IBRA subregion 2019 wetland system extents
Definition of IBRA subregion
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2019 wetland system extent by IBRA subregion Download this table in .CSV format
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 30 August 2024 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent/ibra-subregion.html