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Biogeographic subregion 2009 wetland habitat extents

Definition of biogeographic subregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2009 wetland habitat extent by biogeographic subregion metadata
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Biogeographic subregion 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 173,140,542 3,553 486,817 600,131 460,766 26,862 8,447 156 7,554 998 1,172 79,887 106,290 1,375,785 83,034 159,156 144,561 204,044 3,068 37 268,607 13,033 157,151 10,703 124,554 159,580 16,026 45 3,468 960 746 4,507,190
Alice Tableland 2,866,760 20,002 30,047 4,792 754 2,436 1,638 37 59,705
Anakie Inlier 382,284 45 67 112
Arcadia 715,288 2,980 367 17 1,673 931 5,968
Armraynald Plains 1,589,437 137 1,314 22,729 475 5,571 2,717 3,808 34 111 150 37,046
Atherton 177,037 147 42 262 247 697
Banana - Auburn Ranges 1,547,555 10 155 29 8 202
Barakula 1,301,712 1,036 27 39 442 89 126 1,759
Barkly Tableland 2,180,576 660 1,198 183 13,465 2,119 17,626
Basalt Downs 1,274,731 48 15 9 165 237
Battle Camp Sandstones 504,564 510 710 638 30 101 1,989
Bellenden Ker - Lamb 271,116 98 3 6 213 180 258 < 1 121 880
Belyando Downs 1,772,127 3,652 23 681 1,533 121 6,010
Beucazon Hills 95,821 17 83 100
Bogie River Hills 1,054,731 1,421 534 40 2 11 763 2,771
Boomer Range 220,541 < 1 26 26
Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics 806,778 14 5 14 274 307
Broken River 3,309,590 1,661 212 3,077 767 30 103 276 59 6,186
Buckland Basalts 281,306 116 116
Bulloo 619,042 19,002 344 1,865 59,437 15,231 13,077 20,232 129,188
Bulloo Dunefields 1,077,211 22,978 68 819 2,688 2,546 6,222 11,327 46,649
Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands 706,909 676 12,328 4,829 13 7,036 1,811 432 14,918 363 3,838 46,244
Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges 1,031,742 496 16,955 14,917 1,934 102 53 2,065 283 117 36,920
Burringbar - Conondale Ranges 535,409 15 150 42 91 7 1,785 330 4 2,425
Byfield 128,140 104 46 1,025 4 32 1,669 2,880
Callide Creek Downs 301,303 25 23 32 103 571 2 755
Cape - Campaspe Plains 1,007,026 174 93 122 808 431 10 0 1,637
Cape River Hills 747,993 11 118 < 1 182 10 321
Cape York - Torres Strait 102,098 21,864 4,616 2 490 106 186 27,264
Carnarvon Ranges 2,263,686 767 157 33 422 59 1,437
Central Downs 9,378,817 224 117 278 7 30 4,158 505 5,318
Claraville Plains 3,738,013 5,027 928 64,522 1 353 236 < 1 71,067
Clarke - Connors Ranges 631,989 28 43 83 9 0 163
Claude River Downs 1,026,214 90 277 8 341 716
Coastal Plains 288,595 14,622 47,328 5,084 248 8,076 1,404 8,262 85,025
Coen - Yambo Inlier 2,313,476 12,328 1,982 9 3,924 2,105 80 84 20,513
Coongie 5,724 41 3 17 9 6 6 82
Cooper - Diamantina Plains 3,437,773 76,627 2,257 4,254 952,003 15,584 3,936 14,386 1,069,048
Culgoa - Bokhara 420,325 9 1,032 156 0 941 302 2,440
Cuttaburra - Paroo 644,047 13,699 4,425 16,154 4,309 4,165 12,342 671 15,428 71,193
