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Attribute level: Region

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Region refers to broad scale, high-level of regionalisation to characterise ecosystems at a national or regional scale using an ecological underpinning.

Attributes and categories for level: Region
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Flora Composition	Acacia	Acacia refers to plants of the genus Acacia.	ACA
R	Flora Composition	Allocasuarina and Casuarina	Allocasuarina and Casuarina refers to plants from either the genus Allocasuarina or Casuarine in the family Casuarinaceae.	ALC
R	Flora Composition	Corymbia, Eucalyptus and Melaleuca	Corymbia, Eucalyptus and Melaleuca refers to plants from either the genus Corymbia, Eucalyptus, Lophostemon or Melaleuca in the family Myrtaceae.	CEM
R	Flora Composition	Other	Other refers to plants of a non-specified genus such as Aegiceras, Atalaya, Avicennia, Baloskion, Batis, Baumea, Brachyachne, Bruguiera, Calocephalus, Ceriops, Chenopodium, Cladium, Diplachne, Duma, Eleocharis, Empodisma, Eragrostis, Fimbristylis, Gahnia, Hemarthria, Heritiera, Ischaemum, Lawrencia, Leersia, Lepironia, Maireana, Nypa, Oryza, Panicum, Pemphis, Rhizophora, Sporobolus, Sticherus, Tecticornia, Terminalia, Tristaniopsis, Xanthorrhoea, Xanthostemon, etc.	OTH
R	Flora Composition	Mixed	Mixed refers to co-dominant plants from more than one category.	MIX
R	Flora Composition	Not applicable	Not applicable refers to areas with no dominant plants such as bare land or open water.	NOA
R	Flora Composition	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify flora composition.	XXX
R	Flora Composition	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Climate Class	Desert	Desert climates are characterised by limited precipitation.	DES
R	Climate Class	Equatorial	Equatorial climates are characterised by their proximity to the equator, relatively constant hot temperatures and significant precipitation.	EQU
R	Climate Class	Grassland	Grassland climates typically feature hot summers and cold winters.	GRA
R	Climate Class	Subtropical	Subtropical climates are characterised by hot and humid summers, and mild to chilly winters.	SUB
R	Climate Class	Temperate	Temperate climates are those without extremes of temperature and precipitation.	TEM
R	Climate Class	Tropical	Tropical climates are characterised by relatively constant high temperatures and significant precipitation.	TRO
R	Climate Class	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify climate class.	XXX
R	Climate Class	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Climate Region	Arid and semi-arid	Arid and semi-arid climate characterised by either limited precipitation or hot summers and cold winters.	ARI
R	Climate Region	Coastal and subcoastal	Coastal climate characterised by relatively constant hot or high temperatures and significant precipitation, hot and humid summers, or a lack of extremes of temperature and precipitation.	COA
R	Climate Region	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify biogeoclimate.	XXX
R	Climate Region	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Potential Evapotranspiration	Very low	Very low refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of less than 1,000 mm.	VLO
R	Potential Evapotranspiration	Low	Low refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 1,000 mm and less than 1,400 mm.	LOW
R	Potential Evapotranspiration	Moderate	Moderate refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 1,400 mm and less than 1,800 mm.	MOD
R	Potential Evapotranspiration	High	High refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 1,800 mm and less than 2,200 mm.	HIG
R	Potential Evapotranspiration	Very high	Very high refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 2,200 mm.	VHI
R	Potential Evapotranspiration	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify potential evapotranspiration.	XXX
R	Potential Evapotranspiration	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Potential Evapotranspiration Timing	January	Maximum annual potential evapotranspiration occurs in January.	JAN
R	Potential Evapotranspiration Timing	February	Maximum annual potential evapotranspiration occurs in February.	FEB
R	Potential Evapotranspiration Timing	March	Maximum annual potential evapotranspiration occurs in March.	MAR
R	Potential Evapotranspiration Timing	April	Maximum annual potential evapotranspiration occurs in April.	APR
R	Potential Evapotranspiration Timing	May	Maximum annual potential evapotranspiration occurs in May.	MAY
R	Potential Evapotranspiration Timing	June	Maximum annual potential evapotranspiration occurs in June.	JUN
R	Potential Evapotranspiration Timing	July	Maximum annual potential evapotranspiration occurs in July.	JUL
R	Potential Evapotranspiration Timing	August	Maximum annual potential evapotranspiration occurs in August.	AUG
R	Potential Evapotranspiration Timing	September	Maximum annual potential evapotranspiration occurs in September.	SEP
R	Potential Evapotranspiration Timing	October	Maximum annual potential evapotranspiration occurs in October.	OCT
R	Potential Evapotranspiration Timing	November	Maximum annual potential evapotranspiration occurs in November.	NOV
R	Potential Evapotranspiration Timing	December	Maximum annual potential evapotranspiration occurs in December.	DEC
R	Potential Evapotranspiration Timing	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify potential evapotranspiration timing.	XXX
R	Potential Evapotranspiration Timing	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Precipitation	Extremely low	Extremely low refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of less than 200 mm.	ELO
R	Precipitation	Very low	Very low refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 200 mm and less than 400 mm.	VLO
R	Precipitation	Low	Very low refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 200 mm and less than 400 mm.	LOW
R	Precipitation	Mild	Mild refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 600 mm and less than 1,000 mm.	MIL
R	Precipitation	Moderate	Moderate refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 1,000 mm and less than 1,500 mm.	MOD
R	Precipitation	High	High refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 1,500 mm and less than 2,000 mm.	HIG
R	Precipitation	Very high	Very high refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 2,000 mm and less than 3,000 mm.	VHI
R	Precipitation	Extremely high	Extremely high refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 3,000 mm.	EHI
R	Precipitation	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify multi-decadal mean annual precipitation.	XXX
R	Precipitation	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Precipitation Timing	January	Mean annual precipitation occurs in January.	JAN
R	Precipitation Timing	February	Mean annual precipitation occurs in February.	FEB
R	Precipitation Timing	March	Mean annual precipitation occurs in March.	MAR
R	Precipitation Timing	April	Mean annual precipitation occurs in April.	APR
R	Precipitation Timing	May	Mean annual precipitation occurs in May.	MAY
R	Precipitation Timing	June	Mean annual precipitation occurs in June.	JUN
R	Precipitation Timing	July	Mean annual precipitation occurs in July.	JUL
R	Precipitation Timing	August	Mean annual precipitation occurs in August.	AUG
R	Precipitation Timing	September	Mean annual precipitation occurs in September.	SEP
R	Precipitation Timing	October	Mean annual precipitation occurs in October.	OCT
R	Precipitation Timing	November	Mean annual precipitation occurs in November.	NOV
R	Precipitation Timing	December	Mean annual precipitation occurs in December.	DEC
R	Precipitation Timing	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify precipitation timing.	XXX
R	Precipitation Timing	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Phase-Offset	In phase	In phase refers to a difference of one month or less between maximum mean annual precipitation and maximum potential evapotranspiration.	IPH
R	Phase-Offset	Out of phase	Out of phase refers to a difference of between 2 and 3 months inclusive between maximum mean annual precipitation and maximum potential evapotranspiration.	OPH
R	Phase-Offset	Very out of phase	Very out of phase refers to differences of greater than 3 months between maximum mean annual precipitation and maximum potential evapotranspiration.	VOP
R	Phase-Offset	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify phase-offset.	XXX
R	Phase-Offset	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Aridity Index	Energy limited	Energy limited refers to locations where mean annual precipitation is greater than mean potential evapotranspiration.	ENE
R	Aridity Index	Equivalent	Equivalent refers to locations where mean annual precipitation is similar to the mean potential evapotranspiration.	EQU
R	Aridity Index	Water limited	Water limited refers to locations where mean potential evapotranspiration is greater than mean annual precipitation.	WAT
R	Aridity Index	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify aridity index.	XXX
R	Aridity Index	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Temperature	High	High refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature greater than or equal to 30 degrees Celsius.	HIG
R	Temperature	Moderate	Moderate refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature greater than or equal to 20 degrees Celsius and less than 30 degrees Celsius.	MOD
R	Temperature	Low	Low refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature fo greater than or equal to 10 degrees Celsius and less than 20 degrees Celsius.	LOW
R	Temperature	Very low	Very low refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature of less than 10 degrees Celsius.	VLO
R	Temperature	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature.	XXX
R	Temperature	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Geological Rock Type	Igenous rock	Igneous rock refers to rock formed by magma or lava cooling and solidifying. Igneous rock includes those rocks that crystallize below the land surface (e.g. diority, gabbro, granite, etc.) and those that cool quickly at the land surface (e.g. andesite, basalt, rhyolite, tuff, etc.).
R	Geological Rock Type	Metamorphic rock	Metamorphic rock refers to rock that has undergone metamorphism, that is subjected to heat and pressure resulting in physical and/or chemical change. Examples include gneiss, phyllite, marble, quartzite, schist, and slate.
R	Geological Rock Type	Sedimentary rock	Sedimentary rock refers to rock formed by the accumulation and cemetation of fragments of other rocks, minerals and organisms, or as chemical precipitates.
R	Geological Rock Type	Not applicable	Geological rock type is not applicable.
