Freshwater Biogeographic Provinces

Broad geographic areas such as Queensland can cover a diverse and complex array of ecosystem types which can make understanding aquatic ecosystem processes difficult. This heterogeneity is related to geographic distance and the presence of different landscape attributes. Regionalisation is a process used to divide a large area into smaller areas with similar (less variable) ecosystem types. This reduction in variability is beneficial to condition assessments because it increases the efficiency of the monitoring effort applied within a sampling program.

To find out more about riverine systems in Queensland choose a wetland type conceptual model below.

Quick facts

1004km

is the estimated length of the Flinders River—the longest river totally within Queensland borders.[1]

3672km

is the estimated length of the Murray-Darling River that runs from Qld through NSW and Vic before finishing up in SA[1].