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Biogeographic subregion 2019 wetland system extents

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based on wetland mapping version 6.0 metadata

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2019 wetland system extent by biogeographic subregion metadata
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Biogeographic subregion 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) palustrine (natural) palustrine (slightly modified) riverine
Total 173,140,542 312,926 1,146,215 4,192 514,453 37,578 2,829,177 80,718 2,427,939 7,353,197
Alice Tableland 2,866,760 428 19,289 109 42,153 424 25,415 87,819
Anakie Inlier 382,284 665 82 104 9 3,240 4,101
Arcadia 715,288 2,016 2,968 603 2,653 258 5,495 13,993
Armraynald Plains 1,589,437 827 1,451 22 445 34,766 726 54,499 92,736
Atherton 177,037 1,742 147 5 365 183 813 3,255
Banana - Auburn Ranges 1,547,555 4,113 3 125 76 14,565 18,880
Barakula 1,301,712 700 1,009 558 637 81 5,529 8,514
Barkly Tableland 2,180,576 166 82 17,483 151 29,497 47,378
Basalt Downs 1,274,731 17,470 319 223 14 11,246 29,272
Battle Camp Sandstones 504,564 9 1,220 769 4,940 6,938
Bellenden Ker - Lamb 271,116 2,396 102 6 < 1 771 915 4,190
Belyando Downs 1,772,127 4,949 1,688 5,505 580 23,161 35,883
Beucazon Hills 95,821 128 67 98 3,591 3,884
Bogie River Hills 1,054,731 3,582 2,895 57 259 292 588 27,962 35,634
Boomer Range 220,541 164 19 10 16 1,515 1,724
Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics 806,778 14,218 8 291 14 11,057 25,589
Broken River 3,309,590 5,665 874 631 5,930 136 130,647 143,883
Buckland Basalts 281,306 2 2 116 1,048 1,167
Bulloo 619,042 10 18,731 110,365 3 5,496 134,604
Bulloo Dunefields 1,077,211 55 22,958 54 24,319 30 2,629 50,043
Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands 706,909 6,773 17,689 17 13 1,412 26,678 655 10,637 63,876
Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges 1,031,742 9,178 31,992 31 2,190 4,038 148 13,739 61,316
Burringbar - Conondale Ranges 535,409 10,115 207 4 190 2,017 139 6,833 19,505
Byfield 128,140 17 163 2,710 < 1 3,443 6,333
Callide Creek Downs 301,303 1,329 25 2 676 56 2,014 4,101
Cape - Campaspe Plains 1,007,026 651 696 169 4,615 401 36,856 43,389
Cape River Hills 747,993 23,180 11 70 382 10 16,985 40,637
Cape York - Torres Strait 102,098 92 26,485 2 785 816 28,180
Carnarvon Ranges 2,263,686 231 755 208 670 33 6,100 7,997
Central Downs 9,378,817 2,916 1,370 5,086 61 23,696 33,128
Claraville Plains 3,738,013 198 12 70,634 466 53,270 124,579
Clarke - Connors Ranges 631,989 1,683 71 < 1 86 6 5,073 6,920
Claude River Downs 1,026,214 923 90 321 544 26 9,785 11,690
Coastal Plains 288,595 5 62,138 23,029 350 85,522
Coen - Yambo Inlier 2,313,476 258 14,372 12 4 6,311 28,575 49,532
Coongie 5,724 41 53 884 978
Cooper - Diamantina Plains 3,437,773 71 76,962 7 995,493 35 70,353 1,142,919
Culgoa - Bokhara 420,325 25,821 9 107 1,932 453 7,629 35,951
Cuttaburra - Paroo 644,047 35 18,296 4 52,512 529 599 71,975