Daintree - Bloomfield 358,119 5,105 293 853 131 < 1 993 5 707 2 8,090
Dawson River Downs 982,807 145 211 371 314 2,682 55 3,778
Debella 81,531 2,585 1,429 223 49 16 4,302
Dieri 259,083 5,389 435 1,269 462 37 217 362 8,171
Donors Plateau 2,449,964 757 8,441 181 55 4,500 666 1,849 13,954 282 13 5 < 1 61 30,764
Doomadgee Plains 1,684,750 70 461 10,733 7,514 3,201 1,297 23,277
Dulacca Downs 162,442 10 2 15 27
Eastern Darling Downs 1,698,060 103 208 22 742 1,076 320 2,471
Eastern Mulga Plains 1,563,269 405 1,826 5,946 5,367 < 1 13,544
Flinders 435,263 94 21 7 7 129
Georgetown - Croydon 1,041,407 81 127 61 67 4 9 17 13 378
Georgina - Eyre Plains 1,212,759 21,514 7,775 8,404 295,028 239 6,369 635 339,964
Georgina Limestone 1,437,914 489 1,063 5,924 1 1,038 1,109 9,625
Gilberton Plateau 1,403,937 790 87 1,667 716 3,259
Goneaway Tablelands 5,182,219 5,958 71 2,656 7,159 1,051 2,473 5,095 24,463
Great Sandy 362,412 314 7,820 2,505 2,313 760 8,948 6,742 9,115 7,517 46 5,460 51,538
Gympie Block 859,024 3 117 34 9 943 437 27 1,570
Herbert 222,189 11,829 2,710 1,792 257 103 989 5,189 11 8 13 22,901
Herberton - Wairuna 661,771 0 0 839 81 2,353 103 39 3,415
Hodgkinson Basin 1,607,221 474 7 480
Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau 2,208,468 0 9,639 222 1,184 3,525 27 14,597
Inglewood Sandstones 1,218,793 208 127 10 373 65 31 813
Innisfail 195,917 9,269 454 2,568 904 25 6,316 693 368 22 1,974 22,592
Isaac - Comet Downs 2,693,397 326 3,227 915 2,291 3,096 243 10,099
Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones 1,451,290 34,139 6,325 3,215 6,812 47,765 906 3,901 103,063
Jericho 1,486,926 25 395 79 1,285 375 2,160
Karumba Plains 1,070,737 98,746 396,095 < 1 952 12 757 3,906 785 20,637 521,890
Kidston 2,929,528 11 23 2,341 567 215 5 144 3,304
Kirrama - Hinchinbrook 283,165 617 66 83 211 120 10 1,107
Kynuna Plateau 2,293,311 78 338 100 165 680
Lake Pure 984,908 12,617 37 1,163 1,887 333 1,120 6,317 23,474
Langlo Plains 1,290,484 1 33 7,328 440 629 8,431
Laura Lowlands 1,791,536 3,310 5,707 46 14,869 11,746 4,248 4,348 71 44,345
Macalister 112,730 20 4 28 315 28 11 15 8 428
Macintyre - Weir Fan 291,967 348 118 1,197 3,984 48 9 5,704
Manifold 79,681 7,352 1,168 3,279 1,420 700 2,519 20 16,458
Marlborough Plains 1,216,837 54,543 27,899 564 55 1,083 3 4,111 689 8,746 31,919 129,611
McArthur 589,190 843 518 67 1,428
Mitchell - Gilbert Fans 5,262,816 1,194 8,007 37,538 17,381 6,945 41,709 112,774
Moonie - Barwon Interfluve 689,472 0 227 20 36 367 650
Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout 750,659 < 1 8 32 175 897 20 1,133
Moreton Basin 784,969 15 69 1 748 1 1,267 2,249 2 4,351
Mount Isa Inlier 4,641,852 23 13 37 73
Mount Morgan Ranges 1,275,970 96 156 180 9 335 267 180 1,223
Nandewar Northern Complex 629,398 4 17 52 73
Narrandool 16,500 0
Nebine Plains 1,207,796 2,035 396 3,398 29,342 35,230 70,402
Nebo - Connors Ranges 449,269 35 33 134 203
Noccundra Slopes 1,798,759 1,073 74 338 7,243 173 1,546 1,648 12,094
