Bioregion 2021 wetland system extents

Definition of bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2021 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)	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
Brigalow Belt (BRB)	36,528,106	191,715	190,989	3,455	7,314	18,681	8	64,323	63,085	398,415	937,984
Cape York Peninsula (CYP)	12,305,219	2,440	244,712		5,383	181		284,611	305	94,458	632,091
Central Queensland Coast (CQC)	1,484,277	10,030	54,887	80	15	123	3	25,778	4,191	24,546	119,654
Channel Country (CHC)	23,217,288	941			441,880	580	2	1,631,264	405	538,042	2,613,115
Desert Uplands (DEU)	6,941,095	2,026			22,091	562	< 1	47,248	905	85,440	158,272
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)	11,625,726	12,144			4,964	5,863	6	65,652	1,034	292,208	381,871
Gulf Plains (GUP)	21,910,942	5,269	536,913		4,214	1,727	11	311,638	3,508	566,768	1,430,048
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)	24,162,329	6,895			1,047	2,762		46,404	389	181,909	239,407
Mulga Lands (MUL)	18,605,811	9,289			23,261	1,027		217,571	5,182	78,225	334,555
New England Tableland (NET)	774,795	4,823				8		290	6	15,372	20,499
Northwest Highlands (NWH)	7,343,636	6,468				1,805		2,290		180,213	190,777
Southeast Queensland (SEQ)	6,248,417	57,526	82,633	735	3,608	5,757	27	108,535	3,852	92,529	355,203
Wet Tropics (WET)	1,992,899	9,665	50,494	191	163	120	3	34,477	1,176	25,841	122,129

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.