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Biogeographic subregion 2009 wetland habitat

Definition of biogeographic subregion

based on wetland mapping version 5.0 metadata

2009 wetland habitat extent by biogeographic subregion metadata
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Biogeographic subregion Total area
(km²)		 Wetland area by habitat Total
wetland area
(km²)
1 10 11a 11b 11c 12a 12b 12c 13 14 15 16a 16b 2a 2b 2c 3 30 31 4a 4b 4c 4d 5 50 6 7 8 8a 8b 9 99 M-1 M-11a M-11c M-12c M-2a M-2b M-2c M-30 M-31 M-40 M-4a M-4c M-5 M-50 M-6 M-9
Total 1,731,405.4 351.8 530.5 923.8 16,596.4 1,268.7 1,347.7 1,211.4 2,210.0 41.1 265.8 2,183.0 2,738.1 13.6 2,646.7 211.2 824.8 7.7 4,956.0 6,664.9 1,113.4 122.7 1,888.9 1.7 35.1 24,873.9 106.2 1.6 0.6 63.8 9.7 96.4 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 14.1 0.1 5.8 1.3 0.0 3,038.2 45.0 11.1 3.9 122.4 12.5 4.0 76,566.4
Alice Tableland 28,667.6 225.8 16.0 0.3 32.7 83.1 5.7 121.5 0.3 171.8 8.5 8.4 184.0 4.6 0.1 862.7
Anakie Inlier 3,822.8 1.1 0.0 27.1 6.4 34.7
Arcadia 7,152.9 0.2 16.8 11.1 62.2 0.0 36.6 21.7 0.4 149.0
Armraynald Plains 15,894.4 0.0 1.3 195.0 4.8 101.6 47.5 6.7 0.8 1.0 0.0 1.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 547.4 0.1 11.2 0.7 920.6
Atherton 1,770.4 0.4 6.1 7.8 1.5 0.2 3.0 14.5 0.0 33.5
Banana - Auburn Ranges 15,475.5 0.1 0.2 1.6 133.6 39.9 175.4
Barakula 13,017.1 0.2 0.2 0.7 5.9 57.2 10.2 0.0 0.0 4.5 6.3 85.3
Barkly Tableland 21,805.8 9.1 22.9 1.8 132.1 21.2 0.0 567.1 1.7 0.7 756.5
Basalt Downs 12,747.3 0.0 0.5 1.8 0.1 106.4 0.0 176.5 0.0 285.4
Battle Camp Sandstones 5,045.6 0.0 3.6 3.2 5.1 7.6 1.1 48.7 0.1 69.4
Bellenden Ker - Lamb 2,711.2 0.0 0.4 1.8 1.0 0.1 1.4 0.0 2.8 8.3 0.1 0.5 25.9 0.0 42.1
Belyando Downs 17,721.3 10.5 1.1 46.8 3.2 236.0 0.5 59.6 0.6 358.3
Beucazon Hills 958.2 0.8 0.4 35.3 1.9 38.4
Bogie River Hills 10,547.3 0.8 14.2 15.6 0.7 7.9 270.9 0.1 0.2 34.2 0.5 0.1 345.3
Boomer Range 2,205.4 0.3 0.0 24.1 0.5 24.9
Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics 8,067.8 0.1 0.0 3.3 89.9 0.1 138.0 2.3 233.7
Broken River 33,095.9 23.9 0.3 23.6 2.7 0.0 15.9 1,262.3 54.9 4.9 1,388.5
Buckland Basalts 2,813.1 1.2 9.7 0.0 10.9
Bulloo 6,190.4 0.3 1.3 1,056.7 526.7 10.9 142.1 206.8 205.7 7.7 50.3 0.0 2,208.5
Bulloo Dunefields 10,772.1 0.4 35.6 25.2 7.6 64.0 128.9 2.3 216.1 0.0 25.7 0.9 506.7
Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands 7,069.1 68.4 18.2 4.3 130.8 48.3 145.9 38.1 4.8 125.3 2.9 0.2 0.9 0.0 53.6 0.1 15.8 657.6
Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges 10,317.4 16.7 0.9 0.5 173.1 151.5 20.1 1.1 2.7 147.0 0.3 0.4 115.0 629.3
Burringbar - Conondale Ranges 5,354.1 0.9 0.1 1.7 0.6 17.5 0.0 4.4 70.8 0.9 0.5 0.0 97.5 0.0 0.1 1.3 0.0 196.2
Byfield 1,281.4 1.7 1.7 0.0 1.2 0.5 6.9 0.1 35.4 0.2 47.7
Callide Creek Downs 3,013.0 0.2 6.1 1.4 28.2 2.0 10.2 0.1 0.1 48.3
Cape - Campaspe Plains 10,070.3 4.9 39.4 2.2 1.6 2.4 5.0 0.0 0.0 362.0 7.3 424.7
Cape River Hills 7,479.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.3 1.4 167.5 0.1 243.5 414.9
Cape York - Torres Strait 1,021.0 10.8 4.8 0.0 218.9 36.4 1.9 6.6 0.0 0.9 280.3
