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Regional plan 2017 wetland habitat extents

Definition of regional plan

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2017 wetland habitat extent by regional plan metadata
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Regional plan 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 182,170,840 3,713 431,249 602,295 462,316 26,899 8,477 156 7,471 998 1,172 79,926 108,615 1,375,957 83,149 163,569 148,683 205,517 5,831 37 268,251 13,017 155,971 12,269 127,603 166,298 15,432 45 3,463 960 746 4,480,088
Cape York Regional Plan 12,830,783 122,043 96,080 4,861 146,824 262 91,723 10,160 29,535 3,409 33 2 504,932
Central Queensland Regional Plan 11,758,576 539 70,700 33,728 6,498 55 13,008 1,841 6,858 2,330 27,029 28,315 587 191,490
Central West Regional Plan 39,619,228 350,902 6,840 51,465 36,898 1,085,545 23,183 2,427 55,240 43,262 34 25 < 1 2 171 11 1,656,006
Darling Downs Regional Plan 16,707,312 1,573 37 750 2,358 195 125 4,548 4,139 1,557 2,787 1,234 494 5,327 10,121 652 284 36,181
Far North Regional Plan 7,372,659 32,759 2,045 156 4,905 6,627 22,241 7,142 149 17,053 2,678 494 37 3,417 5 291 100,001
Gulf Regional Development Plan 17,857,191 98,542 424,201 313 1,007 35,205 475 7,807 51,562 8,861 48,159 29,135 11,818 65,743 150 380 783,359
Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday Regional Plan 9,013,274 42,434 24,079 524 3,798 47 1,335 1,687 203 37 9,703 5,545 2,161 4,637 13,948 110,138
Maranoa - Balonne Regional Plan 8,977,119 1,573 37 30 2,358 195 125 4,548 4,139 1,557 2,787 139 288 1,680 3,508 129 23,091
North Queensland Regional Plan 8,005,049 35,671 11,248 14,682 663 109 10,609 4,424 908 12,790 9,674 20 2,433 1,364 326 1,629 20,673 11 8 13 791 72 128,119
North West Regional Plan 19,976,085 793 877 6 4,079 1,063 7,037 51,107 12,562 3,694 1,832 14 83,064
South East Queensland Regional Plan (ShapingSEQ) 2,301,595 2,387 11,308 4,474 490 239 10,471 4,505 4,081 23,816 3,264 2,443 67,476
South West Regional Plan 22,901,875 107,163 4,425 17,846 19,497 288,484 43,917 30,347 72,603 128,598 38 1 8 261 713,187
Wide Bay Burnett Regional Plan 4,850,093 787 17,791 6,439 13 2,120 760 12,144 6,408 9,334 295 17,400 1,350 8,203 83,042

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

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) Regional plan 2017 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2017/regional-plan.html

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