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Water Quality Improvement Plan area 2017 wetland habitat extents

Definition of Water Quality Improvement Plan area

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2017 wetland habitat extent by Water Quality Improvement Plan area metadata
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WQIP area Total area
(ha)		 Wetland area by habitat Total
wetland area
(ha)
INT01a INT01b INT02 LA15 LC06 LC07 LC08a LC09 PA10 PA11a PA11c PA12a PA12c PA12d PA13 PC02a PC02b PC02c PC02d PC04a PC04c PC04d PC04e PC05 XX99-P-A XX99-P-C
Total 42,620,488 1,015 231,108 109,077 1,559 7,698 156 4,953 164 34 7,702 461 17,014 18,075 257 37 54,661 3,249 54,029 5,552 66,093 74,399 7,661 34 3,451 796 351 669,587
Burnett Mary 5,302,218 986 14,917 7,115 13 13 6,923 1,905 480 515 14,775 1,689 3,621 52,951
Eastern Cape York 4,547,972 57,627 39,426 4,940 19,491 34,194 6,481 9,424 3,535 33 175,150
Fitzroy 15,610,537 29 57,363 35,738 6,984 55 10,979 1,345 7,585 4,493 24,555 35,372 184,498
Burdekin 14,045,972 25,980 10,102 1,559 701 109 34 7,702 461 16,466 15,050 257 37 1,393 5,105 297 1,381 18,215 2 1 796 107 105,754
Mackay Whitsunday 904,077 33,219 12,101 8,584 4,194 2,899 3,536 64,532
Wet Tropics 2,209,711 42,002 4,597 156 548 3,025 7,291 2,471 247 16,002 6,162 505 33 3,417 244 86,701

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of Water Quality Improvement Plan areas.

Wetland habitat code descriptions
INT01a Mangroves - Casuarina
INT01b Mangroves - other
INT02 Salt marsh and salt flats
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
LC09 Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
PA10 Arid and semi-arid saline swamp
PA11a Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp
PA11c Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
PA12a Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree 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 Quality Improvement Plan 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/wqip-area.html

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