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Water resource planning area 2017 wetland habitat extents

Definition of water resource planning area

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2017 wetland habitat extent by water resource planning area metadata
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Water resource planning area 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 292,655,161 3,352 518,789 1,025,579 921,312 52,628 11,538 156 10,125 10 2,179 159,853 206,049 2,747,954 165,172 288,147 274,363 384,064 5,864 74 459,608 10,446 260,469 16,335 146,517 221,923 19,940 43 3,451 990 785 7,917,714
Baffle Creek Basin 411,254 563 8,549 5,139 13 3,568 467 53 6,005 327 713 25,398
Barron 519,756 971 23 49 143 162 207 3 26 85 1,670
Border Rivers and Moonie 3,848,563 28 363 382 72 10 60 44 242 180 1,715 5,392 89 283 8,860
Boyne River Basin 250,213 2 807 820 3 37 1,669
Burdekin Basin 13,407,650 14,604 4,432 206 1,559 688 109 34 7,736 461 16,666 15,207 257 37 866 4,810 275 1,021 12,376 796 107 82,249
Burnett Basin 3,827,096 147 3,141 820 13 1,032 1,026 303 515 2,188 873 2,223 12,282
Calliope River Basin 223,608 3,970 685 22 4 52 15 12 4,760
Cape York 10,680,539 129,954 86,059 4,940 132,407 247 92,354 9,562 19,892 3,972 33 479,419
Condamine and Balonne 8,856,332 9 387 1,682 195 1,204 2,642 353 2,743 987 298 3,319 4,424 424 < 1 18,668
Cooper Creek 24,391,845 145,556 20,840 31,598 16,232 394,557 18,050 3,988 6,121 33,083 2 11 670,038
Fitzroy Basin 14,262,796 9,287 1,904 6,935 55 6,095 2,836 4,336 19,752 11,735 62,937
Georgina and Diamantina 26,600,964 275,723 30,922 25,529 913,252 19,721 230 62,210 37,921 1,365,508
Gold Coast 130,370 508 2,101 647 84 27 19 1,843 281 < 1 5,510
Great Artesian Basin and Other Regional Aquifers 122,289,235 193,533 500,879 460,604 25,766 3,130 4,931 1,007 79,926 99,791 1,372,178 82,148 129,126 129,818 180,104 2,820 37 212,988 258 122,133 5,873 32,739 92,803 3,973 29 40 3,736,633
Gulf 31,608,012 83,816 372,429 900 1,007 37,986 1,362 15,077 98,753 4,175 8,901 37,001 28,989 9,770 33,853 164 380 734,562
Logan Basin 415,282 261 1,380 490 136 6 2,587 630 5 5,496
Mary Basin 1,343,931 1,114 9,084 4,768 242 10 11,091 8,321 997 20,129 652 7,551 63,958
Mitchell 6,868,754 12,477 38,291 3,910 930 42,369 2,090 3,538 36,187 11 12 12 139,827
Moreton 1,562,430 758 4,422 2,217 1,524 98 38 9,744 2,157 713 21,671
Pioneer Valley 242,308 2,322 478 774 290 334 206 4,404
Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine 18,759,198 38,324 4,425 17,372 16,710 66,411 29,643 33,712 69,396 104,481 68 1 14 3 328 380,886
Wet Tropics 1,949,368 33,464 4,217 107 548 3,025 6,985 2,297 249 15,673 6,159 505 33 3,380 161 76,803
Whitsunday 205,658 4,905 1,281 1,249 2,595 1,262 3,215 14,506

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of water resource planning areas.

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) Water resource planning area 2017 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2017/water-resource-planning-area.html

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