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Drainage division 2021 wetland habitat extents

Definition of drainage division

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2021 wetland habitat extent by drainage division metadata
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Drainage division 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 172,795,463 3,451 435,130 583,018 460,712 26,863 1,239 8,446 156 7,554 998 1,172 79,796 106,194 1,375,767 83,024 158,797 144,439 203,736 3,044 37 267,353 12,895 157,027 10,567 123,202 159,217 15,936 45 3,458 960 746 4,434,979
Bulloo 5,203,638 20,354 504 7,401 66,405 19,204 1,173 18,447 36,282 169,771
Gulf 45,317,909 181,487 466,385 900 1,234 2 1,007 37,986 1,362 15,076 102,649 4,175 9,901 193,423 261 89,573 16,747 80,503 432 11 12 164 395 1,203,686
Lake Eyre 50,994,021 421,304 20,840 62,393 41,728 1,307,804 37,774 4,165 68,211 71,010 2 11 2,035,241
Murray Darling 26,254,125 17,949 4,463 750 16,865 11,343 196 10,509 33,619 53,606 68,489 2,787 1,291 1 492 5,037 10,087 512 282 238,278
North East Coast 45,025,770 3,451 253,644 116,633 206 1,559 5 7,697 156 7,552 998 164 34 7,736 461 17,192 18,053 257 37 72,638 12,632 66,962 5,530 96,365 78,191 15,222 34 3,445 796 351 788,003

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

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) Drainage division 2021 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat/drainage-division.html

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