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Drainage division 2001 wetland habitat extents

Definition of drainage division

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2001 wetland habitat extent by drainage division metadata
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Drainage division 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 172,795,463 3,199 434,901 584,021 460,744 26,863 8,447 156 7,554 998 1,172 79,966 106,461 1,375,793 83,078 158,887 145,065 204,364 2,506 37 268,495 12,747 156,806 10,745 125,713 159,760 16,157 45 3,469 960 747 4,439,857
Bulloo 5,203,638 20,357 506 7,401 66,408 19,204 1,176 18,440 36,339 169,831
Gulf 45,317,909 181,479 466,400 900 2 1,007 37,999 1,362 15,115 102,699 4,175 9,949 193,492 261 89,579 16,948 80,642 432 11 12 164 396 1,203,024
Lake Eyre 50,994,021 421,317 20,840 62,544 41,803 1,307,827 37,783 4,227 68,211 71,034 2 11 2,035,600
Murray Darling 26,254,125 17,965 4,463 750 16,882 11,378 196 10,514 33,544 54,240 68,916 2,248 1,305 1 491 5,194 10,712 584 282 239,666
North East Coast 45,025,770 3,199 253,422 117,621 206 1,559 7,697 156 7,552 998 164 34 7,880 462 17,240 18,126 259 37 73,698 12,484 66,736 5,551 98,051 78,522 15,443 34 3,457 796 351 791,736

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

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) Drainage division 2001 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2001/drainage-division.html

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