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Great Barrier Reef 2013 wetland habitat extents

Definition of Great Barrier Reef

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2013 wetland habitat extent by Great Barrier Reef metadata
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Great Barrier Reef Total area
(ha)		 Wetland area by habitat Total
wetland area
(ha)
INT01a INT01b INT02 LA14 LA15 LC06 LC07 LC08a LC08b LC09 PA10 PA11a PA11c PA12a PA12c PA12d PA13 PC02a PC02b PC02c PC02d PC04a PC04c PC04d PC04e PC05 XX99-P-A XX99-P-C
Total 136,168,415 3,079 706,130 323,723 210 4,678 23,092 469 16,933 750 493 102 22,860 1,384 51,433 53,981 775 111 167,867 9,861 170,166 16,640 198,423 223,587 23,059 103 10,348 2,389 1,052 2,033,699
Great Barrier Reef catchments, reef and islands 51,245,150 1,066 259,666 113,947 206 1,559 7,697 156 7,027 750 164 34 7,741 461 17,212 18,120 258 37 58,698 3,360 62,482 5,547 66,611 74,928 7,687 34 3,453 796 351 720,053
Paddock to Reef (P2R) report cards 42,291,163 996 215,329 100,652 3 1,559 7,697 156 4,953 164 34 7,413 461 17,119 17,622 258 37 54,394 3,250 53,875 5,547 65,361 74,329 7,698 34 3,441 796 351 643,535
Water Quality Improvement Plans 42,632,103 1,017 231,135 109,124 1,559 7,697 156 4,953 164 34 7,706 461 17,101 18,239 258 37 54,775 3,250 53,809 5,546 66,451 74,330 7,673 34 3,453 796 351 670,112

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of Great Barrier Reef.

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
PA11c Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
PA12a Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree 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) Great Barrier Reef 2013 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2013/great-barrier-reef.html

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