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Bioregion 2009 wetland habitat extents

Definition of bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2009 wetland habitat extent by bioregion metadata
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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 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
Brigalow Belt (BRB) 36,528,106 84,015 38,131 48 8,447 164 6,186 157 107 1,818 2,023 2,994 8,612 4 8,748 10,433 31,257 54,519 9 257,674
Cape York Peninsula (CYP) 12,305,219 155,831 88,582 4,942 150,974 259 93,866 9,655 22,594 3,972 530,674
Central Queensland Coast (CQC) 1,484,277 41,493 13,399 13,030 1,423 4,931 7,146 3,556 84,977
Channel Country (CHC) 23,217,288 440,745 31,873 33,642 1,362,226 50,758 63,650 86,133 2,069,026
Desert Uplands (DEU) 6,941,095 21,479 30,295 5,630 1,084 6,163 3,998 10 37 0 68,696
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU) 11,625,726 135 910 2,263 704 31,707 19,679 3,585 4,150 3,080 234 946 455 67,849
Gulf Plains (GUP) 21,910,942 107,229 428,014 971 1,007 36,876 1,203 14,601 84,288 1 5,551 59,567 29,474 12,474 67,451 27 848,735
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) 24,162,329 797 225 2,796 11,801 25 520 25,695 5,419 2 47,281
Mulga Lands (MUL) 18,605,811 18,119 4,425 17,495 17,335 397 15,742 34,089 55,188 81,241 64 7 < 1 4 244,106
New England Tableland (NET) 774,795 4 17 275 296
Northwest Highlands (NWH) 7,343,636 1,562 13 570 27 104 14 2,290
Southeast Queensland (SEQ) 6,248,417 3,553 52,646 27,172 2,612 998 25,213 11,346 13,472 46,058 4,998 11,264 199,333
Wet Tropics (WET) 1,992,899 45,603 4,832 156 7,619 2,506 252 14,773 6,227 505 45 3,468 264 86,252

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of 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) Bioregion 2009 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2009/bioregion.html

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