IBRA bioregion 2019 wetland system extents

Definition of IBRA bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2019 wetland system extent by IBRA bioregion
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IBRA 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	172,991,372	312,861	1,129,055	4,177	514,431	37,562	2,828,998	80,717	2,428,267	7,336,068
Brigalow Belt North (BBN)	13,674,533	90,696	201,834	3,328	1,480	8,773	33,446	53,974	234,937	628,467
Brigalow Belt South (BBS)	21,596,722	52,366	96		5,900	7,883	22,462	4,196	122,147	215,050
Cape York Peninsula (CYP)	12,256,457	2,427	243,119		5,425	182	281,275	305	94,097	626,830
Central Mackay Coast (CMC)	1,464,208	9,784	53,207	66	15	104	25,085	4,219	24,523	117,002
Channel Country (CHC)	20,586,529	873			365,630	517	1,617,856	251	406,199	2,391,326
Coral Sea (COS)	17,167									0
Darling Riverine Plains (DRP)	1,286,683	43,519			216	980	6,582	3,344	21,435	76,076
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 Fall and Uplands (GFU)	589,180					1	1,428		9,984	11,413
Gulf Plains (GUP)	21,894,679	5,252	516,214		4,262	1,620	307,179	2,170	565,631	1,402,327
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)	24,162,527	6,786			1,231	2,737	46,030	389	182,854	240,028
Mount Isa Inlier (MII)	6,754,379	6,456				1,804	863		170,229	179,351
Mulga Lands (MUL)	18,606,551	9,133			23,288	1,021	212,583	4,939	78,425	329,388
Nandewar (NAN)	629,160	4,091					71	2	11,583	15,747
New England Tablelands (NET)	145,132	686				8	218	4	3,760	4,675
Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)	2,621,932	67			77,399	25	13,106	63	1,499	92,160
South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)	6,149,605	57,359	64,974	592	3,603	5,680	108,063	3,676	88,773	332,718
Wet Tropics (WET)	1,989,107	9,509	49,611	191	163	56	33,479	1,149	25,269	119,426

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