Study area 2017 wetland system extents

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

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)	lacustrine (unknown degree of modification)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified)	riverine
Total	1,359,762	4,338	23,848	165	2,886	533	10	44,634	678	16,479	93,571
Cairns Urban	62,327	512	4,875	165		22	< 1	536	5	534	6,650
Great Sandy Strait	1,218,935	3,588	15,374		2,852	394	7	32,098	403	15,589	70,304
Pumicestone Passage	78,501	238	3,600	< 1	34	116	3	12,001	269	355	16,617

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.