Biogeographic subregion 2019 wetland system extents

Definition of biogeographic subregion

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2019 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)	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.