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IBRA bioregion 2009 wetland habitat extents

Definition of IBRA bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2009 wetland habitat extent by IBRA bioregion metadata
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IBRA 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 172,991,372 3,548 472,423 597,660 460,744 26,863 8,447 156 7,552 998 1,172 79,887 106,289 1,375,782 83,027 159,157 144,570 204,054 3,068 37 268,499 13,020 157,120 10,704 124,524 159,574 16,024 45 3,468 960 746 4,490,119
Brigalow Belt North (BBN) 13,674,533 27 87,009 46,101 11 2,057 164 4,155 35 866 1,831 248 4,999 82 6,641 3,649 14,741 50,370 222,988
Brigalow Belt South (BBS) 21,596,722 96 0 6,042 < 1 0 3,985 1 2,010 5,587 13,107 4,101 34,929
Cape York Peninsula (CYP) 12,256,457 154,081 88,485 4,942 150,945 247 93,852 9,655 22,591 3,972 528,771
Central Mackay Coast (CMC) 1,464,208 39,932 13,324 12,845 1,345 4,926 7,146 3,556 83,074
Channel Country (CHC) 20,586,529 363,372 27,839 32,370 1,360,623 50,647 61,396 82,224 1,978,472
Coral Sea (COS) 17,167 0
Darling Riverine Plains (DRP) 1,286,683 37 348 2,030 157 72 952 192 2,746 118 1,198 4,137 48 9 12,043
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 Fall and Uplands (GFU) 589,180 843 518 67 1,428
Gulf Plains (GUP) 21,894,679 102,870 426,207 971 1,007 36,876 1,203 14,601 84,288 1 5,551 59,567 29,467 12,474 67,448 27 842,558
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) 24,162,527 797 225 2,796 11,801 25 520 25,695 5,419 2 47,281
Mount Isa Inlier (MII) 6,754,379 720 13 52 27 37 14 863
Mulga Lands (MUL) 18,606,551 18,119 4,426 17,495 17,335 397 15,742 34,090 55,197 81,243 64 7 < 1 4 244,119
Nandewar (NAN) 629,160 4 17 52 73
New England Tablelands (NET) 145,132 222 222
Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) 2,621,932 77,351 4,034 1,271 1,600 104 2,254 3,917 90,530
South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) 6,149,605 3,521 43,336 18,714 2,611 998 24,949 11,346 13,445 45,302 4,998 11,264 180,483
Wet Tropics (WET) 1,989,107 45,099 4,829 156 7,616 2,506 252 14,773 6,227 505 45 3,468 264 85,742

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of IBRA 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) IBRA 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/ibra-bioregion.html

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