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Groundwater dependent ecosystem type—conceptual models – spatial metadata

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Data structure

  • gde-type-conceptual-model-polygons

    Field name Type Bytes Label Description
    AreaID Text (UTF-8 encoded) 77 AreaID The unique identifier used in WetlandSummary
    Name Text (UTF-8 encoded) 51 Name The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, excluding the area type
    FullName Text (UTF-8 encoded) 107 Full name The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, including the area type
    URL Text (UTF-8 encoded) 153 Detailed information A URL linking to detailed information about this area
    TotalArea Double (8 byte floating point) 8 Area (km²) The total area in km²
  • gde-type-conceptual-model-points

    Field name Type Bytes Label Description
    AreaID Text (UTF-8 encoded) 90 AreaID The unique identifier used in WetlandSummary
    Name Text (UTF-8 encoded) 203 Name The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, excluding the area type
    FullName1 Text (UTF-8 encoded) 254 Full name (part 1 of 2) The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, including the area type (part 1 of 2)
    FullName2 Text (UTF-8 encoded) 8 Full name (part 2 of 2) The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, including the area type (part 2 of 2)
    URL Text (UTF-8 encoded) 165 Detailed information A URL linking to detailed information about this area

Modifications

The groundwater dependent ecosystem type—conceptual models layer used by WetlandSummary is based on the source layers below, with the following modifications:

  • Each source feature potentially contributes to multiple conceptual models depending on how may of the fields C_MODEL, C_MODEL_R, C_MODEL_L, C_MODEL_S are defined
  • Name is the value of one of the fields C_MODEL, C_MODEL_R, C_MODEL_L, C_MODEL_S with some modifications:
  • Name uncapitalised (inconsistent case used in source layer)
  • Name "alluvia - catchment constrictions" renamed to "catchment constrictions"
  • Name "coastal sand masses (beach ridges)" renamed to "coastal sand mass (beach ridges)"
  • Name "coastal sand masses (high dunes)" renamed to "coastal sand mass (high dunes)"
  • Name "fractured rocks (rocks with predominantly secondary porosity)" renamed to "fractured rocks"
  • Name "permeable rocks (rocks with predominantly primary porosity)" renamed to "permeable rocks"
  • Name spelling error "connecitivity" corrected in surface-point layer
  • AreaID based on the name with special handling to avoid excessively long AreaIDs
  • Excluded 1 feature with unfixable invalid geometries
  • Fixed 558 invalid geometries
  • Excluded 320 empty geometries
  • Combined features and attributes from 6 source layers
  • Combined 884,852 source features into 38 groundwater dependent ecosystem type—conceptual models
  • 8,027 features with multiple models contributed to multiple areas

Source layer: HERB.QLD_GDE_POTENTIAL_AQUIFER

(gde/potential-aquifer/herb-qld-gde-potential-aquifer.shp.xml)

Esri
Creation Date
2018-08-24
Creation Time
11:21:38
Modification Date
2018-06-28
Modification Time
08:36:22
Data Id Info
Id Citation
Title
HERB.QLD_GDE_POTENTIAL_AQUIFER
Date
Publication date
2017-03-31
Edition
Version 1.5.1
Cit Resp Party
Contact—organization name
Queensland Herbarium, Department of Environment and Science
Role
details available on request
Other citation information
Access AVAILABLE FORMAT TYPE(S) 1. Online Digital Data and Map Products through WetlandInfo and the Queensland Globe 2. Digital data available as a ESRI Shapefile, ESRI Geodatabase and ESRI Geodatabase Export download through QSpatial
Alternate title
Potential_GDE_Aquifer_Area
Edition date
2018-05-31
Additional human language abstract/description

Potential groundwater dependent ecosystem (GDE) aquifer mapping identifies the extent and key characteristics of aquifers potentially supporting surface expression and terrestrial GDEs in the landscape. There may be other aquifers at lower depths that are not captured in this mapping (e.g. confined aquifers) that may support GDEs, particularly spring ecosystems. The potential aquifers captured in this mapping may also be subterranean aquifer GDEs. Potential GDE aquifers havebeen characterised according to a range of criteria including confinement, geology, porosity, groundwater flow system, salinity, pH, recharge process, temporal connectivity with ecosystems, etc.

The potential GDE aquifer mapping consists of 1 data set which can be viewed independently or complementary to Queensland’s GDE mapping.