Daintree - Bloomfield 358,119 126 5,369 12 10 2,651 1 3,149 11,318
Dawson River Downs 982,807 4,878 145 665 2,698 794 5,733 14,913
Debella 81,531 4,137 4,012 < 1 201 58 1,912 10,321
Dieri 259,083 1 5,384 2,772 1,123 9,280
Donors Plateau 2,449,964 2,480 9,239 302 817 21,104 173 55,757 89,871
Doomadgee Plains 1,684,750 55 534 18 22,766 6 18,634 42,013
Dulacca Downs 162,442 398 157 10 17 104 685
Eastern Darling Downs 1,698,060 11,444 66 394 1,777 469 6,240 20,389
Eastern Mulga Plains 1,563,269 506 405 179 13,020 146 404 14,660
Flinders 435,263 244 38 177 7 6,451 6,916
Georgetown - Croydon 1,041,407 1,246 347 340 38 23,857 25,829
Georgina - Eyre Plains 1,212,759 4 21,571 < 1 318,732 18 52,216 392,542
Georgina Limestone 1,437,914 170 516 43 9,141 8,515 18,385
Gilberton Plateau 1,403,937 206 782 15 2,349 120 12,109 15,581
Goneaway Tablelands 5,182,219 309 6,545 154 17,844 41 205,260 230,154
Great Sandy 362,412 90 10,641 3,069 15 39,141 12 1,269 54,236
Gympie Block 859,024 4,066 151 43 1,198 131 21,943 27,532
Herbert 222,189 598 14,597 2 16 7,064 772 10,493 33,542
Herberton - Wairuna 661,771 916 2,668 170 3,000 386 19,611 26,750
Hodgkinson Basin 1,607,221 2,082 3,814 385 3 31,354 37,639
Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau 2,208,468 268 149 47 14,524 210 49,553 64,750
Inglewood Sandstones 1,218,793 4,070 208 4 535 42 3,419 8,277
Innisfail 195,917 2,060 9,282 177 13 12,420 36 3,258 27,245
Isaac - Comet Downs 2,693,397 13,590 316 2,023 8,238 1,400 43,376 68,944
Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones 1,451,290 6 40,650 3,600 57,777 4,837 106,871
Jericho 1,486,926 522 104 2,466 42 11,314 14,447
Karumba Plains 1,070,737 45 483,171 1,230 17 25,865 68 6,768 517,164
Kidston 2,929,528 1,507 264 486 3,458 9 67,658 73,383
Kirrama - Hinchinbrook 283,165 1,474 682 < 1 465 1,598 4,220
Kynuna Plateau 2,293,311 625 177 747 64 35,988 37,602
Lake Pure 984,908 12 12,921 11 10,894 725 24,563
Langlo Plains 1,290,484 110 51 7,648 6,765 14,573
Laura Lowlands 1,791,536 110 9,080 124 16 35,349 14 18,907 63,600
Macalister 112,730 443 24 360 39 1,644 2,510
Macintyre - Weir Fan 291,967 9,835 197 622 3,021 814 8,894 23,383
Manifold 79,681 13 8,514 7 7,078 858 4,362 20,832
Marlborough Plains 1,216,837 10,601 125,280 954 593 597 8,693 37,554 17,673 201,946
McArthur 589,190 1 1,428 9,984 11,413
Mitchell - Gilbert Fans 5,262,816 476 7,905 1,620 70 101,789 307 229,962 342,129
Moonie - Barwon Interfluve 689,472 3,444 0 136 354 176 1,602 5,712
Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout 750,659 2,333 44 598 445 1,485 4,905
Moreton Basin 784,969 6,459 82 8 557 3,705 502 12,152 23,464
Mount Isa Inlier 4,641,852 5,914 1,763 73 108,380 116,129
Mount Morgan Ranges 1,275,970 4,392 96 131 2,472 722 250 7,249 15,312
Nandewar Northern Complex 629,398 4,091 71 2 11,677 15,841
Narrandool 16,500 393 7 400
Nebine Plains 1,207,796 64 2,066 74 66,676 1,755 579 71,214
Nebo - Connors Ranges 449,269 176 10 170 33 9,403 9,791
