357
2
784
815
28,050
Carnarvon Ranges
2,263,686
229
755
208
670
33
6,100
7,994
Castlereagh-Barwon
292,740
9,827
197
620
3,031
814
9,283
23,772
Central Downs
9,378,817
2,905
1,370
5,086
61
23,696
33,117
Claraville Plains
3,738,013
194
12
70,640
466
53,270
124,582
Clarke-Connors Ranges
631,985
1,683
71
< 1
86
6
5,074
6,919
Claude River Downs
1,026,214
917
90
321
544
26
9,788
11,686
Coastal Plains
284,780
5
61,669
22,994
350
85,018
Coen-Yambo Inlier
2,312,126
230
14,271
12
4
6,302
28,601
49,420
Coongie
5,444
41
53
884
978
Cooper-Diamantina Plains
3,437,745
70
76,959
7
995,493
35
70,351
1,142,914
Coral Sea
17,167
0
Culgoa-Bokhara
420,365
25,821
9
107
1,932
453
7,678
36,000
Cuttaburra-Paroo
644,091
35
18,297
4
52,514
529
599
71,978
Daintree-Bloomfield
357,932
103
5,311
12
10
2,652
1
3,150
11,240
Dawson River Downs
982,807
4,870
145
665
2,698
794
5,741
14,913
Debella
80,964
4,131
3,919
< 1
218
58
1,914
10,241
Diamantina-Eyre
1,212,761
4
21,572
< 1
318,732
18
52,216
392,542
Dieri
259,127
1
5,384
2,772
1,124
9,281
Donors Plateau
2,449,964
2,469
9,239
302
817
21,104
173
55,757
89,861
Doomadgee Plains
1,684,677
55
534
18
22,766
6
18,634
42,013
Dulacca Downs
162,442
398
157
10
17
104
685
Eastern Darling Downs
1,697,945
11,424
66
394
1,777
469
6,241
20,370
Eastern Mulga Plains
1,563,269
499
405
179
13,070
146
404
14,703
Georgetown-Croydon
1,041,407
1,245
347
340
38
23,858
25,829
Georgina Limestone
1,437,909
170
516
43
9,141
8,515
18,385
Gilberton Plateau
1,403,937
206
782
15
2,349
120
12,109
15,581
Goneaway Tablelands
5,182,219
308
6,545
154
17,844
41
205,260
230,153
Great Sandy
356,502
90
9,803
3,069
15
39,108
12
1,272
53,369
Gympie Block
859,020
4,057
151
43
1,198
131
21,950
27,531
Herbert
220,920
611
14,474
2
16
7,068
759
10,495
33,425
Herberton-Wairuna
661,771
916
2,668
170
3,000
386
19,611
26,750
Hodgkinson Basin
1,607,221
2,060
3,814
385
3
31,354
37,617
Holroyd Plain-Red Plateau
2,208,468
268
149
47
14,524
210
49,555
64,752
Inglewood Sandstones
1,219,008
4,066
208
4
535
42
3,500
8,355
Innisfail
195,200
2,053
9,185
177
13
12,420
36
3,258
27,142
Isaac-Comet Downs
2,693,397
13,605
316
2,021
8,269
1,400
43,407
69,018
Jardine-Pascoe Sandstones
1,444,223
6
40,359
3,600
57,777
4,837
106,579
Jericho
1,486,926
518
104
2,466
42
11,318
14,448
Karumba Plains
1,057,366
45
477,652
1,230
17
25,854
67
6,768
511,634
Kidston
2,929,528
1,494
264
486
3,457
9
67,704
73,415
Kirrama-Hinchinbrook
257,594
1,474
< 1
< 1
205
1,568
3,247
Kynuna Plateau
2,293,311
625
177
747
64
35,988
37,602
Lake Pure
984,217
12
12,921
11
10,894
725
24,563
Langlo Plains
1,290,484
110
51
7,649
6,770
14,579
Laura Lowlands
1,791,228
108
9,070
124
16
35,349
14
18,907
63,588
Macalister
112,652
443
23
361
39
1,644
2,509
Manifold
67,885
13
8,335
7
6,821
858
4,364
20,398
Marlborough Plains
1,250,611
10,607
137,250
954
593
609
9,696
37,554
17,853
215,117
McArthur
589,180
1
1,428
9,984
11,413
Mitchell-Gilbert Fans
5,262,816
463
7,905
1,620
70
101,790
307
229,976
342,132
Moonie-Barwon Interfluve
689,476
3,444
0
136
354
176
1,604
5,715
Moonie-Commoron Floodout
750,661
2,299
44
598
445
1,490
4,876
Moreton Basin
784,969
6,458
82
8
557
3,709
502
12,160
23,476
Mount Isa
4,641,852
5,899
1,763
73
108,384
