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Freshwater biogeographic province 2017 wetland habitat extents

Definition of freshwater biogeographic province

based on wetland mapping version 6.0 metadata

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2017 wetland habitat extent by freshwater biogeographic province metadata
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Freshwater biogeographic province 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 172,721,160 3,505 432,000 571,198 465,290 21,198 38 179 8,392 156 7,618 998 1,172 83,840 107,212 1,374,939 82,545 156,975 142,259 207,187 3,027 28 266,309 12,922 143,491 10,141 118,497 155,846 16,107 44 3,330 3,272 4,732 4,404,446
Central 30,487,033 29 120,069 57,495 206 1,057 7,595 164 2,415 7,937 2,978 16,308 16,895 258 28 19,798 1,345 5,959 4,548 28,003 61,331 2,690 3,871 360,978
Eastern Cape 1,278,291 37,274 11,345 3,327 2,450 16,411 1,226 183 3,321 75,536
Jardine 327,317 1,149 1,198 1,725 15,322 225 328 19,946
Lake Eyre and Bulloo 56,182,474 441,960 20,097 64,575 49,540 1,373,382 54,728 5,274 84,367 109,153 2 11 2,203,089
Murray Darling 26,252,623 22,410 43 784 16,850 11,257 196 10,446 32,332 53,717 68,226 2,769 1,087 1 4,973 7,329 501 282 191 446 233,840
South East 7,349,836 2,091 21,687 9,790 13 13 7,742 1,935 499 511 23,325 4,547 3,583 75,736
Wallum 572,490 1,385 16,851 5,704 2,595 998 18,327 9,380 12,948 21,425 222 7,920 97,756
Western Cape and Gulf 47,372,155 181,144 472,898 714 38 179 12 1,007 38,478 1,362 14,393 102,517 4,175 9,869 204,893 261 83,888 20,795 83,208 175 10 14 391 160 1,220,581
Wet Tropics 2,898,940 53,827 12,769 156 1,670 544 3,045 10,287 8,464 109 16,168 5,843 498 33 3,316 255 116,985

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of freshwater biogeographic provinces.

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) Freshwater biogeographic province 2017 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2017/fbp.html

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