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North Queensland Regional Plan

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Name: North Queensland Regional Plan
Area type: Regional plan
Total area: 8,005,049 ha
% total Qld: 4.6%
Page table of contents
Catchment stories
Wetland observations
Wetland extents
Wetland extent changes
Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC)
Drainage divisions
Drainage basins
Drainage sub-basins
Regional natural resource management (NRM) bodies
Local government areas
100K map tiles
Climate zones
Bioregions
Biogeographic subregions
IBRA bioregions
IBRA subregions
Bioregional assessment areas
Marine meso-scale bioregions
Marine provincial bioregions
World Heritage areas
Ramsar internationally important wetlands
DIWA nationally important wetlands
National parks
Marine parks (Queensland)
Study areas
Report cards
Conservation parks
State forests
Forest reserves
Resources reserves
Timber reserves
Fish habitat areas
Coastal management district
Nature refuges
Freshwater biogeographic provinces
Aquatic Conservation Assessments (AquaBAMM) and others
Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—conceptual models
Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—management profiles
Groundwater dependent ecosystem type—conceptual models
Healthy Land and Water conceptual models
Water resource planning areas
Aquatic ecosystem monitoring programs
Point source monitoring
Wetland soil indicator case studies
Wetland management case studies
Wetland projects
Area specific conceptual model case studies
Paddock to Reef (P2R) report cards
Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments
EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives
Shorebird zones
Biopassage structures
Related legislation/policies
Wildlife

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Wetland extents info metadata

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North Queensland Regional Plan wetland area by system 2019
System Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 442,719 100.0% 5.5%
Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine 187,162 42.3% 2.3%
Artificial and highly modified 27,989 6.3% 0.3%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 67,883 15.3% 0.8%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 614 0.1% 0.0%
Lacustrine (natural) 16,531 3.7% 0.2%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 2,913 0.7% 0.0%
Palustrine (natural) 58,534 13.2% 0.7%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 12,706 2.9% 0.2%
Riverine 255,548 57.7% 3.2%

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North Queensland Regional Plan wetland area by habitat 2019
Habitat Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 132,252 100.0% 1.7%
Mangroves - Casuarina 0 0.0% 0.0%
Mangroves - other 35,541 26.9% 0.4%
Salt marsh and salt flats 10,901 8.2% 0.1%
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 14,178 10.7% 0.2%
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 5 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 603 0.5% 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 109 0.1% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 14,134 10.7% 0.2%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 4,643 3.5% 0.1%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 3,354 2.5% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 12,427 9.4% 0.2%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 9,728 7.4% 0.1%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 20 0.0% 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 2,226 1.7% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 1,049 0.8% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 215 0.2% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 1,485 1.1% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 20,204 15.3% 0.3%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 4 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp 8 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp 12 0.0% 0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid 1,001 0.8% 0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 405 0.3% 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

North Queensland Regional Plan 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 442,719 442,772 442,491 442,417 442,189 442,169 449,751 * 92.2%
Artificial and highly modified 27,989 27,990 27,817 27,654 27,213 26,904 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 67,883 67,883 68,141 68,134 68,145 68,179 75,860 89.5%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 614 614 623 622 622 622 0 n/a
Lacustrine (natural) 16,531 16,531 16,531 16,531 16,531 16,531 16,624 99.4%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 2,913 2,913 2,874 2,874 2,879 2,816 0 n/a
Palustrine (natural) 58,534 58,557 58,556 58,560 58,606 58,732 80,643 72.6%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 12,706 12,694 12,456 12,440 12,447 12,422 0 n/a
Riverine 255,548 255,591 255,493 255,603 255,746 255,963 276,624 92.4%

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

metadata View 2019 wetland system extents for all regional plans

metadata View 2017 wetland system extents for all regional plans

metadata View 2013 wetland system extents for all regional plans

metadata View 2009 wetland system extents for all regional plans

metadata View 2005 wetland system extents for all regional plans

metadata View 2001 wetland system extents for all regional plans

metadata View pre-clear wetland system extents for all regional plans

metadata View 2019/pre-clear wetland system extent percentages for all regional plans

North Queensland Regional Plan 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 132,252 132,257 132,052 132,031 132,090 132,260
Mangroves - Casuarina 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mangroves - other 35,541 35,541 35,554 35,554 35,555 35,559
Salt marsh and salt flats 10,901 10,901 10,923 10,914 10,918 10,949
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 14,178 14,178 14,178 14,178 14,178 14,178
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 5 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 603 603 603 603 603 603
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 109 109 109 109 109 109
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 14,134 14,134 14,134 14,134 14,169 14,170
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 4,643 4,643 4,642 4,642 4,642 4,642
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 3,354 3,354 3,354 3,357 3,359 3,359
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 12,427 12,433 12,433 12,433 12,435 12,435
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 9,728 9,728 9,717 9,717 9,717 9,717
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 20 20 20 20 20 20
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 2,226 2,231 2,233 2,210 2,212 2,235
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 1,049 1,049 826 826 826 826
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 215 215 215 215 215 219
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 1,485 1,472 1,445 1,444 1,434 1,438
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 20,204 20,216 20,238 20,247 20,271 20,373
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 4 4 4 4 4 6
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp 8 8 8 8 5 5
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp 12 12 12 12 12 12
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid 1,001 1,001 1,001 1,001 1,001 1,001
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 405 405 405 405 405 405

