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Water resource planning area 2009 wetland habitat extents

Definition of water resource planning area

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2009 wetland habitat extent by water resource planning area metadata
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Water resource planning area 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 292,655,161 3,125 518,858 1,025,867 921,313 52,628 11,538 156 10,125 10 2,179 159,774 206,112 2,747,970 165,179 288,408 274,413 384,248 5,910 74 459,791 10,462 260,213 16,561 147,483 222,455 19,971 43 3,456 990 785 7,920,097
Baffle Creek Basin 411,254 565 8,557 5,141 13 3,600 467 53 6,038 327 713 25,475
Barron 519,756 972 23 49 144 162 207 3 27 85 1,672
Border Rivers and Moonie 3,848,563 28 363 382 72 10 60 44 242 179 1,769 5,531 89 283 9,053
Boyne River Basin 250,213 2 807 823 3 37 1,672
Burdekin Basin 13,407,650 14,619 4,453 206 1,559 688 109 34 7,740 461 16,679 15,211 258 37 867 4,533 275 1,002 12,358 796 107 81,993
Burnett Basin 3,827,096 147 3,153 820 13 1,012 1,033 304 503 2,192 883 2,233 12,294
Calliope River Basin 223,608 3,994 937 22 4 52 15 12 5,036
Cape York 10,680,539 129,950 86,063 4,940 132,471 247 92,354 9,563 19,892 3,972 33 479,484
Condamine and Balonne 8,856,332 9 387 1,682 195 1,211 2,642 353 2,765 995 298 3,389 4,507 496 < 1 18,930
Cooper Creek 24,391,845 145,557 20,840 31,559 16,247 394,559 18,050 3,988 6,121 33,094 2 11 670,028
Fitzroy Basin 14,262,796 9,287 1,904 6,935 55 6,291 2,848 4,335 20,073 11,780 63,509
Georgina and Diamantina 26,600,964 275,723 30,922 25,529 913,258 19,721 230 62,210 37,921 1,365,514
Gold Coast 130,370 479 2,119 663 74 27 19 1,842 282 < 1 5,506
Great Artesian Basin and Other Regional Aquifers 122,289,235 193,530 500,885 460,604 25,766 3,130 4,931 1,007 79,887 99,823 1,372,186 82,151 129,252 129,843 180,194 2,842 37 213,068 258 122,135 5,986 33,081 93,016 3,973 29 40 3,737,656
Gulf 31,608,012 83,816 372,432 900 1,007 37,996 1,362 15,077 98,765 4,175 8,901 37,002 28,992 9,886 33,991 164 380 734,847
Logan Basin 415,282 261 1,377 492 136 6 2,584 639 5 5,500
Mary Basin 1,343,931 909 9,039 4,732 242 10 10,857 8,330 998 19,823 655 7,567 63,161
Mitchell 6,868,754 12,477 38,291 3,910 930 42,369 2,090 3,613 36,187 11 12 12 139,902
Moreton 1,562,430 762 4,496 2,235 1,533 98 38 9,847 2,180 717 21,906
Pioneer Valley 242,308 2,296 479 778 290 364 207 4,414
Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine 18,759,198 38,324 4,425 17,372 16,713 66,411 29,646 33,815 69,421 104,560 68 1 14 3 328 381,100
Wet Tropics 1,949,368 33,464 4,216 107 548 3,025 6,999 2,299 249 15,721 6,196 505 33 3,384 161 76,906
Whitsunday 205,658 4,905 1,281 1,282 2,595 1,262 3,214 14,540

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

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) Water resource planning area 2009 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2009/water-resource-planning-area.html

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