R	Geological Rock Type	Unknown	Insufficient information available to classify geology.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Topographic Drainage	Gulf	Gulf refers to river systems draining to the Gulf of Carpentaria.	GUP
R	Topographic Drainage	Bulloo	Bulloo refers to river systems of the Bulloo River basin.	BUL
R	Topographic Drainage	Lake Eyre	Lake Eyre refers to river systems draining internally in the Lake Eyre Basin.	EYR
R	Topographic Drainage	Murray Darling	Murray Darling refers to river systems draining through south-eastern Australia, across New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory.	MDB
R	Topographic Drainage	North East Coast	North East Coast refers to river systems draining east of the Great Dividing Range.	NEC
R	Topographic Drainage	Unknown	Insufficient information available to classify topographic drainage.	XXX
R	Topographic Drainage	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Biogeographic Region	Brigalow Belt	Brigalow Belt refers to the Brigalow Belt biogeographic region.	BRB
R	Biogeographic Region	Cape York Peninsula	Cape York Peninsula refers to Cape York Peninsula biogeographic region.	CYP
R	Biogeographic Region	Central Queensland Coast	Central Queensland Coast refers to Central Queensland Coast biogeographic region.	CQC
R	Biogeographic Region	Channel Country	Channel Country refers to Channel Country biogeographic region.	CHC
R	Biogeographic Region	Desert Uplands	Desert Uplands refers to the Desert Uplands biogeographic region.	DEU
R	Biogeographic Region	Einasleigh Uplands	Einasleigh Uplands refers to the Einasleigh Uplands biogeographic region.	EIU
R	Biogeographic Region	Gulf Plains	Gulf Plains refers to the Gulf Plains biogeographic region.	GUP
R	Biogeographic Region	Mitchell Grass Downs	Mitchell Grass Downs refers to the Mitchell Grass Downs biogeographic region.	MGD
R	Biogeographic Region	Mulga Lands	Mulga Lands refers to the Mulga Lands biogeographic region.	MUL
R	Biogeographic Region	New England Tableland	New England Tableland refers to New England Tableland biogeographic region.	NET
R	Biogeographic Region	Northwest Highlands	Northwest Highlands refers to Northwest Highlands biogeographic region.	NWH
R	Biogeographic Region	South East Queensland	South East Queensland refers to South East Queensland biogeographic region.	SEQ
R	Biogeographic Region	Wet Tropics	Wet Tropcis refers to Wet Trropics biogeographic region.	WET
R	Biogeographic Region	Unknown	Insufficient information available to classify biogeographic region.	XXX
R	Biogeographic Region	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Land Zone	Unconsolidated sediments	Unconsolidated sediments refers to superficial deposits (i.e. particles of gravel, sand, silt and/or clay) not bound together that lie above the bedrock. Examples include unconsolidated sediments of active river systems and sand dunes.	UNC
R	Land Zone	Cainozoic duricrusts	Cainozoic duricrusts formed on a variety of rock types, usually forming mesas or scarps.	DUR
R	Land Zone	Igneous rocks	Igneous rocks are formed from molten magma or lava and form extensive plains, low scarps, ranges, hills and lowlands. Examples include granite, diorite, basalt,	IGN
R	Land Zone	Sedimentary rocks	Sedimentary rocks, where sediments have been bound together by cemetation generally with little or no deformation, and usually forming undulating landscapes, plateaus, benches and scarps. Examples include sandstone, conglomerate, breccia, and limestone.	SED
R	Land Zone	Metamorphic rocks	Metamorphic rock, rocks that have undergone metamorphism (i.e. were subject to heat and pressure that caused the rock to transform), forming ranges, hills and lowlands. Examples include slate, gneiss, and schist.	MET
R	Land Zone	Unknown	Insufficient information available to attribute land zone.	XXX
R	Land Zone	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Physiographic Region	Great Barrier Reef Province	Outer barrier reef, patch reefs and some high islands.	GBR
R	Physiographic Region	Peninsular Uplands Province	Uplands and coastal areas of the western part of Cape York Peninsula, including the Great Escarpment.	PUP
R	Physiographic Region	Burdekin Uplands Province	Uplands and interior lowlands with a NW-SE trend parallel to and including coastal lowlands, dominated by the Burdekin River catchment.	BUP
R	Physiographic Region	Fitzroy Uplands Province	Uplands and interior lowlands with a NW-SE trend parallel to and including coastal lowlands, dominated by the Fitzroy River catchment.	FUP
R	Physiographic Region	New England-Moreton Uplands Province	Higher uplands falling to the east coast.	NEM
R	Physiographic Region	Carpentaria Lowlands Province	Mainly depositional plains around the south east of the Gulf of Carpentaria.	CAR
R	Physiographic Region	Central Lowlands Province	Interior lowlands, mainly internally draining.	CLP
R	Physiographic Region	Murray Lowlands Province	This province is more-or-less coincident with the Murray sedimentary basin, consisting of flat alluvium with aeolian cover in places.	MLP
R	Physiographic Region	Carpentaria Fall Province	Lowlands and plains sloping to the Gulf of Carpentaria.	CFP
R	Physiographic Region	Barkly-Tanami Plains Province	Low ranges, plateays, tablelands and plains.	BAK
R	Physiographic Region	Unknown	Insufficient information available to classify physiographic region.	XXX
R	Physiographic Region	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Naturalness	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Trend	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Period	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Rainfall	0 - 200 mm
R	Rainfall	200 - 400 mm
R	Rainfall	400 - 600 mm
R	Rainfall	600 - 1000 mm
R	Rainfall	1000 - 1500 mm
R	Rainfall	1500 - 2000 mm
R	Rainfall	2000 - 3000 mm
R	Rainfall	> 3000 mm
R	Rainfall	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Potential Evapotranspiration	0 - 1000 mm
R	Potential Evapotranspiration	1000 - 1400 mm
R	Potential Evapotranspiration	1400 - 1800 mm
R	Potential Evapotranspiration	1800 - 2200 mm
R	Potential Evapotranspiration	> 2200 mm
R	Potential Evapotranspiration	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Phase-Offset	In-phase	1 month
R	Phase-Offset	Out-of-phase	2 - 3 months
R	Phase-Offset	Totally-out-of-phase	> 3 months
R	Phase-Offset	Unknown	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
R	Aridity Index	Energy limited	P > PET
R	Aridity Index	Equivalent	P similar to PET
R	Aridity Index	Water limited	PET > P
R	Aridity Index	Unknown	Unknown

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Attribute level: Subregion

1:500,000 - 1:1,000,000

Subregion refers to broad scale regionalisation that characterises ecosystems and better represents environmental complexity.

Attributes and categories for level: Subregion
	Attribute name	Category	Description
S	Geological Rock Type	Igneous rock	Igneous rock refers to rock formed by magma or lava cooling and solidifying. Igneous rock includes those rocks that crystallize below the land surface (e.g. diority, gabbro, granite, etc.) and those that cool quickly at the land surface (e.g. andesite, basalt, rhyolite, tuff, etc.).
S	Geological Rock Type	Metamorphic rock	Metamorphic rock refers to rock that has undergone metamorphism, that is subjected to heat and pressure resulting in physical and/or chemical change. Examples include gneiss, phyllite, marble, quartzite, schist, and slate.
S	Geological Rock Type	Sedimentary rock	Sedimentary rock refers to rock formed by the accumulation and cemetation of fragments of other rocks, minerals and organisms, or as chemical precipitates.
S	Geological Rock Type	Not applicable	Geological rock type is not applicable.
S	Geological Rock Type	Unknown	Insufficient information available to classify geology.

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Attribute level: Landscape

1:100,000 - 1:500,000

Landscape refers to relevant contextual information about the landscape or seascape.

