Biogeographic subregion pre-clear wetland system extents

Definition of biogeographic subregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

Pre-clear wetland system extent by biogeographic subregion
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Biogeographic subregion	Total area (ha)	Wetland area by system				Total wetland area (ha)
		intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)	lacustrine (natural)	palustrine (natural)	riverine
Total	173,140,542	1,223,710	517,729	3,050,743	* n/a	* n/a
Alice Tableland	2,866,760		20,067	40,526	25,283	85,876
Anakie Inlier	382,284			115	4,084	4,199
Arcadia	715,288		3,224	3,141	* n/a	* n/a
Armraynald Plains	1,589,437	1,451	22	35,372	54,849	91,693
Atherton	177,037		147	1,013	915	2,075
Banana - Auburn Ranges	1,547,555			283	25,996	26,278
Barakula	1,301,712		1,099	1,096	* n/a	* n/a
Barkly Tableland	2,180,576			17,516	* n/a	* n/a
Basalt Downs	1,274,731			279	14,837	15,116
Battle Camp Sandstones	504,564	1,220		769	4,940	6,930
Bellenden Ker - Lamb	271,116	97	6	784	978	1,866
Belyando Downs	1,772,127			5,712	28,041	33,754
Beucazon Hills	95,821			111	3,838	3,950
Bogie River Hills	1,054,731	3,792		1,731	43,289	48,813
Boomer Range	220,541			10	2,269	2,279
Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics	806,778			474	19,342	19,817
Broken River	3,309,590		874	6,304	126,146	133,324
Buckland Basalts	281,306			116	1,064	1,180
Bulloo	619,042		18,999	110,325	5,335	134,659
Bulloo Dunefields	1,077,211		23,030	23,917	2,634	49,581
Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands	706,909	18,714	13	45,675	19,933	84,334
Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges	1,031,742	34,340		5,670	19,546	59,555
Burringbar - Conondale Ranges	535,409	284		4,516	14,236	19,035
Byfield	128,140	159		3,568	5,402	9,129
Callide Creek Downs	301,303		67	694	* n/a	* n/a
Cape - Campaspe Plains	1,007,026		704	1,735	37,856	40,295
Cape River Hills	747,993		11	550	19,783	20,345
Cape York - Torres Strait	102,098	26,516	2	802	825	28,145
Carnarvon Ranges	2,263,686		885	682	* n/a	* n/a
Central Downs	9,378,817			5,375	23,298	28,673
Claraville Plains	3,738,013			71,135	53,097	124,232
Clarke - Connors Ranges	631,989	72		508	6,659	7,239
Claude River Downs	1,026,214		90	683	* n/a	* n/a
Coastal Plains	288,595	62,647		23,242	353	86,241
Coen - Yambo Inlier	2,313,476	14,374	12	6,256	28,659	49,301
Coongie	5,724		41	53	884	979
Cooper - Diamantina Plains	3,437,773		76,809	994,502	73,008	1,144,318
Culgoa - Bokhara	420,325		1,275	2,190	* n/a	* n/a
Cuttaburra - Paroo	644,047		18,278	53,223	601	72,101
Daintree - Bloomfield	358,119	5,552		3,517	5,077	14,145
Dawson River Downs	982,807		145	3,145	8,241	11,531
Debella	81,531	4,142		504	* n/a	* n/a
Dieri	259,083		5,385	2,783	1,123	9,292
Donors Plateau	2,449,964	9,248	589	21,277	56,075	87,189
Doomadgee Plains	1,684,750	534		22,812	18,653	41,999
Dulacca Downs	162,442			10	* n/a	* n/a
Eastern Darling Downs	1,698,060		66	2,041	10,691	12,798
Eastern Mulga Plains	1,563,269		405	13,685	485	14,574
Flinders	435,263			177	6,498	6,675
Georgetown - Croydon	1,041,407			370	23,940	24,310
Georgina - Eyre Plains	1,212,759		21,595	318,732	52,252	392,579
Georgina Limestone	1,437,914		517	9,142	* n/a	* n/a
Gilberton Plateau	1,403,937		811	2,471	11,718	15,000
Goneaway Tablelands	5,182,219		6,027	18,562	285,755	310,344
Great Sandy	362,412	10,650	3,073	41,848	* n/a	* n/a
Gympie Block	859,024	165		1,834	31,996	33,994
Herbert	222,189	16,054		22,880	17,416	56,350
Herberton - Wairuna	661,771		2,668	3,486	20,043	26,197
Hodgkinson Basin	1,607,221			681	32,479	33,160
Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau	2,208,468		149	14,791	49,620	64,560
Inglewood Sandstones	1,218,793		326	714	4,062	5,103
Innisfail	195,917	10,747		25,603	7,460	43,809
Isaac - Comet Downs	2,693,397		317	13,818	54,697	68,831
Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones	1,451,290	40,509	3,581	60,423	4,858	109,371
Jericho	1,486,926			2,176	12,052	14,228
