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IBRA bioregion 2017 wetland habitat extents

Definition of IBRA bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2017 wetland habitat extent by IBRA bioregion metadata
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IBRA 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 172,991,372 3,776 472,347 597,312 460,744 26,863 8,448 156 7,552 998 1,172 79,926 106,257 1,375,774 83,023 159,022 144,545 203,961 3,044 37 268,379 13,003 157,366 10,591 123,876 159,284 15,993 45 3,463 960 746 4,488,662
Brigalow Belt North (BBN) 13,674,533 27 86,993 46,020 11 2,057 164 4,155 35 857 1,828 247 4,833 82 6,875 3,642 14,570 50,372 222,768
Brigalow Belt South (BBS) 21,596,722 96 0 6,042 < 1 0 3,977 1 2,010 5,536 12,884 4,029 34,575
Cape York Peninsula (CYP) 12,256,457 154,082 88,481 4,942 150,881 247 93,851 9,654 22,592 3,972 528,702
Central Mackay Coast (CMC) 1,464,208 39,961 13,323 12,761 1,345 4,945 7,090 3,556 82,980
Channel Country (CHC) 20,586,529 363,372 27,839 32,370 1,360,615 50,647 61,396 82,224 1,978,464
Coral Sea (COS) 17,167 0
Darling Riverine Plains (DRP) 1,286,683 37 348 2,030 157 72 952 192 2,724 118 1,143 4,009 48 9 11,838
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 Fall and Uplands (GFU) 589,180 843 518 67 1,428
Gulf Plains (GUP) 21,894,679 102,870 426,204 971 1,007 36,866 1,203 14,600 84,275 1 5,551 59,566 29,464 12,361 67,309 27 842,277
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) 24,162,527 797 225 2,796 11,801 25 520 25,695 5,419 2 47,281
Mount Isa Inlier (MII) 6,754,379 720 13 52 27 37 14 863
Mulga Lands (MUL) 18,606,551 18,119 4,426 17,495 17,332 397 15,738 33,980 55,172 81,161 64 7 < 1 4 243,895
Nandewar (NAN) 629,160 4 17 52 73
New England Tablelands (NET) 145,132 222 222
Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) 2,621,932 77,350 4,034 1,271 1,600 104 2,254 3,917 90,529
South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) 6,149,605 3,749 43,246 18,453 2,611 998 25,170 11,329 13,444 45,473 4,953 11,233 180,658
Wet Tropics (WET) 1,989,107 45,099 4,830 156 7,599 2,505 252 14,723 6,190 505 45 3,463 264 85,632

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of IBRA 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) IBRA 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/ibra-bioregion.html

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