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Freshwater biogeographic province 2021 wetland habitat extents

Definition of freshwater biogeographic province

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2021 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 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 172,721,160 3,628 435,318 582,923 459,177 26,863 1,239 8,446 156 7,552 998 1,172 79,796 106,194 1,375,767 83,024 158,797 144,439 203,733 3,044 37 267,068 12,896 157,047 10,565 123,232 159,217 15,964 45 3,458 960 746 4,433,504
Central 30,487,033 29 120,141 58,053 206 1,559 5 7,683 164 34 7,736 461 16,648 15,025 257 37 20,448 1,345 16,832 4,767 28,620 57,692 796 107 358,648
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 56,182,474 440,123 20,840 62,897 49,129 1,374,210 56,978 5,338 86,659 107,289 2 11 2,203,475
Murray Darling 26,252,623 17,949 4,463 750 16,865 11,343 196 10,509 33,619 53,606 68,489 2,787 1,291 1 492 5,036 10,087 512 282 238,276
South East 7,349,836 2,188 21,961 9,521 13 13 7,908 1,929 492 511 24,124 4,692 3,643 76,995
Wallum 572,490 1,412 17,050 5,393 2,599 998 17,255 9,360 12,952 21,258 221 7,562 96,060
Western Cape and Gulf 47,372,155 183,326 485,180 900 1,234 1,007 37,986 1,362 15,076 102,649 4,175 9,901 205,043 261 84,935 21,210 89,709 175 11 14 164 395 1,244,712
Wet Tropics 2,898,940 54,139 12,815 156 1,670 543 3,028 10,682 8,396 252 16,368 6,162 505 34 3,444 244 118,439

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

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