Biogeographic subregion 2001 wetland habitat extents
Definition of biogeographic subregion
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2001 wetland habitat extent by biogeographic subregion Download this table in .CSV format
Biogeographic subregion
Total area (ha )
Wetland area by habitat
Total wetland area (ha )
INT01a
INT01b
INT02
LA14
LA15
LC06
LC07
LC08a
LC08b
LC09
PA10
PA11a
PA11b
PA11c
PA12a
PA12b
PA12c
PA12d
PA13
PC02a
PC02b
PC02c
PC02d
PC04a
PC04c
PC04d
PC04e
PC05
XX99-P-A
XX99-P-C
Total
173,140,542
3,551
486,838
600,453
460,767
26,862
8,447
156
7,554
998
1,172
79,966
106,461
1,375,796
83,085
158,887
145,056
204,354
2,506
37
269,466
12,828
157,121
10,744
126,152
159,809
16,187
45
3,470
960
747
4,510,476
Alice Tableland
2,866,760
20,002
30,110
4,792
754
2,436
1,638
37
59,768
Anakie Inlier
382,284
45
67
112
Arcadia
715,288
2,980
367
17
1,673
931
5,968
Armraynald Plains
1,589,437
137
1,314
22,729
475
5,609
2,717
3,808
34
111
150
37,085
Atherton
177,037
147
42
262
247
697
Banana - Auburn Ranges
1,547,555
10
155
29
8
202
Barakula
1,301,712
1,036
27
39
443
89
126
1,760
Barkly Tableland
2,180,576
660
1,198
183
13,465
2,119
17,626
Basalt Downs
1,274,731
49
15
9
181
253
Battle Camp Sandstones
504,564
510
710
638
30
101
1,989
Bellenden Ker - Lamb
271,116
98
3
6
214
180
258
< 1
121
880
Belyando Downs
1,772,127
3,652
23
683
1,534
121
6,012
Beucazon Hills
95,821
17
83
100
Bogie River Hills
1,054,731
1,421
534
51
2
11
760
2,779
Boomer Range
220,541
< 1
26
26
Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics
806,778
14
5
14
274
307
Broken River
3,309,590
1,663
212
3,077
767
30
103
276
59
6,188
Buckland Basalts
281,306
116
116
Bulloo
619,042
19,002
344
1,865
59,437
15,231
13,077
20,232
129,188
Bulloo Dunefields
1,077,211
22,979
68
819
2,688
2,558
6,223
11,327
46,663
Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands
706,909
676
12,330
4,868
13
7,134
1,825
432
14,998
365
3,884
46,526
Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges
1,031,742
496
16,958
14,924
1,954
102
53
2,069
287
117
36,960
Burringbar - Conondale Ranges
535,409
15
150
43
91
7
1,807
327
4
2,445
Byfield
128,140
104
46
1,027
4
32
1,684
2,897
Callide Creek Downs
301,303
25
23
32
103
571
2
755
Cape - Campaspe Plains
1,007,026
174
93
122
809
432
10
0
1,640
Cape River Hills
747,993
11
118
< 1
182
10
322
Cape York - Torres Strait
102,098
21,860
4,621
2
490
106
186
27,265
Carnarvon Ranges
2,263,686
767
157
33
437
59
1,452
Central Downs
9,378,817
224
117
278
7
30
4,158
505
5,318
Claraville Plains
3,738,013
5,027
928
64,530
1
353
236
< 1
71,075
Clarke - Connors Ranges
631,989
28
43
84
9
0
164
Claude River Downs
1,026,214
90
277
8
323
698
Coastal Plains
288,595
14,622
47,328
5,084
248
8,076
1,404
8,262
85,025
Coen - Yambo Inlier
2,313,476
12,328
1,982
9
3,924
2,105
80
84
20,513
Coongie
5,724
41
3
17
9
6
6
82
Cooper - Diamantina Plains
3,437,773
76,627
2,257
4,254
952,013
15,584
3,936
14,386
1,069,058
Culgoa - Bokhara
420,325
9
1,032
156
0
941
302
2,440
Cuttaburra - Paroo
644,047
13,699
4,425
16,170
4,309
4,165
12,346
671
15,429
71,213
Daintree - Bloomfield
358,119
5,105
294
862
131
< 1
996
7
707
2
8,103
Dawson River Downs
982,807
145
211
372
314
2,850
55
3,948
Debella
81,531
2,585
1,433
223
45
16
4,303
Dieri
259,083
5,389
435
1,269
462
37
217
362
8,171
Donors Plateau
2,449,964
757
8,441
181
55
4,501
666
1,849
13,954
282
13
5
< 1
61
30,764
Doomadgee Plains
1,684,750
70
461
10,733
7,514
3,204
1,297
23,280
Dulacca Downs
162,442
10
2
15
27
Eastern Darling Downs
1,698,060
103
208
22
762
1,093
320
2,509
Eastern Mulga Plains
1,563,269