Carnarvon Ranges 22,636.9 4.7 3.2 50.8 6.4 3.0 1.7 69.8
Central Downs 93,788.2 1.6 2.9 0.4 0.3 0.5 4.7 235.1 41.4 0.3 287.2
Claraville Plains 37,380.1 109.3 32.3 561.8 0.0 0.1 22.2 0.0 551.3 1.3 1,278.3
Clarke - Connors Ranges 6,319.9 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 51.1 15.2 0.1 67.1
Claude River Downs 10,262.1 5.8 0.2 99.2 1.3 9.9 0.1 116.4
Coastal Plains 2,885.9 4.8 18.4 0.0 159.9 550.2 0.0 172.2 3.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 908.6
Coen - Yambo Inlier 23,134.8 1.3 30.8 7.6 1.9 130.5 23.3 0.2 8.0 287.2 0.2 1.9 493.0
Coongie 57.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5 8.8 9.7
Cooper - Diamantina Plains 34,377.7 19.9 7.0 10,954.8 166.8 1.1 30.0 168.7 702.8 103.4 0.3 652.2 0.5 0.1 12,807.6
Culgoa - Bokhara 4,203.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.1 3.4 1.6 71.4 0.5 0.2 244.4 0.9 0.2 11.8 343.4
Cuttaburra - Paroo 6,440.5 44.0 64.2 43.5 8.6 293.9 0.7 73.2 1.4 127.2 8.3 3.6 0.3 668.8
Daintree - Bloomfield 3,581.2 0.6 9.1 0.9 51.5 2.9 6.0 0.1 7.2 33.7 0.2 0.3 0.0 1.0 113.4
Dawson River Downs 9,828.1 0.0 2.1 32.0 4.9 56.4 1.4 43.0 2.0 0.1 4.2 146.1
Debella 815.3 0.1 0.0 25.9 14.3 0.1 0.4 20.4 39.8 100.9
Dieri 2,590.8 3.4 7.1 4.8 0.4 5.6 2.0 4.5 1.7 51.8 11.2 0.0 92.5
Donors Plateau 24,499.6 2.4 32.6 6.7 29.3 140.1 1.1 3.2 0.6 0.3 6.7 62.7 0.0 554.9 0.0 0.6 24.8 0.0 866.2
Doomadgee Plains 16,847.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 183.2 0.6 10.9 26.0 16.3 199.9 0.1 0.1 1.5 0.0 439.2
Dulacca Downs 1,624.4 0.3 1.7 1.2 3.9 7.0
Eastern Darling Downs 16,980.6 2.2 0.3 9.3 14.3 58.2 0.1 0.6 0.1 101.3 0.5 1.9 6.0 0.2 195.0
Eastern Mulga Plains 15,632.7 0.5 0.8 7.4 49.9 56.8 0.0 48.7 5.3 0.6 169.9
Flinders 4,352.6 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 103.3 2.6 107.5
Georgetown - Croydon 10,414.1 1.2 1.9 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 245.1 13.4 262.6
Georgina - Eyre Plains 12,127.6 52.7 78.7 3,565.4 5.3 4.9 72.9 8.6 147.0 75.5 0.3 500.7 0.0 4,512.0
Georgina Limestone 14,379.1 10.6 59.2 0.0 7.2 11.1 0.4 8.0 85.8 2.0 0.2 184.6
Gilberton Plateau 14,039.4 1.6 0.9 5.2 7.2 6.6 1.7 9.9 135.6 1.6 170.1
Goneaway Tablelands 51,822.2 1.4 71.7 10.7 25.4 19.4 51.1 2.9 62.3 0.2 1,828.9 4.3 0.1 2,078.5
Great Sandy 3,624.1 94.1 61.3 113.8 81.8 25.3 77.3 63.9 0.6 16.5 5.4 8.0 0.1 0.8 548.8
Gympie Block 8,590.2 0.1 0.1 1.3 0.2 9.0 0.3 5.4 235.2 0.1 0.0 30.4 0.0 5.5 287.6
Herbert 2,221.9 8.8 12.0 11.5 120.6 29.6 11.0 30.0 0.3 103.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.5 2.9 1.3 1.1 0.3 334.1
Herberton - Wairuna 6,617.7 30.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 29.9 0.0 185.7 10.3 0.0 256.7
Hodgkinson Basin 16,072.2 5.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 299.1 0.0 54.3 1.6 360.6
Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau 22,084.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 89.8 2.1 0.5 8.5 39.5 495.5 2.0 0.4 2.0 640.1
Inglewood Sandstones 12,187.9 1.1 0.2 3.8 47.2 0.8 4.3 33.6 0.0 0.0 0.6 91.7
Innisfail 1,959.2 4.9 24.5 4.0 11.2 92.2 3.3 55.9 1.5 18.6 32.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 4.5 6.2 0.8 3.9 264.6
