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Bioregion 2021 wetland habitat extents

Definition of bioregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2021 wetland habitat extent by bioregion metadata
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Bioregion Total area
(ha)		 Wetland area by habitat Total
wetland area
(ha)
INT01a INT01b INT02 LA14 LA15 LA17 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 3,815 487,455 599,041 460,735 26,862 1,239 8,446 156 7,554 998 1,172 79,796 106,195 1,375,770 83,031 158,796 144,430 203,726 3,044 37 268,322 12,976 157,340 10,566 123,641 159,267 15,965 45 3,459 960 746 4,505,587
Brigalow Belt (BRB) 36,528,106 84,003 38,088 48 5 8,446 164 6,157 157 107 1,799 2,020 2,970 8,416 4 8,922 10,296 30,595 54,435 9 256,641
Cape York Peninsula (CYP) 12,305,219 155,832 88,576 4,942 150,899 259 93,865 9,654 22,594 3,972 530,594
Central Queensland Coast (CQC) 1,484,277 41,534 13,399 12,894 1,423 4,968 7,087 3,556 84,861
Channel Country (CHC) 23,217,288 440,729 31,861 33,642 1,362,211 50,760 63,661 86,142 2,069,006
Desert Uplands (DEU) 6,941,095 21,479 30,216 5,577 1,084 6,105 3,989 10 37 0 68,498
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU) 11,625,726 135 910 2,264 704 31,689 19,572 3,585 4,150 3,003 234 946 455 67,647
Gulf Plains (GUP) 21,910,942 107,229 428,007 971 116 1,007 36,865 1,203 14,600 84,269 1 5,551 59,565 29,471 12,361 67,312 27 848,556
Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) 24,162,329 797 224 2,796 11,801 25 520 25,695 5,419 2 47,281
Mulga Lands (MUL) 18,605,811 18,103 4,425 17,495 17,332 397 15,737 33,844 55,046 81,033 64 7 < 1 4 243,487
New England Tableland (NET) 774,795 4 17 275 296
Northwest Highlands (NWH) 7,343,636 1,118 1,562 13 570 27 104 14 3,409
Southeast Queensland (SEQ) 6,248,417 3,815 53,254 26,138 2,612 998 25,365 11,289 13,456 46,108 4,946 11,204 199,185
Wet Tropics (WET) 1,992,899 45,602 4,833 156 7,592 2,505 252 14,723 6,190 505 45 3,459 264 86,126

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

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
LA17 Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated 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) Bioregion 2021 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat/bioregion.html

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