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IBRA bioregion 2013 wetland habitat extents

Definition of IBRA bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2013 wetland habitat extent by IBRA bioregion metadata
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IBRA 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 172,991,372 3,570 472,438 597,372 460,744 26,863 8,448 156 7,552 998 1,172 79,887 106,285 1,375,778 83,027 159,068 144,563 204,006 3,052 37 268,230 13,006 157,147 10,630 124,469 159,290 16,011 45 3,465 960 746 4,489,015
Brigalow Belt North (BBN) 13,674,533 27 87,010 46,059 11 2,057 164 4,155 35 857 1,828 248 4,893 82 6,652 3,642 14,724 50,269 222,714
Brigalow Belt South (BBS) 21,596,722 96 0 6,042 < 1 0 3,977 1 2,010 5,525 13,057 4,029 34,737
Cape York Peninsula (CYP) 12,256,457 154,085 88,481 4,942 150,885 247 93,851 9,654 22,592 3,972 528,709
Central Mackay Coast (CMC) 1,464,208 39,954 13,326 12,782 1,345 4,945 7,091 3,557 82,999
Channel Country (CHC) 20,586,529 363,372 27,839 32,370 1,360,619 50,647 61,396 82,224 1,978,468
Coral Sea (COS) 17,167 0
Darling Riverine Plains (DRP) 1,286,683 37 348 2,030 157 72 952 192 2,730 118 1,193 4,136 48 9 12,021
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 Fall and Uplands (GFU) 589,180 843 518 67 1,428
Gulf Plains (GUP) 21,894,679 102,870 426,207 971 1,007 36,873 1,203 14,601 84,284 1 5,551 59,566 29,467 12,468 67,373 27 842,468
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) 24,162,527 797 225 2,796 11,801 25 520 25,695 5,419 2 47,281
Mount Isa Inlier (MII) 6,754,379 720 13 52 27 37 14 863
Mulga Lands (MUL) 18,606,551 18,119 4,426 17,495 17,335 397 15,742 34,016 55,190 81,201 64 7 < 1 4 243,995
Nandewar (NAN) 629,160 4 17 52 73
New England Tablelands (NET) 145,132 222 222
Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) 2,621,932 77,350 4,034 1,271 1,600 104 2,254 3,917 90,529
South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) 6,149,605 3,543 43,322 18,470 2,611 998 24,931 11,331 13,444 45,383 4,975 11,251 180,258
Wet Tropics (WET) 1,989,107 45,100 4,830 156 7,603 2,506 252 14,769 6,216 505 45 3,465 264 85,713

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of IBRA 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) IBRA 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/ibra-bioregion.html

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