Attributes and categories for level: Landscape
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Flora Composition	Acacia	Acacia refers to plants of the genus Acacia.	ACA
L	Flora Composition	Allocasuarina and Casuarina	Allocasuarina and Casuarina refers to plants from either the genus Allocasuarina or Casuarine in the family Casuarinaceae.	ALC
L	Flora Composition	Corymbia, Eucalyptus and Melaleuca	Corymbia, Eucalyptus and Melaleuca refers to plants from either the genus Corymbia, Eucalyptus, Lophostemon or Melaleuca in the family Myrtaceae.	CEM
L	Flora Composition	Chenopodium, Maireana and Tecticornia	Chenopodium, Maireana and Tecticorina refers to plants from either the genus Chenopodium, Maireana or Tecticornia in the family Chenopodiaceae.	CMT
L	Flora Composition	Eleocharis, Gahnia, and Lepironia	Eleocharis, Gahnia, and Lepironia refers to plants from either the genus Eleocharis, Gahnia or Lepironia in the family Cyperaceae.	EGL
L	Flora Composition	Eragrostis and Sporobolus	Eragrostis and Sporobolus refers to plants from either the genus Eragrostis or Sporobolus in the family Poaceae.	ERS
L	Flora Composition	Mangrove genera	Mangrove genera refers to plants from the genus Aegiceras, Avicennia, Bruguiera, Ceriops, and Rhizophora in the families Primulaceae and Rhizophoraceae.	MAN
L	Flora Composition	Other	Other refers to plants of a non-specified category such as Atalaya, Baloskion, Batis, Baumea, Brachyachne, Calocephalus, Cladium, Diplachne, Duma, Empodisma, Fimbristylis, Hemarthria, Heritiera, Ischaemum, Lawrencia, Leersia, Oryza, Panicum, Pemphis, Sticherus, Terminalia, Tristaniopsis, Xanthorrhoea, Xanthostemon, etc.	OTH
L	Flora Composition	Mixed	Mixed refers to co-dominant plants from more than one category.	MIX
L	Flora Composition	Not applicable	Not applicable refers to areas with no dominant plants such as bare land or open water.	NOA
L	Flora Composition	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify flora composition.	XXX
L	Flora Composition	Palm genera	Palm genera refers to plants from the genera Archontophoenix, Corypha, or Licuala in the family Arecaceae.	PAL
L	Flora Composition	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Flora Growth Form	Grasses, sedges, and herbs	Grasses, sedges, and herbs refers to all plants with either grass, herb or sedge growth form. Grasses refers to all plants with grass growth form including hummock and tussock grasses. Hummock grasses are coarse xenomorphic grass with a mound-like form often dead in the middle and belong to the genus Triodia. Tussock grasses form discrete but open tussocks usually with distinct individual shoots such as common agricultural grasses. Herbs refers to plant associations in which species composition and abundance is dependent on seasonal conditions and at any one time grasses or forbs may predominate. Sedges refers to herbaceous, usually perennial, erect plants generally with a tufted habit and of the families Cyperaceae and Restionaceae.	GSH
L	Flora Growth Form	Shrubs	Shrubs refers to woody plants either less than 8 m tall and multi-stemmed at the base (or within 200 mm from ground level), or single-stemmed at the base and less than 2 m tall.	SHR
L	Flora Growth Form	Trees	Trees refers to woody plants more than 2 m tall with a single stem or branches well above the base.	TRE
L	Flora Growth Form	Macrophytes	Macrophytes refers to aquatic plants large enough to be seen with the naked eye; either emergent, submerged, or floating.	MAC
L	Flora Growth Form	Other	Other refers to plants of a non-specified category including ferns, forbs, rush, and vines. Ferns refers to vascular plants characterised by large and usually branched leaves (known as fronds). Forbs refers to herbaceous or slightly woody, annual or sometimes perennial plant, that excludes grasses and includes ground orchids. Rush refers to herbaceous, usually perennial, erect plants grouped into the following families: Juncaceae, Typhaceae, Restionaceae and the genera Lomandra and Dianella. Vines refers to climbing, twining, winding or sprawling plants usually with a woody stem.	OTH
L	Flora Growth Form	Not applicable	Not applicable refers to instances where plants are not present such as bare land or open water.	NOA
L	Flora Growth Form	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify growth form.	XXX
L	Flora Growth Form	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Growth Height	Tall	Tall refers to plants with a tree growth form that grow to a height exceeding 30 m or plants with a shrub growth form that grow to a height of greater than 2 m.	TAL
L	Growth Height	Regular	Regular refers to plants with a tree growth form that grow to a height between 10 and 30 m or plants with a shrub growth form that grow to a height between 1 and 2 m.	REG
L	Growth Height	Low	Low refers to plants with a tree growth form that grow to a height between 2 and 10 m.	LOW
L	Growth Height	Dwarf	Dwarf refers to plants with a shrub growth form that grow to a height of less than 1 m.	DWA
L	Growth Height	Not applicable	Not applicable refers to instances where plants are not present such as bare land or open water.	NOA
L	Growth Height	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify growth height.	XXX
L	Growth Height	Ground	Ground refers to plants with a growth form other than tree or shrub that grow to a height of less than 2 m.	GRO
L	Growth Height	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Climate Class	Hot (persistently dry) desert	Desert climate characterised by limited precipitation with hot temperatures and persistently dry.	DHP
L	Climate Class	Hot (summer drought) desert	Desert climate characterised by limited precipitation with hot temperatures and summer drought.	DHS
L	Climate Class	Hot (winter drought) desert	Desert climate characterised by limited precipitation with hot temperatures and winter drought.	DHW
L	Climate Class	Warm (persistently dry) desert	Desert climate characterised by limited precipitation with warm temperatures and persistently dry.	DWP
L	Climate Class	Equatorial rainforest (monsoonal)	Equatorial climate characterised by their proximity to the equator, relatively constant hot temperatures and significant precipitation with rainforest and monsoons.	ERA
L	Climate Class	Equatorial savanna	Equatorial climate characterised by their proximity to the equator, relatively constant hot temperatures and significant precipitation with savanna.	ESA
L	Climate Class	Hot (persistently dry) grassland	Grassland climate characterised by hot summers and cold winters with hot temperatures and persistently dry.	GHP
L	Climate Class	Hot (summer drought) grassland	Grassland climate characterised by hot summers and cold winters with hot temperatures and summer drought.	GHS
L	Climate Class	Hot (winter drought) grassland	Grassland climate characterised by hot summers and cold winters with hot temperatures and winter drought.	GHW
L	Climate Class	Warm (persistently dry) grassland	Grassland climate characterised by hot summers and cold winters with warm temperatures and persistently dry.	GWP
L	Climate Class	Warm (summer drought) grassland	Grassland climate characterised by hot summers and cold winters with warm temperatures and summer drought.	GWS
L	Climate Class	Subtropical with no dry season	Subtropical climate characterised by hot and humid summers, and mild to chilly winters with no dry season.	SND
L	Climate Class	Subtropical with a distinctly dry summer	Subtropical climate characterised by hot and humid summers, and mild to chilly winters with distinctly dry summer.	SDS
L	Climate Class	Subtropical with a distinctly dry winter	Subtropical climate characterised by hot and humid summers, and mild to chilly winters with distinctly dry winter.	SDW
L	Climate Class	Subtropical with moderately dry winter	Subtropical climate characterised by hot and humid summers, and mild to chilly winters with moderately dry winter.	SMD
L	Climate Class	Temperate with no dry season (hot summer)	Temperate climate characterised by the lack of extremes of temperature and precipitation with no dry season and a hot summer.	TND
L	Climate Class	Temperate with a moderately dry winter (hot summer)	Temperate climate characterised by the lack of extremes of temperature and precipitation with a moderately dry winter and hot summer.	TMH
L	Climate Class	Temperate with a distinctly dry (and hot) summer	Temperate climate characterised by the lack of extremes of temperature and precipitation with a distinctly dry and hot summer.	TDD
L	Climate Class	Temperate with no dry season (warm summer)	Temperate climate characterised by the lack of extremes of temperature and precipitation with no dry season and a warm summer.	TWS
L	Climate Class	Temperate with a moderately dry winter (warm summer)	Temperate climate characterised by the lack of extremes of temperature and precipitation with a moderately dry and warm summer.	TMD
L	Climate Class	Temperate with a distinctly dry (and warm) summer	Temperate climate characterised by the lack of extremes of temperature and precipitation with a distinctly dry and warm summer.	TDW
L	Climate Class	Temperate with no dry season (mild summer)	Temperate climate characterised by the lack of extremes of temperature and precipitation with no dry season and a mild summer.	TMS
L	Climate Class	Temperate with a distinctly dry (and mild) summer	Temperate climate characterised by the lack of extremes of temperature and precipitation with a distinctly dry and mild summer.	TDM
L	Climate Class	Temperate with no dry season (cool summer)	Temperate climate characterised by the lack of extremes of temperature and precipitation with no dry season and a cool summer.	TCS
L	Climate Class	Tropical rainforest (persistently wet)	Tropical climate characterised by relatively constant high temperatures and significant precipitation with rainforests and persistently wet.	TRA
L	Climate Class	Tropical rainforest (monsoonal)	Tropical climate characterised by relatively constant high temperatures and significant precipitation with rainforests and monsoons.	TMO
L	Climate Class	Tropical savanna	Tropical climate characterised by relatively constant high temperatures and significant precipitation with savanna.	TSA
L	Climate Class	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify climate class.	XXX
L	Climate Class	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	Very low	Very low refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of less than 1,000 mm.	VLO
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	Very low - Less than 800	Very low - less than 800 refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of less than 800 mm.	VLO-a
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	Very low - 800 to 900	Very low - 800 to 900 refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 800 mm and less than 900 mm.	VLO-b
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	Very low - 900 to 1000	Very low - 900 to 1000 refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 900 mm and less than 1,000 mm.	VLO-c
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	Low	Low refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 1,000 mm and less than 1,400 mm.	LOW
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	Low - 1000 to 1100	Low - 1000 to 1100 refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 1,000 mm and less than 1,100 mm.	LOW-a
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	Low - 1100 to 1200	Low - 1100 to 1200 refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 1,100 mm and less than 1,200 mm.	LOW-b
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	Low - 1200 to 1300	Low - 1200 to 1300 refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 1,200 mm and less than 1,300 mm.	LOW-c
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	Low - 1300 to 1400	Low - 1300 to 1400 refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 1,300 mm and less than 1,400 mm.	LOW-d
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	Moderate	Moderate refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 1,400 mm and less than 1,800 mm.	MOD
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	Moderate - 1400 to 1500	Moderate - 1400 to 1500 refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 1,400 mm and less than 1,500 mm.	MOD-a
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	Moderate - 1500 to 1600	Moderate - 1500 to 1600 refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 1,500 mm and less than 1,600 mm.	MOD-b
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	Moderate - 1600 to 1700	Moderate - 1600 to 1700 refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 1,600 mm and less than 1,700 mm.	MOD-c
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	Moderate - 1700 to 1800	Moderate - 1700 to 1800 refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 1,700 mm and less than 1,800 mm.	MOD-d