Isaac - Comet Downs 26,934.0 32.7 3.0 41.9 27.2 458.6 0.7 0.1 119.3 1.0 0.0 3.7 1.4 689.7
Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones 14,512.9 4.4 85.3 33.2 435.9 353.6 75.9 2.1 17.4 0.0 46.7 0.0 39.9 0.0 1,094.5
Jericho 14,869.3 3.8 4.5 13.1 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 103.7 0.0 5.4 0.1 134.8
Karumba Plains 10,707.4 37.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.4 28.8 978.2 3,790.0 4.5 0.4 205.9 71.0 19.7 0.1 0.4 5,150.1
Kidston 29,295.3 7.4 0.0 1.2 1.3 0.0 25.7 0.0 0.0 747.7 17.1 800.6
Kirrama - Hinchinbrook 2,831.6 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.1 6.2 0.6 1.4 0.1 16.4 14.7 42.5
Kynuna Plateau 22,933.1 2.1 3.4 0.0 1.8 0.8 408.4 6.6 0.0 423.1
Lake Pure 9,849.1 1.7 22.9 3.3 0.6 11.3 78.0 29.6 111.0 7.3 0.0 265.5
Langlo Plains 12,904.8 29.4 0.1 0.0 6.6 6.5 32.6 66.5 1.5 143.1
Laura Lowlands 17,915.4 0.0 99.3 0.2 8.7 30.6 77.6 6.1 125.9 177.2 0.8 1.0 0.9 528.3
Macalister 1,127.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 3.0 0.0 0.1 15.7 0.0 3.8 0.4 23.8
Macintyre - Weir Fan 2,919.7 0.2 34.1 10.4 0.1 103.7 4.8 0.3 0.3 92.2 4.0 0.2 4.4 0.6 0.1 255.5
Manifold 796.8 3.3 29.2 14.2 1.2 73.9 11.1 25.0 5.2 43.9 0.1 0.1 207.3
Marlborough Plains 12,168.4 195.7 7.7 0.0 0.1 547.8 738.9 85.6 152.1 172.2 1.8 4.1 78.9 17.2 0.4 27.2 2,029.6
McArthur 5,891.9 8.9 0.3 4.9 0.0 99.6 0.0 113.6
Mitchell - Gilbert Fans 52,628.2 4.1 0.5 1.4 0.9 0.3 477.7 77.2 11.9 55.3 12.2 0.8 429.5 2,650.7 20.1 0.7 2.2 3,745.5
Moonie - Barwon Interfluve 6,894.7 1.9 2.2 0.6 13.5 0.0 0.9 10.9 25.1 0.1 55.1
Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout 7,506.6 1.3 0.4 6.6 2.5 20.2 0.0 0.1 1.0 22.4 0.2 0.0 0.8 55.6
Moreton Basin 7,849.7 7.6 0.0 0.7 0.1 12.8 24.6 122.7 1.4 4.0 0.0 0.0 48.5 0.1 0.1 1.4 0.0 223.9
Mount Isa Inlier 46,418.5 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 1,221.3 67.6 0.6 1,290.3
Mount Morgan Ranges 12,759.7 1.8 0.0 1.5 3.1 5.0 90.9 0.2 10.1 56.5 0.0 0.1 2.3 171.4
Nandewar Northern Complex 6,294.0 0.5 0.0 0.2 91.6 40.8 0.5 133.5
Narrandool 165.0 0.0 0.6 3.0 0.0 3.6
Nebine Plains 12,078.0 3.3 0.1 0.5 224.3 341.1 16.3 0.3 1.0 1.7 56.4 0.9 0.2 646.2
Nebo - Connors Ranges 4,492.7 0.0 0.3 1.7 95.1 1.5 0.0 98.7
Noccundra Slopes 17,987.6 0.5 74.3 2.6 2.0 11.2 22.0 1.5 7.7 157.9 1.2 280.7
North Eastern Plains 6,603.7 0.2 0.9 0.6 12.2 0.0 100.6 3.0 117.6
Northern Bowen Basin 13,169.6 13.1 0.0 5.3 3.6 261.7 3.4 56.4 1.2 344.7
Northern Holroyd Plain 24,640.7 1.1 718.7 0.2 7.3 13.2 12.9 143.1 145.2 0.3 1,041.9
Northern Uplands 11,475.5 0.9 0.1 31.7 1.7 0.0 34.4
Paluma - Seaview 2,337.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 15.7 2.5 18.5
Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials 15,803.8 0.4 8.2 3.6 20.1 59.8 9.0 2.0 115.6 5.3 0.0 224.0
Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands 4,717.8 22.2 3.3 0.2 283.7 106.6 18.2 59.1 109.3 1.8 0.3 0.0 26.6 1.2 5.4 0.0 638.0
Scenic Rim 2,286.9 0.0 0.2 24.6 5.1 0.1 30.0
Simpson Desert 19,649.9 32.7 12.7 0.2 20.0 12.2 12.8 310.4 0.3 3.3 404.6
South Burnett 5,638.7 3.7 29.2 1.3 0.0 0.0 17.3 0.2 0.6 52.3
