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Freshwater biogeographic province 2019 wetland habitat extents

Definition of freshwater biogeographic province

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2019 wetland habitat extent by freshwater biogeographic province metadata
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Freshwater biogeographic province 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 172,721,160 3,594 434,611 583,643 459,208 26,863 8,447 156 7,552 998 1,172 79,926 106,229 1,375,769 83,022 158,897 144,523 203,902 3,044 37 267,122 12,901 157,119 10,574 123,388 159,214 15,976 45 3,461 960 746 4,433,099
Central 30,487,033 29 120,140 58,044 206 1,559 7,684 164 34 7,736 461 16,661 15,092 257 37 20,479 1,345 16,890 4,771 28,634 57,687 796 107 358,814
Eastern Cape 1,278,291 37,292 11,148 3,269 2,446 16,445 1,226 218 3,469 75,514
Jardine 327,317 1,410 812 1,995 16,503 337 328 21,385
Lake Eyre and Bulloo 56,182,474 440,138 20,840 63,026 49,164 1,374,212 56,976 5,392 86,648 107,280 2 11 2,203,688
Murray Darling 26,252,623 17,965 4,463 750 16,865 11,343 196 10,509 33,642 53,700 68,560 2,787 1,291 1 492 5,036 10,099 512 282 238,492
South East 7,349,836 2,164 21,637 9,846 13 13 7,919 1,931 506 515 24,188 4,694 3,642 77,069
Wallum 572,490 1,401 16,667 5,796 2,599 998 17,265 9,362 12,952 21,321 221 7,575 96,157
Western Cape and Gulf 47,372,155 183,326 485,180 900 1,007 37,986 1,362 15,076 102,659 4,175 9,942 205,043 261 84,935 21,210 89,709 175 11 14 164 395 1,243,531
Wet Tropics 2,898,940 54,140 12,817 156 1,670 543 3,028 10,685 8,396 252 16,371 6,162 505 34 3,447 244 118,450

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of freshwater biogeographic provinces.

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) Freshwater biogeographic province 2019 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2019/fbp.html

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