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Fish habitat area 2009 wetland habitat

Definition of fish habitat area

based on wetland mapping version 5.0 metadata

2009 wetland habitat extent by fish habitat area metadata
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Fish habitat area Total area
(km²)		 Wetland area by habitat Total
wetland area
(km²)
1 2a 2b 2c 30 31 4a 4b 4c 5 50 6 8a 9 M-1 M-2c M-30 M-40 M-4a M-4c
Total 12,187.4 4.5 19.4 1.3 1.9 1,768.7 756.3 20.6 0.1 10.8 0.3 17.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 2,601.9
Annan River 17.5 0.0 3.4 0.7 0.0 1.4 5.5
Baffle Creek 23.3 0.0 6.0 1.0 0.2 0.0 1.5 0.0 8.7
Balban Dara Guya (Leekes Creek) 8.8 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.5
Barr Creek 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.5
Bassett Basin (Rev.1) 6.6 4.2 0.3 4.5
Beelbi 18.3 0.2 0.1 1.6 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.1
Bohle River 47.9 0.0 5.8 15.3 3.7 0.0 0.0 24.9
Bowling Green Bay 687.9 2.3 0.0 2.3
Broad Sound 1,702.4 0.2 213.5 150.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 364.3
Burdekin 923.1 0.2 87.4 38.2 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.0 127.5
Burrum 44.2 0.0 3.9 0.6 0.0 0.1 4.7
Cape Palmerston - Rocky Dam 216.5 0.5 0.0 52.9 23.8 0.0 0.6 77.8
Cattle-Palm Creek 71.3 1.1 0.3 0.3 31.6 13.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 46.9
Cawarral Creek 31.2 14.3 9.3 0.0 23.7
Cleveland Bay 219.2 0.1 28.2 60.8 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 90.0
Colosseum Inlet 118.9 44.5 20.5 0.4 0.1 65.4
Coombabah 4.9 1.4 0.2 0.0 1.7
Coomera 6.0 4.0 1.0 0.3 5.3
Corio Bay 47.0 0.1 0.1 19.4 1.6 0.0 0.3 21.6
Currumbin Creek 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
Dē-răl-lĭ (Calliope River) 3.1 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.8
Dallachy Creek 16.9 0.2 0.6 5.9 0.1 4.2 0.2 0.0 11.3
Deception Bay 14.9 3.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 3.6
Edgecumbe Bay 196.0 0.0 22.6 5.6 0.5 0.0 28.7
Eight Mile Creek 352.4 0.0 11.3 12.1 0.0 1.2 24.5
Elliott River 7.9 0.0 3.6 0.6 0.0 4.3
Escape River 268.7 0.3 0.0 0.9 154.3 8.6 164.1
Eurimbula 5.9 0.0 3.1 1.3 4.4
Fitzroy River (Rev.1) 778.6 0.0 126.4 137.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 263.8
Fraser Island 435.9 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5
Half Moon Creek 2.1 0.0 1.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.9
Halifax 53.1 0.4 27.9 0.4 0.1 28.7
Hay's Inlet 12.2 6.6 0.5 0.0 7.2
Hinchinbrook 127.0 0.1 62.1 2.4 0.1 0.0 64.8
Hull River 15.0 0.5 0.0 9.0 0.0 2.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 12.7
Jumpinpin-Broadwater 104.1 0.9 0.0 42.3 7.7 0.1 0.0 51.1
Kauri Creek 65.0 0.6 13.7 3.1 0.0 0.1 17.5
Kinkuna 16.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.5 2.1 0.0 0.0 5.2
Kippa-Ring 8.2 1.6 1.3 2.9
Kolan River 18.8 0.1 7.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 7.9
Maaroom 239.0 2.0 0.2 78.3 20.6 2.5 103.6
Maroochy 7.9 0.0 0.0 3.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.4
Meunga Creek 4.3 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.5
Midge 83.3 6.4 4.1 0.1 0.1 10.7
Moreton Banks 63.2 2.5 0.1 2.6
Morning Inlet - Bynoe River 399.0 113.6 9.6 0.0 1.8 125.0
Murray River 15.2 0.2 3.7 0.0 0.0 3.8
Myora - Amity Banks 73.3 0.1 0.0 1.6 1.7
Nassau River 150.7 0.0 18.6 8.1 0.0 1.9 28.6
Ngulun (Starcke River) 300.9 0.7 0.0 0.0 50.1 33.7 0.4 84.9
Noosa River (Rev.2) 60.8 0.5 0.1 0.1 1.7 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 3.0
Peel Island 15.8 0.4 1.6 0.2 2.3
Pimpama 2.4 0.0 1.1 0.3 0.0 1.4
Pine River Bay 254.6 0.0 0.1 58.5 11.4 2.1 72.0
Princess Charlotte Bay 1,226.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 77.3 58.8 0.5 0.2 136.8
Pumicestone Channel 95.1 9.6 0.6 0.3 18.3 5.2 3.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 37.8
Repulse 698.3 0.1 63.2 7.4 0.0 0.2 70.9
Rodds Harbour 120.5 0.1 33.2 18.4 0.0 0.1 51.8
Sand Bay 114.7 0.1 0.0 30.1 3.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 33.7
Seventeen Seventy-Round Hill 13.3 0.0 0.0 5.2 2.7 0.0 7.9
Silver Plains 521.1 0.0 0.0 3.5 2.1 0.0 5.6
Staaten-Gilbert 221.9 0.1 34.3 6.2 2.0 3.2 45.8
Susan River 48.4 0.0 23.3 4.3 4.2 0.3 0.0 32.2
Tallebudgera Creek 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.1
Temple Bay 194.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 30.6 7.8 0.2 0.7 39.4
Tin Can Inlet 15.2 0.1 0.1 1.6 1.6 0.0 3.4
Trinity Inlet 71.7 0.0 31.9 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.1
Tully River 6.6 0.3 0.0 3.2 0.2 0.2 4.0
West Hill 178.8 0.1 15.8 10.6 0.2 0.0 0.8 27.6
Wreck Creek 12.2 0.5 1.2 4.6 0.2 0.4 0.0 6.9
Wuthathi Rev.1 (Margaret Bay) 279.4 0.0 0.4 19.7 13.9 0.0 34.0
Yorkeys Creek 1.2 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.7

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of fish habitat areas.

Habitat code descriptions
1 Coastal and sub-coastal saline swamp
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
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
5 Coastal and sub-coastal tree swamp—Palm
50 Riverine
6 Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake
8a Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand lake—Window
9 Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
M-1 (modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal saline 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-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

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) Fish habitat area 2009 wetland habitat, WetlandInfo website, accessed 13 April 2023. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2009/fish-habitat-area.html

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