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Freshwater biogeographic provinces – spatial metadata

View definition

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Data structure

fbp

Field name Type Bytes Label Description
AreaID Text (UTF-8 encoded) 25 AreaID The unique identifier used in WetlandSummary
Name Text (UTF-8 encoded) 21 Name The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, excluding the area type
FullName Text (UTF-8 encoded) 55 Full name The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, including the area type
Wetlands Text (UTF-8 encoded) 81 Wetland summary information The URL of the WetlandSummary page of this area
KML Text (UTF-8 encoded) 103 KML The URL of a simplified KML file depicting this area
TotalArea Double (8 byte floating point) 8 Area (km²) The total area in km²

Modifications

The freshwater biogeographic provinces layer used by WetlandSummary is based on the source layers below, with the following modifications:

  • The name and boundary of each freshwater biogeographic province is determined individually, each based on a collection of basins

Source layer: Drainage basin

(basin/basin.shp.xml)

Esri
Creation Date
2020-12-24
Creation Time
06:39:05
Data Id Info
Id Citation
Title
Drainage basin
Additional human language abstract/description
Contains the boundaries and names of the Queensland Drainage Basins, as defined by Australian Water Resources Management Committee (WRMC). Information includes the name and number of each drainage basin. The capture scale for this dataset is 1:100 000
Search Keys
not recorded
Resource purpose/summary
not recorded
Res Const
Consts
Security use limitations
not recorded

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (n.d.) Freshwater biogeographic provinces – spatial metadata, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/get-mapping-help/metadata/fbp/

Queensland Government
WetlandInfo   —   Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation