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Regional plan 2009 wetland habitat extents

Definition of regional plan

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2009 wetland habitat extent by regional plan metadata
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Regional plan 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 182,170,840 3,485 431,332 602,644 462,317 26,899 8,477 156 7,471 998 1,172 79,887 108,647 1,375,965 83,153 163,771 148,708 205,610 5,877 37 268,371 13,034 155,725 12,382 128,305 166,589 15,463 45 3,468 960 746 4,481,696
Cape York Regional Plan 12,830,783 122,039 96,084 4,861 146,888 262 91,724 10,160 29,535 3,409 33 2 504,998
Central Queensland Regional Plan 11,758,576 540 70,734 34,017 6,498 55 13,239 1,841 6,858 2,324 27,377 28,355 588 192,426
Central West Regional Plan 39,619,228 350,902 6,840 51,426 36,916 1,085,553 23,183 2,429 55,240 43,262 34 25 < 1 2 171 11 1,655,996
Darling Downs Regional Plan 16,707,312 1,573 37 750 2,358 195 125 4,615 4,138 1,557 2,809 1,243 494 5,451 10,351 725 284 36,704
Far North Regional Plan 7,372,659 32,758 2,045 156 4,905 6,627 22,251 7,143 149 17,177 2,680 494 37 3,423 5 291 100,143
Gulf Regional Development Plan 17,857,191 98,542 424,204 313 1,007 35,215 475 7,807 51,565 8,861 48,160 29,138 11,934 65,881 150 380 783,633
Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday Regional Plan 9,013,274 42,411 24,106 524 3,798 47 1,345 1,690 205 37 9,788 5,484 2,167 4,668 13,929 110,197
Maranoa - Balonne Regional Plan 8,977,119 1,573 37 30 2,358 195 125 4,615 4,138 1,557 2,809 139 288 1,680 3,561 129 23,234
North Queensland Regional Plan 8,005,049 35,686 11,268 14,682 663 109 10,609 4,424 908 12,790 9,674 20 2,410 1,172 326 1,610 20,686 11 8 13 791 72 127,932
North West Regional Plan 19,976,085 793 877 6 4,079 1,063 7,037 51,117 12,562 3,702 1,832 14 83,083
South East Queensland Regional Plan (ShapingSEQ) 2,301,595 2,157 11,351 4,479 490 239 10,235 4,514 4,081 23,586 3,297 2,451 66,880
South West Regional Plan 22,901,875 107,163 4,425 17,846 19,500 288,484 43,920 30,390 72,628 128,679 38 1 8 261 713,345
Wide Bay Burnett Regional Plan 4,850,093 789 17,810 6,440 13 2,120 760 12,123 6,415 9,335 283 17,449 1,362 8,226 83,125

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

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

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