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IBRA subregion 2019 wetland system extents

Definition of IBRA subregion

based on wetland mapping version 6.0 metadata

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2019 wetland system extent by IBRA subregion metadata
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IBRA 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 172,991,370 312,861 1,129,055 4,177 514,431 37,562 2,828,998 80,717 2,428,267 7,336,068
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 2,180,778 166 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 504,409 9 1,211 769 4,940 6,929
Bellenden Ker-Lamb 271,062 2,396 101 6 < 1 771 914 4,188
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 1,054,392 3,582 2,783 57 259 292 588 27,961 35,521
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 619,009 10 18,727 110,360 3 5,496 134,595
Bulloo Dunefields 1,077,224 55 22,958 54 24,319 30 2,629 50,043
Burnett-Curtis Coastal Lowlands 700,181 6,773 16,899 17 13 1,412 26,657 655 10,637 63,065
Burnett-Curtis Hills and Ranges 962,583 9,138 16,783 31 2,190 3,289 148 13,565 45,145
Burringbar-Conondale Ranges 535,416 10,115 218 4 190 2,017 139 6,833 19,516
Byfield 127,697 17 204 2,710 < 1 3,443 6,374
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 94,367 92 26,353 2 784 815 28,046
Carnarvon Ranges 2,263,686 231 755 208 670 33 6,100 7,997
Castlereagh-Barwon 292,740 9,833 197 621 3,023 814 9,254 23,742
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 631,985 1,683 71 < 1 86 6 5,073 6,919
Claude River Downs 1,026,214 923 90 321 544 26 9,785 11,690
Coastal Plains 284,780 5 61,669 22,994 350 85,018
Coen-Yambo Inlier 2,312,126 258 14,271 12 4 6,302 28,574 49,421
Coongie 5,444 41 53 884 978
Cooper-Diamantina Plains 3,437,745 71 76,959 7 995,493 35 70,351 1,142,915
Coral Sea 17,167 0
Culgoa-Bokhara 420,365 25,821 9 107 1,932 453 7,629 35,951
Cuttaburra-Paroo 644,091 35 18,297 4 52,513 529 599 71,977
Daintree-Bloomfield 357,932 126 5,311 12 10 2,650 1 3,148 11,259
Dawson River Downs 982,807 4,878 145 665 2,698 794 5,733 14,913
Debella 80,964 4,137 3,919 < 1 201 58 1,912 10,228
Diamantina-Eyre 1,212,761 4 21,572 < 1 318,732 18 52,216 392,542
Dieri 259,127 1 5,384 2,772 1,124 9,281
Donors Plateau 2,449,964 2,480 9,239 302 817 21,104 173 55,757 89,871
Doomadgee Plains 1,684,677 55 534 18 22,766 6 18,634 42,013
Dulacca Downs 162,442 398 157 10 17 104 685
Eastern Darling Downs 1,697,945 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
Georgetown-Croydon 1,041,407 1,246 347 340 38 23,857 25,829
Georgina Limestone 1,437,909 170 516 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 356,502 90 9,803 3,069 15 39,098 12 1,269 53,356
Gympie Block 859,020 4,066 151 43 1,198 131 21,943 27,532
Herbert 220,920 598 14,474 2 16 7,063 772 10,493 33,418
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 1,219,008 4,070 208 4 535 42 3,498 8,357
Innisfail 195,200 2,060 9,185 177 13 12,420 36 3,258 27,148
Isaac-Comet Downs 2,693,397 13,590 316 2,023 8,238 1,400 43,376 68,944
Jardine-Pascoe Sandstones 1,444,223 6 40,359 3,600 57,777 4,837 106,579
Jericho 1,486,926 522 104 2,466 42 11,314 14,447
Karumba Plains 1,057,366 45 477,648 1,230 17 25,854 68 6,768 511,631
Kidston 2,929,528 1,507 264 486 3,458 9 67,658 73,383
Kirrama-Hinchinbrook 257,594 1,474 < 1 < 1 205 1,568 3,247
Kynuna Plateau 2,293,311 625 177 747 64 35,988 37,602
Lake Pure 984,217 12 12,921 11 10,894 725 24,563
Langlo Plains 1,290,484 110 51 7,648 6,765 14,573
Laura Lowlands 1,791,228 110 9,070 124 16 35,349 14 18,907 63,590
Macalister 112,652 443 23 360 39 1,644 2,509
Manifold 67,885 13 8,335 7 6,821 858 4,362 20,397
Marlborough Plains 1,250,611 10,611 137,250 954 593 597 9,696 37,554 17,847 215,103
McArthur 589,180 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 689,476 3,444 0 136 354 176 1,603 5,714
Moonie-Commoron Floodout 750,661 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 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 629,160 4,091 71 2 11,583 15,747
Narrandool 16,503 393 7 400
Nebine Plains 1,207,864 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 Downs 435,263 244 38 177 7 6,451 6,916
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 1,580,384 415 900 156 4,802 123 12,746 19,142
Proserpine-Sarina Lowlands 466,498 3,875 37,855 59 13 99 15,225 3,296 9,637 70,059
Scenic Rim 229,099 697 < 1 13 < 1 2,618 3,329
Simpson Desert 1,962,618 32,321 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 220 < 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 and Floodouts 1,333,519 512 33 775 22,216 23,536
Stanthorpe Plateau 137,535 677 8 218 4 3,593 4,499
Starke Coastal Lowlands 512,498 228 19,195 1,686 9 11,305 43 8,455 40,923
Strzelecki Desert 400,187 66 39,695 25 2,733 51 49 42,619
Sturt Stony Desert 5,771,058 299 200,841 288 127,553 125 50,855 379,961
Sunshine Coast-Gold Coast Lowlands 348,090 3,852 21,036 533 521 1,118 31,492 2,046 5,645 66,242
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 7,597 9 167 177
Thorntonia 779,008 30 8 14 39,633 39,686
Toko Plains 498,090 4,118 < 1 1,600 1,944 7,663
Townsville Plains 763,495 9,045 61,801 2,317 124 1,930 6,224 13,433 35,382 130,255
Tully 162,958 418 20,518 10 10 9,608 118 1,863 32,545
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 860,305 30 70 1 7,533 84 1,103 8,823
Warrambool-Moonie 573,578 7,866 10 252 1,627 2,076 4,551 16,382
Warrego Plains 2,168,635 602 1,159 121 30,248 213 6,409 38,752
Weipa Plateau 2,848,753 1,616 69,430 153 59,013 248 12,291 142,751
Wellesley Islands 124,893 45 19,231 1,324 4 20,603
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 4,220,686 198 675 100 14,134 177 27,877 43,161
Whitsunday 89,179 58 2,823 2 4 42 96 3,026
Woodenbong 2,879 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 IBRA 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.


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) IBRA subregion 2019 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent/ibra-subregion.html

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