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	High	High refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 1,800 mm and less than 2,200 mm.	HIG
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	High - 1800 to 1900	High - 1800 to 1900 refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 1,800 mm and less than 1,900 mm.	HIG-a
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	High - 1900 to 2000	High - 1900 to 2000 refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 1,900 mm and less than 2,000 mm.	HIG-b
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	High - 2000 to 2100	High - 2000 to 2100 refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 2,000 mm and less than 2,100 mm.	HIG-c
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	High - 2100 to 2200	High - 2100 to 2200 refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 2,100 mm and less than 2,200 mm.	HIG-d
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	Very high	Very high refers to a mean annual potential evapotranspiration of greater than or equal to 2,200 mm.	VHI
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify potential evapotranspiration.	XXX
L	Potential Evapotranspiration	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Precipitation	Extremely low	Extremely low refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of less than 200 mm.	ELO
L	Precipitation	Extremely low - Less than 50	Extremely low - Less than 50 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of less than 50 mm.	ELO-a
L	Precipitation	Extremely low - 50 to 100	Extremely low - 50 to 100 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 50 mm and less than 100 mm.	ELO-b
L	Precipitation	Extremely low - 100 to 200	Extremely low - 100 to 200 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 100 mm and less than 200 mm.	ELO-c
L	Precipitation	Very low	Very low refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 200 mm and less than 400 mm.	VLO
L	Precipitation	Very low - 200 to 300	Very low - 200 to 300 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 200 mm and less than 300 mm.	VLO-a
L	Precipitation	Very low - 300 to 400	Very low - 300 to 400 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 300 mm and less than 400 mm.	VLO-b
L	Precipitation	Low	Low refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 400 mm and less than 600 mm.	LOW
L	Precipitation	Low - 400 to 500	Low - 400 to 500 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 400 mm and less than 500 mm.	LOW-a
L	Precipitation	Low - 500 to 600	Low - 500 to 600 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 500 mm and less than 600 mm.	LOW-b
L	Precipitation	Mild	Mild refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 600 mm and less than 1,000 mm.	MIL
L	Precipitation	Mild - 600 to 700	Mild - 600 to 700 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 600 mm and less than 700 mm.	MIL-a
L	Precipitation	Mild - 700 to 800	Mild - 700 to 800 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 700 mm and less than 800 mm.	MIL-b
L	Precipitation	Mild - 800 to 900	Mild - 800 to 900 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 800 mm and less than 900 mm.	MIL-c
L	Precipitation	Mild - 900 to 1000	Mild - 900 to 1000 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 900 mm and less than 1,000 mm.	MIL-d
L	Precipitation	Moderate	Moderate refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 1,000 mm and less than 1,500 mm.	MOD
L	Precipitation	High	High refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 1,500 mm and less than 2,000 mm.	HIG
L	Precipitation	Very high	Very high refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 2,000 mm and less than 3,000 mm.	VHI
L	Precipitation	Very high - 2000 to 2500	Very high - 2000 to 2500 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 2,000 mm and less than 2,500 mm.	VHI-a
L	Precipitation	Very high - 2500 to 3000	Very high - 2500 to 3000 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 2,500 mm and less than 3,000 mm.	VHI-b
L	Precipitation	Extremely high	Extremely high refers to a multi-decadal mean annual precipitation of greater than or equal to 3,000 mm.	EHI
L	Precipitation	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify multi-decadal mean annual precipitation.	XXX
L	Precipitation	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Temperature	High	High refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature greater than or equal to 30 degrees Celsius.	HIG
L	Temperature	High - More than 36	High - More than 36 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature greater than or equal to 36 degrees Celsius.	HIG-d
L	Temperature	High - 34 to 36	High - 34 to 36 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature greater than or equal to 34 degrees Celsius and less than 36 degress Celsius.	HIG-c
L	Temperature	High - 32 to 34	High - 32 to 34 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature greater than or equal to 32 degrees Celsius and less than 34 degress Celsius.	HIG-b
L	Temperature	High - 30 to 32	High - 30 to 32 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature greater than or equal to 30 degrees Celsius and less than 32 degress Celsius.	HIG-a
L	Temperature	Moderate	Moderate refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature greater than or equal to 20 degrees Celsius and less than 30 degrees Celsius.	MOD
L	Temperature	Moderate - 28 to 30	Moderate - 28 to 30 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature greater than or equal to 28 degrees Celsius and less than 30 degress Celsius.	MOD-e
L	Temperature	Moderate - 26 to 28	Moderate - 26 to 28 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature greater than or equal to 26 degrees Celsius and less than 28 degress Celsius.	MOD-d
L	Temperature	Moderate - 24 to 26	Moderate - 24 to 26 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature greater than or equal to 24 degrees Celsius and less than 26 degress Celsius.	MOD-c
L	Temperature	Moderate - 22 to 24	Moderate - 22 to 24 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature greater than or equal to 22 degrees Celsius and less than 24 degress Celsius.	MOD-b
L	Temperature	Moderate - 20 to 22	Moderate - 20 to 22 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature greater than or equal to 20 degrees Celsius and less than 22 degress Celsius.	MOD-a
L	Temperature	Low	Low refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature fo greater than or equal to 10 degrees Celsius and less than 20 degrees Celsius.	LOW
L	Temperature	Low - 18 to 20	Low - 18 to 20 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature greater than or equal to 18 degrees Celsius and less than 20 degress Celsius.	LOW-e
L	Temperature	Low - 16 to 18	Low - 16 to 18 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature greater than or equal to 16 degrees Celsius and less than 18 degress Celsius.	LOW-d
L	Temperature	Low - 14 to 16	Low - 14 to 16 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature greater than or equal to 14 degrees Celsius and less than 16 degress Celsius.	LOW-c
L	Temperature	Low - 12 to 14	Low - 12 to 14 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature greater than or equal to 12 degrees Celsius and less than 14 degress Celsius.	LOW-b
L	Temperature	Low - 10 to 12	Low - 10 to 12 refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature greater than or equal to 10 degrees Celsius and less than 12 degress Celsius.	LOW-a
L	Temperature	Very low	Very low refers to a multi-decadal mean annual daily temperature of less than 10 degrees Celsius.	VLO
L	Temperature	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify temperature.	XXX
L	Temperature	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Geological Rock Type	Igneous rock	Igneous rock refers to rock formed by magma or lava cooling and solidifying. Igneous rock includes those rocks that crystallize below the land surface (e.g. diority, gabbro, granite, etc.) and those that cool quickly at the land surface (e.g. andesite, basalt, rhyolite, tuff, etc.).
L	Geological Rock Type	Metamorphic rock	Metamorphic rock refers to rock that has undergone metamorphism, that is subjected to heat and pressure resulting in physical and/or chemical change. Examples include gneiss, phyllite, marble, quartzite, schist, and slate.
L	Geological Rock Type	Sedimentary rock	Sedimentary rock refers to rock formed by the accumulation and cemetation of fragments of other rocks, minerals and organisms, or as chemical precipitates. This category should only be used when it is not practical to further classify sedimentary rock at the landscape/seascape scale.
L	Geological Rock Type	Sedimentary rock - clastic	Sedimentary rock - clastic refers to sedimentary rock formed from the deposition of rock fragments that were subsequently compacted and cemented under moderate temperature and pressure. Examples include breccia, conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and shale.
L	Geological Rock Type	Sedimentary rock - chemical	Sedimentary rock - chemical refers to sedimentary rock formed from the chemical precipitation of dissolved materials from solution that were subsequently compacted and cemented under moderate temperature and pressure. Examples include gypsum and oolitic limestone.
L	Geological Rock Type	Sedimentary rock - organic	Sedimentary rock - organic refers to sedimentary rock formed from the accumulation of organic material. Examples include chert (formed by accumulation of siliceous skeletons of microscopic organisms), coal (formed from plant material), and most limestone (formed from calcareous skeletons of organisms).
L	Geological Rock Type	Not applicable	Geological rock type is not applicable.
L	Geological Rock Type	Unknown	Insufficient information available to classify geology.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Salinity	Fresh	Fresh refers to ecosystems with a salinity of less than 1,000 parts per million (equivalent to 1,000 mg/L or 1 part per thousand).	FRE
L	Salinity	Brackish	Brackish refers to ecosystems with a salinity of greater than or equal to 1,000 parts per million (equivalent to 1,000 mg/L or 1 parts per thousand) and less than 3,000 parts per million (equivalent to 3,000 mg/L or 3 part per thousand).	BRC
L	Salinity	Saline	Saline refers to ecosystems with a salinity of greater than or equal to 3,000 parts per million (equivalent to 3,000 mg/L or 3 parts per thousand) and less than 10,000 parts per million (equivalent to 10,000 mg/L or 10 part per thousand).	SAL
L	Salinity	Hypersaline	Hypersaline refers to ecosystems with a salinity of greater than or equal to 10,000 parts per million (equivalent to 10,000 mg/L or 10 parts per thousand).	HYP
L	Salinity	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify salinity.	XXX
L	Salinity	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Wetland Landscale Hydrological Modification	Modified	Modified refers to a natural wetland where anthropogenic activities are observable at the landscape level that alter wetland hydrology.	H2
L	Wetland Landscale Hydrological Modification	Modified - irrigation	Modified - irrigation refers to a wetland that occurs within a landscape modified by activities associated with an irrigation scheme including pumping, use as a water storage, balancing area, etc.	H2-IR
L	Wetland Landscale Hydrological Modification	Natural	No observable landscape modification.	H1
L	Wetland Landscale Hydrological Modification	Unknown	Insufficient information available to classify landscape hydrological modification.	XXX
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Wetland Hydrological Naturalness	Artificial	The wetland is completed anthropogenic.	ART
L	Wetland Hydrological Naturalness	Natural	The wetland is either an un-modified natural wetland or a modified natural wetland regardless of how extensively it has been modified.	NAT
L	Wetland Hydrological Naturalness	Natural - natural	Natural landscape with negligible observable anthropogenic hydrological modification.	NAT-NAT
L	Wetland Hydrological Naturalness	Natural - modified	Natural landscape with observable anthropogenic hydrological modification.	NAT-MOD
L	Wetland Hydrological Naturalness	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify wetland naturalness.	XXX
L	Wetland Hydrological Naturalness	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Floodplain	Within a floodplain	Within a floodplain refers to ecosystems that occur within a broader active floodplain.	FLD
L	Floodplain	Not within a floodplain	Not within a floodplain refers to ecosystems that do not occur within a broader active floodplain.	NFD
L	Floodplain	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify floodplain.	XXX
L	Floodplain	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Permanence of Water in the Broader Landform Unit	Permanent	Permanent refers to the continual presence of water.
