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IBRA bioregion 2001 wetland habitat extents

Definition of IBRA bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 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 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 3,546 472,439 597,982 460,745 26,863 8,447 156 7,553 998 1,172 79,966 106,461 1,375,793 83,078 158,887 145,065 204,364 2,506 37 269,358 12,815 157,089 10,745 126,122 159,804 16,185 45 3,470 960 747 4,493,398
Brigalow Belt North (BBN) 13,674,533 27 87,013 46,276 11 2,057 164 4,292 35 868 1,833 249 5,194 82 6,584 3,654 15,134 50,436 223,908
Brigalow Belt South (BBS) 21,596,722 96 0 6,042 < 1 0 4,061 1 2,012 5,612 13,413 4,154 35,391
Cape York Peninsula (CYP) 12,256,457 154,077 88,489 4,942 150,927 247 93,853 9,655 22,591 3,972 528,754
Central Mackay Coast (CMC) 1,464,208 39,925 13,367 13,063 1,345 4,921 7,170 3,559 83,350
Channel Country (CHC) 20,586,529 363,373 27,839 32,370 1,360,634 50,659 61,397 82,224 1,978,496
Coral Sea (COS) 17,167 0
Darling Riverine Plains (DRP) 1,286,683 37 348 2,035 157 72 951 192 2,226 118 1,210 4,328 48 9 11,731
Desert Uplands (DEU) 6,941,095 21,479 30,358 5,633 1,084 6,174 4,003 10 37 0 68,778
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU) 11,625,726 135 910 2,265 704 31,734 19,679 3,585 4,150 3,141 234 946 455 67,939
Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU) 589,180 843 518 67 1,428
Gulf Plains (GUP) 21,894,679 102,870 426,207 971 1,007 36,879 1,203 14,639 84,295 1 5,559 59,577 29,471 12,480 67,448 28 842,636
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) 24,162,527 797 225 2,796 11,801 25 520 25,695 5,419 2 47,281
Mount Isa Inlier (MII) 6,754,379 720 13 52 27 37 14 863
Mulga Lands (MUL) 18,606,551 18,119 4,426 17,511 17,358 397 15,742 33,774 55,691 81,540 21 7 < 1 4 244,590
Nandewar (NAN) 629,160 4 17 52 73
New England Tablelands (NET) 145,132 222 222
Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) 2,621,932 77,351 4,034 1,271 1,600 104 2,254 3,917 90,529
South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) 6,149,605 3,519 43,353 18,815 2,611 998 25,241 11,141 13,466 45,844 5,042 11,423 181,454
Wet Tropics (WET) 1,989,107 45,104 4,828 156 7,702 2,510 252 14,847 6,291 507 45 3,470 265 85,978

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
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 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2001/ibra-bioregion.html

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