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State of the Environment Report drainage division 2021 wetland habitat extents

Definition of State of the Environment Report drainage division

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2021 wetland habitat extent by State of the Environment Report drainage division metadata
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State of the Environment Report 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 176,633,290 3,815 488,822 599,049 460,772 26,856 1,239 8,446 156 7,554 998 1,172 79,801 106,282 1,375,743 83,055 158,790 144,426 203,711 3,044 37 268,322 12,979 157,340 10,568 123,642 159,267 15,965 45 3,459 960 746 4,507,062
Bulloo 5,184,900 20,282 504 7,401 66,336 19,181 1,173 18,317 36,264 169,458
Gulf 45,146,891 173,678 458,858 899 1,234 1,007 37,986 1,362 15,076 102,645 4,175 9,787 192,302 258 89,302 16,562 80,513 437 11 12 164 395 1,186,663
Lake Eyre 50,988,046 421,436 20,840 62,397 41,815 1,307,849 37,828 4,163 68,341 71,012 2 11 2,035,695
Murray Darling 26,320,415 17,949 4,456 750 16,865 11,343 196 10,509 33,612 53,592 68,480 2,787 1,291 1 492 5,038 10,088 512 284 238,245
North East Coast (GBR) 42,319,450 987 219,923 101,171 207 1,559 5 7,697 156 4,953 164 34 7,737 461 17,197 18,168 257 37 54,179 3,247 53,910 5,530 64,920 74,966 7,661 34 3,435 796 351 649,742
North East Coast (non-GBR) 2,398,499 2,352 14,150 6,362 242 10 10,478 8,000 922 27,584 3,226 7,556 80,881
Other 4,275,088 477 81,072 32,658 2,359 988 10,071 1,473 12,715 4,485 40 28 12 146,379

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of State of the Environment Report 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) State of the Environment Report 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/soe-drainage-division.html

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