Biogeographic subregion pre-clear wetland system extents

Definition of biogeographic subregion

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

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	1,208,679	517,777	3,036,257	* n/a	* n/a
Alice Tableland	2,866,760		19,290	43,521	26,265	89,077
Anakie Inlier	382,284			115	4,082	4,197
Arcadia	715,288		3,224	3,063	* n/a	* n/a
Armraynald Plains	1,589,437	1,451	22	35,181	54,848	91,502
Atherton	177,037		147	1,001	908	2,055
Banana - Auburn Ranges	1,547,555			281	25,986	26,267
Barakula	1,301,712		1,097	1,083	* n/a	* n/a
Barkly Tableland	2,180,576			17,516	* n/a	* n/a
Basalt Downs	1,274,731			279	14,838	15,116
Battle Camp Sandstones	504,564	1,220		769	4,940	6,930
Bellenden Ker - Lamb	271,116	97	6	784	963	1,851
Belyando Downs	1,772,127			5,698	27,907	33,606
Beucazon Hills	95,821			111	3,838	3,950
Bogie River Hills	1,054,731	3,692		1,826	29,607	35,125
Boomer Range	220,541			10	2,023	2,033
Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics	806,778			474	18,993	19,468
Broken River	3,309,590		874	6,129	133,948	140,951
Buckland Basalts	281,306			116	1,064	1,180
Bulloo	619,042		18,729	110,410	5,503	134,641
Bulloo Dunefields	1,077,211		23,030	24,376	2,633	50,039
Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands	706,909	18,631	13	45,126	19,950	83,720
Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges	1,031,742	34,346		4,804	19,491	58,641
Burringbar - Conondale Ranges	535,409	287		4,468	13,244	17,999
Byfield	128,140	159		3,568	5,402	9,129
Callide Creek Downs	301,303		25	702	* n/a	* n/a
Cape - Campaspe Plains	1,007,026		697	5,225	37,868	43,789
Cape River Hills	747,993		11	559	19,774	20,345
Cape York - Torres Strait	102,098	26,516	2	802	825	28,145
Carnarvon Ranges	2,263,686		756	775	* n/a	* n/a
Central Downs	9,378,817			5,135	24,649	29,784
Claraville Plains	3,738,013			71,143	53,335	124,478
Clarke - Connors Ranges	631,989	72		508	6,659	7,239
Claude River Downs	1,026,214		90	597	* n/a	* n/a
Coastal Plains	288,595	62,761		23,105	353	86,218
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		76,976	995,626	70,431	1,143,033
Culgoa - Bokhara	420,325		1,275	2,077	* n/a	* n/a
Cuttaburra - Paroo	644,047		18,300	53,078	601	71,978
Daintree - Bloomfield	358,119	5,571		3,502	5,070	14,143
Dawson River Downs	982,807		145	3,026	6,864	10,034
Debella	81,531	4,138		504	* n/a	* n/a
Dieri	259,083		5,385	2,772	1,123	9,281
Donors Plateau	2,449,964	9,250	627	21,187	56,049	87,113
Doomadgee Plains	1,684,750	534		22,812	18,654	42,000
Dulacca Downs	162,442			10	* n/a	* n/a
Eastern Darling Downs	1,698,060		66	1,953	12,609	14,628
Eastern Mulga Plains	1,563,269		405	13,641	485	14,531
Flinders	435,263			177	6,498	6,675
Georgetown - Croydon	1,041,407			370	23,940	24,310
Georgina - Eyre Plains	1,212,759		21,576	318,734	52,230	392,539
Georgina Limestone	1,437,914		517	9,142	* n/a	* n/a
Gilberton Plateau	1,403,937		808	2,471	12,115	15,394
Goneaway Tablelands	5,182,219		6,558	17,886	206,575	231,019
Great Sandy	362,412	10,651	3,070	43,156	* n/a	* n/a
Gympie Block	859,024	161		1,808	31,859	33,828
Herbert	222,189	16,126		22,321	17,535	55,982
Herberton - Wairuna	661,771		2,668	3,480	20,012	26,160
Hodgkinson Basin	1,607,221			681	32,399	33,081
Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau	2,208,468		149	14,771	49,623	64,543
Inglewood Sandstones	1,218,793		326	669	3,807	4,802
Innisfail	195,917	10,768		25,358	7,416	43,543
Isaac - Comet Downs	2,693,397		317	13,929	54,527	68,773
Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones	1,451,290	40,648	3,624	57,807	4,838	106,917
Jericho	1,486,926			2,627	11,945	14,572
Karumba Plains	1,070,737	483,244	1,244	25,965	6,776	517,228
Kidston	2,929,528		264	3,494	68,055	71,813
Kirrama - Hinchinbrook	283,165	680		473	1,606	2,760
Kynuna Plateau	2,293,311			749	36,010	36,759
Lake Pure	984,908		12,941	10,897	726	24,563
Langlo Plains	1,290,484			7,869	7,760	15,629
Laura Lowlands	1,791,536	9,082	124	35,482	18,919	63,608
Macalister	112,730	24		477	1,869	2,370
Macintyre - Weir Fan	291,967		238	4,000	* n/a	* n/a
Manifold	79,681	9,417		7,121	5,319	21,856
Marlborough Plains	1,216,837	161,654	593	17,145	19,726	199,118
McArthur	589,190			1,428	9,986	11,414
Mitchell - Gilbert Fans	5,262,816	7,903	1,636	102,472	233,708	345,719
Moonie - Barwon Interfluve	689,472		< 1	562	2,295	2,856
Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout	750,659			954	* n/a	* n/a
Moreton Basin	784,969	83		9,040	18,521	27,645
Mount Isa Inlier	4,641,852			73	109,955	110,028
Mount Morgan Ranges	1,275,970	2	138	920	8,281	9,341
Nandewar Northern Complex	629,398			71	25,709	25,779
Narrandool	16,500		95		7	102
Nebine Plains	1,207,796		2,082	69,840	592	72,515
Nebo - Connors Ranges	449,269			170	9,965	10,134
Noccundra Slopes	1,798,759		949	11,012	15,845	27,807
North Eastern Plains	660,369		890	1,529	13,789	16,208
Northern Bowen Basin	1,316,957		412	2,105	29,582	32,100
Northern Holroyd Plain	2,464,074	1,560	< 1	87,352	14,966	103,878
Northern Uplands	1,147,549			98	3,865	3,963
Paluma - Seaview	233,751			37	1,576	1,613
Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials	1,580,383		900	4,949	12,998	18,847
Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands	471,784	40,768	13	50,205	13,600	104,586
Scenic Rim	228,692			18	4,005	4,023
Simpson Desert	1,964,992		32,322	7,604	329	40,255
South Burnett	563,866			428	3,730	4,159
South Drummond Basin	1,009,244		114	1,144	11,067	12,325
Southern Downs	4,264,666		75	3,719	* n/a	* n/a
Southern Great Barrier Reef	272			< 1		< 1
Southern Wooded Downs	4,720,995			1,708	36,071	37,779
Southwestern Downs	3,715,454		716	11,694	* 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	8,567	41,109
Strzelecki Desert	402,443		39,768	2,776	49	42,593
Sturt Stony Desert	5,773,950		201,048	127,726	50,874	379,648
Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands	365,498	27,794	525	79,158	12,086	119,563
Tara Downs	511,339			1,201	451	1,652
Taroom Downs	652,005		451	2,597	* 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	72,105	217	12,813	43,359	128,494
Tully	138,876	20,095	11	22,055	2,159	44,319
Undara - Toomba Basalts	2,076,208		1,129	53,146	27,540	81,815
Upper Belyando Floodout	466,275			275	1,072	1,347
Urisino Sandplains	860,249		71	7,638	1,104	8,813
Warrambool - Moonie	573,576		10	3,183	* n/a	* n/a
Warrego Plains	2,168,127		1,165	30,830	6,495	38,491
Weipa Plateau	2,875,674	70,078		59,443	12,305	141,826
Wellesley Islands	127,711	19,949		1,324	4	21,277
Weribone High	966,510			668	8,923	9,590
West Balonne Plains	1,991,194			7,555	* n/a	* n/a
West Bulloo	2,852,104		101	14,334	* n/a	* n/a
West Warrego	4,220,623		674	14,410	28,318	43,403
Whitsunday	91,153	3,100	2	62	165	3,328
Woodenbong	2,846					0
Woondoola Plains	2,375,110	206	158	12,187	85,376	97,927
Woorabinda	749,785			4,487	8,283	12,770
Wyarra Hills	397,935			445	6,030	6,475

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.