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State of the Environment Report drainage division 2017 wetland habitat extents

Definition of State of the Environment Report drainage division

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2017 wetland habitat extent by State of the Environment Report drainage division metadata
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State of the Environment Report drainage division 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 176,633,290 3,781 488,122 599,789 460,803 26,856 8,448 156 7,554 998 1,172 79,931 106,345 1,375,750 83,054 159,014 144,531 203,936 3,044 37 268,487 13,019 157,398 10,592 123,907 159,289 15,995 45 3,463 960 746 4,507,221
Bulloo 5,184,900 20,285 506 7,401 66,338 19,181 1,173 18,308 36,263 169,455
Gulf 45,146,891 173,678 458,863 899 1,007 37,986 1,362 15,077 102,661 4,175 9,828 192,314 258 89,302 16,563 80,513 437 11 12 164 395 1,185,504
Lake Eyre 50,988,046 421,448 20,840 62,525 41,850 1,307,854 37,826 4,217 68,339 71,004 2 11 2,035,916
Murray Darling 26,320,415 17,965 4,456 750 16,866 11,370 196 10,510 33,747 53,709 68,607 2,787 1,297 1 492 5,038 10,145 512 284 238,731
North East Coast (GBR) 42,319,450 988 219,924 101,168 207 1,559 7,698 156 4,953 164 34 7,737 461 17,216 18,234 257 37 54,281 3,249 53,953 5,553 65,038 74,982 7,662 34 3,439 796 351 650,133
North East Coast (non-GBR) 2,398,499 2,328 13,757 6,771 242 10 10,523 8,036 935 27,673 3,231 7,584 81,091
Other 4,275,088 466 80,763 32,987 2,359 988 10,073 1,475 12,716 4,485 40 28 12 146,391

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of State of the Environment Report drainage divisions.

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) State of the Environment Report drainage division 2017 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2017/soe-drainage-division.html

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