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Great Barrier Reef 2019 wetland system extents

Definition of Great Barrier Reef

based on wetland mapping version 6.0 metadata

Display areas in
2019 wetland system extent by Great Barrier Reef metadata
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Great Barrier Reef 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 136,168,416 492,048 1,219,586 10,788 56,473 57,681 773,285 190,522 2,051,625 4,852,008
Great Barrier Reef catchments, reef and islands 51,245,150 164,680 443,403 3,649 20,846 19,254 267,821 63,828 684,081 1,667,562
Paddock to Reef (P2R) report cards 42,291,163 163,683 376,021 3,562 17,807 19,207 251,652 63,355 683,532 1,578,818
Water Quality Improvement Plans 42,632,103 163,686 400,162 3,576 17,820 19,220 253,812 63,339 684,012 1,605,627

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

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) Great Barrier Reef 2019 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent/great-barrier-reef.html

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