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Ramsar internationally important wetland 2001 wetland system extents

Definition of Ramsar internationally important wetland

based on wetland mapping version 6.0 metadata

Display areas in
2001 wetland system extent by Ramsar internationally important wetland metadata
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Ramsar wetland Total area
(ha)
Wetland area by system Total
wetland area
(ha)
artificial and highly modified intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) lacustrine (natural) lacustrine (slightly modified) palustrine (natural) palustrine (slightly modified) riverine
Total 591,831 3 80,816 82 8,188 15 29,247 353 1,537 120,240
Bowling Green Bay 34,619 25,763 81 296 179 20 26,339
Currawinya Lakes 150,864 1 7,767 1 13,285 155 221 21,430
Great Sandy Strait 83,742 < 1 16,458 12 14 3,868 19 < 1 20,371
Moreton Bay 120,639 < 1 14,577 1 409 < 1 8,361 < 1 19 23,369
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area 201,967 2 24,017 3,437 1,276 28,731

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of Ramsar internationally important wetlands.

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) Ramsar internationally important wetland 2001 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2001/ramsar-wetland.html

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