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Townsville Plains IBRA subregion

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Townsville Plains IBRA subregion wetland area by system 2017
System Area (km²) % wetlands area % total area
Total 1,293.4 100.0% 16.9%
Artificial and highly modified 93.7 7.2% 1.2%
Estuarine 644.1 49.8% 8.4%
Lacustrine 7.8 0.6% 0.1%
Palustrine 195.5 15.1% 2.6%
Riverine 352.3 27.2% 4.6%
Townsville Plains IBRA subregion wetland area by habitat 2017
Habitat Area (km²) % wetlands area % total area
Total 1,293.4 100.0% 16.9%
Estuarine - mangroves and related tree communities 266.4 20.6% 3.5%
Estuarine - salt flats and saltmarshes 377.7 29.2% 4.9%
Coastal and sub-coastal saline swamp 29.4 2.3% 0.4%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. 0.2 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass sedge and herb swamp 0.2 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. 12.7 1.0% 0.2%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 0.0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp 152.9 11.8% 2.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 0.7 0.1% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake 7.1 0.5% 0.1%
Artificial and highly modified wetlands (dams, ring tanks, irrigation channels) 86.5 6.7% 1.1%
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal saline swamp 0.0 0.0% 0.0%
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. 0.0 0.0% 0.0%
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass sedge and herb swamp 0.2 0.0% 0.0%
(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 3.6 0.3% 0.0%
(modified natural) Riverine 3.3 0.3% 0.0%
Riverine 352.3 27.2% 4.6%

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.

Wetland extent changes

Townsville Plains IBRA subregion wetland extent change by system
System 2017 area
(km²)
2013 area
(km²)
2009 area
(km²)
2005 area
(km²)
2001 area
(km²)
2017/pre-clear
percentage
Total 1,293.4 1,293.1 1,292.1 1,291.0 1,290.9 * 86.4%
Artificial and highly modified 93.7 93.1 92.4 90.0 88.4 n/a
Estuarine 644.1 644.3 644.3 644.4 644.5 88.7%
Lacustrine 7.8 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 97.0%
Palustrine 195.5 195.6 195.0 195.4 195.8 107.1%
Riverine 352.3 352.6 352.8 353.7 354.7 75.9%

* Total 2017/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified

Townsville Plains IBRA subregion wetland extent change by habitat
Habitat 2017 area
(km²)
2013 area
(km²)
2009 area
(km²)
2005 area
(km²)
2001 area
(km²)
Total 1,293.4 1,293.0 1,292.1 1,291.0 1,290.9
Estuarine - mangroves and related tree communities 266.4 266.4 266.4 266.4 266.4
Estuarine - salt flats and saltmarshes 377.7 377.8 377.9 378.0 378.1
Coastal and sub-coastal saline swamp 29.4 29.3 29.3 29.4 29.4
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass sedge and herb swamp 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. 12.7 12.7 12.2 12.2 12.2
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp 152.9 153.1 153.1 153.3 153.7
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8
Artificial and highly modified wetlands (dams, ring tanks, irrigation channels) 86.5 85.8 85.2 82.7 81.2
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal saline swamp 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass sedge and herb swamp 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
(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 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.5
(modified natural) Riverine 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3
Riverine 352.3 352.6 352.8 353.7 354.7

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.

Wildlife

Kingdom
Class
Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species
Rare or
threatened
species
All
TOTAL 2593 374 411 65 2967
Animals 824 34 213 49 858
Mammals 88 14 6 10 102
Birds 431 9 95 24 440
Reptiles 155 2 23 9 157
Amphibians 31 1 13 2 32
Ray-finned fishes 56 7 62 1 63
Cartilaginous fishes 6 0 6 2 6
Insects 54 1 8 0 55
Malacostracans 3 0 0 1 3
Bacteria 2 0 0 0 2
Chromists 15 0 0 0 15
Fungi 14 0 0 0 14
Plants 1738 340 198 16 2078

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DES WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.

Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment and Science, Queensland (2013) Townsville Plains IBRA subregion — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 13 April 2023. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/ibra-subregion-townsville-plains/

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