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Study area 2009 wetland habitat extents

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2009 wetland habitat extent by study area metadata
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Study area Total area
(ha)		 Wetland area by habitat Total
wetland area
(ha)
INT01a INT01b INT02 LC08a LC08b PC02a PC02b PC02c PC04a PC04c PC04d PC04e PC05
Total 1,359,762 803 17,236 5,960 2,127 760 12,900 2,944 8,923 16,608 569 3,400 < 1 48 72,278
Cairns Urban 62,327 4,637 389 395 < 1 101 3 < 1 48 5,573
Great Sandy Strait 1,218,935 358 10,438 4,577 2,093 760 9,467 2,262 8,712 8,884 508 2,691 50,749
Pumicestone Passage 78,501 446 2,161 994 34 3,038 683 210 7,623 58 709 15,956

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

Wetland habitat code descriptions
INT01a Mangroves - Casuarina
INT01b Mangroves - other
INT02 Salt marsh and salt flats
LC08a Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake
LC08b Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake
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
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

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) Study area 2009 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 25 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2009/study-area.html