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Aquatic Conservation Assessment (AquaBAMM) and other 2017 wetland habitat extents

Definition of Aquatic Conservation Assessment (AquaBAMM) and other

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2017 wetland habitat extent by Aquatic Conservation Assessment (AquaBAMM) and other metadata
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Aquatic Conservation Assessment Total area
(ha)		 Wetland area by habitat Total
wetland area
(ha)
INT01a INT01b INT02 LA14 LA15 LA16a LA16b 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 173,289,025 3,968 494,796 599,033 466,958 21,198 38 179 8,467 156 7,631 998 1,172 83,845 107,299 1,374,973 82,600 156,974 142,258 207,189 3,027 28 268,283 12,992 143,768 10,169 121,443 160,934 16,109 44 3,331 3,272 4,732 4,507,863
Baffle to Fitzroy coastal region 418,492 279 34,248 16,713 74 11 880 3 26 26 2,557 5,042 < 1 59,860
Cape York catchments 10,777,744 154,652 90,755 4,999 131,750 247 90,532 9,634 19,850 3,824 33 506,275
Eastern Gulf of Carpentaria 30,296,090 48,402 165,530 917 11,471 886 7,910 85,482 4,159 6,498 68,713 20,757 9,404 59,492 10 12 377 160 490,180
Great Barrier Reef catchments 32,838,347 28 162,416 62,757 3 1,057 7,595 156 164 2,415 7,937 2,978 16,822 19,349 258 28 27,350 1,426 8,529 4,658 43,994 67,187 498 33 3,287 2,690 4,126 447,743
Lake Eyre and Bulloo basins 51,022,919 423,544 20,097 64,097 43,018 1,306,694 35,836 4,102 66,197 71,788 2 11 2,035,386
Queensland Murray-Darling and Bulloo basins 31,458,206 42,494 43 784 17,333 17,866 66,917 29,393 33,504 71,900 105,623 2,769 1,087 1 4,974 7,329 501 284 191 446 403,440
South East Queensland catchments 2,456,026 2,688 22,858 8,493 524 248 14,872 9,380 4,468 30,854 3,125 7,934 105,444
Southern Gulf catchments 8,546,795 52,097 246,671 38 179 12 1,007 27,007 475 6,483 17,063 2 3,931 12,257 10,478 3,661 4,081 14 385,457
Wide Bay-Burnett catchments 167,103 3,445 637 2,071 750 4,595 28 8,502 45 20,073
Wide Bay-Burnett Great Barrier Reef connecting catchments 5,307,305 973 16,679 7,478 13 13 6,779 1,907 476 511 13,964 1,643 3,569 54,006

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of Aquatic Conservation Assessments (AquaBAMM) and others.

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
LA16a Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake
LA16b Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan 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) Aquatic Conservation Assessment (AquaBAMM) and other 2017 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 1 February 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2017/aca-bounding-area.html

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