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IBRA bioregion 2001 wetland habitat extents

Definition of IBRA bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 6.0 metadata

Display areas in
2001 wetland habitat extent by IBRA bioregion metadata
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IBRA bioregion Total area
(ha)		 Wetland area by habitat Total
wetland area
(ha)
INT01a INT01b INT02 LA14 LA15 LA16a LA16b 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 172,991,372 3,489 469,853 585,494 466,827 21,192 38 179 8,382 156 7,619 998 1,172 83,951 107,406 1,374,956 82,605 156,878 142,778 207,583 2,489 28 268,465 12,801 143,562 10,203 120,683 156,271 16,309 40 3,329 3,276 4,717 4,463,729
Brigalow Belt North (BBN) 13,674,533 27 86,992 45,750 11 1,992 164 4,234 89 875 250 4,888 81 740 3,431 14,995 54,091 1,833 2,197 222,640
Brigalow Belt South (BBS) 21,596,722 96 0 6,057 27 < 1 3,850 1 26 5,456 11,547 4,160 1,980 33,203
Cape York Peninsula (CYP) 12,256,457 153,752 89,075 4,999 150,041 247 91,872 9,542 22,557 3,824 525,908
Central Mackay Coast (CMC) 1,464,208 39,883 13,350 12,739 1,345 4,989 7,029 3,550 82,886
Channel Country (CHC) 20,586,529 364,880 27,741 33,915 1,359,690 50,554 59,033 83,616 1,979,431
Coral Sea (COS) 17,167 0
Darling Riverine Plains (DRP) 1,286,683 37 333 1,918 157 72 951 < 1 2,208 1,191 2,575 35 9 191 72 9,750
Desert Uplands (DEU) 6,941,095 20,264 34,811 5,816 3,651 5,951 4,754 10 28 4 75,288
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU) 11,625,726 135 880 0 2,267 804 31,401 23,401 3,327 686 3,006 128 1,226 168 67,428
Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU) 589,180 844 518 65 1,428
Gulf Plains (GUP) 21,894,679 100,751 413,917 786 38 179 12 1,007 37,325 1,203 13,952 84,260 1 5,570 60,244 29,185 12,173 60,872 8 20 821,506
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) 24,162,527 1,159 16 2,796 11,908 25 520 25,778 5,097 2 47,302
Mount Isa Inlier (MII) 6,754,379 756 13 52 27 14 863
Mulga Lands (MUL) 18,606,551 22,553 17,357 16,236 397 13,341 32,347 55,685 81,239 21 < 1 < 1 < 1 239,179
Nandewar (NAN) 629,160 17 52 4 73
New England Tablelands (NET) 145,132 222 222
Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) 2,621,932 77,315 4,025 1,271 1,600 104 2,254 3,905 90,474
South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) 6,149,605 3,462 43,582 18,610 2,608 998 26,113 11,128 13,460 45,090 4,893 11,703 181,646
Wet Tropics (WET) 1,989,107 44,796 4,792 156 7,262 2,606 108 14,656 5,984 500 40 3,329 276 84,504

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

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
LA16a Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake
LA16b Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan 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) IBRA bioregion 2001 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 1 February 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2001/ibra-bioregion.html

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