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Murray Darling freshwater biogeographic province

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Name: Murray Darling
Area type: Freshwater biogeographic province
Total area: 26,252,623 ha
% total Qld: 15.2%
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Murray Darling freshwater biogeographic province wetland area by system 2019
System Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 463,976 100.0% 1.8%
Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine 329,400 71.0% 1.3%
Artificial and highly modified 89,451 19.3% 0.3%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (natural) 23,580 5.1% 0.1%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 4,663 1.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (natural) 201,785 43.5% 0.8%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 9,973 2.1% 0.0%
Riverine 134,522 29.0% 0.5%

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Murray Darling freshwater biogeographic province wetland area by habitat 2019
Habitat Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 233,630 100.0% 0.9%
Mangroves - Casuarina 0 0.0% 0.0%
Mangroves - other 0 0.0% 0.0%
Salt marsh and salt flats 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 22,410 9.6% 0.1%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 43 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 784 0.3% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 16,849 7.2% 0.1%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 11,257 4.8% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 196 0.1% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 10,445 4.5% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 32,221 13.8% 0.1%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 53,696 23.0% 0.2%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 68,169 29.2% 0.3%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 2,769 1.2% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 1,082 0.5% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 1 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 4,965 2.1% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 7,323 3.1% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 501 0.2% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 282 0.1% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid 191 0.1% 0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 446 0.2% 0.0%

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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.

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Wetland extent changes

Murray Darling freshwater biogeographic province 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 463,976 464,626 463,898 463,340 462,180 458,540 394,083 * 95.0%
Artificial and highly modified 89,451 89,303 87,854 86,855 85,055 80,888 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) 23,580 23,580 23,580 23,580 23,581 23,581 25,505 92.5%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 4,663 4,661 4,660 4,659 4,659 4,615 0 n/a
Palustrine (natural) 201,785 201,995 202,210 202,411 203,046 203,356 214,471 94.1%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 9,973 9,973 9,979 9,979 9,725 9,042 0 n/a
Riverine 134,522 135,112 135,616 135,856 136,114 137,060 154,107 87.3%

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

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metadata View 2019/pre-clear wetland system extent percentages for all freshwater biogeographic provinces

Murray Darling freshwater biogeographic province wetland extent change by habitat
Habitat 2019 area
(ha)		 2017 area
(ha)		 2013 area
(ha)		 2009 area
(ha)		 2005 area
(ha)		 2001 area
(ha)
Total 233,630 233,840 234,060 234,261 234,642 234,263
Mangroves - Casuarina 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mangroves - other 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salt marsh and salt flats 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 22,410 22,410 22,410 22,410 22,410 22,410
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 43 43 43 43 43 37
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 784 784 784 784 784 784
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 16,849 16,850 16,850 16,850 16,850 16,874
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 11,257 11,257 11,260 11,260 11,260 11,265
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 196 196 196 196 196 196
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 10,445 10,446 10,449 10,449 10,450 10,450
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 32,221 32,332 32,368 32,443 32,505 32,123
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 53,696 53,717 53,735 53,742 53,914 54,234
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 68,169 68,226 68,265 68,289 68,343 68,527
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 2,769 2,769 2,775 2,791 2,791 2,229
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 1,082 1,087 1,088 1,096 1,096 1,096
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 1 1 1 1 1 1
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 4,965 4,973 5,009 5,009 5,025 5,032
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 7,323 7,329 7,405 7,405 7,483 7,512
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 501 501 501 574 574 574
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 282 282 282 282 282 282
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid 191 191 191 191 191 191
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 446 446 446 446 446 446

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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.

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Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC) metadata

Murray Darling freshwater biogeographic province land use
ALUMC code and description
Area (ha)
% total area
Total 26,252,391 100.0%
2.1 Grazing native vegetation 21,412,196 81.6%
3.3 Cropping 2,142,313 8.2%
2.2 Production native forests 1,058,433 4.0%
1.1 Nature conservation 718,453 2.7%
4.3 Irrigated cropping 344,472 1.3%
1.2 Managed resource protection 150,301 0.6%
6.1 Lake 109,224 0.4%
6.2 Reservoir/dam 83,947 0.3%
5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure 65,068 0.2%
1.3 Other minimal use 56,500 0.2%
6.5 Marsh/wetland 34,647 0.1%
5.5 Services 14,401 0.1%
3.2 Grazing modified pastures 9,298 0.0%
4.4 Irrigated perennial horticulture 8,462 0.0%
5.8 Mining 7,352 0.0%
6.3 River 6,078 0.0%
5.7 Transport and communication 5,626 0.0%
5.2 Intensive animal production 5,480 0.0%
3.1 Plantation forests 5,268 0.0%
5.3 Manufacturing and industrial 3,314 0.0%
6.4 Channel/aqueduct 2,805 0.0%
4.5 Irrigated seasonal horticulture 2,385 0.0%
5.6 Utilities 2,133 0.0%
3.4 Perennial horticulture 1,714 0.0%
3.6 Land in transition 1,126 0.0%
5.9 Waste treatment and disposal 750 0.0%
4.2 Grazing irrigated modified pastures 553 0.0%
3.5 Seasonal horticulture 67 0.0%
5.1 Intensive horticulture 26 0.0%

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Biopassage structures info metadata

Name Construction year Structure types Stream name
map Bowenville Weir 2016 Rock Ramp Oakey Creek
map Condamine Town Weir 2015 Rock Ramp Condamine River
map Dalmeny Weir 2016 Rock Ramp Oakey Creek
map Goondiwindi Weir 1993 Rock Ramp MacIntyre River
map Loudoun Weir 2010 Vertical slot Condamine River
map Moonie Weir Rock Ramp, Culvert Moonie River
map Munro's Crossing 2014 Rock Ramp Oakey Creek
map O'Mara Road Dry Creek Fishway 2015 Rock Ramp Dry Creek
map Reilly's Weir 2010 Cone Condamine River
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Wildlife

Kingdom
Class
 Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species		 Rare or
threatened
species		 All
TOTAL 6,631 825 499 285 7,456
Animals 1,160 39 230 94 1,199
Mammals 128 18 3 17 146
Birds 447 11 79 45 458
Reptiles 225 1 13 17 226
Amphibians 56 1 28 6 57
Ray-finned fishes 31 4 35 2 35
Insects 257 4 72 3 261
Malacostracans 7 0 0 2 7
Branchiopods 1 0 0 0 1
Arachnids 3 0 0 0 3
Snails 5 0 0 2 5
Bacteria 33 0 0 0 33
Chromists 107 0 0 0 107
Fungi 1,080 3 0 0 1,083
Plants 4,246 783 269 191 5,029
Protozoans 5 0 0 0 5

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

Disclaimer: While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this product, the Queensland Government and Australian Government make no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaim all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a consequence of reliance on the product, or as a result of the product being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.

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Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Murray Darling freshwater biogeographic province — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 12 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/fbp-murray-darling/

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