Version 1.0 (released in July 2015) - mapping covers South East Queensland (SEQ), Lake Eyre Basin (LEB), Cooper Basin (CB), Galilee Basin (GB), and western Murray-Darling Basin (wMDB).

Version 1.1 to 1.3 do not exist.

Version 1.4 (released in December 2015) - mapping extended to include Surat Basin (SB) and southern Bowen Basin (sBB).

Version 1.5 (released in March 2017) - mapping extended to include eastern Murray-Darling Basin (eMDB).

Version 1.5.1 (released in May 2018) - mapping attribution revised to update hyperlinks to supporting material delivered via webpages.

Resource purpose/summary
Potential groundwater dependent ecosystem aquifer mapping
Id Po C
Contact—individual name
Queensland Herbarium
Contact—organization name
Department of Environment and Science
Contact—position name
Queensland GDE Program Manager
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
City
TOOWONG
Country
AU
Contact email address
Queensland.Herbarium♲dsiti.qld.gov.au
Role
details available on request
Theme Keys
Keyword
WATER, WATER Wetlands Mapping, WATER Wetlands, WATER Mapping, WATER Groundwater, WATER Groundwater Mapping, ECOLOGY Ecosystem, Aquifer
Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
environment
Search Keys
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
WATER
Keyword
WATER Wetlands
Keyword
WATER Mapping
Keyword
WATER Groundwater
Keyword
WATER Groundwater Mapping
Keyword
ECOLOGY Ecosystem
Keyword
Aquifer
Keyword
environment
Keyword
South East Queensland (SEQ)
Keyword
Lake Eyre Basin (LEB)
Keyword
Cooper Basin (CB)
Keyword
Galilee Basin (GB)
Keyword
Murray-Darling Basin (MDB)
Keyword
Surat Basin (SB)
Keyword
southern Bowen Basin (sBB)
Res Const
Leg Consts
Legal constraints; text
Unrestricted to all levels of government and community. Dataset is available to all government agencies, community groups and individuals. Dataset is available through physical supply and may be made available via web delivery tools, for example, through the Queensland Department of Environment and Science internet site.
Res Const
Consts
Security use limitations

While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, the Queensland Department of Environment and Science makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason. © The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 2018.

Dq Info
Report
Data quality report, measure description
This dataset reflects the level of knowledge and information about the landscape that may be biased due to a range of reasons such as accessibility and land use: It is likely that the dataset is incomplete. Detailed field survey and verification of the groundwater location, extent and fluctuation has not been done, nor has the level of ecosystem dependency on groundwater been tested.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
The aquifer attribution was sourced from local expert knowledge, literature and spatial data. The reliability of different attribute values may vary. Areas described as 'known' have been delineated according to local expert knowledge and generally have the highest level of confidence. Areas that are derived from a rule base, that make up the majority of the areas mapped, have been assigned a level of confidence according to judgment of the reliability of knowledge supporting the rule base.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
The mapping linework is at a nominal scale of 1:100 000 or better & the accuracy associated with this is within the range +/-100 metres. For more information refer to the regional ecosystems and Queensland Wetlands Data metadata.
Entity and Attribute Information
details available on request
Dist Info
details available on request

Source layer: GDE_Subterranean_Area_v01_5_1

(gde/subterranean/herb-qld-gde-subterranean.shp.xml)

Esri
Creation Date
2018-08-24
Creation Time
11:22:14
Modification Date
2018-05-24
Modification Time
10:41:37
Data Id Info
Id Citation
Title
GDE_Subterranean_Area_v01_5_1
Edition
1.5.1
Other citation information
Access AVAILABLE FORMAT TYPE(S) 1. Online Digital Data and Map Products through WetlandInfo and the Queensland Globe 2. Digital data available as a ESRI Shapefile, ESRI Geodatabase and ESRI Geodatabase Export download through QSpatial
Cit Resp Party
Contact—organization name
Queensland Herbarium, Department of Environment and Science
Role
details available on request
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
City
TOOWONG
Contact email address
queensland.herbarium♲dsitia.qld.gov.au
Country
AU
Date
Publication date
2017-03-31
Edition date
2018-05-31
Resource purpose/summary
Subterranean groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDE) areas
Additional human language abstract/description

Subterranean GDEs are ecosystems dependent on the subterranean presence of groundwater on a permanent or intermittent basis to meet all or some of their water requirements so as to maintain their communities of plants and animals, ecological processes and ecosystem services. Subterranean GDE area features include cave ecosystemsthat have some groundwater dependency. Information about the location and extent of known and potential GDEs was sourced from expert knowledge, literature and existing datasets. This dataset is one of five datasets that describe the distribution of known and potential GDEs across the landscape. The complete set of GDE datasets is: 1. Surface expression GDE points, 2. Surface expression GDE lines, 3. Surface expression GDE areas, 4. Terrestrial GDE areas, 5. Subterranean GDE areas. As the different types of GDEs represent different overlapping layers or cross-sections of the landscape, it is recommended that the datasets be mapped in the order of listing shown above (i.e. surface expression GDE points on top) to maintain logical consistency and assist visualization.