L	Permanence of Water in the Broader Landform Unit	Near permanent	Near permanent refers to the common presence of water with irregular drying after unpredictable events (e.g. signficant drought period).
L	Permanence of Water in the Broader Landform Unit	Intermittent	Intermittent refers to the presence of water periodically.
L	Permanence of Water in the Broader Landform Unit	Ephemeral	Ephemeral refers to rare presence of water with the presence of water occurring after unpredicatable rainfall events.
L	Permanence of Water in the Broader Landform Unit	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify permanence of water in the broader landform unit.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Time First Observed	Pre 1990	Pre 1990 refers to artificial wetlands where water was first observed prior to 1990.	P90
L	Time First Observed	1990 to 1999	1990 to 1999 refers to artificial wetlands where water was first observed to be present between 1990 and 1999 inclusive.	90S
L	Time First Observed	2000 to 2009	2000 to 2009 refers to artificial wetlands where water was first observed to be present between 2000 and 2009 inclusive.	00S
L	Time First Observed	2010 to 2019	2010 to 2019 refers to artificial wetlands where water was first observed to be present between 2010 and 2019 inclusive.	10S
L	Time First Observed	2020 to 2029	2020 to 2029 refers to artificial wetlands where water was first observed to be present between 2020 and 2029 inclusive.	20S
L	Time First Observed	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify time first observed.	XXX
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Topographic Drainage	Settlement River	Settlement River refers to river systems of the Settlement Creek basin.	SET
L	Topographic Drainage	Mornington Island	Mornington Island refers to river systems of the Mornington Island basin.	MON
L	Topographic Drainage	Nicholson River	Nicholson River refers to river systems of the Nicholson River basin.	NIC
L	Topographic Drainage	Leichhardt River	Leichhardt River refers to river systems of the Leichhardt River basin.	LEI
L	Topographic Drainage	Morning Inlet	Morning Inlet refers to river systems of the Morning Inlet basin.	MOR
L	Topographic Drainage	Flinders River	Flinders River refers to river systems of the Flinders River basin.	FLI
L	Topographic Drainage	Norman River	Norman River refers to river systems of the Norman River basin.	NOR
L	Topographic Drainage	Gilbert River	Gilbert River refers to river systems of the Gilbert River basin.	GIL
L	Topographic Drainage	Staaten River	Staaten River refers to river systems of the Staaten River basin.	STA
L	Topographic Drainage	Mitchell River	Mitchell River refers to river systems of the Mitchell River basin.	MIT
L	Topographic Drainage	Hann River	Hann River refers to river systems of the Hann River basin.	HAN
L	Topographic Drainage	Isaac River	Isaac River refers to river systems of the Isaac River basin.	ISA
L	Topographic Drainage	Isis River	Isis River refers to river systems of the Isis River basin.	ISI
L	Topographic Drainage	Kendall River	Kendall River refers to river systems of the Kendall River basin.	KEN
L	Topographic Drainage	L Creek	L Creek refers to river systems of the L Creek basin.	LCR
L	Topographic Drainage	Lagoon Creek	Lagoon Creek refers to river systems of the Lagoon Creek basin.	LAG
L	Topographic Drainage	Lockyer Creek	Lockyer Creek refers to river systems of the Lockyer Creek basin.	LCK
L	Topographic Drainage	Macintyre & Weir Rivers	Macintyre & Weir Rivers refers to river systems of the Macintyre & Weir Rivers basin.	MWE
L	Topographic Drainage	Macintyre Brook	Macintyre Brook refers to river systems of the Macintyre Brook basin.	MBR
L	Topographic Drainage	Mackenzie River	Mackenzie River refers to river systems of the Mackenzie River basin.	MAC
L	Topographic Drainage	Coleman River	Coleman River refers to river systems of the Coleman River basin.	COL
L	Topographic Drainage	Maranoa River	Maranoa River refers to river systems of the Maranoa River basin.	MAR
L	Topographic Drainage	Mcdonald River	Mcdonald River refers to river systems of the Mcdonald River basin.	MCD
L	Topographic Drainage	Mission River	Mission River refers to river systems of the Mission River basin.	MIS
L	Topographic Drainage	Nogoa River	Nogoa River refers to river systems of the Nogoa River basin.	NOG
L	Topographic Drainage	Palmer River	Palmer River refers to river systems of the Palmer River basin.	PAL
L	Topographic Drainage	Pascoe River	Pascoe River refers to river systems of the Pascoe River basin.	PAS
L	Topographic Drainage	Russell River	Russell River refers to river systems of the Russell River basin.	RUS
L	Topographic Drainage	Saxby River	Saxby River refers to river systems of the Saxby River basin.	SAX
L	Topographic Drainage	Skardon River	Skardon River refers to river systems of the Skardon River basin.	SKA
L	Topographic Drainage	South Johnstone River	South Johnstone River refers to river systems of the South Johnstone River basin.	SJR
L	Topographic Drainage	Holroyd River	Holroyd River refers to river systems of the Holroyd River basin.	HOL
L	Topographic Drainage	South Pine River	South Pine River refers to river systems of the South Pine River basin.	SPR
L	Topographic Drainage	Stanley River	Stanley River refers to river systems of the Stanley River basin.	STN
L	Topographic Drainage	Stradbroke Islands	Stradbroke Islands refers to river systems of the Stradbroke Islands basin.	STR
L	Topographic Drainage	Suttor River	Suttor River refers to river systems of the Suttor River basin.	SUT
L	Topographic Drainage	Thomson River	Thomson River refers to river systems of the Thomson River basin.	THO
L	Topographic Drainage	Upper Burdekin River	Upper Burdekin River refers to river systems of the Upper Burdekin River basin.	UBR
L	Topographic Drainage	Upper Burnett River	Upper Burnett River refers to river systems of the Upper Burnett River basin.	UBU
L	Topographic Drainage	Upper Mary River	Upper Mary River refers to river systems of the Upper Mary River basin.	UMR
L	Topographic Drainage	Wallam Creeks	Wallam Creeks refers to river systems of the Wallam Creeks basin.	WAL
L	Topographic Drainage	Walsh River	Walsh River refers to river systems of the Walsh River basin.	UMA
L	Topographic Drainage	Archer River	Archer River refers to river systems of the Archer River basin.	ARC
L	Topographic Drainage	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
L	Topographic Drainage	Watson River	Watson River refers to river systems of the Watson River basin.	WAT
L	Topographic Drainage	Embley River	Embley River refers to river systems of the Embley River basin.	EMB
L	Topographic Drainage	Wenlock River	Wenlock River refers to river systems of the Wenlock River basin.	WEN
L	Topographic Drainage	Ducie River	Ducie River refers to river systems of the Ducie River basin.	DUC
L	Topographic Drainage	Jardine River	Jardine River refers to river systems of the Jardine River basin.	JAR
L	Topographic Drainage	Torres Strait Islands	Torres Strait Islands refers to river systems of the Torres Strait Islands basin.	TSI
L	Topographic Drainage	Bulloo River	Bulloo River refers to river systems of the Bulloo River basin.	BUL
L	Topographic Drainage	Cooper Creek	Cooper Creek refers to river systems of the Cooper Creek basin.	COO
L	Topographic Drainage	Lake Frome	Lake Frome refers to river systems of the Lake Frome basin.	FRO
L	Topographic Drainage	Hay	Hay refers to river systems of the Hay River basin.	HAY
L	Topographic Drainage	Diamantina River	Diamantina River refers to river systems of the Diamantina River basin.	DIA
L	Topographic Drainage	Georgina River	Georgina River refers to river systems of the Georgina River basin.	GEO
L	Topographic Drainage	Boyne & Auburn Rivers	Boyne & Auburn Rivers refers to river systems of the Boyne & Auburn Rivers basin.	BOR
L	Topographic Drainage	Moonie River	Moonie River refers to river systems of the Moonie River basin.	MOO
L	Topographic Drainage	Balonne River	Balonne River refers to river systems of the Balonne River basin.	BAL
L	Topographic Drainage	Warrego River	Warrego River refers to river systems of the Warrego River basin.	WAR
L	Topographic Drainage	Paroo River	Paroo River refers to river systems of the Paroo River basin.	PAR
L	Topographic Drainage	Jacky Jacky Creek	Jacky Jacky Creek refers to river systems of the Jacky Jacky Creek basin.	JAC
L	Topographic Drainage	Olive River	Olive River refers to river systems of the Olive River basin.	OLI
L	Topographic Drainage	Lockhart River	Lockhart River refers to river systems of the Lockhart River basin.	LOC
L	Topographic Drainage	Stewart River	Stewart River refers to river systems of the Stewart River basin.	STE
L	Topographic Drainage	Normanby River	Normanby River refers to river systems of the Normanby River basin.	NRB
L	Topographic Drainage	Jeannie River	Jeannie River refers to river systems of the Jeannie River basin.	JEA
L	Topographic Drainage	Endeavour River	Endeavour River refers to river systems of the Endeavour River basin.	END
L	Topographic Drainage	Daintree River	Daintree River refers to river systems of the Daintree River basin.	DAI
L	Topographic Drainage	Mossman River	Mossman River refers to river systems of the Mossman River basin.	MOS
L	Topographic Drainage	Barron River	Barron River refers to river systems of the Barron River basin.	BRN
