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Bioregion 2017 wetland habitat extents

Definition of bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2017 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 3,781 486,754 599,781 460,766 26,862 8,448 156 7,554 998 1,172 79,926 106,258 1,375,777 83,030 159,021 144,536 203,951 3,044 37 268,487 13,016 157,398 10,590 123,906 159,289 15,995 45 3,463 960 746 4,505,744
Brigalow Belt (BRB) 36,528,106 84,003 38,084 48 8,448 164 6,185 157 107 1,808 2,020 2,970 8,438 4 8,982 10,320 30,735 54,449 9 256,932
Cape York Peninsula (CYP) 12,305,219 155,834 88,578 4,942 150,910 259 93,865 9,654 22,594 3,972 530,608
Central Queensland Coast (CQC) 1,484,277 41,536 13,398 12,946 1,423 4,949 7,090 3,556 84,898
Channel Country (CHC) 23,217,288 440,744 31,873 33,642 1,362,218 50,758 63,650 86,133 2,069,017
Desert Uplands (DEU) 6,941,095 21,479 30,334 5,612 1,084 6,161 3,990 10 37 0 68,706
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU) 11,625,726 135 910 2,263 704 31,707 19,679 3,585 4,150 3,003 234 946 455 67,772
Gulf Plains (GUP) 21,910,942 107,229 428,012 971 1,007 36,866 1,203 14,600 84,275 1 5,551 59,566 29,471 12,361 67,313 27 848,453
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 17,332 397 15,738 33,979 55,163 81,159 64 7 < 1 4 243,882
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 3,781 52,550 26,877 2,612 998 25,434 11,329 13,470 46,229 4,953 11,233 199,468
Wet Tropics (WET) 1,992,899 45,603 4,833 156 7,601 2,505 252 14,724 6,190 505 45 3,463 264 86,141

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 2017 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2017/bioregion.html

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