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Water resource planning area 2005 wetland habitat extents

Definition of water resource planning area

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2005 wetland habitat extent by water resource planning area metadata
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Water resource planning area 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 292,655,161 3,118 518,851 1,025,917 921,315 52,628 11,538 156 10,125 10 2,179 159,892 206,439 2,747,971 165,182 288,551 274,759 384,426 5,910 74 460,054 10,500 260,237 16,617 148,336 222,555 20,050 43 3,455 990 787 7,922,667
Baffle Creek Basin 411,254 565 8,557 5,140 13 3,634 467 53 6,047 333 720 25,531
Barron 519,756 973 23 49 146 162 207 3 28 85 1,676
Border Rivers and Moonie 3,848,563 28 363 382 72 10 60 44 242 179 1,782 5,703 89 283 9,238
Boyne River Basin 250,213 2 807 823 5 37 1,673
Burdekin Basin 13,407,650 14,619 4,453 206 1,559 688 109 34 7,879 462 16,681 15,211 258 37 867 4,533 278 999 12,368 796 107 82,145
Burnett Basin 3,827,096 147 3,154 820 13 1,014 1,038 304 503 2,196 885 2,233 12,308
Calliope River Basin 223,608 3,995 937 22 4 52 15 12 5,037
Cape York 10,680,539 129,950 86,063 4,940 132,471 247 92,359 9,563 19,892 3,972 33 479,489
Condamine and Balonne 8,856,332 9 387 1,682 195 1,211 2,642 353 2,765 995 298 3,404 4,623 496 < 1 19,062
Cooper Creek 24,391,845 145,557 20,840 31,618 16,270 394,560 18,050 3,988 6,122 33,103 2 11 670,120
Fitzroy Basin 14,262,796 9,288 1,904 6,935 55 6,410 2,855 4,334 20,095 11,787 63,664
Georgina and Diamantina 26,600,964 275,723 30,922 25,529 913,258 19,721 230 62,210 37,921 1,365,514
Gold Coast 130,370 480 2,122 666 74 27 19 1,845 284 1 5,520
Great Artesian Basin and Other Regional Aquifers 122,289,235 193,530 500,885 460,605 25,766 3,130 4,931 1,007 79,946 99,985 1,372,187 82,153 129,322 130,017 180,283 2,842 37 213,084 258 122,140 6,013 33,386 93,031 3,973 29 40 3,738,581
Gulf 31,608,012 83,816 372,432 900 1,007 37,999 1,362 15,077 98,772 4,175 8,901 37,008 28,992 9,887 33,991 164 381 734,864
Logan Basin 415,282 260 1,377 492 136 6 2,583 643 5 5,502
Mary Basin 1,343,931 908 9,039 4,732 242 10 10,916 8,362 1,004 19,912 654 7,634 63,412
Mitchell 6,868,754 12,477 38,291 3,910 930 42,373 2,090 3,613 36,187 11 12 12 139,906
Moreton 1,562,430 756 4,502 2,256 1,547 99 39 9,945 2,199 722 22,067
Pioneer Valley 242,308 2,303 495 785 288 367 207 4,446
Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine 18,759,198 38,324 4,425 17,372 16,713 66,411 29,647 33,879 69,594 104,640 68 1 14 3 343 381,432
Wet Tropics 1,949,368 33,457 4,215 107 548 3,025 7,011 2,299 249 15,731 6,232 505 33 3,383 161 76,955
Whitsunday 205,658 4,885 1,290 1,273 2,595 1,268 3,215 14,526

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of water resource planning areas.

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) Water resource planning area 2005 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2005/water-resource-planning-area.html

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