L	Topographic Drainage	Mulgrave River	Mulgrave River refers to river systems of the Mulgrave River basin.	MUL
L	Topographic Drainage	North Johnstone River	North Johnstone River refers to river systems of the North Johnstone River basin.	JOH
L	Topographic Drainage	Tully River	Tully River refers to river systems of the Tully River basin.	TUL
L	Topographic Drainage	Murray River	Murray River refers to river systems of the Murray River basin.	MUR
L	Topographic Drainage	Hinchinbrook Island	Hinchinbrook Island refers to river systems of the Hinchinbrook Island basin.	HIN
L	Topographic Drainage	Herbert River	Herbert River refers to river systems of the Herbert River basin.	HER
L	Topographic Drainage	Black River	Black refers to river systems of the Black River basin.	BLA
L	Topographic Drainage	Ross River	Ross River refers to river systems of the Ross River basin.	ROS
L	Topographic Drainage	Haughton River	Haughton River refers to river systems of the Haughton River basin.	HAU
L	Topographic Drainage	Lower Burdekin River	Lower Burdekin River refers to river systems of the Lower Burdekin River basin.	LBD
L	Topographic Drainage	Don River	Don River refers to river systems of the Don River basin.	DON
L	Topographic Drainage	Proserpine River	Proserpine River refers to river systems of the Proserpine River basin.	PRO
L	Topographic Drainage	Whitsunday Island	Whitsunday Island refers to river systems of the Whitsunday Island basin.	WHI
L	Topographic Drainage	O'Connell River	O'Connell River refers to river systems of the O'Connell River basin.	OCO
L	Topographic Drainage	Pioneer River	Pioneer River refers to river systems of the Pioneer River basin.	PIO
L	Topographic Drainage	Plane Creek	Plane Creek refers to river systems of the Plane Creek basin.	PLA
L	Topographic Drainage	Styx River	Styx River refers to river systems of the Styx River basin.	STY
L	Topographic Drainage	Shoalwater	Shoalwater refers to river systems of the Shoalwater Creek basin.	SHO
L	Topographic Drainage	Waterpark Creek	Waterpark Creek refers to river systems of the Waterpark Creek basin.	WTP
L	Topographic Drainage	Fitzroy River	Fitzroy River refers to river systems of the Fitzroy River basin.	FIT
L	Topographic Drainage	Calliope River	Calliope River refers to river systems of the Calliope River basin.	CAL
L	Topographic Drainage	Curtis Island	Curtis Island refers to river systems of the Curtis Island basin.	CUR
L	Topographic Drainage	Boyne River	Boyne River refers to river systems of the Boyne River basin.	BOY
L	Topographic Drainage	Baffle Creek	Baffle Creek refers to river systems of the Baffle Creek basin.	BAF
L	Topographic Drainage	Kolan River	Kolan River refers to river systems of the Kolan River basin.	KOL
L	Topographic Drainage	Lower Burnett River	Lower Burnett River refers to river systems of the Lower Burnett River basin.	LBR
L	Topographic Drainage	Burrum River	Burrum River refers to river systems of the Burrum River basin.	BUU
L	Topographic Drainage	Lower Mary River	Lower Mary River refers to river systems of the Lower Mary River basin.	MRY
L	Topographic Drainage	Fraser Island	Fraser Island refers to river systems of the Fraser Island basin.	FRA
L	Topographic Drainage	Noosa River	Noosa River refers to river systems of the Noosa River basin.	NOO
L	Topographic Drainage	Maroochy River	Maroochy River refers to river systems of the Maroochy River basin.	MRO
L	Topographic Drainage	North Pine River	North Pine River refers to river systems of the North Pine River basin.	PIN
L	Topographic Drainage	Brisbane River	Brisbane River refers to river systems of the Brisbane River basin.	BRI
L	Topographic Drainage	Moreton Island	Moreton Island refers to river systems of Moreton Island.	MBI
L	Topographic Drainage	Logan River	Logan River refers to river systems of the Logan River basin.	LOG
L	Topographic Drainage	Albert River	Albert River refers to river systems of the Albert River basin.	ALB
L	Topographic Drainage	Unknown	Insufficient information available to classify topographic drainage.	XXX
L	Topographic Drainage	Alice River	Alice River refers to river systems of the Alice River basin.	ALI
L	Topographic Drainage	Barcoo River	Barcoo River refers to river systems of the Barcoo River basin.	BAR
L	Topographic Drainage	Barker & Barambah Creeks	Barker & Barambah River refers to river systems of the Barker & Barambah River basin.	BBC
L	Topographic Drainage	Barratta Creek	Barratta Creek refers to river systems of the Barratta Creek basin.	BRR
L	Topographic Drainage	Bohle River	Bohle River refers to river systems of the Bohle River basin.	BOH
L	Topographic Drainage	Bowen River	Bowen River refers to river systems of the Bowen River basin.	BOW
L	Topographic Drainage	Bremer River	Bremer River refers to river systems of the Bremer River basin.	BRE
L	Topographic Drainage	Caboolture River	Caboolture River refers to river systems of the Caboolture River basin.	CAB
L	Topographic Drainage	Cliffdale Creek	Cliffdale Creek refers to river systems of the Cliffdale Creek basin.	CLI
L	Topographic Drainage	Cloncurry River	Cloncurry River refers to river systems of the Cloncurry River basin.	CLO
L	Topographic Drainage	Coen River	Coen River refers to river systems of the Coen River basin.	COE
L	Topographic Drainage	Comet River	Comet River refers to river systems of the Comet River basin.	COM
L	Topographic Drainage	Condamine River	Condamine River refers to river systems of the Condamine River basin.	CON
L	Topographic Drainage	Coomera & Nerang Rivers	Coomera & Nerang Rivers refers to river systems of the Coomera & Nerang Rivers basin.	CNR
L	Topographic Drainage	Dawson River	Dawson River refers to river systems of the Dawson River basin.	DAW
L	Topographic Drainage	Dumaresq River	Dumaresq River refers to river systems of the Dumaresq River basin.	DMA
L	Topographic Drainage	Edward River	Edward River refers to river systems of the Edward River basin.	EDW
L	Topographic Drainage	Eight Mile Creek	Eight Mile Creek refers to river systems of the Eight Mile Creek basin.	EIG
L	Topographic Drainage	Einasleigh River	Einasleigh River refers to river systems of the Einasleigh River basin.	EIN
L	Topographic Drainage	Elliott River	Elliott River refers to river systems of the Elliott River basin.	ELL
L	Topographic Drainage	Eyre Creek	Eyre Creek refers to river systems of the Eyre Creek basin.	EYR
L	Topographic Drainage	Gregory River	Gregory River refers to river systems of the Gregory River basin.	GRE
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Aquifer Groundwater Flow System	Local flow system	Local groundwater flow systems extend less than 5 kilometres along a flow path (i.e. from points of recharge to points of discharge).	LOC
L	Aquifer Groundwater Flow System	Intermediate flow system	Intermediate groundwater flow systems extend between 5 and 50 kilometres along a flow path (i.e. from points of recharge to points of discharge).	INT
L	Aquifer Groundwater Flow System	Regional flow system	Regional groundwater flow system extend over 50 kilometres along a flow path (i.e. from points of recharge to points of discharge).	REG
L	Aquifer Groundwater Flow System	Perched flow system	Perched groundwater systems are unconfined aquifers in the vadose zone that are separated from underlying aquifer(s) by an unsaturated zone.	PER
L	Aquifer Groundwater Flow System	Unknown	Insufficient information available to classify groundwater flow system.	XXX
L	Aquifer Groundwater Flow System	Not applicable	Not applicable refers to instances where no groundwater flow system is present.	NOA
L	Aquifer Groundwater Flow System	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Aquifer Name	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Biogeographic Region	Anakie Inlier	Anakie Inlier refers to the Anakie Inlier biogeographic subregion.	ANA
L	Biogeographic Region	Arcadia	Arcadia refers to the Arcadia biogeographic subregion.	ARC
L	Biogeographic Region	Banana - Auburn Ranges	Banana - Auburn Ranges refers to the Banana - Auburn Ranges biogeographic subregion.	BAN
L	Biogeographic Region	Barakula	Barakula refers to the Barakula biogeographic subregion.	BAR
L	Biogeographic Region	Basalt Downs	Basalt Downs refers to the Basalt Downs biogeographic subregion.	BAS
L	Biogeographic Region	Belyando Downs	Belyando Downs refers to the Belyando Downs biogeographic subregion.	BED
L	Biogeographic Region	Beucazon Hills	Beucazon Hills refers to the Beucazon Hills biogeographic subregion.	BEU
L	Biogeographic Region	Bogie River Hills	Bogie River Hills refers to the Bogie River Hills biogeographic subregion.	BOG
L	Biogeographic Region	Boomer Range	Boomer Range refers to the Boomer Range biogeographic subregion.	BOO
L	Biogeographic Region	Buckland Basalts	Buckland Basalts refers to the Buckland Basalts biogeographic subregion.	BUC
L	Biogeographic Region	Urisino Sandplains	Urisino Sandplains refers to the Urisino Sandplains biogeographic subregion.	URS
L	Biogeographic Region	Warrego Plains	Warrego Plains refers to the Warrego Plains biogeographic subregion.	WAR
L	Biogeographic Region	West Balonne Plains	West Balonne Plains refers to the West Balonne Plains biogeographic subregion.	WBP
L	Biogeographic Region	West Bulloo	West Bulloo refers to the West Bulloo biogeographic subregion.	WBU
L	Biogeographic Region	West Warrego	West Warrego refers to the West Warrego biogeographic subregion.	WWA
