IBRA bioregion 2019 wetland system extents

Definition of IBRA bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2019 wetland system extent by IBRA bioregion
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IBRA 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	172,991,372	317,636	1,143,554	4,376	513,943	39,095	60	2,840,781	83,953	2,575,400	7,518,798
Brigalow Belt North (BBN)	13,674,533	91,520	201,716	3,496	1,405	8,950	6	33,563	54,492	253,237	648,385
Brigalow Belt South (BBS)	21,596,722	53,147	96		5,683	8,622	3	24,217	4,506	124,796	221,071
Cape York Peninsula (CYP)	12,256,457	2,440	242,860		5,383	181		284,549	305	94,455	630,173
Central Mackay Coast (CMC)	1,464,208	9,885	53,247	66	15	108	2	25,563	4,160	24,553	117,599
Channel Country (CHC)	20,586,529	874			364,445	510	2	1,618,135	334	536,523	2,520,823
Coral Sea (COS)	17,167										0
Darling Riverine Plains (DRP)	1,286,683	46,195			231	1,052		7,860	4,050	21,582	80,969
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 Fall and Uplands (GFU)	589,180					1		1,428		9,984	11,413
Gulf Plains (GUP)	21,894,679	5,244	530,692		4,214	1,727	11	311,629	3,508	566,671	1,423,696
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)	24,162,527	6,846			1,046	2,759		46,405	389	181,950	239,395
Mount Isa Inlier (MII)	6,754,379	6,468				1,804		863		170,229	179,364
Mulga Lands (MUL)	18,606,551	9,289			23,277	1,027		217,771	5,182	78,379	334,926
Nandewar (NAN)	629,160	4,095						71	2	11,589	15,757
New England Tablelands (NET)	145,132	728				8		218	4	3,759	4,716
Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)	2,621,932	67			77,420	66		13,117	71	1,516	92,257
South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)	6,149,605	57,416	64,958	623	3,607	5,753	27	107,684	3,835	92,452	336,354
Wet Tropics (WET)	1,989,107	9,649	49,985	191	163	106	3	34,483	1,176	25,843	121,599

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