Study area 2017 wetland system extents

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2017 wetland system extent by study area
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Study area	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	1,359,762	4,331	23,526	165	2,883	516	45,832	622	15,584	93,459
Cairns Urban	62,327	511	4,573	165		4	491	5	492	6,242
Great Sandy Strait	1,218,935	3,583	15,353		2,849	393	33,143	347	14,733	70,400
Pumicestone Passage	78,501	237	3,600	< 1	34	119	12,199	269	359	16,817

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

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.