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Herbert River Gorge DIWA nationally important wetland

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Herbert River Gorge DIWA nationally important wetland wetland area by system 2019
System Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 1,717 100.0% 8.0%
Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine 0 0.0% 0.0%
Artificial and highly modified 0 0.0% 0.0%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Riverine 1,717 100.0% 8.0%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (artificial) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (highly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (artificial) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (highly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Riverine (artificial) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Riverine (highly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Riverine (natural) 1,717 100.0% 8.0%
Riverine (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Herbert River Gorge DIWA nationally important wetland wetland area by habitat 2019
Habitat Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 0 100.0% 0.0%
No habitats in this region 0 100.0% 0.0%

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

Herbert River Gorge DIWA nationally important wetland wetland extent change by system
System 2019 area
(ha)
2017 area
(ha)
2013 area
(ha)
2009 area
(ha)
2005 area
(ha)
2001 area
(ha)
pre-clear area
(ha)
2019/pre-clear
percentage
Total 1,717 1,717 1,717 1,717 1,717 1,717 1,718 * 100.0%
Artificial and highly modified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Palustrine (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Palustrine (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Riverine 1,717 1,717 1,717 1,717 1,717 1,717 1,718 100.0%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (artificial) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (highly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Palustrine (artificial) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Palustrine (highly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Palustrine (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Palustrine (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Riverine (artificial) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Riverine (highly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Riverine (natural) 1,717 1,717 1,717 1,717 1,717 1,717 1,718 100.0%
Riverine (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a

* Total 2019/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified

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.

Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC) metadata

Herbert River Gorge DIWA nationally important wetland land use
ALUMC code and description Area (ha) % total area
Total 21,542 100.0%
1.1 Nature conservation 19,927 92.5%
1.1.3 National park 19,927 92.5%
6.3 River 829 3.8%
6.3.0 River 307 1.4%
6.3.1 River - conservation 521 2.4%
2.1 Grazing native vegetation 728 3.4%
2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation 728 3.4%
6.5 Marsh/wetland 57 0.3%
6.5.0 Marsh/wetland 57 0.3%
1.3 Other minimal use 1 0.0%
1.3.3 Residual native cover 1 0.0%
3.3 Cropping < 1 0.0%
3.3.5 Sugar < 1 0.0%

Wildlife

Kingdom
Class
Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species
Rare or
threatened
species
All
TOTAL 711 76 133 20 788
Animals 337 10 77 15 347
Mammals 38 5 2 6 43
Birds 201 1 28 6 202
Reptiles 45 0 6 1 45
Amphibians 24 1 10 2 25
Ray-finned fishes 28 3 31 0 31
Insects 1 0 0 0 1
Fungi 11 0 0 0 11
Plants 363 66 56 5 430

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DETSI 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, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Herbert River Gorge DIWA nationally important wetland — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 20 December 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/diwa-wetland-herbert-river-gorge/

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