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IBRA subregion 2017 wetland habitat extents

Definition of IBRA subregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2017 wetland habitat extent by IBRA subregion metadata
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IBRA subregion 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 172,991,370 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
Alice Tableland 2,866,760 20,002 30,086 4,774 754 2,434 1,638 37 59,725
Anakie Inlier 382,284 45 67 112
Arcadia 715,288 2,980 367 17 1,673 931 5,968
Armraynald Plains 1,589,437 137 1,314 22,726 475 5,571 2,717 3,808 34 111 150 37,043
Atherton 177,037 147 42 262 247 697
Banana-Auburn Ranges 1,547,555 10 155 29 8 202
Barakula 1,301,712 1,036 27 39 453 89 126 1,770
Barkly Tableland 2,180,778 660 1,198 183 13,465 2,119 17,626
Basalt Downs 1,274,731 48 15 9 157 229
Battle Camp Sandstones 504,409 501 710 638 30 101 1,980
Bellenden Ker-Lamb 271,062 97 3 6 213 180 258 < 1 121 879
Belyando Downs 1,772,127 3,651 23 681 1,533 119 6,007
Beucazon Hills 95,821 17 80 97
Bogie River Hills 1,054,392 1,312 531 40 2 11 763 2,659
Boomer Range 220,541 < 1 26 26
Brisbane-Barambah Volcanics 806,778 14 5 14 267 299
Broken River 3,309,590 1,661 212 3,077 767 30 103 276 59 6,186
Buckland Basalts 281,306 116 116
Bulloo 619,009 18,998 344 1,865 59,434 15,229 13,077 20,231 129,179
Bulloo Dunefields 1,077,224 22,978 68 819 2,688 2,546 6,222 11,327 46,649
Burnett-Curtis Coastal Lowlands 700,181 673 11,593 4,751 13 7,025 1,804 431 14,853 361 3,821 45,326
Burnett-Curtis Hills and Ranges 962,583 469 9,872 6,499 1,721 102 32 1,334 283 117 20,428
Burringbar-Conondale Ranges 535,416 17 161 44 91 7 1,769 322 4 2,414
Byfield 127,697 146 46 1,024 4 32 1,668 2,920
Callide Creek Downs 301,303 25 23 32 110 571 2 762
Cape-Campaspe Plains 1,007,026 174 93 122 808 431 10 0 1,637
Cape River Hills 747,993 11 118 < 1 182 10 321
Cape York-Torres Strait 94,367 21,733 4,617 2 489 106 186 27,134
Carnarvon Ranges 2,263,686 767 157 33 422 59 1,437
Castlereagh-Barwon 292,740 348 118 1,143 3,857 48 9 5,524
Central Downs 9,378,817 224 117 278 7 30 4,158 505 5,318
Claraville Plains 3,738,013 5,026 928 64,512 1 353 236 < 1 71,056
Clarke-Connors Ranges 631,985 27 43 82 9 0 162
Claude River Downs 1,026,214 90 277 8 341 716
Coastal Plains 284,780 14,218 47,264 5,058 247 8,076 1,404 8,260 84,526
Coen-Yambo Inlier 2,312,126 12,240 1,970 9 3,924 2,095 80 84 20,403
Coongie 5,444 41 3 17 9 6 6 82
Cooper-Diamantina Plains 3,437,745 76,625 2,257 4,254 951,995 15,584 3,936 14,386 1,069,038
Coral Sea 17,167 0
Culgoa-Bokhara 420,365 9 1,032 156 0 941 302 2,440
Cuttaburra-Paroo 644,091 13,699 4,425 16,154 4,309 4,165 12,343 671 15,429 71,194
Daintree-Bloomfield 357,932 5,047 293 852 131 < 1 991 5 707 2 8,030
Dawson River Downs 982,807 145 211 371 313 2,560 55 3,655
Debella 80,964 2,493 1,428 216 49 16 4,203
Diamantina-Eyre 1,212,761 21,514 7,775 8,404 295,028 239 6,369 635 339,965
Dieri 259,127 5,389 435 1,269 462 37 217 362 8,171
Donors Plateau 2,449,964 757 8,441 181 55 4,500 666 1,849 13,951 282 13 5 < 1 61 30,761
Doomadgee Plains 1,684,677 70 461 10,733 7,514 3,201 1,297 23,277
Dulacca Downs 162,442 10 2 15 27
Eastern Darling Downs 1,697,945 103 199 22 742 1,036 248 2,351
Eastern Mulga Plains 1,563,269 405 1,806 5,941 5,337 < 1 13,489
Georgetown-Croydon 1,041,407 81 127 61 67 4 9 17 13 378
Georgina Limestone 1,437,909 489 1,063 5,924 1 1,038 1,109 9,625
Gilberton Plateau 1,403,937 790 87 1,667 716 3,259
Goneaway Tablelands 5,182,219 5,958 71 2,656 7,159 1,051 2,473 5,095 24,463
Great Sandy 356,502 313 7,075 2,414 2,313 760 8,918 6,740 9,111 7,506 46 5,453 50,647
Gympie Block 859,020 3 117 34 9 942 437 27 1,569
Herbert 220,920 11,708 2,709 1,783 257 103 988 5,154 11 8 13 22,734
Herberton-Wairuna 661,771 0 0 839 81 2,353 103 39 3,415
Hodgkinson Basin 1,607,221 399 7 406
Holroyd Plain-Red Plateau 2,208,468 0 9,639 222 1,179 3,517 27 14,583
Inglewood Sandstones 1,219,008 208 127 10 373 65 31 813
Innisfail 195,200 9,173 454 2,565 904 25 6,307 693 368 22 1,971 22,481
Isaac-Comet Downs 2,693,397 326 3,036 903 2,291 3,047 243 9,846
Jardine-Pascoe Sandstones 1,444,223 33,850 6,325 3,215 6,812 47,765 906 3,901 102,774
Jericho 1,486,926 25 394 79 1,285 375 2,158
Karumba Plains 1,057,366 94,772 394,573 < 1 952 12 757 3,899 785 20,558 516,308
Kidston 2,929,528 11 23 2,341 567 212 5 144 3,301
Kirrama-Hinchinbrook 257,594 < 1 4 199 2 205
Kynuna Plateau 2,293,311 78 338 100 165 680
Lake Pure 984,217 12,617 37 1,163 1,887 333 1,120 6,317 23,474
Langlo Plains 1,290,484 1 33 7,324 440 629 8,428
Laura Lowlands 1,791,228 3,300 5,707 46 14,867 11,745 4,247 4,348 71 44,331
Macalister 112,652 19 4 28 314 28 11 15 8 426
Manifold 67,885 7,176 1,164 3,100 1,341 700 2,519 20 16,021
Marlborough Plains 1,250,611 27 58,639 35,823 564 55 1,458 82 4,132 689 9,339 31,899 142,705
McArthur 589,180 843 518 67 1,428
Mitchell-Gilbert Fans 5,262,816 1,194 8,007 37,537 17,378 6,838 41,655 112,608
Moonie-Barwon Interfluve 689,476 0 227 20 36 357 639
Moonie-Commoron Floodout 750,661 < 1 8 32 175 897 20 1,133
Moreton Basin 784,969 15 68 1 742 1 1,266 2,233 2 4,328
Mount Isa 4,641,852 23 13 37 73
Mount Morgan Ranges 1,275,970 96 156 180 9 335 267 180 1,223
Nandewar Northern Complex 629,160 4 17 52 73
Narrandool 16,503 0
Nebine Plains 1,207,864 2,035 396 3,335 29,329 35,206 70,301
Nebo-Connors Ranges 449,269 35 33 134 203
Noccundra Slopes 1,798,759 1,073 74 338 7,243 173 1,546 1,648 12,094
North Eastern Plains 660,369 516 374 3 219 584 337 7 2,040
