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Aquatic Conservation Assessment (AquaBAMM) and other 2005 wetland habitat extents

Definition of Aquatic Conservation Assessment (AquaBAMM) and other

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2005 wetland habitat extent by Aquatic Conservation Assessment (AquaBAMM) and other metadata
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Aquatic Conservation Assessment 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 173,289,025 3,843 497,392 612,031 460,878 26,862 8,521 156 7,565 998 1,172 79,951 106,541 1,375,816 83,083 159,229 144,742 204,143 3,068 37 269,692 13,062 157,059 10,757 127,660 164,752 16,105 45 3,467 960 746 4,540,336
Baffle to Fitzroy coastal region 418,492 298 34,277 16,737 74 11 978 3 26 26 2,574 5,101 < 1 60,105
Cape York catchments 10,777,744 155,065 90,753 4,942 132,707 247 92,522 9,749 19,894 3,972 33 509,884
Eastern Gulf of Carpentaria 30,296,090 50,449 177,241 921 11,162 886 8,552 85,661 4,159 6,573 68,243 20,957 9,849 65,972 11 12 150 396 511,193
Great Barrier Reef catchments 32,838,347 29 162,798 63,836 3 1,559 7,684 156 164 34 7,880 462 17,196 17,533 258 37 28,890 1,426 19,044 5,040 45,342 63,959 505 34 3,422 796 351 448,441
Lake Eyre and Bulloo basins 51,022,919 421,452 20,840 62,545 41,888 1,307,863 37,826 4,220 68,224 71,052 2 11 2,035,924
Queensland Murray-Darling and Bulloo basins 31,458,206 38,321 4,462 750 17,372 18,774 66,592 29,718 35,101 72,357 105,055 2,809 1,305 1 491 5,188 10,669 585 284 409,835
South East Queensland catchments 2,456,026 2,480 22,536 8,648 525 248 14,668 9,440 4,491 30,680 3,286 7,689 104,691
Southern Gulf catchments 8,546,795 52,097 246,671 181 1,007 26,837 475 6,525 17,052 2 3,930 12,273 10,543 3,824 4,232 14 385,664
Wide Bay-Burnett catchments 167,103 3,445 637 2,074 750 3,599 28 8,502 45 19,080
Wide Bay-Burnett Great Barrier Reef connecting catchments 5,307,305 1,037 16,726 7,507 13 13 7,029 1,917 481 503 14,927 1,712 3,654 55,519

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of Aquatic Conservation Assessments (AquaBAMM) and others.

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) Aquatic Conservation Assessment (AquaBAMM) and other 2005 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2005/aca-bounding-area.html

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