405
1,813
5,952
5,414
< 1
13,585
Flinders
435,263
94
21
7
7
129
Georgetown - Croydon
1,041,407
81
127
61
67
4
9
17
13
378
Georgina - Eyre Plains
1,212,759
21,514
7,775
8,404
295,029
239
6,369
635
339,965
Georgina Limestone
1,437,914
489
1,063
5,924
1
1,038
1,109
9,625
Gilberton Plateau
1,403,937
790
87
1,667
724
3,267
Goneaway Tablelands
5,182,219
5,958
71
2,656
7,159
1,051
2,473
5,095
24,463
Great Sandy
362,412
315
7,822
2,505
2,313
760
8,970
6,742
9,115
7,532
46
5,488
51,607
Gympie Block
859,024
3
117
34
9
952
439
28
1,581
Herbert
222,189
11,830
2,710
1,815
257
103
992
5,221
13
8
13
22,961
Herberton - Wairuna
661,771
0
0
839
81
2,414
103
39
3,476
Hodgkinson Basin
1,607,221
474
7
480
Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau
2,208,468
0
9,639
222
1,184
3,525
28
14,598
Inglewood Sandstones
1,218,793
208
127
10
373
65
31
813
Innisfail
195,917
9,273
452
2,579
904
25
6,327
693
368
22
1,975
22,617
Isaac - Comet Downs
2,693,397
326
3,415
929
2,289
3,114
243
10,316
Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones
1,451,290
34,139
6,325
3,215
6,812
47,765
906
3,901
103,063
Jericho
1,486,926
25
398
80
1,287
379
2,169
Karumba Plains
1,070,737
98,746
396,095
< 1
952
12
757
3,906
785
20,637
521,890
Kidston
2,929,528
11
23
2,340
567
215
5
144
3,304
Kirrama - Hinchinbrook
283,165
617
66
83
211
120
10
1,107
Kynuna Plateau
2,293,311
78
338
100
165
680
Lake Pure
984,908
12,617
37
1,163
1,887
333
1,120
6,317
23,474
Langlo Plains
1,290,484
1
33
7,329
634
630
8,627
Laura Lowlands
1,791,536
3,310
5,707
46
14,870
11,749
4,248
4,348
71
44,348
Macalister
112,730
20
4
28
318
28
11
15
8
431
Macintyre - Weir Fan
291,967
348
118
1,209
4,175
48
9
5,907
Manifold
79,681
7,352
1,168
3,280
1,420
700
2,519
20
16,459
Marlborough Plains
1,216,837
54,548
28,050
564
55
1,084
3
4,028
689
9,095
31,910
130,025
McArthur
589,190
843
518
67
1,428
Mitchell - Gilbert Fans
5,262,816
1,194
8,007
37,548
17,385
6,948
41,709
112,791
Moonie - Barwon Interfluve
689,472
0
227
20
36
367
650
Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout
750,659
< 1
8
32
175
897
20
1,133
Moreton Basin
784,969
15
67
1
777
1
1,282
2,265
2
4,409
Mount Isa Inlier
4,641,852
23
13
37
73
Mount Morgan Ranges
1,275,970
96
156
180
9
335
267
180
1,223
Nandewar Northern Complex
629,398
4
17
52
73
Narrandool
16,500
0
Nebine Plains
1,207,796
2,035
396
3,425
29,465
35,273
70,595
Nebo - Connors Ranges
449,269
35
33
134
203
Noccundra Slopes
1,798,759
1,073
74
338
7,243
173
1,546
1,648
12,094
North Eastern Plains
660,369
516
374
3
224
632
378
7
2,133
Northern Bowen Basin
1,316,957
335
16
140
101
371
505
1,468
Northern Holroyd Plain
2,464,074
697
842
72,357
4,893
310
8,444
87,541
Northern Uplands
1,147,549
24
63
2
90
Paluma - Seaview
233,751
6
23
< 1
8
37
Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials
1,580,383
1,303
222
351
129
1,642
1,554
5,202
Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands
471,784
28,477
10,627
8,596
4,135
2,946
3,538
58,319
Scenic Rim
228,692
< 1
14
14
Simpson Desert
1,964,992
32,227
3,438
1,138
20
1,936
1,072
39,831
South Burnett
563,866
23
313
336
South Drummond Basin
1,009,244
132
1
140
31
825
72
1,201
Southern Downs
4,264,666
52
0
101
1
30
1,693
2,934
166
4,977
Southern Great Barrier Reef
272
< 1
< 1
Southern Wooded Downs
4,720,995
640
512
19
304
46
153
2
1,676
Southwestern Downs
3,715,454
308
1
143
3,531
2
6,880
1,361
12,227
Southwestern Plateaus & Floodouts
1,333,519
696
52
27
775
Stanthorpe Plateau
137,941
223
223
Starke Coastal Lowlands
513,912
11,985
7,413
1,670
2,680
5,869
1,198
1,089
31,905
Strzelecki Desert
