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Drainage division 2017 wetland habitat extents

Definition of drainage division

based on wetland mapping version 6.0 metadata

Display areas in
2017 wetland habitat extent by drainage division metadata
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Drainage division 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 172,795,463 3,350 431,999 571,037 466,825 21,198 38 179 8,392 156 7,620 998 1,172 83,840 107,212 1,374,939 82,545 156,975 142,259 207,190 3,027 28 266,595 12,921 143,471 10,142 118,475 155,846 16,080 44 3,330 3,272 4,732 4,405,886
Bulloo 5,203,638 20,086 483 6,609 66,733 18,947 1,173 18,183 37,399 169,613
Gulf 45,317,909 179,049 454,529 714 38 179 14 1,007 38,478 1,362 14,393 102,517 4,175 9,869 193,011 261 87,340 16,220 74,002 432 10 12 391 160 1,178,163
Lake Eyre 50,994,021 423,409 20,097 64,092 42,931 1,306,649 35,782 4,101 66,183 71,757 2 11 2,035,013
Murray Darling 26,254,125 22,410 43 784 16,850 11,257 196 10,446 32,332 53,717 68,226 2,769 1,087 1 4,975 7,329 501 282 191 446 233,841
North East Coast 45,025,770 3,350 252,950 116,507 206 1,057 7,609 156 7,606 998 164 2,415 7,937 2,978 16,852 19,940 258 28 72,498 12,659 56,131 5,168 94,924 81,331 15,366 33 3,318 2,690 4,126 789,256

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of drainage divisions.

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) Drainage division 2017 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 1 February 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2017/drainage-division.html

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