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Study area 2017 wetland system extents

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2017 wetland system extent by study area metadata
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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.


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) Study area 2017 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2017/study-area.html

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