116,119
Mount Morgan Ranges
1,275,970
4,392
96
131
2,472
722
250
7,260
15,322
Nandewar Northern Complex
629,160
4,088
71
2
11,644
15,805
Narrandool
16,503
393
7
400
Nebine Plains
1,207,864
64
2,066
74
66,697
1,755
591
71,247
Nebo-Connors Ranges
449,269
176
10
170
33
9,403
9,791
Noccundra Slopes
1,798,759
114
949
2
11,008
15,838
27,911
North Eastern Plains
660,369
266
516
55
1,126
397
11,054
13,414
Northern Bowen Basin
1,316,957
5,874
399
1,143
1,025
71
26,784
35,297
Northern Downs
435,263
244
38
177
7
6,451
6,916
Northern Holroyd Plain
2,464,074
101
1,560
< 1
86,982
14,928
103,572
Northern Uplands
1,147,549
162
22
97
3,865
4,145
Paluma-Seaview
233,751
249
< 1
37
1,568
1,855
Prairie-Torrens Creeks Alluvials
1,580,384
415
900
156
4,802
123
12,747
19,142
Proserpine-Sarina Lowlands
466,498
3,856
37,855
59
13
97
15,217
3,317
9,639
70,052
Scenic Rim
229,099
697
< 1
13
< 1
2,618
3,329
Simpson Desert
1,962,618
32,321
7,602
12
326
40,260
South Burnett
563,866
1,946
145
302
28
3,055
5,475
South Drummond Basin
1,009,244
839
35
271
959
114
9,160
11,379
Southern Downs
4,264,666
3,975
72
1,214
3,110
650
28,993
38,014
Southern Great Barrier Reef
220
< 1
< 1
Southern Wooded Downs
4,720,995
1,985
952
1,707
74
34,455
39,173
Southwestern Downs
3,715,454
630
715
75
11,690
32
44,257
57,398
Southwestern Plateaus and Floodouts
1,333,519
512
33
775
22,216
23,536
Stanthorpe Plateau
137,535
677
8
218
4
3,620
4,526
Starke Coastal Lowlands
512,498
228
19,195
1,686
9
11,305
43
8,456
40,923
Strzelecki Desert
400,187
66
39,695
25
2,733
51
49
42,619
Sturt Stony Desert
5,771,058
299
200,841
288
127,553
125
50,855
379,961
Sunshine Coast-Gold Coast Lowlands
348,090
3,899
21,046
536
521
1,103
31,618
1,963
5,657
66,342
Tara Downs
511,339
1,116
190
759
83
394
2,543
Taroom Downs
652,005
1,100
430
332
2,111
201
7,184
11,358
Tenterfield Plateau
7,597
9
167
177
Thorntonia
779,008
30
8
14
39,633
39,686
Toko Plains
498,090
4,118
< 1
1,600
1,944
7,663
Townsville Plains
763,495
9,039
61,801
2,317
124
1,930
6,236
13,433
35,410
130,289
Tully
162,958
418
20,518
10
10
9,618
118
1,863
32,555
Undara-Toomba Basalts
2,076,208
421
1,128
184
52,133
475
27,463
81,804
Upper Belyando Floodout
466,275
354
180
233
133
955
1,855
Urisino Sandplains
860,305
30
70
1
7,533
84
1,103
8,823
Warrambool-Moonie
573,578
7,851
10
252
1,627
2,076
4,552
16,369
Warrego Plains
2,168,635
602
1,159
121
30,267
213
6,410
38,771
Weipa Plateau
2,848,753
1,328
69,430
151
59,013
248
12,291
142,461
Wellesley Islands
124,893
45
19,231
1,324
4
20,603
Weribone High
966,510
4,957
339
598
275
7,460
13,629
West Balonne Plains
1,991,194
6,671
361
5,618
1,346
1,295
15,291
West Bulloo
2,852,104
487
100
52
14,071
291
18,735
33,737
West Warrego
4,220,686
198
675
100
14,134
177
27,934
43,217
Whitsunday
89,179
58
2,823
2
4
42
96
3,026
Woodenbong
2,879
3
3
Woondoola Plains
2,375,110
648
206
158
180
12,069
93
85,077
98,432
Woorabinda
749,785
252
220
3,769
249
6,257
10,747
Wyarra Hills
397,935
238
135
303
37
5,881
6,594
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of IBRA subregions.
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) IBRA subregion 2017 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2017/ibra-subregion.html