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IBRA subregion 2021 wetland habitat extents

Definition of IBRA subregion

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2021 wetland habitat extent by IBRA subregion metadata
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IBRA subregion 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 172,991,370 3,809 473,030 596,583 460,713 26,863 1,239 8,446 156 7,552 998 1,172 79,796 106,194 1,375,767 83,024 158,797 144,439 203,736 3,044 37 268,215 12,963 157,309 10,567 123,611 159,261 15,964 45 3,459 960 746 4,488,496
Alice Tableland 2,866,760 20,002 29,969 4,740 754 2,434 1,638 37 59,573
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 10 152 29 8 200
Barakula 1,301,712 1,036 27 39 453 89 125 1,769
Barkly Tableland 2,180,778 660 1,198 183 13,465 2,119 17,626
Basalt Downs 1,274,731 48 5 9 157 219
Battle Camp Sandstones 504,409 501 710 638 30 101 1,980
Bellenden Ker-Lamb 271,062 97 3 6 213 180 258 < 1 121 879
Belyando Downs 1,772,127 3,651 23 681 1,533 119 6,007
Beucazon Hills 95,821 17 80 97
Bogie River Hills 1,054,392 1,312 531 40 2 11 763 2,659
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 3,077 701 30 103 276 59 6,120
Buckland Basalts 281,306 116 116
Bulloo 619,009 18,994 343 1,865 59,432 15,229 13,086 20,232 129,181
Bulloo Dunefields 1,077,224 22,972 67 819 2,688 2,546 6,223 11,328 46,644
Burnett-Curtis Coastal Lowlands 700,181 672 11,593 4,751 13 6,999 1,801 430 14,811 360 3,820 45,251
Burnett-Curtis Hills and Ranges 962,583 469 9,872 6,499 1,717 102 32 1,334 282 117 20,423
Burringbar-Conondale Ranges 535,416 18 162 44 91 5 1,766 322 4 2,411
Byfield 127,697 146 46 1,024 4 32 1,667 2,919
Callide Creek Downs 301,303 25 23 32 108 571 2 760
Cape-Campaspe Plains 1,007,026 174 93 122 807 431 10 0 1,636
Cape River Hills 747,993 11 5 118 < 1 182 10 327
Cape York-Torres Strait 94,367 21,729 4,617 2 489 106 186 27,130
Carnarvon Ranges 2,263,686 765 157 33 422 59 1,436
Castlereagh-Barwon 292,740 348 118 1,144 3,807 48 9 5,474
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 631,985 27 43 82 9 0 162
Claude River Downs 1,026,214 90 277 8 341 716
Coastal Plains 284,780 14,218 47,264 5,058 247 8,076 1,404 8,260 84,526
Coen-Yambo Inlier 2,312,126 12,240 1,970 9 3,924 2,095 80 84 20,403
Coongie 5,444 41 3 17 9 6 6 82
Cooper-Diamantina Plains 3,437,745 76,625 2,255 4,254 951,990 15,586 3,937 14,390 1,069,036
Coral Sea 17,167 0
Culgoa-Bokhara 420,365 9 1,005 156 0 941 302 2,412
Cuttaburra-Paroo 644,091 13,699 4,425 16,153 4,309 4,165 12,343 671 15,427 71,192
Daintree-Bloomfield 357,932 5,047 293 850 131 < 1 991 5 704 2 8,025
Dawson River Downs 982,807 145 211 371 313 2,514 55 3,610
Debella 80,964 2,493 1,428 213 49 16 4,200
Diamantina-Eyre 1,212,761 21,514 7,773 8,404 295,030 240 6,369 635 339,967
Dieri 259,127 5,389 435 1,269 462 37 217 362 8,171
Donors Plateau 2,449,964 757 8,441 181 67 55 4,500 666 1,849 13,950 282 13 5 < 1 61 30,827
Doomadgee Plains 1,684,677 70 461 10,733 7,514 3,201 1,297 23,277
Dulacca Downs 162,442 10 2 15 27
Eastern Darling Downs 1,697,945 103 199 22 742 1,036 248 2,351
Eastern Mulga Plains 1,563,269 405 1,791 5,895 5,280 < 1 13,371
Georgetown-Croydon 1,041,407 81 127 61 67 4 9 17 13 378
Georgina Limestone 1,437,909 489 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 5,955 70 2,656 7,159 1,051 2,473 5,095 24,460
Great Sandy 356,502 313 7,075 2,414 2,313 760 8,918 6,740 9,111 7,505 46 5,443 50,636
Gympie Block 859,020 3 117 34 9 942 437 27 1,569
Herbert 220,920 11,708 2,709 1,777 257 103 1,000 5,154 11 8 13 22,740
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 1,219,008 208 127 10 372 65 31 812
Innisfail 195,200 9,173 454 2,565 904 25 6,306 693 368 22 1,970 22,479
Isaac-Comet Downs 2,693,397 326 3,030 900 2,285 3,016 243 9,799
Jardine-Pascoe Sandstones 1,444,223 33,850 6,325 3,215 6,812 47,765 906 3,901 102,774