metadata View 2019 wetland habitat area for all regional plans

metadata View 2017 wetland habitat area for all regional plans

metadata View 2013 wetland habitat area for all regional plans

metadata View 2009 wetland habitat area for all regional plans

metadata View 2005 wetland habitat area for all regional plans

metadata View 2001 wetland habitat area for all regional plans

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

North Queensland Regional Plan land use
ALUMC code and description
Area (ha)
% total area
Total 8,002,170 100.0%
2.1 Grazing native vegetation 6,649,087 83.1%
1.1 Nature conservation 327,470 4.1%
1.3 Other minimal use 327,236 4.1%
1.2 Managed resource protection 162,683 2.0%
6.5 Marsh/wetland 150,977 1.9%
4.3 Irrigated cropping 123,679 1.5%
3.3 Cropping 61,590 0.8%
2.2 Production native forests 36,321 0.5%
6.3 River 35,036 0.4%
5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure 32,901 0.4%
6.1 Lake 28,402 0.4%
6.2 Reservoir/dam 27,229 0.3%
5.5 Services 7,851 0.1%
5.7 Transport and communication 6,639 0.1%
5.8 Mining 5,763 0.1%
3.1 Plantation forests 5,185 0.1%
4.4 Irrigated perennial horticulture 3,828 0.0%
4.5 Irrigated seasonal horticulture 2,467 0.0%
5.3 Manufacturing and industrial 1,924 0.0%
6.4 Channel/aqueduct 1,553 0.0%
4.2 Grazing irrigated modified pastures 1,260 0.0%
4.1 Irrigated plantation forests 977 0.0%
5.2 Intensive animal production 934 0.0%
5.9 Waste treatment and disposal 500 0.0%
5.6 Utilities 195 0.0%
3.6 Land in transition 139 0.0%
4.6 Irrigated land in transition 126 0.0%
3.2 Grazing modified pastures 82 0.0%
3.4 Perennial horticulture 47 0.0%
6.6 Estuary/coastal waters 46 0.0%
5.1 Intensive horticulture 45 0.0%

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Drainage divisions info metadata

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Study areas metadata

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State forests info metadata

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  • map Paluma State Forest

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Biopassage structures info metadata

Name Construction year Structure types Stream name
map Aims Road 1 2010 Culvert Unnamed Creek
map Aims Road 2 2010 Culvert Unnamed Creek
map Alligator Creek Weir 2011 Rock Ramp Alligator Creek
map Beach Road Vertical slot Kalamia Creek
map Castenlanelli's Rock Ramp Rock Ramp
map Cislowski Road Vertical slot Plantation Creek
map Clare Weir 2009 Mechanical Burdekin River
map Dick's Bank 2009 Vertical slot Sheepstation Creek
map Farm crossing rock ramp Rock Ramp Saltwater Creek
map Five Ways 2011 Rock Ramp Sheepstation Creek
map Horseshoe Lagoon 2009 Rock Ramp Horsehoe Creek
map Inkerman Road Rock Ramp Saltwater Creek
map Jacks Road 2011 Rock Ramp Sheepstation Creek
map Kirknie 2009 Rock ramp, Culvert Kirknie Creek
map Lilliesmere Bund Rock Ramp Alva Creek
map Lilliesmere Road Vertical slot Kalamia Creek
map McAllisters Road Rock Ramp Plantation Creek
map Pyott's Lagoon Vertical slot Kalamia Creek
map Rita Island 2009 Rock Ramp Burdekin Ananbranch
map Rocky New Road Vertical slot Saltwater Creek
map Toll Road 2011 Vertical slot Sheepstation Creek
map Town Common 2011 Rock Ramp Unnamed Creek
map Town Common Ds 2011 Culvert Unnamed Creek
map University Creek 2010 Rock Ramp, Culvert University Creek
map Victoria Mill 2019 Rock ramp Palm Creek
map Wills Crossing 2011 Culvert Sheepstation Creek

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Wildlife

Kingdom
Class
 Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species		 Rare or
threatened
species		 All
TOTAL 4,941 533 575 171 5,474
Animals 1,064 38 240 91 1,102
Mammals 137 17 7 23 154
Birds 494 10 96 37 504
Reptiles 223 2 26 19 225
Amphibians 47 1 19 7 48
Ray-finned fishes 67 7 73 1 74
Cartilaginous fishes 5 0 5 2 5
Insects 86 1 14 1 87
Malacostracans 4 0 0 1 4
Arachnids 1 0 0 0 1
Bacteria 16 0 0 0 16
Chromists 14 0 0 0 14
Fungi 144 0 0 0 144
Plants 3,703 495 335 80 4,198

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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This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) North Queensland Regional Plan — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 14 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/regional-plan-north-queensland/

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