Noccundra Slopes 1,798,759 114 949 2 11,008 15,838 27,911
North Eastern Plains 660,369 266 516 55 1,113 397 10,793 13,141
Northern Bowen Basin 1,316,957 5,854 399 1,141 1,017 71 26,751 35,234
Northern Holroyd Plain 2,464,074 103 1,560 < 1 86,982 14,928 103,574
Northern Uplands 1,147,549 162 22 97 3,865 4,145
Paluma - Seaview 233,751 252 < 1 37 1,568 1,858
Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials 1,580,383 415 900 156 4,802 123 12,746 19,142
Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands 471,784 3,875 39,018 73 13 103 15,229 3,298 9,637 71,246
Scenic Rim 228,692 697 < 1 13 < 1 2,618 3,329
Simpson Desert 1,964,992 32,320 7,602 12 326 40,260
South Burnett 563,866 1,948 145 302 28 3,054 5,477
South Drummond Basin 1,009,244 851 35 271 959 114 9,158 11,389
Southern Downs 4,264,666 4,021 72 1,214 3,099 650 28,946 38,002
Southern Great Barrier Reef 272 < 1 < 1
Southern Wooded Downs 4,720,995 1,992 952 1,707 74 34,452 39,177
Southwestern Downs 3,715,454 674 715 75 11,690 32 44,256 57,442
Southwestern Plateaus & Floodouts 1,333,519 512 33 775 22,216 23,536
Stanthorpe Plateau 137,941 677 8 219 4 3,593 4,501
Starke Coastal Lowlands 513,912 228 19,403 1,686 9 11,310 43 8,456 41,136
Strzelecki Desert 402,443 66 39,695 25 2,733 51 49 42,619
Sturt Stony Desert 5,773,950 299 200,856 288 127,550 125 50,858 379,976
Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands 365,498 3,870 21,996 533 522 1,118 31,525 2,046 5,645 67,256
Tara Downs 511,339 1,116 190 759 83 394 2,543
Taroom Downs 652,005 1,171 430 332 2,111 201 7,181 11,425
Tenterfield Plateau 7,456 9 167 177
Thorntonia 779,074 30 8 14 39,633 39,686
Toko Plains 498,425 4,118 < 1 1,600 1,944 7,663
Townsville Plains 768,022 9,058 62,829 2,317 124 1,930 6,226 13,433 35,391 131,309
Tully 138,876 418 20,066 10 10 9,351 118 1,834 31,807
Undara - Toomba Basalts 2,076,208 425 1,128 184 52,126 475 27,463 81,802
Upper Belyando Floodout 466,275 358 180 233 133 955 1,859
Urisino Sandplains 860,249 30 70 1 7,533 84 1,103 8,822
Warrambool - Moonie 573,576 7,866 10 252 1,627 2,076 4,551 16,382
Warrego Plains 2,168,127 602 1,159 121 30,237 213 6,409 38,741
Weipa Plateau 2,875,674 1,616 70,067 153 59,025 248 12,291 143,400
Wellesley Islands 127,711 45 19,907 1,324 4 21,279
Weribone High 966,510 4,974 340 598 275 7,410 13,597
West Balonne Plains 1,991,194 6,671 361 5,531 1,346 1,295 15,204
West Bulloo 2,852,104 487 100 52 14,071 291 18,735 33,737
West Warrego 4,220,623 198 675 100 14,134 177 27,877 43,161
Whitsunday 91,153 59 3,067 2 15 47 96 3,286
Woodenbong 2,846 3 3
Woondoola Plains 2,375,110 652 206 158 180 12,069 93 85,076 98,434
Woorabinda 749,785 256 220 3,769 249 6,246 10,740
Wyarra Hills 397,935 238 135 303 37 5,881 6,594

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

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) Biogeographic subregion 2019 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent/biogeographic-subregion.html

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