Northern Bowen Basin 1,316,957 335 13 130 101 362 491 1,433
Northern Downs 435,263 94 21 7 7 129
Northern Holroyd Plain 2,464,074 697 842 72,356 4,893 310 8,444 87,541
Northern Uplands 1,147,549 24 63 2 90
Paluma-Seaview 233,751 6 23 < 1 8 37
Prairie-Torrens Creeks Alluvials 1,580,384 1,303 222 351 129 1,633 1,546 5,185
Proserpine-Sarina Lowlands 466,498 27,416 10,523 8,306 4,149 2,882 3,536 56,812
Scenic Rim 229,099 < 1 14 14
Simpson Desert 1,962,618 32,227 3,438 1,138 20 1,936 1,072 39,831
South Burnett 563,866 23 306 329
South Drummond Basin 1,009,244 132 1 140 31 828 72 1,204
Southern Downs 4,264,666 53 0 101 1 30 1,623 2,803 166 4,777
Southern Great Barrier Reef 220 < 1 < 1
Southern Wooded Downs 4,720,995 640 512 19 304 46 153 2 1,676
Southwestern Downs 3,715,454 308 1 143 3,531 2 6,880 1,361 12,227
Southwestern Plateaus and Floodouts 1,333,519 696 52 27 775
Stanthorpe Plateau 137,535 222 222
Starke Coastal Lowlands 512,498 11,790 7,400 1,670 2,681 5,865 1,198 1,089 31,694
Strzelecki Desert 400,187 39,734 161 2 47 100 2,483 42,526
Sturt Stony Desert 5,771,058 199,502 17,213 12,698 34,960 15,477 25,671 22,331 327,853
Sunshine Coast-Gold Coast Lowlands 348,090 2,260 14,360 4,711 284 239 6,651 2,683 3,856 17,766 684 1,810 55,305
Tara Downs 511,339 15 580 4 297 86 1 983
Taroom Downs 652,005 465 103 53 242 451 1,615 2,929
Tenterfield Plateau 7,597 0
Thorntonia 779,008 < 1 14 14
Toko Plains 498,090 4,067 171 203 4 975 247 5,667
Townsville Plains 763,495 27,042 9,667 701 109 155 1,498 223 583 17,261 57,238
Tully 162,958 19,055 1,367 4 2,106 548 124 5,863 310 127 4 636 30,143
Undara-Toomba Basalts 2,076,208 135 910 521 366 28,558 18,822 402 3,503 < 1 670 200 54,086
Upper Belyando Floodout 466,275 302 14 33 34 382
Urisino Sandplains 860,305 27 322 548 53 347 635 5,574 7,506
Warrambool-Moonie 573,578 28 998 < 1 72 10 192 2,422 152 3,875
Warrego Plains 2,168,635 817 7 3,147 3,260 3,253 13,567 7,458 31,508
Weipa Plateau 2,848,753 55,754 13,645 44,055 13,275 1,222 367 128,318
Wellesley Islands 124,893 5,909 13,238 887 410 25 20,469
Weribone High 966,510 < 1 20 29 464 516 19 1,049
West Balonne Plains 1,991,194 327 38 26 2,901 3,045 530 64 < 1 4 6,933
West Bulloo 2,852,104 16 496 6,325 296 4,406 225 164 5,692 17,621
West Warrego 4,220,686 604 < 1 143 2,648 3,400 2,226 795 4,969 14,785
Whitsunday 89,179 2,703 119 32 4 4 2,863
Woodenbong 2,879 0
Woondoola Plains 2,375,110 30 171 4,613 62 6,154 1,429 393 2 12 47 12,912
Woorabinda 749,785 2,159 443 149 694 552 3,997
Wyarra Hills 397,935 67 12 149 84 5 1 13 331

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

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 subregion 2017 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 20 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2017/ibra-subregion.html