Moreton Basin biogeographic subregion
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Name:
Moreton Basin
Area type:
Biogeographic subregion
Total area:
7,849.7 km²
% total Qld:
0.5%
Towns:
Aratula, Beaudesert, Boonah, Coominya, Fernvale, Forest Hill, Gatton, Grandchester, Grantham, Harrisville, Helidon, Ipswich, Jimboomba, Kagaru, Kalbar, Laidley, Logan, Lowood, Marburg, Mount Alford, Munbilla, Murphys Creek, Rathdowney, Rosewood, Tamrookum, Teviot, Walloon
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Wetland extents
Based on wetland mapping version 5.0
Moreton Basin biogeographic subregion wetland area by system 2017
System Area (km²)
% wetlands area
% total area
Total
235.4
100.0%
3.0%
Artificial and highly modified
63.1
26.8%
0.8%
Estuarine
0.8
0.3%
0.0%
Lacustrine
5.4
2.3%
0.1%
Palustrine
44.8
19.1%
0.6%
Riverine
121.2
51.5%
1.5%
Moreton Basin biogeographic subregion wetland area by habitat 2017
Habitat Area (km²)
% wetlands area
% total area
Total
235.2
100.0%
3.0%
Estuarine - mangroves and related tree communities
0.7
0.3%
0.0%
Estuarine - salt flats and saltmarshes
0.1
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp.
7.5
3.2%
0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain spring swamp
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp.
12.9
5.5%
0.2%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp
24.4
10.4%
0.3%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake
1.4
0.6%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
4.0
1.7%
0.1%
(modified natural) Estuarine - mangroves and related tree communities
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
(modified natural) Estuarine - salt flats and saltmarshes
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
Artificial and highly modified wetlands (dams, ring tanks, irrigation channels)
61.3
26.1%
0.8%
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp.
0.1
0.0%
0.0%
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp
0.1
0.1%
0.0%
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
(modified natural) Riverine
1.4
0.6%
0.0%
Riverine
121.2
51.5%
1.5%
Disclaimer
Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
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.
Wetland extent changes
Moreton Basin biogeographic subregion wetland extent change by system
System 2017 area
2013 area
2009 area
2005 area
2001 area
2017/pre-clear
Total
235.4
235.3
224.1
222.0
221.0
* 59.0%
Artificial and highly modified
63.1
62.5
50.2
47.2
45.3
n/a
Estuarine
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.7
78.5%
Lacustrine
5.4
5.4
5.4
5.4
5.2
n/a
Palustrine
44.8
45.1
45.0
45.5
46.1
42.9%
Riverine
121.2
121.5
122.7
123.2
123.7
68.0%
* Total 2017/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified
Moreton Basin biogeographic subregion wetland extent change by habitat
Habitat 2017 area
2013 area
2009 area
2005 area
2001 area
Total
235.2
235.2
223.9
221.8
220.9
Estuarine - mangroves and related tree communities
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
Estuarine - salt flats and saltmarshes
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp.
7.5
7.6
7.6
7.7
7.9
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain spring swamp
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp.
12.9
12.9
12.8
12.8
13.1
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp
24.4
24.5
24.6
25.0
25.1
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
4.0
4.0
4.0
3.9
3.8
(modified natural) Estuarine - mangroves and related tree communities
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(modified natural) Estuarine - salt flats and saltmarshes
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Artificial and highly modified wetlands (dams, ring tanks, irrigation channels)
61.3
60.8
48.5
45.4
43.7
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp.
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(modified natural) Riverine
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.2
Riverine
121.2
121.5
122.7
123.2
123.7
Disclaimer
Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
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.
