Biogeographic subregion 2021 wetland system extents

Definition of biogeographic subregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2021 wetland system extent by biogeographic subregion
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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)	lacustrine (unknown degree of modification)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified)	riverine
Total	173,140,542	319,232	1,160,628	4,461	513,938	39,196	61	2,840,081	84,039	2,573,968	7,535,604
Alice Tableland	2,866,760	438			20,062	133		39,199	398	24,603	84,832
Anakie Inlier	382,284	676				85		104	9	3,225	4,099
Arcadia	715,288	2,025			2,969	602	2	2,730	258	5,487	14,073
Armraynald Plains	1,589,437	827	1,451		22	453		34,948	727	54,514	92,944
Atherton	177,037	1,758			147	32	2	393	158	822	3,310
Banana - Auburn Ranges	1,547,555	4,121				3		124	76	14,611	18,934
Barakula	1,301,712	711			926	670		652	81	5,567	8,607
Barkly Tableland	2,180,576	166				82		17,483	151	29,541	47,423
Basalt Downs	1,274,731	17,500				321		213	14	11,166	29,213
Battle Camp Sandstones	504,564	9	1,220					769		4,940	6,938
Bellenden Ker - Lamb	271,116	2,398	102		6	< 1		773		934	4,213
Belyando Downs	1,772,127	5,219				1,728		5,520	580	23,140	36,186
Beucazon Hills	95,821	128				67		98		3,591	3,884
Bogie River Hills	1,054,731	3,700	2,947	57		274	< 1	163	660	39,954	47,755
Boomer Range	220,541	165				19		10	16	1,717	1,927
Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics	806,778	14,229				8		291	14	11,562	26,105
Broken River	3,309,590	5,726			874	657		5,993	136	123,041	136,427
Buckland Basalts	281,306	2				2		116		1,048	1,167
Bulloo	619,042	14			18,999			110,281	3	5,334	134,631
Bulloo Dunefields	1,077,211	55			22,952	52	1	23,860	30	2,630	49,579
Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands	706,909	6,814	17,794	17	13	1,429	11	27,550	696	11,173	65,497
Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges	1,031,742	9,182	31,905	147		2,194	< 1	4,363	166	14,614	62,570
Burringbar - Conondale Ranges	535,409	10,121	199	14		185	4	2,045	147	6,983	19,698
Byfield	128,140	17	163					2,726	< 1	3,442	6,348
Callide Creek Downs	301,303	1,372			67	2		671	64	2,029	4,206
Cape - Campaspe Plains	1,007,026	651			704	169	< 1	1,501	342	36,787	40,154
Cape River Hills	747,993	23,255			11	71		373	10	16,991	40,710
Cape York - Torres Strait	102,098	93	26,484		2			785		815	28,179
Carnarvon Ranges	2,263,686	231			721	258		651	49	6,098	8,008
Central Downs	9,378,817	2,964				1,375		5,326	61	22,638	32,363
Claraville Plains	3,738,013	198				8	3	70,626	466	53,031	124,333
Clarke - Connors Ranges	631,989	1,725	72			< 1		86	6	5,083	6,972
Claude River Downs	1,026,214	933			90	320		609	26	10,648	12,627
Coastal Plains	288,595	5	62,024					23,166		350	85,545
Coen - Yambo Inlier	2,313,476	264	14,372		12			6,311		28,577	49,535
Coongie	5,724				41			53		884	978
Cooper - Diamantina Plains	3,437,773	71			76,795	9		994,366	48	72,922	1,144,210
Culgoa - Bokhara	420,325	26,046			9	110		2,019	469	7,712	36,364
Cuttaburra - Paroo	644,047	61			18,275	5		52,584	621	599	72,145