South Drummond Basin 10,092.4 0.0 10.2 1.1 93.4 0.0 1.4 6.7 112.8
Southern Downs 42,646.7 0.0 0.0 1.6 19.4 18.0 290.7 2.9 0.1 0.1 38.6 3.9 0.1 0.3 375.5
Southern Great Barrier Reef 2.7 0.0
Southern Wooded Downs 47,209.9 6.9 6.0 0.3 3.0 0.5 1.5 0.3 0.0 466.4 28.4 0.1 513.2
Southwestern Downs 37,154.5 1.5 35.3 0.1 0.0 68.8 10.5 1.7 0.1 6.4 0.1 599.9 6.7 0.2 731.1
Southwestern Plateaus & Floodouts 13,335.2 7.0 0.5 0.3 244.3 5.0 0.2 257.2
Stanthorpe Plateau 1,379.4 0.1 2.1 34.2 5.8 0.8 43.0
Starke Coastal Lowlands 5,139.1 2.0 0.2 14.1 3.2 0.1 28.1 41.8 10.6 2.7 120.3 80.8 1.1 0.4 64.0 0.6 16.2 1.2 387.4
Strzelecki Desert 4,024.4 0.1 0.5 0.0 1.0 25.2 396.4 0.5 0.7 424.3
Sturt Stony Desert 57,739.5 144.1 24.3 462.2 159.5 92.7 178.9 247.2 1,016.7 1,013.4 1.4 500.6 3.4 0.1 3,844.5
Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands 3,655.0 0.5 61.2 28.7 49.7 178.0 51.0 167.1 18.0 6.1 63.2 0.7 0.0 0.9 1.7 7.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 41.8 3.6 0.2 0.6 0.1 2.3 684.0
Tara Downs 5,113.4 5.1 0.1 0.7 2.7 3.4 0.5 1.2 0.6 6.2 5.4 25.9
Taroom Downs 6,520.0 0.4 0.1 2.5 25.9 92.9 0.8 3.0 8.5 0.0 1.3 0.0 135.5
Tenterfield Plateau 74.6 1.7 0.1 1.8
Thorntonia 7,790.7 0.1 396.0 0.3 396.5
Toko Plains 4,984.3 0.0 2.0 0.0 9.9 2.5 7.3 33.6 14.7 70.0
Townsville Plains 7,680.2 29.3 0.2 0.2 275.4 379.1 12.2 0.0 153.1 352.9 0.7 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 85.3 0.1 3.7 3.3 1,302.5
Tully 1,388.8 4.5 16.7 0.9 2.0 190.0 13.0 57.7 2.8 5.9 19.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 3.1 1.7 0.4 0.0 318.7
Undara - Toomba Basalts 20,762.1 199.5 3.3 252.1 6.4 0.0 0.2 1.1 45.7 270.5 4.4 783.3
Upper Belyando Floodout 4,662.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 3.0 1.3 9.6 1.6 3.0 18.7
Urisino Sandplains 8,602.5 1.1 0.9 5.1 0.0 6.4 55.6 0.3 1.0 0.7 5.2 0.2 76.7
Warrambool - Moonie 5,735.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.4 6.4 0.0 40.1 18.8 0.5 75.8 0.3 4.8 160.0
Warrego Plains 21,681.3 0.0 3.9 37.0 0.9 0.2 103.4 93.9 21.8 1.8 57.9 5.8 0.9 327.4
Weipa Plateau 28,756.7 12.7 433.6 0.0 37.5 1.0 583.2 142.7 5.2 88.6 115.5 11.0 1,431.2
Wellesley Islands 1,277.1 0.0 8.5 4.6 65.5 141.8 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 221.5
Weribone High 9,665.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 3.3 3.0 74.2 2.1 51.0 0.1 133.6
West Balonne Plains 19,911.9 0.5 2.9 5.0 8.9 27.7 5.1 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 67.0 1.0 129.6
West Bulloo 28,521.0 0.1 20.2 41.9 2.3 4.3 63.5 1.2 6.1 0.2 74.2 4.3 0.1 218.3
West Warrego 42,206.2 0.4 10.7 30.2 1.6 0.4 0.1 61.9 0.3 0.1 3.4 20.8 0.1 68.9 2.6 201.5
Whitsunday 911.5 0.3 29.1 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.5 31.8
Woodenbong 28.5 0.0 0.0
Woondoola Plains 23,751.1 1.8 8.8 0.5 90.1 17.6 0.8 1.6 0.5 0.0 0.3 1.1 891.7 8.6 0.4 1,023.9
Woorabinda 7,497.8 21.7 0.2 11.8 7.2 64.3 0.0 3.8 108.9
Wyarra Hills 3,979.4 1.9 0.8 1.0 47.7 0.6 0.2 2.6 0.2 55.0

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

Habitat code descriptions
1 Coastal and sub-coastal saline swamp
10 Arid and semi-arid saline swamp