Version 1.0 (released October 2012) - mapping covers the whole of Queensland

Versions1.1 to 1.3 do not exist

Version 1.4(released December2015) - updated mapping covers the whole of Queensland and includes significant updates to attribution

Version 1.5 (released March 2017) - no change from v1.4

Version 1.5.1 (released in May 2018) - mapping attribution revised to update hyperlinks to supporting material delivered via webpages.

Search Keys
Keyword
WATER Groundwater Mapping
Keyword
WATER Wetlands Mapping
Keyword
WATER Wetlands
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
WATER
Keyword
ECOLOGY Ecosystem
Keyword
WATER Springs
Keyword
WATER Mapping
Keyword
WATER Groundwater
Keyword
environment
Keyword
Queensland (QLD)
Res Const
Consts
Security use limitations

While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, the Queensland Department of Environment and Science makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason. © The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 2018.

Theme Keys
Keyword
WATER Groundwater Mapping
Keyword
WATER Wetlands Mapping
Keyword
WATER Wetlands
Keyword
WATER
Keyword
ECOLOGY Ecosystem
Keyword
WATER Springs
Keyword
WATER Mapping
Keyword
WATER Groundwater
Theme Keys
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
environment
Id Po C
Contact—individual name
Queensland Herbarium, Science Delivery
Contact—organization name
Queensland Department of Environment and Science
Contact—position name
Queensland GDE Program Manager
Role
details available on request
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
City
TOOWONG
Contact email address
Queensland.Herbarium♲dsitia.qld.gov.au
Country
AU
Res Const
Leg Consts
Security use limitations
While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, the Department of Environment and Science makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason. © The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 2018.
Legal constraints; text
Unrestricted to all levels of government and community. Dataset is available to all government agencies, community groups and individuals. Dataset is available through physical supply and may be made available via web delivery tools, for example, through the Queensland Department of Environment and Science internet site.
Dist Info
Distributor
Distor Cont
Contact—individual name
Principal Project Officer, Wetlands
Contact—organization name
Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection
Contact—position name
Principal Project Officer, Wetlands
Role
details available on request
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
Contact email address
wetlands♲ehp.qld.gov.au
City
BRISBANE
Country
AU
Entity and Attribute Information
details available on request
Dq Info
Report
Data quality report, measure description
This dataset reflects the level of knowledge and information about the landscape that may be biased due to a range of reasons such as accessibility and land use: It is likely that the dataset is incomplete. Detailed field survey and verification of the groundwater location, extent and fluctuation has not been done, nor has the level of ecosystem dependency on groundwater been tested.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
The GDE attribution was sourced from local expert knowledge, literature and spatial data. The reliability of different attribute values may vary. Areas described as 'known' have been delineated according to local expert knowledge and generally have the highest level of confidence. Areas that are derived from a rule base, that make up the majority of the areas mapped, have been assigned a level of confidence according to judgment of the reliability of knowledge supporting the rule base.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
The mapping linework is at a nominal scale of 1:100,000 and the accuracy associated with this is within the range +/-100 metres.

Source layer: GDE_Surface_Area_v01_5_1

(gde/surface-area/herb-qld-gde-surface-areas.shp.xml)

Esri
Creation Date
2018-08-24
Creation Time
11:32:15
Modification Date
2021-05-24
Modification Time
1010NnS3100
Dist Info
Distributor
Distor Cont
Contact—individual name
Principal Project Officer, Wetlands
Contact—organization name
Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection
Contact—position name
Principal Project Officer, Wetlands
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
Country
AU
Contact email address
wetlands♲ehp.qld.gov.au
Role
details available on request
Data Id Info
Id Citation
Date
Publication date
2017-03-31
Creation date
2017-03-31
Edition
Version 1.5.1
Other citation information
Access AVAILABLE FORMAT TYPE(S) 1. Online Digital Data and Map Products through WetlandInfo and the Queensland Globe 2. Digital data available as a ESRI Shapefile, ESRI Geodatabase and ESRI Geodatabase Export download through QSpatial
Edition date
2018-05-31
Cit Resp Party
Contact—organization name
Queensland Herbarium, Department of Environment and Science
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
City
TOOWONG
Country
AU
Contact email address
queensland.herbarium♲dsitia.qld.gov.au
Role
details available on request
Title
GDE_Surface_Area_v01_5_1
Additional human language abstract/description

