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Biogeographic subregion 2019 wetland habitat extents

Definition of biogeographic subregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2019 wetland habitat extent by biogeographic subregion metadata
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Biogeographic 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 173,140,542 3,780 486,740 599,765 460,766 26,862 8,447 156 7,554 998 1,172 79,926 106,229 1,375,772 83,029 158,897 144,514 203,895 3,044 37 268,377 12,980 157,412 10,575 123,796 159,264 15,978 45 3,462 960 746 4,505,178
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 2,180,576 660 1,198 183 13,465 2,119 17,626
Basalt Downs 1,274,731 48 15 9 157 229
Battle Camp Sandstones 504,564 510 710 638 30 101 1,989
Bellenden Ker - Lamb 271,116 98 3 6 213 180 258 < 1 121 880
Belyando Downs 1,772,127 3,651 23 681 1,533 119 6,007
Beucazon Hills 95,821 17 80 97
Bogie River Hills 1,054,731 1,421 532 40 2 11 763 2,769
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 619,042 19,002 344 1,865 59,437 15,231 13,077 20,232 129,188
Bulloo Dunefields 1,077,211 22,978 68 819 2,688 2,546 6,222 11,327 46,649
Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands 706,909 672 12,307 4,827 13 7,026 1,803 431 14,845 361 3,820 46,105
Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges 1,031,742 496 16,925 14,628 1,916 102 53 2,062 283 117 36,582
Burringbar - Conondale Ranges 535,409 15 152 43 91 7 1,768 322 4 2,402
Byfield 128,140 104 46 1,024 4 32 1,668 2,878
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 102,098 21,862 4,616 2 490 106 186 27,262
Carnarvon Ranges 2,263,686 767 157 33 422 59 1,437
Central Downs 9,378,817 224 117 278 7 30 4,158 505 5,318
Claraville Plains 3,738,013 5,026 928 64,506 1 353 236 < 1 71,051
Clarke - Connors Ranges 631,989 28 43 82 9 0 163
Claude River Downs 1,026,214 90 277 8 341 716
Coastal Plains 288,595 14,622 47,328 5,084 248 8,076 1,404 8,262 85,025
Coen - Yambo Inlier 2,313,476 12,328 1,982 9 3,924 2,105 80 84 20,513
Coongie 5,724 41 3 17 9 6 6 82
Cooper - Diamantina Plains 3,437,773 76,627 2,257 4,254 951,991 15,584 3,936 14,386 1,069,036
Culgoa - Bokhara 420,325 9 1,005 156 0 941 302 2,412
Cuttaburra - Paroo 644,047 13,699 4,425 16,153 4,309 4,165 12,342 671 15,429 71,192
Daintree - Bloomfield 358,119 5,105 293 852 131 < 1 991 5 706 2 8,087
Dawson River Downs 982,807 145 211 371 313 2,523 55 3,618
Debella 81,531 2,585 1,429 199 49 16 4,278
Dieri 259,083 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 1,684,750 70 461 10,733 7,514 3,201 1,297 23,277
Dulacca Downs 162,442 10 2 15 27
Eastern Darling Downs 1,698,060 103 199 22 742 1,036 248 2,351
Eastern Mulga Plains 1,563,269 405 1,796 5,937 5,302 < 1 13,439
Flinders 435,263 94 21 7 7 129
Georgetown - Croydon 1,041,407 81 127 61 67 4 9 17 13 378
Georgina - Eyre Plains 1,212,759 21,514 7,775 8,404 295,028 239 6,369 635 339,964
Georgina Limestone 1,437,914 489 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 362,412 314 7,820 2,505 2,313 760 8,947 6,740 9,115 7,514 46 5,445 51,518
Gympie Block 859,024 3 117 34 9 942 437 27 1,569
Herbert 222,189 11,828 2,711 1,780 257 103 1,001 5,154 11 8 13 22,866
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 1,218,793 208 127 10 373 65 31 813
Innisfail 195,917 9,270 454 2,565 904 25 6,306 693 368 22 1,970 22,577
Isaac - Comet Downs 2,693,397 326 3,030 901 2,284 3,020 243 9,803
Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones 1,451,290 34,139 6,325 3,215 6,812 47,765 906 3,901 103,063