Karumba Plains	1,070,737	496,356	1,219	27,789	6,820	532,185
Kidston	2,929,528		264	3,485	67,523	71,272
Kirrama - Hinchinbrook	283,165	683		458	1,635	2,776
Kynuna Plateau	2,293,311			748	36,266	37,014
Lake Pure	984,908		12,969	10,919	726	24,613
Langlo Plains	1,290,484			8,648	7,765	16,414
Laura Lowlands	1,791,536	9,082	124	35,481	18,919	63,606
Macalister	112,730	24		477	1,868	2,369
Macintyre - Weir Fan	291,967		283	7,401	* n/a	* n/a
Manifold	79,681	9,428		7,121	5,319	21,868
Marlborough Plains	1,216,837	161,665	538	17,292	19,795	199,290
McArthur	589,190			1,428	9,986	11,414
Mitchell - Gilbert Fans	5,262,816	9,299	1,637	105,431	235,069	351,436
Moonie - Barwon Interfluve	689,472		< 1	604	2,295	2,899
Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout	750,659			1,254	* n/a	* n/a
Moreton Basin	784,969	83		9,188	19,297	28,569
Mount Isa Inlier	4,641,852			73	109,955	110,028
Mount Morgan Ranges	1,275,970	2	138	920	8,812	9,871
Nandewar Northern Complex	629,398			71	25,715	25,785
Narrandool	16,500		95		7	102
Nebine Plains	1,207,796		2,082	69,497	710	72,289
Nebo - Connors Ranges	449,269			170	11,269	11,438
Noccundra Slopes	1,798,759		1,073	11,242	37,874	50,189
North Eastern Plains	660,369		890	1,529	13,789	16,208
Northern Bowen Basin	1,316,957		412	2,115	30,312	32,840
Northern Holroyd Plain	2,464,074	1,560	< 1	87,355	14,966	103,882
Northern Uplands	1,147,549			98	4,199	4,298
Paluma - Seaview	233,751			37	1,585	1,622
Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials	1,580,383		1,325	4,632	13,003	18,961
Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands	471,784	40,698		50,299	13,602	104,599
Scenic Rim	228,692			18	4,027	4,045
Simpson Desert	1,964,992		32,322	7,604	345	40,272
South Burnett	563,866			442	3,967	4,408
South Drummond Basin	1,009,244		114	1,144	11,887	13,145
Southern Downs	4,264,666		27	4,746	* n/a	* n/a
Southern Great Barrier Reef	272			< 1		< 1
Southern Wooded Downs	4,720,995			1,635	35,902	37,537
Southwestern Downs	3,715,454		531	11,901	* n/a	* n/a
Southwestern Plateaus & Floodouts	1,333,519			775	22,233	23,008
Stanthorpe Plateau	137,941			266	7,351	7,617
Starke Coastal Lowlands	513,912	19,482	1,725	11,334	8,618	41,159
Strzelecki Desert	402,443		39,789	2,776	49	42,613
Sturt Stony Desert	5,773,950		200,113	128,752	77,703	406,568
Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands	365,498	28,108	525	79,022	12,230	119,886
Tara Downs	511,339			1,243	463	1,705
Taroom Downs	652,005		536	2,678	* n/a	* n/a
Tenterfield Plateau	7,456				181	181
Thorntonia	779,074			14	39,646	39,660
Toko Plains	498,425		4,119	1,600	1,944	7,663
Townsville Plains	768,022	72,597	217	13,070	46,847	132,730
Tully	138,876	20,041	2	22,127	2,276	44,446
Undara - Toomba Basalts	2,076,208		1,159	53,616	26,753	81,528
Upper Belyando Floodout	466,275			291	1,083	1,374
Urisino Sandplains	860,249		71	7,678	1,104	8,852
Warrambool - Moonie	573,576		10	3,306	* n/a	* n/a
Warrego Plains	2,168,127		1,165	31,104	7,690	39,960
Weipa Plateau	2,875,674	70,081		59,979	12,593	142,653
Wellesley Islands	127,711	19,949		1,324	4	21,277
Weribone High	966,510			884	8,921	9,805
West Balonne Plains	1,991,194			7,814	* n/a	* n/a
West Bulloo	2,852,104		111	18,020	* n/a	* n/a
West Warrego	4,220,623		674	14,435	26,634	41,744
Whitsunday	91,153	3,100	2	62	165	3,328
Woodenbong	2,846					0
Woondoola Plains	2,375,110	206	158	12,250	85,663	98,277
Woorabinda	749,785			4,487	8,284	12,772
Wyarra Hills	397,935			445	6,710	7,156

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

* Pre-clear riverine wetland statistics are not available in this area. A comprehensive evaluation is currently underway of the effect of identified limitations on the statistical analysis process used to monitor wetland extent change. During this time, selected riverine wetland statistics will be temporarily unavailable as they may be disproportionately impacted. It is expected that this evaluation will be completed in late 2024.

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.