Surface expression GDEs are ecosystems dependent on the discharge of groundwater on a permanent or intermittent basis to meet all or some of their water requirements so as to maintain their communities of plants and animals, ecological processes and ecosystem services. Surface expression GDE area features include wetlands and regional ecosystems that have some groundwater dependency. Information about the location and extent of known and potential GDEs was sourced from expert knowledge, literature and existing datasets. This dataset is one of five datasets that describe the distribution of known and potential GDEs across the landscape. The complete set of GDE datasets is: 1. Surface expression GDE points, 2. Surface expression GDE lines, 3. Surface expression GDE areas, 4. Terrestrial GDE areas, 5. Subterranean GDE areas. As the different types of GDEs represent different overlapping layers or cross-sections of the landscape, it is recommended that the datasets be mapped in the order of listing shown above (i.e. surface expression GDE points on top) to maintain logical consistency and assist visualization.

Version 1.0 (released October 2012) - mapping covering the eastern Murray-Darling Basin (eMDB) and Wide Bay-Burnett (WBB).

Version 1.1 (released May 2013) - mapping extended to include Pumicestone Passage catchment (PUM) and Mackay-Whitsunday (MW).

Version 1.2 (released May 2015) - mapping extended to include South East Queensland (SEQ).

Version 1.3 (released July 2015) - mapping extended to include Lake Eyre Basin (LEB), Cooper Basin (CB), Galilee Basin (GB), and western Murray-Darling Basin (wMDB).

Version 1.4 (released December 2015) - mapping extended to include Surat Basin (SB) and southern Bowen Basin (sBB).

Version 1.5 (released March 2017) - mapping covering the eastern Murray-Darling Basin (eMDB) improved.

Version 1.5.1 (released in May 2018) - mapping attribution revised to update hyperlinks to supporting material delivered via webpages.

Resource purpose/summary
Surface expression groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDE) areas
Id Po C
Contact—individual name
Queensland Herbarium, Science Delivery
Contact—organization name
Queensland Department of Environment and Science
Contact—position name
Queensland GDE Program Manager
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
City
TOOWONG
Country
AU
Contact email address
Queensland.Herbarium♲dsitia.qld.gov.au
Role
details available on request
Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
ANZLIC
Keyword
WATER Groundwater Mapping
Keyword
WATER Wetlands Mapping
Keyword
WATER Wetlands
Keyword
WATER
Keyword
ECOLOGY Ecosystem
Keyword
WATER Springs
Keyword
WATER Mapping
Keyword
WATER Groundwater
Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
ISO 19115 Topic Category
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
environment
Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
environment
Search Keys
Keyword
WATER Groundwater Mapping
Keyword
Pumicestone Passage catchment (PUM)
Keyword
WATER Wetlands Mapping
Keyword
WATER Wetlands
Keyword
South East Queensland (SEQ)
Keyword
Wide Bay Burnett (WBB)
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
WATER
Keyword
Murray-Darling Basin (MDB)
Keyword
ECOLOGY Ecosystem
Keyword
WATER Springs
Keyword
WATER Mapping
Keyword
WATER Groundwater
Keyword
environment
Keyword
Mackay-Whitsunday (MW)
Keyword
Lake Eyre Basin (LEB)
Keyword
Cooper Basin (CB)
Keyword
Galilee Basin (GB)
Keyword
Surat Basin (SB)
Keyword
southern Bowen Basin (sBB)
Res Const
Leg Consts
Security use limitations
While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, the Department of Environment and Science makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason. © The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 2018.
Legal constraints; text
Unrestricted to all levels of government and community. Dataset is available to all government agencies, community groups and individuals. Dataset is available through physical supply and may be made available via web delivery tools, for example, through the Queensland Department of Environment and Science internet site.
Res Const
Consts
Security use limitations

While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, the Queensland Department of Environment and Science makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason. © The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 2018.