North Eastern Plains 660,369 516 374 3 219 587 341 7 2,047
Northern Bowen Basin 1,316,957 335 16 135 101 368 492 1,447
Northern Holroyd Plain 2,464,074 697 842 72,357 4,893 310 8,444 87,541
Northern Uplands 1,147,549 24 63 2 90
Paluma - Seaview 233,751 6 23 < 1 8 37
Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials 1,580,383 1,303 222 351 129 1,633 1,554 5,193
Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands 471,784 28,483 10,588 8,382 4,136 2,938 3,536 58,062
Scenic Rim 228,692 < 1 14 14
Simpson Desert 1,964,992 32,227 3,438 1,138 20 1,936 1,072 39,831
South Burnett 563,866 23 308 331
South Drummond Basin 1,009,244 132 1 140 31 828 72 1,204
Southern Downs 4,264,666 53 0 101 1 30 1,693 2,846 166 4,889
Southern Great Barrier Reef 272 < 1 < 1
Southern Wooded Downs 4,720,995 640 512 19 304 46 153 2 1,676
Southwestern Downs 3,715,454 308 1 143 3,531 2 6,880 1,361 12,227
Southwestern Plateaus & Floodouts 1,333,519 696 52 27 775
Stanthorpe Plateau 137,941 223 223
Starke Coastal Lowlands 513,912 11,985 7,413 1,670 2,681 5,869 1,198 1,089 31,906
Strzelecki Desert 402,443 39,735 161 2 47 100 2,483 42,527
Sturt Stony Desert 5,773,950 199,518 17,214 12,698 34,961 15,482 25,671 22,323 327,866
Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands 365,498 2,035 15,207 4,845 286 239 6,433 2,692 3,858 17,528 694 1,818 55,634
Tara Downs 511,339 15 580 4 297 86 1 983
Taroom Downs 652,005 465 103 52 242 459 1,615 2,937
Tenterfield Plateau 7,456 0
Thorntonia 779,074 < 1 14 14
Toko Plains 498,425 4,067 171 203 4 975 247 5,667
Townsville Plains 768,022 27,955 9,698 701 109 125 1,252 223 563 17,239 57,866
Tully 138,876 18,666 1,302 4 2,034 537 124 5,783 312 127 4 628 29,521
Undara - Toomba Basalts 2,076,208 135 910 521 366 28,558 18,822 402 3,503 < 1 670 200 54,087
Upper Belyando Floodout 466,275 302 14 33 34 382
Urisino Sandplains 860,249 27 322 548 53 347 635 5,584 7,516
Warrambool - Moonie 573,576 28 998 < 1 72 10 192 2,444 152 3,897
Warrego Plains 2,168,127 817 7 3,150 3,263 3,265 13,561 7,460 31,523
Weipa Plateau 2,875,674 56,376 13,658 44,118 11 13,275 1,222 367 129,028
Wellesley Islands 127,711 6,294 13,526 887 410 25 21,142
Weribone High 966,510 < 1 20 30 464 516 19 1,049
West Balonne Plains 1,991,194 327 38 26 2,909 3,044 530 64 < 1 4 6,941
West Bulloo 2,852,104 16 496 6,325 296 4,406 225 164 5,692 17,621
West Warrego 4,220,623 604 < 1 143 2,648 3,400 2,231 795 4,979 14,800
Whitsunday 91,153 2,941 125 37 4 4 3,112
Woodenbong 2,846 0
Woondoola Plains 2,375,110 30 171 4,620 62 6,154 1,429 393 2 12 47 12,919
Woorabinda 749,785 2,159 443 149 694 552 3,997
Wyarra Hills 397,935 67 12 156 84 7 1 13 339

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

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) Biogeographic subregion 2009 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2009/biogeographic-subregion.html

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