402,443
39,735
161
2
47
100
2,482
42,527
Sturt Stony Desert
5,773,950
199,518
17,214
12,698
34,961
15,482
25,671
22,323
327,867
Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands
365,498
2,031
15,220
4,900
286
239
6,557
2,472
3,879
17,925
712
1,901
56,123
Tara Downs
511,339
15
580
4
297
86
1
983
Taroom Downs
652,005
465
103
52
242
459
1,668
2,991
Tenterfield Plateau
7,456
0
Thorntonia
779,074
< 1
14
14
Toko Plains
498,425
4,067
171
203
4
975
247
5,667
Townsville Plains
768,022
27,955
9,720
701
109
125
1,254
228
564
17,317
57,973
Tully
138,876
18,666
1,303
4
2,077
541
124
5,838
342
127
4
629
29,654
Undara - Toomba Basalts
2,076,208
135
910
521
366
28,585
18,821
402
3,503
< 1
670
200
54,113
Upper Belyando Floodout
466,275
439
14
33
34
519
Urisino Sandplains
860,249
27
322
548
53
354
635
5,655
7,593
Warrambool - Moonie
573,576
28
1,003
< 1
72
10
192
1,925
152
3,382
Warrego Plains
2,168,127
817
7
3,150
3,264
3,314
13,687
7,505
31,743
Weipa Plateau
2,875,674
56,376
13,658
44,102
11
13,273
1,222
367
129,009
Wellesley Islands
127,711
6,294
13,526
887
410
25
21,142
Weribone High
966,510
< 1
20
30
464
552
19
1,085
West Balonne Plains
1,991,194
327
38
26
2,497
3,044
532
21
< 1
4
6,489
West Bulloo
2,852,104
16
496
6,348
296
4,406
225
164
5,709
17,660
West Warrego
4,220,623
604
< 1
143
2,648
3,400
2,245
796
5,012
14,849
Whitsunday
91,153
2,944
125
37
4
5
3,116
Woodenbong
2,846
0
Woondoola Plains
2,375,110
30
171
4,622
62
6,154
1,429
393
2
12
47
12,922
Woorabinda
749,785
2,235
443
151
694
552
4,075
Wyarra Hills
397,935
67
12
156
84
7
1
13
339
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of biogeographic subregions.
Wetland habitat code descriptions
INT01a
Mangroves - Casuarina
INT01b
Mangroves - other
INT02
Salt marsh and salt flats
LA14
Arid and semi-arid saline lake
LA15
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake
LC06
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake
LC07
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake
LC08a
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake
LC08b
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake
LC09
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
PA10
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp
PA11a
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp
PA11b
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp
PA11c
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
PA12a
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp
PA12b
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp
PA12c
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
PA12d
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp
PA13
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp
PC02a
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
PC02b
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp
PC02c
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
PC02d
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp
PC04a
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
PC04c
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
PC04d
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp
PC04e
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp
PC05
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp
XX99-P-A
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid
XX99-P-C
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal
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) Biogeographic subregion 2001 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2001/biogeographic-subregion.html