Jericho 1,486,926 25 393 79 1,231 375 2,104
Karumba Plains 1,057,366 94,772 394,569 < 1 952 12 757 3,899 785 20,557 516,303
Kidston 2,929,528 11 23 2,341 567 212 5 144 3,301
Kirrama-Hinchinbrook 257,594 < 1 4 199 2 205
Kynuna Plateau 2,293,311 78 338 100 165 680
Lake Pure 984,217 12,616 37 1,163 1,887 333 1,120 6,317 23,473
Langlo Plains 1,290,484 1 33 7,324 397 629 8,384
Laura Lowlands 1,791,228 3,300 5,707 46 14,867 11,745 4,247 4,348 71 44,331
Macalister 112,652 19 4 28 313 28 11 15 8 425
Manifold 67,885 7,176 1,164 3,098 1,341 700 2,519 20 16,020
Marlborough Plains 1,250,611 27 58,639 35,827 564 55 1,455 82 4,132 689 9,333 31,910 142,711
McArthur 589,180 843 518 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 689,476 0 227 20 36 356 638
Moonie-Commoron Floodout 750,661 < 1 8 32 175 897 20 1,133
Moreton Basin 784,969 15 68 1 741 1 1,257 2,228 2 4,313
Mount Isa 4,641,852 1,118 23 13 37 1,191
Mount Morgan Ranges 1,275,970 96 156 180 9 333 267 180 1,222
Nandewar Northern Complex 629,160 4 17 52 73
Narrandool 16,503 0
Nebine Plains 1,207,864 2,035 396 3,324 29,311 35,191 70,257
Nebo-Connors Ranges 449,269 35 33 134 203
Noccundra Slopes 1,798,759 1,073 74 338 7,243 173 1,547 1,648 12,095
North Eastern Plains 660,369 500 374 3 219 583 290 7 1,976
Northern Bowen Basin 1,316,957 335 8 128 101 354 491 1,418
Northern Downs 435,263 94 21 7 7 129
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 1,580,384 1,303 222 351 129 1,633 1,546 5,185
Proserpine-Sarina Lowlands 466,498 27,415 10,523 8,259 4,168 2,880 3,536 56,781
Scenic Rim 229,099 < 1 14 14
Simpson Desert 1,962,618 32,228 3,437 1,139 20 1,936 1,073 39,833
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 220 < 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 12,226
Southwestern Plateaus and Floodouts 1,333,519 696 52 27 775
Stanthorpe Plateau 137,535 222 222
Starke Coastal Lowlands 512,498 11,790 7,398 1,670 2,681 5,865 1,198 1,089 31,692
Strzelecki Desert 400,187 39,727 161 2 47 100 2,483 42,518
Sturt Stony Desert 5,771,058 199,507 17,210 12,698 34,959 15,477 25,671 22,332 327,854
Sunshine Coast-Gold Coast Lowlands 348,090 2,294 15,046 3,983 284 239 6,612 2,646 3,844 17,699 684 1,792 55,123
Tara Downs 511,339 15 580 4 298 86 1 983
Taroom Downs 652,005 465 103 53 242 451 1,615 2,929
Tenterfield Plateau 7,597 0
Thorntonia 779,008 < 1 14 14
Toko Plains 498,090 4,068 171 203 4 975 247 5,668
Townsville Plains 763,495 27,042 9,667 701 109 155 1,498 220 583 17,239 57,212
Tully 162,958 19,055 1,367 4 2,104 548 124 5,852 310 126 4 635 30,130
Undara-Toomba Basalts 2,076,208 135 910 521 366 28,540 18,781 402 3,503 < 1 670 200 54,027
Upper Belyando Floodout 466,275 302 14 33 34 382
Urisino Sandplains 860,305 27 322 548 53 347 635 5,574 7,506
Warrambool-Moonie 573,578 28 998 < 1 72 10 192 2,422 152 3,875
Warrego Plains 2,168,635 817 7 3,147 3,260 3,240 13,559 7,453 31,482
Weipa Plateau 2,848,753 55,754 13,645 44,044 13,275 1,222 367 128,308
Wellesley Islands 124,893 5,909 13,238 887 410 25 20,469
Weribone High 966,510 < 1 20 29 464 516 19 1,049
West Balonne Plains 1,991,194 327 38 26 2,804 3,044 530 64 < 1 4 6,836
West Bulloo 2,852,104 16 496 6,325 296 4,406 225 164 5,692 17,621
West Warrego 4,220,686 604 < 1 143 2,648 3,400 2,226 795 4,969 14,785
Whitsunday 89,179 2,703 119 32 4 4 2,863
Woodenbong 2,879 0
Woondoola Plains 2,375,110 30 171 49 4,613 62 6,154 1,429 393 2 12 47 12,961
Woorabinda 749,785 2,158 396 149 694 552 3,949
Wyarra Hills 397,935 67 12 144 84 1 13 320

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of IBRA 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
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) IBRA subregion 2021 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat/ibra-subregion.html

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