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BBC Working together for a Better Bundamba Creek Beating back the boxthorn - Sustainable scrub country Bell's Riparian Re-vegetation at Upper Warrill Biodiversity Enhancement at Underwood Road, Eight Mile Plains Bremer Healthy Country Gully Restoration: Fuller Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Breen Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Buckham Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Buckham - phase 2 Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Corrie Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Freeman Bremer Healthy Country Riparian restoration - Hayes Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Lamont Bremer Healthy Country Riparian restoration – M. and S. 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Millmerran Landcare Group: Implementing Best Management Practice in Grazing Lands in the Condamine Catchment Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Abraham Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Bell/Zahnow Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Harsant Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Harvey Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Holland Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Lobegeiger Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Rieck Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Wallis Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Bauer Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Crust Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Darvall Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Hagan Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Huston (Stage 1) Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Meagher Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Olm Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Redinger Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Serendipity Farm Animal Centre Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Stock Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Visagie Flood-runner Re-establishment for Sediment Control, Mt Sylvia: Redinger and Otto Forest Hill wastewater treatment plant Francis Street Bushland Gully Restoration, Riparian Weed Control and Sustainable Grazing along Teviot Creek: Firmin Health Waterways clean-up program Healthy Country Knapps Creek - J Stanton, Healthy Country Knapps Creek - Tracy Dale, Landholder Grazing Management and Erosion Control Healthy Country Program in the Bremer and Pumicestone Passage Catchments: Hall Healthy Country Program in the Bremer and Pumicestone Passage Catchments: Lutter Healthy Waterways Clean Up Program 2014 - 2015 Improving Condition and Connectivity of Riparian Habitat in Cainbable: Solomon Improving connectivity, salinity and social amenity, Black Snake Creek, Marburg Irbyana Enhancement: Smith Irbyana Enhancement: Thorne Jim Donald Constructed Wetland and stormwater irrigation system Jimboomba sewage treatment plant effluent storage Koala Kitchen Project Kooroomba Riparian Restoration Landscape Restoration and Connectivity along the Albert River Logan Catchment Riparian Restoration Program - Chambers Flat Demonstration: Rowley Management of Overland Flow for Sediment Control, Woodbine: Stephan Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW 1 Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 10 Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 11 Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 12 Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 16 Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 17 Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 5 Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 6 Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 9 Oaky Creek Wetland Reinstatement Planned Grazing Management Project: Coaster-Garton Pollard Park Creek naturalisation Productive and resilient agricultural landscapes in the Condamine region Protection and Restoration of Swamp Tea-tree Forest at Jimboomba: Nicholls stage 2 Protection and Restoration of Swamp Tea-tree Forest at Jimboomba: STAGE 3 (Nicholls) Protection and Restoration of Swamp Tea-tree Forest at Jimboomba: Te Miro Equestrian, Stage 4 Protection and Restoration of Swamp Tea-tree Forest at Peak Crossing (Turgeon) Protection and Restoration of Swamp Tea-tree Forest: Kentville Road Protection and Restoration of Swamp Tea-tree Forest: UQ Gatton campus Raymond Road Park Rehabilitation Redbank recreation reserve integrated stormwater wetland Reducing impacts on sustainable landscapes through weeds and pests activities Restoration of Lockyer Creek at UQ Gatton - Stage 2 Restoration of Lockyer Creek. University of Queensland, Gatton Campus Riparian Area Establishment and Stabilisation at Withcott: Phase 1 Riparian Management in Running Creek: Shaw Riparian Management in Teviot Brook sub-catchment: J. and J. Vanstone Riparian Restoration in Industrial Waterways Rosevale Riparian Restoration - Swan Slacks Creek Confluence - Melaleuca irbyana Enhancement Project Small Creek naturalisation stage 1 Smith's Smith’s Riparian Re-vegetation of Purga Creek Spine Street Park Restoration Project Stable Swamp Creek Extended Monitoring Program Swamp Tea-tree Forest Restoration at Jimboomba: Rose Swamp Tea-tree Forest Restoration at Tamborine Farm Swamp Tea-tree Habitat Restoration: Lange Swamp Tea Tree Protection and Enhancement: Smith Upper Logan Resilience: Benson Upper Logan Resilience: Hodges Upper Logan Resilience: Ison Upper Logan Resilience: J. Stanley Upper Logan Resilience: Shaw Upper Logan Resilience: Surawski Upper Logan Resilience: W. Stanley Upper Logan Resilience: Walker Upper Logan Resilience: Wickman Upper Mt Walker Hillslope Erosion Project Upper Sandy Creek Riparian Corridor Increasing Connectivity for Biodiversity Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Gillett Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Kelleher Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Oppermann Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Roberts Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Surawski Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Vague Upper Warrill Healthy Country: C. and M. Christensen Upper Warrill Healthy Country: Johnson Upper Warrill Healthy Country: Lotz Upper Warrill Healthy Country: Quickshelf No. 1 Pty Ltd Upper Warrill Healthy Country:Wolter Wallaby Ware channel naturalisation and saturated zone bioretention basin construction Wild About Your Creeks Woolshed Creek salinity mitigation and wetland enhancement (tree planting): McMichael - phase 1
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Name
Construction year
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Stream name
Berrys Weir 2015
Rock Ramp
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Brightview Weir 1945
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Bromelton Weir 1996
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Logan River
Brookwater Linear Pathway 2015
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Opossum Creek
Bundamba Creek 2018
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Bundamba Creek
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Logan River
Greys Plains Road Culvert Baffle Fishway 2019
Culvert
Spring Creek
O'Reilly Weir 1948
Pool and Weir
Lockyer Creek
Paradise Road 2017
Rock Ramp, Culvert
Slacks Creek
South Mclean 2010
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Logan River
Woogaroo Creek Fishway 2022
Rock Ramp
Woogaroo Creek
Worley Park Rock Ramp Fishway 2018
Rock Ramp
Bundamba Creek
Wyaralong Dam 2013
Rock Ramp
Teviot Brook
Wyaralong Dam Lift 2010
Mechanical
Teviot Brook
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Department of Environment and Science, Queensland (2013) Moreton Basin biogeographic subregion — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 13 April 2023 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/biogeographic-subregion-moreton-basin/
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