Dq Info
Report
Data quality report, measure description
This dataset reflects the level of knowledge and information about the landscape that may be biased due to a range of reasons such as accessibility and land use: It is likely that the dataset is incomplete. Detailed field survey and verification of the groundwater location, extent and fluctuation has not been done, nor has the level of ecosystem dependency on groundwater been tested.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
The GDE attribution was sourced from local expert knowledge, literature and spatial data. The reliability of different attribute values may vary. Areas described as 'known' have been delineated according to local expert knowledge and generally have the highest level of confidence. Areas that are derived from a rule base, that make up the majority of the areas mapped, have been assigned a level of confidence according to judgment of the reliability of knowledge supporting the rule base.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
The mapping linework is at a nominal scale of 1:100,000 and the accuracy associated with this is within the range +/-100 metres. For more information refer to the regional ecosystems and Queensland Wetlands Data metadata.
Entity and Attribute Information
details available on request

Source layer: GDE_Surface_Line_v01_5_1

(gde/surface-line/herb-qld-gde-surface-lines.shp.xml)

Esri
Creation Date
2018-08-24
Creation Time
11:28:24
Modification Date
2021-05-24
Modification Time
1010NnS3300
Dist Info
Distributor
Distor Cont
Contact—individual name
Principal Project Officer, Wetlands
Contact—organization name
Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection
Contact—position name
Principal Project Officer, Wetlands
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
Country
AU
Contact email address
wetlands♲ehp.qld.gov.au
Role
details available on request
Data Id Info
Id Citation
Date
Publication date
2017-03-31
Creation date
2017-03-31
Edition
Version 1.5.1
Other citation information
Access AVAILABLE FORMAT TYPE(S) 1. Online Digital Data and Map Products through WetlandInfo and the Queensland Globe 2. Digital data available as a ESRI Shapefile, ESRI Geodatabase and ESRI Geodatabase Export download through QSpatial
Cit Resp Party
Contact—organization name
Queensland Herbarium, Department of Environment and Science
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
City
TOOWONG
Country
AU
Contact email address
Queensland.Herbarium♲dsitia.qld.gov.au
Role
details available on request
Title
GDE_Surface_Line_v01_5_1
Edition date
2018-05-31
Additional human language abstract/description

Surface expression GDEs are ecosystems dependent on the discharge of groundwater on a permanent or intermittent basis to meet all or some of their water requirements so as to maintain their communities of plants and animals, ecological processes and ecosystem services. Surface expression GDE linefeatures include drainage lines that have some groundwater dependency. Information about the location and extent of known and potential GDEs was sourced from expert knowledge, literature and existing datasets.This dataset is one of five datasets that describe the distribution of known and potential GDEs across the landscape. The complete set of GDE datasets is: 1. Surface expression GDE points, 2. Surface expression GDE lines, 3. Surface expression GDE areas, 4. Terrestrial GDE areas, 5. Subterranean GDE areas. As the different types of GDEs represent different overlapping layers or cross-sections of the landscape, it is recommended that the datasets be mapped in the order of listing shown above (i.e. surface expression GDE points on top) to maintain logical consistency and assist visualization.

Version 1.0 (released October 2012) - mapping covering the eastern Murray-Darling Basin (eMDB) and Wide Bay-Burnett (WBB).

Version 1.1 (released May 2013) - mapping extended to include Pumicestone Passage catchment (PUM) and Mackay-Whitsunday (MW).

Version 1.2 (released May 2015) - mapping extended to include South East Queensland (SEQ).

Version 1.3 (released July 2015) - mapping extended to include Lake Eyre Basin (LEB), Cooper Basin (CB), Galilee Basin (GB), and western Murray-Darling Basin (wMDB).

Version 1.4 (released December 2015) - mapping extended to include Surat Basin (SB) and southern Bowen Basin (sBB).

Version 1.5 (released March 2017) - mapping covering the eastern Murray-Darling Basin (eMDB) improved.

Version 1.5.1 (released in May 2018) - mapping attribution revised to update hyperlinks to supporting material delivered via webpages.

