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Freshwater biogeographic province 2017 wetland habitat extents

Definition of freshwater biogeographic province

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 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 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 3,595 434,623 583,660 459,208 26,863 8,448 156 7,552 998 1,172 79,926 106,257 1,375,774 83,023 159,022 144,545 203,958 3,044 37 267,232 12,936 157,104 10,589 123,497 159,239 15,993 45 3,462 960 746 4,433,664
Central 30,487,033 29 120,141 58,049 206 1,559 7,684 164 34 7,737 461 16,667 15,092 257 37 20,517 1,345 16,874 4,786 28,706 57,706 796 107 358,955
Eastern Cape 1,278,291 37,292 11,148 3,269 2,446 16,445 1,226 218 3,469 75,514
Jardine 327,317 1,410 812 1,995 16,503 337 328 21,385
Lake Eyre and Bulloo 56,182,474 440,138 20,840 63,026 49,164 1,374,217 56,976 5,392 86,648 107,280 2 11 2,203,693
Murray Darling 26,252,623 17,965 4,463 750 16,866 11,370 196 10,510 33,754 53,722 68,616 2,787 1,297 1 492 5,036 10,144 512 282 238,763
South East 7,349,836 2,163 21,648 9,853 13 13 7,933 1,932 506 515 24,223 4,699 3,644 77,142
Wallum 572,490 1,403 16,667 5,797 2,599 998 17,298 9,397 12,953 21,281 222 7,590 96,205
Western Cape and Gulf 47,372,155 183,326 485,184 900 1,007 37,986 1,362 15,077 102,665 4,175 9,942 205,055 261 84,935 21,211 89,709 175 11 14 164 395 1,243,553
Wet Tropics 2,898,940 54,140 12,817 156 1,670 543 3,028 10,691 8,396 252 16,367 6,162 505 34 3,448 244 118,455

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
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 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2017/fbp.html

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