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IBRA bioregion 2005 wetland habitat extents

Definition of IBRA bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2005 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 3,542 472,420 597,827 460,745 26,863 8,447 156 7,553 998 1,172 79,946 106,454 1,375,783 83,028 159,230 144,743 204,144 3,068 37 268,763 13,059 157,059 10,732 125,074 159,648 16,103 45 3,467 960 746 4,491,813
Brigalow Belt North (BBN) 13,674,533 27 87,012 46,214 11 2,057 164 4,292 35 868 1,832 248 5,119 82 6,566 3,650 14,738 50,375 223,291
Brigalow Belt South (BBS) 21,596,722 96 0 6,042 < 1 0 3,985 1 2,010 5,602 13,262 4,102 35,101
Cape York Peninsula (CYP) 12,256,457 154,081 88,485 4,942 150,945 247 93,856 9,655 22,591 3,972 528,775
Central Mackay Coast (CMC) 1,464,208 39,919 13,355 12,852 1,345 4,920 7,156 3,556 83,103
Channel Country (CHC) 20,586,529 363,373 27,839 32,370 1,360,624 50,647 61,397 82,224 1,978,474
Coral Sea (COS) 17,167 0
Darling Riverine Plains (DRP) 1,286,683 37 348 2,030 157 72 952 192 2,746 118 1,210 4,309 48 9 12,228
Desert Uplands (DEU) 6,941,095 21,479 30,354 5,631 1,084 6,164 4,000 10 37 0 68,759
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU) 11,625,726 135 910 2,265 704 31,708 19,679 3,585 4,150 3,080 234 946 455 67,852
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 36,878 1,203 14,601 84,294 1 5,551 59,576 29,467 12,475 67,448 28 842,578
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 17,495 17,358 397 15,742 34,154 55,369 81,330 64 7 < 1 4 244,465
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 90,530
South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) 6,149,605 3,515 43,347 18,739 2,611 998 25,058 11,384 13,461 45,506 5,031 11,343 180,993
Wet Tropics (WET) 1,989,107 45,094 4,828 156 7,636 2,507 252 14,783 6,263 505 45 3,467 264 85,800

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 2005 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2005/ibra-bioregion.html

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