Queensland has been divided into 132 subregions. Subregions represent finer scale climatic, landform, geological, topographical, vegetation and biota patterns.
Resource purpose/summary
Subregions of Queensland are used for planning, management and assessment of Queensland flora, fauna and ecosystems.
Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
Common Search Terms
Date
Publication date
2017-07-31
Keyword
Biodiversity
Keyword
Biophysical
Keyword
Ecology
Keyword
Biogeography
Keyword
Landscape
Supplemental information about the data
NOTE: Incorporated IBRAv7 names may need to be slightly revised.
Theme Keys
Thesa Name
Title
ANZLIC Search Words
Date
Publication date
2007-08-01
Keyword
BOUNDARIES Biophysical
Keyword
ECOLOGY
Id Po C
Contact—individual name
Dale Richter
Contact—organization name
Queensland Herbarium, Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation
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Res Const
Consts
Security use limitations
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Dist Info
Distributor
Distor Cont
Contact—individual name
DSITI, Open Data
Contact—organization name
Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation
Non-overlapping polygons for the state of Queensland. New South Wales border obtained from NSW.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
Complete to the best available source infomation available at the time of publishing.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
Bioregion names for Queensland as defined by Sattler and Williams (1999)
Report
Data quality report, evaluation method description
Bioregions and subregion boundaries are derived from the Queensland Herbarium's Regional Ecosystem mapping (nominally 100 metre horizontal accuracy).
Data quality report, measure description
The positional accuracy at a scale of 1:100,000, is 100 metres
Data Lineage
details available on request
Entity and Attribute Information
Overview Description
Entity and Attribute Overview
Shape, FID: standard ArcGIS fields Fieldnames are based on prefixes (IBRA, Q) and suffixes (REG, SUB), meaning IBRAv7, Queensland, REGION, SUBREGION, respectively. REG, SUB are abbreviated names, while REG_, SUB_ are the corresponding full names for bioregions and subregions. hectares: a non-essential field
This page should be cited as:
Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (n.d.) Biogeographic subregions – spatial metadata, WetlandInfo website, accessed 1 February 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/get-mapping-help/metadata/biogeographic-subregion/
— Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation