Bioregion 2019 wetland system extents

Definition of bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2019 wetland system extent by bioregion
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Bioregion	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
Brigalow Belt (BRB)	36,528,106	186,587	191,100	3,328	7,595	17,637	61,487	61,513	377,914	907,162
Cape York Peninsula (CYP)	12,305,219	2,427	244,975		5,425	182	281,337	305	94,100	628,752
Central Queensland Coast (CQC)	1,484,277	9,784	54,845	80	15	119	25,350	4,220	24,523	118,937
Channel Country (CHC)	23,217,288	940			443,051	542	1,630,965	314	407,702	2,483,514
Desert Uplands (DEU)	6,941,095	2,016			20,885	538	54,036	990	86,331	164,797
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)	11,625,726	11,841			4,934	5,633	65,239	1,047	300,591	389,285
Gulf Plains (GUP)	21,910,942	5,252	522,414		4,262	1,620	307,189	2,170	565,631	1,408,537
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)	24,162,329	6,786			1,231	2,737	46,030	389	182,854	240,028
Mulga Lands (MUL)	18,605,811	9,133			23,287	1,021	212,571	4,939	78,425	329,375
New England Tableland (NET)	774,795	4,777				8	290	6	15,437	20,518
Northwest Highlands (NWH)	7,343,636	6,456				1,805	2,290		180,213	190,765
Southeast Queensland (SEQ)	6,248,417	57,417	82,759	592	3,605	5,680	108,908	3,676	88,947	351,584
Wet Tropics (WET)	1,992,899	9,509	50,121	191	163	56	33,484	1,149	25,271	119,945

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

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.