Bioregion 2019 wetland system extents

Definition of bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2019 wetland system extent by bioregion
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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	173,140,542	317,700	1,160,724	4,390	513,965	39,110	61	2,840,963	83,955	2,575,057	7,535,926
Brigalow Belt (BRB)	36,528,106	190,868	191,101	3,384	7,319	18,625	8	64,445	63,043	398,995	937,787
Cape York Peninsula (CYP)	12,305,219	2,440	244,714		5,383	181		284,611	305	94,458	632,093
Central Queensland Coast (CQC)	1,484,277	9,885	54,894	81	15	123	3	25,830	4,161	24,553	119,545
Channel Country (CHC)	23,217,288	941			441,887	576	2	1,631,255	405	538,042	2,613,108
Desert Uplands (DEU)	6,941,095	2,019			22,091	562	< 1	47,456	905	85,521	158,553
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)	11,625,726	11,753			4,964	5,858	6	65,770	1,034	292,360	381,746
Gulf Plains (GUP)	21,910,942	5,244	536,913		4,214	1,727	11	311,639	3,508	566,671	1,429,927
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)	24,162,329	6,846			1,046	2,759		46,405	389	181,950	239,395
Mulga Lands (MUL)	18,605,811	9,289			23,277	1,027		217,759	5,182	78,379	334,913
New England Tableland (NET)	774,795	4,823				8		290	6	15,442	20,569
Northwest Highlands (NWH)	7,343,636	6,468				1,805		2,290		180,213	190,777
Southeast Queensland (SEQ)	6,248,417	57,474	82,607	735	3,608	5,753	27	108,727	3,840	92,626	355,398
Wet Tropics (WET)	1,992,899	9,649	50,494	191	163	106	3	34,486	1,176	25,846	122,114

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