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Bioregion 2013 wetland habitat extents

Definition of bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2013 wetland habitat extent by bioregion metadata
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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 173,140,542 3,575 486,844 599,842 460,766 26,862 8,448 156 7,554 998 1,172 79,887 106,286 1,375,781 83,034 159,067 144,554 203,996 3,052 37 268,337 13,018 157,179 10,629 124,499 159,296 16,012 45 3,465 960 746 4,506,097
Brigalow Belt (BRB) 36,528,106 84,021 38,122 48 8,448 164 6,186 157 107 1,808 2,020 2,978 8,498 4 8,759 10,359 31,190 54,345 9 257,224
Cape York Peninsula (CYP) 12,305,219 155,835 88,578 4,942 150,914 259 93,865 9,654 22,594 3,972 530,613
Central Queensland Coast (CQC) 1,484,277 41,529 13,401 12,966 1,423 4,949 7,091 3,557 84,916
Channel Country (CHC) 23,217,288 440,744 31,873 33,642 1,362,222 50,758 63,650 86,133 2,069,021
Desert Uplands (DEU) 6,941,095 21,479 30,295 5,630 1,084 6,163 3,995 10 37 0 68,692
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU) 11,625,726 135 910 2,263 704 31,707 19,679 3,585 4,150 3,077 234 946 455 67,846
Gulf Plains (GUP) 21,910,942 107,229 428,014 971 1,007 36,873 1,203 14,601 84,284 1 5,551 59,566 29,474 12,468 67,376 27 848,644
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) 24,162,329 797 225 2,796 11,801 25 520 25,695 5,419 2 47,281
Mulga Lands (MUL) 18,605,811 18,119 4,425 17,495 17,335 397 15,742 34,015 55,181 81,199 64 7 < 1 4 243,982
New England Tableland (NET) 774,795 4 17 275 296
Northwest Highlands (NWH) 7,343,636 1,562 13 570 27 104 14 2,290
Southeast Queensland (SEQ) 6,248,417 3,575 52,626 26,893 2,612 998 25,195 11,332 13,471 46,140 4,975 11,251 199,067
Wet Tropics (WET) 1,992,899 45,604 4,833 156 7,606 2,506 252 14,770 6,216 505 45 3,465 264 86,223

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of 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) Bioregion 2013 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2013/bioregion.html

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