L	Biogeographic Region	Nandewar Northern Complex	Nandewar Northern Complex refers to the Nandewar Northern Complex biogeographic subregion.	NNC
L	Biogeographic Region	Stanthorpe Plateau	Stanthorpe Plateau refers to the Stanthorpe Plateau biogeographic subregion.	STA
L	Biogeographic Region	Tenterfield Plateau	Tenterfield Plateau refers to the Tenterfield Plateau biogeographic subregion.	TEN
L	Biogeographic Region	McArthur	McArthur refers to the McArthur biogeographic subregion.	MCA
L	Biogeographic Region	Mount Isa Inlier	Mount Isa Inlier refers to the Mount Isa Inlier biogeographic subregion.	MII
L	Biogeographic Region	Callide Creek Downs	Callide Creek Downs refers to the Callide Creek Downs biogeographic subregion.	CCD
L	Biogeographic Region	Southwestern Plateaus & Floodouts	Southwestern Plateaus & Floodouts refers to the Southwestern Plateaus & Floodouts biogeographic subregion.	SPF
L	Biogeographic Region	Thorntonia	Thorntonia refers to the Thorntonia biogeographic subregion.	THO
L	Biogeographic Region	Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics	Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics refers to the Brisbane - Barambah Volcanics biogeographic subregion.	BBV
L	Biogeographic Region	Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands	Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands refers to the Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands biogeographic subregion.	BCC
L	Biogeographic Region	Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges	Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges refers to the Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges biogeographic subregion.	BCH
L	Biogeographic Region	Burringbar - Conondale Ranges	Burringbar - Conondale Ranges refers to the Burringbar - Conondale Ranges biogeographic subregion.	BCR
L	Biogeographic Region	Great Sandy	Great Sandy refers to the Great Sandy biogeographic subregion.	GSA
L	Biogeographic Region	Gympie Block	Gympie Block refers to the Gympie Block biogeographic subregion.	GYM
L	Biogeographic Region	Moreton Basin	Moreton Basin refers to the Moreton Basin biogeographic subregion.	MOR
L	Biogeographic Region	Scenic Rim	Scenic Rim refers to the Scenic Rim biogeographic subregion.	SCE
L	Biogeographic Region	Cape River Hills	Cape River Hills refers to the Cape River Hills biogeographic subregion.	CRH
L	Biogeographic Region	South Burnett	South Burnett refers to the South Burnett biogeographic subregion.	SBU
L	Biogeographic Region	Southern Great Barrier Reef	Southern Great Barrier Reef refers to the Southern Great Barrier Reef biogeographic subregion.	GBR
L	Biogeographic Region	Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands	Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands refers to the Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands biogeographic subregion.	SGC
L	Biogeographic Region	Woodenbong	Woodenbong refers to the Woodenbong biogeographic subregion.	WOD
L	Biogeographic Region	Atherton	Atherton refers to the Atherton biogeographic subregion.	ATH
L	Biogeographic Region	Bellenden Ker - Lamb	Bellenden Ker - Lamb refers to the Bellenden Ker - Lamb biogeographic subregion.	BKL
L	Biogeographic Region	Daintree - Bloomfield	Daintree - Bloomfield refers to the Daintree - Bloomfield biogeographic subregion.	DBL
L	Biogeographic Region	Herbert	Herbert refers to the Herbert biogeographic subregion.	HER
L	Biogeographic Region	Innisfail	Innisfail refers to the Innisfail biogeographic subregion.	INN
L	Biogeographic Region	Kirrama - Hinchinbrook	Kirrama - Hinchinbrook refers to the Kirrama - Hinchinbrook biogeographic subregion.	KIR
L	Biogeographic Region	Carnarvon Ranges	Carnarvon Ranges refers to the Carnarvon Ranges biogeographic subregion.	CAR
L	Biogeographic Region	Macalister	Macalister refers to the Macalister biogeographic subregion.	MAC
L	Biogeographic Region	Paluma - Seaview	Paluma - Seaview refers to the Paluma - Seaview biogeographic subregion.	PAL
L	Biogeographic Region	Tully	Tully refers to the Tully biogeographic subregion.	TUL
L	Biogeographic Region	Unknown	Insufficient information available to classify biogeographic subregion.	XXX
L	Biogeographic Region	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
L	Biogeographic Region	Claude River Downs	Claude River Downs refers to the Claude River Downs biogeographic subregion.	CRD
L	Biogeographic Region	Culgoa - Bokhara	Culgoa - Bokhara refers to the Culgoa - Bokhara biogeographic subregion.	CUL
L	Biogeographic Region	Dawson River Downs	Dawson River Downs refers to the Dawson River Downs biogeographic subregion.	DRD
L	Biogeographic Region	Dulacca Downs	Dulacca Downs refers to the Dulacca Downs biogeographic subregion.	DUL
L	Biogeographic Region	Eastern Darling Downs	Eastern Darling Downs refers to the Eastern Darling Downs biogeographic subregion.	EDD
L	Biogeographic Region	Inglewood Sandstones	Inglewood Sandstones refers to the Inglewood Sandstones biogeographic subregion.	ING
L	Biogeographic Region	Isaac - Comet Downs	Isaac - Comet Downs refers to the Isaac - Comet Downs biogeographic subregion.	ISA
L	Biogeographic Region	Macintyre - Weir Fan	Macintyre - Weir Fan refers to the Macintyre - Weir Fan biogeographic subregion.	MWF
L	Biogeographic Region	Marlborough Plains	Marlborough Plains refers to the Marlborough Plains biogeographic subregion.	MAR
L	Biogeographic Region	Moonie - Barwon Interfluve	Moonie - Barwon Interfluve refers to the Moonie - Barwon Interfluve biogeographic subregion.	MBI
L	Biogeographic Region	Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout	Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout refers to the Moonie R. - Commoron Creek Floodout biogeographic subregion.	MCC
L	Biogeographic Region	Mount Morgan Ranges	Mount Morgan Ranges refers to the Mount Morgan Ranges biogeographic subregion.	MMR
L	Biogeographic Region	Narrandool	Narrandool refers to the Narrandool biogeographic subregion.	NAR
L	Biogeographic Region	Nebo - Connors Ranges	Nebo - Connors Ranges refers to the Nebo - Connors Ranges biogeographic subregion.	NEO
L	Biogeographic Region	Northern Bowen Basin	Northern Bowen Basin refers to the Northern Bowen Basin biogeographic subregion.	NBB
L	Biogeographic Region	South Drummond Basin	South Drummond Basin refers to the South Drummond Basin biogeographic subregion.	SDB
L	Biogeographic Region	Southern Downs	Southern Downs refers to the Southern Downs biogeographic subregion.	SDO
L	Biogeographic Region	Tara Downs	Tara Downs refers to the Tara Downs biogeographic subregion.	TAR
L	Biogeographic Region	Taroom Downs	Taroom Downs refers to the Taroom Downs biogeographic subregion.	TAD
L	Biogeographic Region	Townsville Plains	Townsville Plains refers to the Townsville Plains biogeographic subregion.	TOW
L	Biogeographic Region	Upper Belyando Floodout	Upper Belyando Floodout refers to the Upper Belyando Floodout biogeographic subregion.	UBF
L	Biogeographic Region	Warrambool - Moonie	Warrambool - Moonie refers to the Warrambool - Moonie biogeographic subregion.	WMO
L	Biogeographic Region	Weribone High	Weribone High refers to the Weribone High biogeographic subregion.	WER
L	Biogeographic Region	Woorabinda	Woorabinda refers to the Woorabinda biogeographic subregion.	WOB
L	Biogeographic Region	Wyarra Hills	Wyarra Hills refers to the Wyarra Hills biogeographic subregion.	WAY
L	Biogeographic Region	Battle Camp Sandstones	Battle Camp Sandstones refers to the Battle Camp Sandstones biogeographic subregion.	BCS
L	Biogeographic Region	Cape York - Torres Strait	Cape York - Torres Strait refers to the Cape York - Torres Strait biogeographic subregion.	CYT
L	Biogeographic Region	Coastal Plains	Coastal Plains refers to the Coastal Plains biogeographic subregion.	CPL
L	Biogeographic Region	Coen - Yambo Inlier	Coen - Yambo Inlier refers to the Coen - Yambo Inlier biogeographic subregion.	COE
L	Biogeographic Region	Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones	Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones refers to the Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones biogeographic subregion.	JAR
L	Biogeographic Region	Laura Lowlands	Laura Lowlands refers to the Laura Lowlands biogeographic subregion.	LAU
L	Biogeographic Region	Northern Holroyd Plain	Northern Holroyd Plain refers to the Northern Holroyd Plain biogeographic subregion.	NHP
L	Biogeographic Region	Starke Coastal Lowlands	Starke Coastal Lowlands refers to the Starke Coastal Lowlands biogeographic subregion.	SCL
L	Biogeographic Region	Weipa Plateau	Weipa Plateau refers to the Weipa Plateau biogeographic subregion.	WEI
L	Biogeographic Region	Byfield	Byfield refers to the Byfield biogeographic subregion.	BYF
L	Biogeographic Region	Clarke - Connors Ranges	Clarke - Connors Ranges refers to the Clarke - Connors Ranges biogeographic subregion.	CCR
L	Biogeographic Region	Debella	Debella refers to the Debella biogeographic subregion.	DEB
L	Biogeographic Region	Manifold	Manifold refers to the Manifold biogeographic subregion.	MAN
L	Biogeographic Region	Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands	Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands refers to the Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands biogeographic subregion.	PSL
L	Biogeographic Region	Whitsunday	Whitsunday refers to the Whitsunday biogeographic subregion.	WHI