Resource purpose/summary
Surface expression groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDE) lines
Id Po C
Contact—organization name
Queensland Herbarium, Department of Environment and Science
Contact—position name
GDE program manager
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
City
TOOWONG
Country
AU
Contact email address
Queensland.Herbarium♲dsitia.qld.gov.au
Role
details available on request
Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
ANZLIC
Keyword
WATER Groundwater Mapping
Keyword
WATER Wetlands Mapping
Keyword
WATER Wetlands
Keyword
WATER
Keyword
ECOLOGY Ecosystem
Keyword
WATER Springs
Keyword
WATER Mapping
Keyword
WATER Groundwater
Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
ISO 19115 Topic Category
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
environment
Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
environment
Search Keys
Keyword
WATER Groundwater Mapping
Keyword
Pumicestone Passage catchment (PUM)
Keyword
WATER Wetlands Mapping
Keyword
WATER Wetlands
Keyword
South East Queensland (SEQ)
Keyword
Wide Bay Burnett (WBB)
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
WATER
Keyword
Murray-Darling Basin (MDB)
Keyword
ECOLOGY Ecosystem
Keyword
WATER Springs
Keyword
WATER Mapping
Keyword
WATER Groundwater
Keyword
environment
Keyword
environment
Keyword
Mackay-Whitsunday (MW)
Keyword
Lake Eyre Basin (LEB)
Keyword
Cooper Basin (CB)
Keyword
Galilee Basin (GB)
Keyword
Surat Basin (SB)
Keyword
southern Bowen Basin (sBB).
Res Const
Leg Consts
Security use limitations
While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, the Queensland Department of Environment and Science makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason. © The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 2018.
Legal constraints; text
Unrestricted to all levels of government and community. Dataset is available to all government agencies, community groups and individuals. Dataset is available through physical supply and may be made available via web delivery tools, for example, through the Queensland Department of Environment and Science internet site.
Res Const
Consts
Security use limitations

While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, the Queensland Department of Environment and Science makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason. © The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 2018.

Dq Info
Report
Data quality report, measure description
This dataset reflects the level of knowledge and information about the landscape that may be biased due to a range of reasons such as accessibility and land use: It is likely that the dataset is incomplete. Detailed field survey and verification of the groundwater location, extent and fluctuation has not been done, nor has the level of ecosystem dependency on groundwater been tested.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
The GDE attribution was sourced from local expert knowledge, literature and spatial data. The reliability of different attribute values may vary. Lines described as 'known' have been delineated according to local expert knowledge and generally have the highest level of confidence. Lines that are derived from a rule base, that make up the majority of the areas mapped, have been assigned a level of confidence according to judgment of the reliability of knowledge supporting the rule base.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
The mapping linework is at a nominal scale of 1:100,000 and the accuracy associated with this is within the range +/-100 metres. For more information refer to the regional ecosystems and Queensland Wetlands Data metadata.
Entity and Attribute Information
details available on request

Source layer: GDE_Surface_Point_v01_5_1

(gde/surface-point/herb-qld-gde-surface-points.shp.xml)

Esri
Creation Date
2021-07-07
Creation Time
23:05:19
Modification Date
2021-05-24
Modification Time
1010NnS3400
Dist Info
Distributor
Distor Cont
Contact—organization name
Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection
Contact—position name
Principal Project Officer, Wetlands
Role
details available on request
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
City
BRISBANE
Contact email address
wetlands♲ehp.qld.gov.au
Country
AU
Data Id Info
Id Citation
Date
Publication date
2017-03-31
Edition
Version 1.5.1
Other citation information
Access AVAILABLE FORMAT TYPE(S) 1. Online Digital Data and Map Products via WetlandInfo and the Queensland Globe 2. Digital data available as a ESRI Shapefile, ESRI Geodatabase and ESRI Geodatabase Export download
Cit Resp Party
Contact—organization name
Queensland Herbarium, Department of Environment and Science
Role
details available on request
Contact—position name
GDE Program Manager
Title
GDE_Surface_Point_v01_5_1
Edition date
2018-05-31
Resource purpose/summary
Surface expression groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDE) points
Additional human language abstract/description

Surface expression GDEs are ecosystems that are dependent on the discharge of groundwater on a permanent or intermittent basis to meet all or some of their water requirements so as to maintain their communities of plants and animals, ecological processes and ecosystem services. Surface expression GDE point features include spring wetlands. Information about the location and extent of known and potential GDEs was sourced from expert knowledge,field surveyliterature and existing datasets. This dataset is one of five datasets that describe the distribution of known and potential GDEs across the landscape. The complete set of GDE datasets is: 1. Surface expression GDE points, 2. Surface expression GDE lines, 3. Surface expression GDE areas, 4. Terrestrial GDE areas, 5. Subterranean GDE areas. As the different types of GDEs represent different overlapping layers or cross-sections of the landscape, it is recommended that the datasets be mapped in the order of listing shown above (i.e. surface expression GDE points on top) to maintain logical consistency and assist visualization.

