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Water resource planning areas

Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine water resource planning area

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Name: Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine
Area type: Water resource planning area
Total area: 18,759,198 ha
% total Qld: 10.8%

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Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine water resource planning area wetland area by system 2019
System Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 460,148 100.0% 2.5%
Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine 386,155 83.9% 2.1%
Artificial and highly modified 3,400 0.7% 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) 43,137 9.4% 0.2%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 1,428 0.3% 0.0%
Palustrine (natural) 334,538 72.7% 1.8%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 3,654 0.8% 0.0%
Riverine 73,992 16.1% 0.4%

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Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine water resource planning area wetland area by habitat 2019
Habitat Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 378,994 100.0% 2.0%
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 42,497 11.2% 0.2%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 0 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 0 0.0% 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 17,332 4.6% 0.1%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 15,891 4.2% 0.1%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 66,736 17.6% 0.4%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 29,321 7.7% 0.2%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 32,361 8.5% 0.2%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 69,115 18.2% 0.4%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 105,344 27.8% 0.6%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 0 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 55 0.0% 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 3 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 324 0.1% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0.0% 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 0 0.0% 0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 14 0.0% 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

Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine water resource planning area 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 460,148 460,686 460,974 461,259 461,621 462,109 462,649 * 98.7%
Artificial and highly modified 3,400 3,392 3,332 3,287 3,189 2,933 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) 43,137 43,137 43,137 43,137 43,137 43,137 43,535 99.1%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 1,428 1,428 1,428 1,428 1,428 1,426 0 n/a
Palustrine (natural) 334,538 334,737 334,831 334,951 335,284 335,450 341,089 98.1%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 3,654 3,654 3,654 3,654 3,654 3,654 0 n/a
Riverine 73,992 74,337 74,593 74,802 74,931 75,510 78,025 94.8%

* 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 water resource planning areas

Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine water resource planning area 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 378,994 379,193 379,286 379,406 379,739 379,905
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 42,497 42,497 42,497 42,497 42,497 42,497
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 17,332 17,333 17,333 17,333 17,333 17,357
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 15,891 15,891 15,894 15,894 15,894 15,894
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 66,736 66,736 66,736 66,736 66,736 66,736
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 29,321 29,321 29,325 29,325 29,326 29,326
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 32,361 32,471 32,500 32,574 32,638 32,257
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 69,115 69,137 69,155 69,162 69,334 69,656
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 105,344 105,400 105,440 105,479 105,559 105,758
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 55 60 60 60 60 60
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 3 3 3 3 3 3
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 324 329 329 329 344 346
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 14 14 14 14 14 14

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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

Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine water resource planning area land use
ALUMC code and description
Area (ha)
% total area
Total 18,754,153 100.0%
2.1 Grazing native vegetation 17,274,574 92.1%
1.1 Nature conservation 676,392 3.6%
1.2 Managed resource protection 360,073 1.9%
6.1 Lake 263,443 1.4%
2.2 Production native forests 74,985 0.4%
6.5 Marsh/wetland 49,269 0.3%
3.3 Cropping 23,712 0.1%
1.3 Other minimal use 14,926 0.1%
6.2 Reservoir/dam 4,150 0.0%
4.3 Irrigated cropping 3,035 0.0%
5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure 2,099 0.0%
5.5 Services 1,965 0.0%
3.1 Plantation forests 1,673 0.0%
5.7 Transport and communication 1,662 0.0%
6.3 River 1,196 0.0%
4.4 Irrigated perennial horticulture 330 0.0%
5.8 Mining 317 0.0%
5.3 Manufacturing and industrial 204 0.0%
5.9 Waste treatment and disposal 90 0.0%
5.2 Intensive animal production 30 0.0%
3.4 Perennial horticulture 21 0.0%
5.6 Utilities 8 0.0%

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Wildlife

Kingdom
Class
 Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species		 Rare or
threatened
species		 All
TOTAL 2,757 258 261 85 3,015
Animals 608 23 105 38 631
Mammals 76 13 1 10 89
Birds 323 6 63 23 329
Reptiles 144 0 4 2 144
Amphibians 25 1 14 0 26
Ray-finned fishes 16 3 19 2 19
Insects 23 0 4 1 23
Malacostracans 1 0 0 0 1
Fungi 173 0 0 0 173
Plants 1,976 235 156 47 2,211

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) Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine water resource planning area — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 16 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/water-resource-planning-area-warrego-paroo-bulloo-and-nebine/

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