Daintree - Bloomfield	358,119	102	5,389	12		24	< 1	2,685	1	3,218	11,431
Dawson River Downs	982,807	5,361			145	659		2,753	799	6,826	16,541
Debella	81,531	4,315	4,014			< 1		206	73	1,913	10,521
Dieri	259,083	1			5,384	16		2,783		1,123	9,307
Donors Plateau	2,449,964	2,489	9,237		264	817		21,193	173	55,662	89,835
Doomadgee Plains	1,684,750	55	534			18		22,766	6	18,634	42,013
Dulacca Downs	162,442	410				157		10	17	104	697
Eastern Darling Downs	1,698,060	11,657			66	439	< 1	1,808	470	5,516	19,957
Eastern Mulga Plains	1,563,269	513			405	180		13,001	211	404	14,713
Flinders	435,263	257				38		177	7	6,451	6,929
Georgetown - Croydon	1,041,407	1,082				347		340	38	23,858	25,664
Georgina - Eyre Plains	1,212,759	4			21,591	< 1		318,737	18	52,238	392,590
Georgina Limestone	1,437,914	170			516	43		9,141		8,514	18,383
Gilberton Plateau	1,403,937	223			784	13	4	2,349	120	11,712	15,206
Goneaway Tablelands	5,182,219	288			6,013	151	< 1	18,520	111	284,334	309,418
Great Sandy	362,412	92	10,641		3,073	16		37,792	14	1,264	52,892
Gympie Block	859,024	4,069	156			41		1,246	169	23,115	28,797
Herbert	222,189	690	14,629	2		17		7,517	826	10,672	34,352
Herberton - Wairuna	661,771	916			2,668	169	4	3,050	372	19,807	26,986
Hodgkinson Basin	1,607,221	2,225				3,818		403	3	31,542	37,990
Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau	2,208,468	242			148	47		14,560	210	49,543	64,750
Inglewood Sandstones	1,218,793	4,123			208	8		562	42	3,539	8,481
Innisfail	195,917	2,093	9,615	177		25	< 1	12,817	36	3,371	28,134
Isaac - Comet Downs	2,693,397	13,835			316	2,044	4	8,091	1,484	43,421	69,196
Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones	1,451,290	6	40,503		3,558			60,391		4,857	109,315
Jericho	1,486,926	522				104		2,062	42	11,317	14,046
Karumba Plains	1,070,737	51	496,279		1,219	104		27,323	390	6,814	532,181
Kidston	2,929,528	1,738			264	692		3,294	9	67,251	73,247
Kirrama - Hinchinbrook	283,165	1,492	684			< 1		450		1,610	4,238
Kynuna Plateau	2,293,311	651				190		747	64	36,244	37,896
Lake Pure	984,908	12			12,949	11		10,916		725	24,612
Langlo Plains	1,290,484	113				51		8,384		6,770	15,318
Laura Lowlands	1,791,536	116	9,080		124	16		35,347	14	18,907	63,605
Macalister	112,730	446	24			< 1		365	38	1,657	2,529
Macintyre - Weir Fan	291,967	12,005			212	689		4,118	1,437	8,949	27,411
Manifold	79,681	13	8,525	7				7,079	858	4,358	20,840
Marlborough Plains	1,216,837	10,691	125,107	1,068	519	699	< 1	8,883	37,648	17,737	202,352
McArthur	589,190					1		1,428		9,984	11,413
Mitchell - Gilbert Fans	5,262,816	485	9,299		1,619	68	3	104,423	656	231,494	348,047
Moonie - Barwon Interfluve	689,472	3,329			0	137		439	200	1,602	5,706
Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout	750,659	2,357				50		675	501	1,628	5,212
Moreton Basin	784,969	6,483	82	8		604	2	3,654	579	12,463	23,875
Mount Isa Inlier	4,641,852	5,926				1,763		73		108,380	116,141
Mount Morgan Ranges	1,275,970	3,935	96		33	2,955		720	250	7,817	15,805
Nandewar Northern Complex	629,398	4,095						71	2	11,624	15,792
Narrandool	16,500	405								7	412
Nebine Plains	1,207,796	65			2,066	76		66,728	1,795	697	71,426
Nebo - Connors Ranges	449,269	178				10		170	33	10,583	10,974
Noccundra Slopes	1,798,759	115			1,073	2		11,238		37,864	50,292
North Eastern Plains	660,369	266			500	55		1,078	397	10,625	12,922
Northern Bowen Basin	1,316,957	6,086			399	1,102		1,014	71	27,229	35,902
Northern Holroyd Plain	2,464,074	103	1,560		< 1			86,986		14,928	103,577
Northern Uplands	1,147,549	165				22		97		4,199	4,482
Paluma - Seaview	233,751	253				< 1		37		1,581	1,871
Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials	1,580,383	416			1,325	156		4,485	123	12,734	19,239
Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands	471,784	3,900	39,046	73	13	107	3	15,634	3,254	9,654	71,685
Scenic Rim	228,692	700				< 1		13	< 1	2,646	3,360
Simpson Desert	1,964,992				32,322			7,603	12	343	40,279
South Burnett	563,866	1,974				146		302	28	3,071	5,520
South Drummond Basin	1,009,244	880			35	275		960	114	9,670	11,934
Southern Downs	4,264,666	4,185			25	1,251		4,004	792	29,017	39,274
Southern Great Barrier Reef	272							< 1			< 1
Southern Wooded Downs	4,720,995	2,014				959		1,634	74	34,256	38,938
Southwestern Downs	3,715,454	674			530	75		11,897	32	44,267	57,475
Southwestern Plateaus & Floodouts	1,333,519	512				33		775		22,216	23,536
Stanthorpe Plateau	137,941	718				8		219	4	3,581	4,530
Starke Coastal Lowlands	513,912	229	19,401		1,686	11		11,312	43	8,504	41,186
Strzelecki Desert	402,443	66			39,708	50		2,732	60	49	42,665
Sturt Stony Desert	5,773,950	316			199,937	288		128,574	125	77,651	406,891
Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands	365,498	3,853	21,856	550	522	1,133	10	31,279	2,037	5,637	66,878
Tara Downs	511,339	1,362				191		920	67	394	2,934
Taroom Downs	652,005	1,353			430	347		2,195	269	7,155	11,749
Tenterfield Plateau	7,456	10								167	177
Thorntonia	779,074	30				8		14		39,633	39,686
Toko Plains	498,425				4,119	< 1		1,600		1,944	7,664
Townsville Plains	768,022	9,213	62,839	2,330	125	2,009	1	6,205	13,736	38,545	135,002
Tully	138,876	435	20,052		10	19		9,441	118	1,975	32,050
Undara - Toomba Basalts	2,076,208	458			1,158	181	1	52,572	476	26,709	81,557
Upper Belyando Floodout	466,275	412				180		249	133	955	1,930
Urisino Sandplains	860,249	30			71	1		7,566	96	1,103	8,867
Warrambool - Moonie	573,576	8,155			10	254		1,711	2,144	4,551	16,825
Warrego Plains	2,168,127	611			1,159	121		30,506	225	7,604	40,225
Weipa Plateau	2,875,674	1,616	70,068			154		59,544	248	12,579	144,210
Wellesley Islands	127,711	45	19,907					1,324		4	21,279
Weribone High	966,510	5,162				345		778	282	7,415	13,982
West Balonne Plains	1,991,194	6,759				361		5,731	1,347	1,306	15,505
West Bulloo	2,852,104	485			111	56		17,740	311	18,725	37,428
West Warrego	4,220,623	220			675	100		14,157	178	26,193	41,524
Whitsunday	91,153	60	3,067		2	15		47		97	3,287
Woodenbong	2,846	10									10
Woondoola Plains	2,375,110	652	206		158	199		12,125	759	85,361	99,460
Woorabinda	749,785	281				213		3,723	249	6,237	10,703
Wyarra Hills	397,935	257				135		283	37	6,531	7,243

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.