Version 1.0 (released October 2012) - mapping covers the whole of Queensland

Version 1.1 (released May 2013) - updated mapping covers the whole of Queensland

Version 1.2 doesnot exist

Version 1.3 (released July 2015) - updated mapping covers the whole of Queensland and includes significant updates to attribution

Version 1.4 (released December 2015) - no change from version 1.3

Version 1.5 (released March 2017) - mapping covering the whole of Queensland improved.

Version 1.5.1 (released in May 2018) - mapping attribution revised to update hyperlinks to supporting material delivered via webpages.

Search Keys
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
environment
Keyword
WATER Springs
Keyword
WATER
Keyword
WATER Wetlands Mapping
Keyword
WATER Wetlands
Keyword
WATER Mapping
Keyword
WATER Groundwater
Keyword
WATER Groundwater Mapping
Keyword
ECOLOGY Ecosystem
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
environment
Res Const
Consts
Security use limitations

While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, the Queensland Department of Environment and Science makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason. © The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 2018.

Theme Keys
Keyword
inlandWaters, environment
Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Keyword
WATER Springs, WATER, WATER Wetlands Mapping, WATER Wetlands, WATER Mapping, WATER Groundwater, WATER Groundwater Mapping, ECOLOGY Ecosystem
Id Po C
Contact—organization name
Queensland Herbarium, Department of Environment and Science
Contact—position name
GDE Program Manager
Role
details available on request
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
City
TOOWONG
Contact email address
Queensland.Herbarium♲dsitia.qld.gov.au
Country
AU
Res Const
Leg Consts
Security use limitations
While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, the Queensland Department of Environment and Science makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason. © The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 2018.
Legal constraints; text
Unrestricted to all levels of government and community. Dataset is available to all government agencies, community groups and individuals. Dataset is available through physical supply and may be made available via web delivery tools, for example, through the Queensland Department of Environment and Science internet site.
Dq Info
Report
Data quality report, measure description
This dataset reflects the level of knowledge and information about the landscape that may be biased due to a range of reasons such as accessibility and land use: It is likely that the dataset is incomplete. Detailed field survey and verification of the groundwater location, extent and fluctuation has been done for most GDE points but not all.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
The GDE attribution was sourced from the Queensland Springs database. The reliability of different attribute values may vary. Field sampled GDE points are attributed as known GDEs. Those that have not been field sampled are attributed as derived - low confidence.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
The positional accuracy of field sampled GDE points is high (+/- 1 metre). Unsampled GDE points have a lower positional accuracy typically +/- 1 kilometre. For more information refer to the Queensland Springs Database metadata.
Entity and Attribute Information
details available on request

Source layer: GDE_Terrestrial_Area_v01_5_1

(gde/terrestrial-area/herb-qld-gde-terrestrial.shp.xml)

Esri
Creation Date
2018-08-24
Creation Time
11:43:15
Modification Date
2021-05-24
Modification Time
1010NnS3600
Dist Info
Distributor
Distor Cont
Contact—individual name
Principal Project Officer, Wetlands
Contact—organization name
Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection
Contact—position name
Principal Project Officer, Wetlands
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
Country
AU
Contact email address
wetlands♲ehp.qld.gov.au
Role
details available on request
Data Id Info
Id Citation
Date
Publication date
2017-03-31
Edition
Version 1.5.1
Other citation information
Access AVAILABLE FORMAT TYPE(S) 1. Online Digital Data and Map Products through WetlandInfo and the Queensland Globe 2. Digital data available as a ESRI Shapefile, ESRI Geodatabase and ESRI Geodatabase Export download through QSpatial
Cit Resp Party
Contact—organization name
Queensland Herbarium, Department of Environment and Science
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
City
TOOWONG
Country
AU
Contact email address
Queensland.Herbarium♲dsitia.qld.gov.au
Role
details available on request
Title
GDE_Terrestrial_Area_v01_5_1
Edition date
2018-05-31
Additional human language abstract/description

TerrestrialGDEs are ecosystems dependent on the sub-surface presenceof groundwater on a permanent or intermittent basis to meet all or some of their water requirements so as to maintain their communities of plants and animals, ecological processes and ecosystem services. TerrestrialGDE area features include riverine wetlands and treed (deep rooted) regional ecosystems that have some groundwater dependency. Information about the location and extent of known and potential GDEs was sourced from expert knowledge, literature and existing datasets.This dataset is one of five datasets that describe the distribution of known and potential GDEs across the landscape. The complete set of GDE datasets is: 1. Surface expression GDE points, 2. Surface expression GDE lines, 3. Surface expression GDE areas, 4. Terrestrial GDE areas, 5. Subterranean GDE areas. As the different types of GDEs represent different overlapping layers or cross-sections of the landscape, it is recommended that the datasets be mapped in the order of listing shown above (i.e. surface expression GDE points on top) to maintain logical consistency and assist visualization.

Version 1.0 (released October 2012) - mapping covering the eastern Murray-Darling Basin (eMDB) and Wide Bay-Burnett (WBB).

Version 1.1 (released May 2013) - mapping extended to include Pumicestone Passage catchment (PUM) and Mackay-Whitsunday (MW).

Version 1.2 (released May 2015) - mapping extended to include South East Queensland (SEQ).

Version 1.3 (released July 2015) - mapping extended to include Lake Eyre Basin (LEB), Cooper Basin (CB), Galilee Basin (GB), and western Murray-Darling Basin (wMDB).

Version 1.4 (released December 2015) - mapping extended to include Surat Basin (SB) and southern Bowen Basin (sBB).

Version 1.5 (released March 2017) - mapping covering the eastern Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) improved.

Version 1.5.1 (released in May 2018) - mapping attribution revised to update hyperlinks to supporting material delivered via webpages.

Resource purpose/summary
Terrestrial groundwater dependent ecosystem (GDE) areas
Id Po C
Contact—organization name
Queensland Herbarium, Department of Environment and Science
Contact—position name
GDE program manager
Rp Cnt Info
Cnt Address
City
TOOWONG
Country
AU
Contact email address
Queensland.Herbarium♲dsitia.qld.gov.au
Role
details available on request
Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
environment
Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
ISO 19115 Topic Category
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
environment
Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
ANZLIC
Keyword
WATER Groundwater Mapping
Keyword
WATER
Keyword
WATER Wetlands
Keyword
WATER Springs
Keyword
WATER Wetlands Mapping
Keyword
WATER Mapping
Keyword
WATER Groundwater
Keyword
ECOLOGY Ecosystem
Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
environment
Search Keys
Keyword
Pumicestone Passage catchment (PUM)
Keyword
WATER Groundwater Mapping
Keyword
Murray-Darling Basin (MDB)
Keyword
WATER
Keyword
WATER Wetlands
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
WATER Springs
Keyword
WATER Wetlands Mapping
Keyword
Wide Bay Burnett (WBB)
Keyword
South East Queensland (SEQ)
Keyword
inlandWaters
Keyword
WATER Mapping
Keyword
environment
Keyword
Mackay-Whitsunday (MW)
Keyword
environment
Keyword
environment
Keyword
WATER Groundwater
Keyword
ECOLOGY Ecosystem
Keyword
Lake Eyre Basin (LEB)
Keyword
Cooper Basin (CB)
Keyword
Galilee Basin (GB)
Keyword
Surat Basin (SB)
Keyword
southern Bowen Basin (sBB).
Res Const
Leg Consts
Security use limitations
While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, the Queensland Department of Environment and Science makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason. © The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 2018.
Legal constraints; text
Unrestricted to all levels of government and community. Dataset is available to all government agencies, community groups and individuals. Dataset is available through physical supply and may be made available via web delivery tools, for example, through the Queensland Department of Environment and Science internet site.
Res Const
Consts
Security use limitations

While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, the Queensland Department of Environment and Science makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason. © The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) 2018.

Dq Info
Report
Data quality report, measure description
This dataset reflects the level of knowledge and information about the landscape that may be biased due to a range of reasons such as accessibility and land use: It is likely that the dataset is incomplete. Detailed field survey and verification of the groundwater location, extent and fluctuation has not been done, nor has the level of ecosystem dependency on groundwater been tested.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
The GDE attribution was sourced from local expert knowledge, literature and spatial data. The reliability of different attribute values may vary. Areas described as 'known' have been delineated according to local expert knowledge and generally have the highest level of confidence. Areas that are derived from a rule base, that make up the majority of the areas mapped, have been assigned a level of confidence according to judgment of the reliability of knowledge supporting the rule base.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
The mapping linework is at a nominal scale of 1:100,000 and the accuracy associated with this is within the range +/-100 metres. For more information refer to the regional ecosystems and Queensland Wetlands Data metadata.
Entity and Attribute Information
details available on request

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (n.d.) Groundwater dependent ecosystem type—conceptual models – spatial metadata, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/get-mapping-help/metadata/gde-type-conceptual-model/

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