Jericho 1,486,926 25 394 79 1,285 375 2,158
Karumba Plains 1,070,737 98,746 396,088 < 1 952 12 757 3,906 785 20,560 521,807
Kidston 2,929,528 11 23 2,341 567 212 5 144 3,301
Kirrama - Hinchinbrook 283,165 617 66 83 211 120 10 1,107
Kynuna Plateau 2,293,311 78 338 100 165 680
Lake Pure 984,908 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 8,427
Laura Lowlands 1,791,536 3,310 5,707 46 14,867 11,745 4,247 4,348 71 44,341
Macalister 112,730 20 4 28 313 28 11 15 8 427
Macintyre - Weir Fan 291,967 348 118 1,142 3,817 48 9 5,483
Manifold 79,681 7,352 1,168 3,278 1,420 700 2,519 20 16,457
Marlborough Plains 1,216,837 54,545 27,869 564 55 1,082 3 4,111 689 8,608 31,903 129,428
McArthur 589,190 843 518 67 1,428
Mitchell - Gilbert Fans 5,262,816 1,194 8,007 37,536 17,378 6,838 41,655 112,607
Moonie - Barwon Interfluve 689,472 0 227 20 36 356 639
Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout 750,659 < 1 8 32 175 897 20 1,133
Moreton Basin 784,969 15 68 1 741 1 1,266 2,229 2 4,323
Mount Isa Inlier 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 629,398 4 17 52 73
Narrandool 16,500 0
Nebine Plains 1,207,796 2,035 396 3,332 29,314 35,201 70,279
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 3 219 583 325 7 2,027
Northern Bowen Basin 1,316,957 335 13 130 101 354 491 1,425
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 1,580,383 1,303 222 351 129 1,633 1,546 5,185
Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands 471,784 28,525 10,588 8,294 4,173 2,880 3,536 57,995
Scenic Rim 228,692 < 1 14 14
Simpson Desert 1,964,992 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 52 0 95 1 30 1,623 2,798 166 4,766
Southern Great Barrier Reef 272 < 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 & Floodouts 1,333,519 696 52 27 775
Stanthorpe Plateau 137,941 223 223
Starke Coastal Lowlands 513,912 11,985 7,413 1,670 2,681 5,869 1,198 1,089 31,906
Strzelecki Desert 402,443 39,734 161 2 47 100 2,483 42,527
Sturt Stony Desert 5,773,950 199,518 17,214 12,698 34,960 15,482 25,671 22,323 327,866
Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands 365,498 2,266 15,148 4,832 286 239 6,642 2,648 3,857 17,800 684 1,804 56,205
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 7,456 0
Thorntonia 779,074 < 1 14 14
Toko Plains 498,425 4,067 171 203 4 975 247 5,667
Townsville Plains 768,022 27,940 9,677 701 109 157 1,498 223 583 17,239 58,126
Tully 138,876 18,665 1,302 4 2,026 536 124 5,736 310 126 4 625 29,460
Undara - Toomba Basalts 2,076,208 135 910 521 366 28,551 18,822 402 3,503 < 1 670 200 54,080
Upper Belyando Floodout 466,275 302 14 33 34 382
Urisino Sandplains 860,249 27 322 548 53 347 635 5,574 7,505
Warrambool - Moonie 573,576 28 998 < 1 72 10 192 2,422 152 3,875
Warrego Plains 2,168,127 817 7 3,147 3,260 3,240 13,556 7,452 31,479
Weipa Plateau 2,875,674 56,380 13,654 44,046 11 13,275 1,222 367 128,955
Wellesley Islands 127,711 6,294 13,526 887 410 25 21,142
Weribone High 966,510 < 1 20 29 464 516 19 1,049
West Balonne Plains 1,991,194 327 38 26 2,814 3,045 530 64 < 1 4 6,847
West Bulloo 2,852,104 16 496 6,325 296 4,406 225 164 5,692 17,620
West Warrego 4,220,623 604 < 1 143 2,648 3,400 2,226 795 4,969 14,785
Whitsunday 91,153 2,941 125 37 4 4 3,112
Woodenbong 2,846 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 biogeographic 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) Biogeographic subregion 2019 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2019/biogeographic-subregion.html

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