11a Arid and semi-arid tree swamp (floodplain)
11b Arid and semi-arid lignum swamp (floodplain)
11c Arid and semi-arid grass, sedge and herb swamp (floodplain)
12a Arid and semi-arid tree swamp (non-floodplain)
12b Arid and semi-arid lignum swamp (non-floodplain)
12c Arid and semi-arid grass, sedge and herb swamp (non-floodplain)
13 Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain spring swamp
14 Arid and semi-arid saline lake
15 Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake
16a Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain lake
16b Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain lake—claypans
2a Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp.
2b Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp
2c Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass sedge and herb swamp
3 Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain spring swamp
30 Estuarine - mangroves and related tree communities
31 Estuarine - salt flats and saltmarshes
4a Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp.
4b Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp
4c Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp
4d Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lignum swamps
5 Coastal and sub-coastal tree swamp—Palm
50 Riverine
6 Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake
7 Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake
8 Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand lake
8a Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand lake—Window
8b Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand lake—Perched
9 Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
99 UNASSIGNED Palustrine or Lacustrine
M-1 (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal saline swamp
M-11a (modified natural) Arid and semi-arid tree swamp (floodplain)
M-11c (modified natural) Arid and semi-arid grass, sedge and herb swamp (floodplain)
M-12c (modified natural) Arid and semi-arid grass, sedge and herb swamp (non-floodplain)
M-2a (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp.
M-2b (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp
M-2c (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass sedge and herb swamp
M-30 (modified natural) Estuarine - mangroves and related tree communities
M-31 (modified natural) Estuarine - salt flats and saltmarshes
M-40 Artificial and highly modified wetlands (dams, ring tanks, irrigation channels)
M-4a (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp.
M-4c (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp
M-5 (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal tree swamp—Palm
M-50 (modified natural) Riverine
M-6 (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake
M-9 (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake

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 and Science, Queensland (2015) Biogeographic subregion 2009 wetland habitat, WetlandInfo website, accessed 13 April 2023. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2009/biogeographic-subregion.html

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