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Regional plan 2021 wetland habitat extents

Definition of regional plan

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2021 wetland habitat extent by regional plan metadata
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Regional plan 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 182,170,840 3,755 431,900 601,598 462,285 26,899 1,239 8,476 156 7,471 998 1,172 79,796 108,525 1,375,950 83,150 163,241 148,533 205,293 5,831 37 268,087 12,977 155,914 12,246 127,336 166,276 15,402 45 3,459 960 746 4,479,753
Cape York Regional Plan 12,830,783 122,043 96,079 4,861 146,813 262 91,723 10,160 29,535 3,409 33 2 504,919
Central Queensland Regional Plan 11,758,576 539 70,701 33,727 6,497 55 12,995 1,840 6,802 2,328 26,970 28,313 586 191,353
Central West Regional Plan 39,619,228 350,904 6,840 51,339 36,863 1,085,541 23,184 2,373 55,241 43,269 34 19 < 1 2 167 11 1,655,788
Darling Downs Regional Plan 16,707,312 1,573 37 750 2,330 195 125 4,444 4,094 1,558 2,787 1,234 494 5,326 10,069 652 284 35,952
Far North Regional Plan 7,372,659 32,759 2,045 156 4,905 6,624 22,237 7,142 149 17,041 2,678 494 37 3,413 5 291 99,976
Gulf Regional Development Plan 17,857,191 98,542 424,197 313 116 1,007 35,204 475 7,807 51,548 8,824 48,158 29,135 11,818 65,742 150 380 783,417
Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday Regional Plan 9,013,274 42,433 24,085 524 3,797 47 1,325 1,687 203 37 9,641 5,559 2,147 4,608 13,958 110,051
Maranoa - Balonne Regional Plan 8,977,119 1,573 37 30 2,330 195 125 4,444 4,094 1,558 2,787 139 288 1,680 3,506 129 22,914
North Queensland Regional Plan 8,005,049 35,671 11,248 14,682 5 663 109 10,609 4,424 908 12,783 9,607 20 2,428 1,364 323 1,641 20,650 11 8 13 791 72 128,030
North West Regional Plan 19,976,085 793 877 1,118 6 4,079 1,063 7,037 51,104 12,562 3,694 1,832 14 84,180
South East Queensland Regional Plan (ShapingSEQ) 2,301,595 2,430 11,960 3,779 490 239 10,430 4,468 4,067 23,737 3,259 2,416 67,273
South West Regional Plan 22,901,875 107,130 4,425 17,842 19,497 288,482 43,917 30,316 72,541 128,473 38 1 8 261 712,930
Wide Bay Burnett Regional Plan 4,850,093 785 17,791 6,438 13 2,120 760 12,123 6,406 9,333 291 17,359 1,349 8,202 82,971

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

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

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