L	Biogeographic Region	Bulloo	Bulloo refers to the Bulloo biogeographic subregion.	BUL
L	Biogeographic Region	Bulloo Dunefields	Bulloo Dunefields refers to the Bulloo Dunefields biogeographic subregion.	BUD
L	Biogeographic Region	Coongie	Coongie refers to the Coongie biogeographic subregion.	CON
L	Biogeographic Region	Cooper - Diamantina Plains	Cooper - Diamantina Plains refers to the Cooper - Diamantina Plains biogeographic subregion.	CDP
L	Biogeographic Region	Dieri	Dieri refers to the Dieri biogeographic subregion.	DIR
L	Biogeographic Region	Georgina - Eyre Plains	Georgina - Eyre Plains refers to the Georgina - Eyre Plains biogeographic subregion.	GEP
L	Biogeographic Region	Goneaway Tablelands	Goneaway Tablelands refers to the Goneaway Tablelands biogeographic subregion.	GTA
L	Biogeographic Region	Lake Pure	Lake Pure refers to the Lake Pure biogeographic subregion.	PUR
L	Biogeographic Region	Noccundra Slopes	Noccundra Slopes refers to the Noccundra Slopes biogeographic subregion.	NOC
L	Biogeographic Region	Simpson Desert	Simpson Desert refers to the Simpson Desert biogeographic subregion.	SIM
L	Biogeographic Region	Strzelecki Desert	Strzelecki Desert refers to the Strzelecki Desert biogeographic subregion.	STR
L	Biogeographic Region	Sturt Stony Desert	Sturt Stony Desert refers to the Sturt Stony Desert biogeographic subregion.	STU
L	Biogeographic Region	Toko Plains	Toko Plains refers to the Toko Plains biogeographic subregion.	TOK
L	Biogeographic Region	Alice Tableland	Alice Tableland refers to the Alice Tableland biogeographic subregion.	ALI
L	Biogeographic Region	Cape - Campaspe Plains	Cape - Campaspe Plains refers to the Cape - Campaspe Plains biogeographic subregion.	CCP
L	Biogeographic Region	Jericho	Jericho refers to the Jericho biogeographic subregion.	JER
L	Biogeographic Region	Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials	Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials refers to the Prairie - Torrens Creeks Alluvials biogeographic subregion.	PTC
L	Biogeographic Region	Broken River	Broken River refers to the Broken River biogeographic subregion.	BRO
L	Biogeographic Region	Georgetown - Croydon	Georgetown - Croydon refers to the Georgetown - Croydon biogeographic subregion.	GCR
L	Biogeographic Region	Herberton - Wairuna	Herberton - Wairuna refers to the Herberton - Wairuna biogeographic subregion.	HWA
L	Biogeographic Region	Hodgkinson Basin	Hodgkinson Basin refers to the Hodgkinson Basin biogeographic subregion.	HOD
L	Biogeographic Region	Kidston	Kidston refers to the Kidston biogeographic subregion.	KID
L	Biogeographic Region	Undara - Toomba Basalts	Undara - Toomba Basalts refers to the Undara - Toomba Basalts biogeographic subregion.	UND
L	Biogeographic Region	Armraynald Plains	Armraynald Plains refers to the Armraynald Plains biogeographic subregion.	ARM
L	Biogeographic Region	Claraville Plains	Claraville Plains refers to the Claraville Plains biogeographic subregion.	CLA
L	Biogeographic Region	Donors Plateau	Donors Plateau refers to the Donors Plateau biogeographic subregion.	DON
L	Biogeographic Region	Doomadgee Plains	Doomadgee Plains refers to the Doomadgee Plains biogeographic subregion.	DOM
L	Biogeographic Region	Gilberton Plateau	Gilberton Plateau refers to the Gilberton Plateau biogeographic subregion.	GIL
L	Biogeographic Region	Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau	Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau refers to the Holroyd Plain - Red Plateau biogeographic subregion.	HOL
L	Biogeographic Region	Karumba Plains	Karumba Plains refers to the Karumba Plains biogeographic subregion.	KAR
L	Biogeographic Region	Mitchell - Gilbert Fans	Mitchell - Gilbert Fans refers to the Mitchell - Gilbert Fans biogeographic subregion.	MGF
L	Biogeographic Region	Wellesley Islands	Wellesley Islands refers to the Wellesley Islands biogeographic subregion.	WEL
L	Biogeographic Region	Woondoola Plains	Woondoola Plains refers to the Woondoola Plains biogeographic subregion.	WOO
L	Biogeographic Region	Barkly Tableland	Barkly Tableland refers to the Barkly Tableland biogeographic subregion.	BAK
L	Biogeographic Region	Central Downs	Central Downs refers to the Central Downs biogeographic subregion.	CDO
L	Biogeographic Region	Flinders	Flinders refers to the Flinders biogeographic subregion.	FLI
L	Biogeographic Region	Georgina Limestone	Georgina Limestone refers to the Georgina Limestone biogeographic subregion.	GEO
L	Biogeographic Region	Kynuna Plateau	Kynuna Plateau refers to the Kynuna Plateau biogeographic subregion.	KYN
L	Biogeographic Region	Southern Wooded Downs	Southern Wooded Downs refers to the Southern Wooded Downs biogeographic subregion.	SWD
L	Biogeographic Region	Southwestern Downs	Southwestern Downs refers to the Southwestern Downs biogeographic subregion.	SOD
L	Biogeographic Region	Cuttaburra - Paroo	Cuttaburra - Paroo refers to the Cuttaburra - Paroo biogeographic subregion.	CUT
L	Biogeographic Region	Eastern Mulga Plains	Eastern Mulga Plains refers to the Eastern Mulga Plains biogeographic subregion.	EMP
L	Biogeographic Region	Langlo Plains	Langlo Plains refers to the Langlo Plains biogeographic subregion.	LAN
L	Biogeographic Region	Nebine Plains	Nebine Plains refers to the Nebine Plains biogeographic subregion.	NEB
L	Biogeographic Region	North Eastern Plains	North Eastern Plains refers to the North Eastern Plains biogeographic subregion.	NEP
L	Biogeographic Region	Northern Uplands	Northern Uplands refers to the Northern Uplands biogeographic subregion.	NUP
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Confinement	Confined	Confined refers to riverine systems where greater than 85% of the channel abuts confining geomorphic features (i.e. touches valley margin).
L	Confinement	Partially Confined	Partially confined refers to riverine systems where greater than or equal to 10% of the channel and less than or equal to 85% of the channel abuts confining geomorphic features (i.e. touches valley margin).
L	Confinement	Unconfined	Unconfined refers to riverine systems where less than 10% of the channel abuts confining geomorphic features (i.e. touches valley margin).
L	Confinement	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify confinement.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Land Zone	01 Deposits subject to periodic tidal inundation	Quaternary estuarine and marine deposits subject to periodic inundation by marine waters. Includes mangroves, saltpans, off-shore tidal flats and tidal beaches. Soils are predominantly Hydrosols (saline muds, clays and sands) or beach sand.	01
L	Land Zone	02 Quaternary coastal sand deposits	Quaternary coastal dunes and beach ridges. Includes degraded dunes, sand plains and swales, lakes and swamps enclosed by dunes, as well as coral and sand cays. Soils are predominantly Rudosols and Tenosols (siliceous or calcareous sands), Podosols and Organosols.	02
L	Land Zone	03 Recent Quaternary alluvial systems	Recent Quaternary alluvial systems, including closed depressions, paleo-estuarine deposits currently under freshwater influence, inland lakes and associated wave built lunettes. Excludes colluvial deposits such as talus slopes and pediments. Includes a diverse range of soils, predominantly Vertosols and Sodosols; also with Dermosols, Kurosols, Chromosols, Kandosols, Tenosols, Rudosols and Hydrosols; and Organosols in high rainfall areas.	03
L	Land Zone	04 Tertiary-early Quaternary clay plains	Tertiary-early Quaternary clay deposits, usually forming level to gently undulating plains not related to recent Quaternary alluvial systems. Excludes clay plains formed in-situ on bedrock. Mainly Vertosols with gilgai microrelief, but includes thin sandy or loamy surfaced Sodosols and Chromosols with the same paleo-clay subsoil deposits.	04
L	Land Zone	05 Tertiary-early Quaternary loamy and sandy plains and plateaus	Tertiary-early Quaternary extensive, uniform near level or gently undulating plains with sandy or loamy soils. Includes dissected remnants of these surfaces. Also includes plains with sandy or loamy soils of uncertain origin, and plateau remnants with moderate to deep soils usually overlying duricrust. Excludes recent Quaternary alluvial systems (land zone 3), exposed duricrust (land zone 7), and soils derived from underlying bedrock (land zones 8 to 12). Soils are usually Tenosols and Kandosols, also minor deep sandy surfaced Sodosols and Chromosols. There may be a duricrust at depth.	05
L	Land Zone	06 Quaternary inland dunefields	Quaternary inland dunefields, interdune areas, degraded dunefields, and associated aeolian sandplains. Excludes recent Quaternary alluvial systems, which may traverse this zone, and intermittent lakes and claypans (land zone 3). Soils are predominantly Rudosols and Tenosols, some Kandosols and minor Calcarosols.	06
L	Land Zone	07 Cainozoic duricrusts	Cainozoic duricrusts formed on a variety of rock types, usually forming mesas or scarps. Includes exposed ferruginous, siliceous or mottled horizons and associated talus and colluvium, and remnants of these features, for example low stony rises on downs. Soils are usually shallow Rudosols and Tenosols, with minor Sodosols and Chromosols on associated pediments, and shallow Kandosols on plateau margins and larger mesas.	07
L	Land Zone	08 Cainozoic igneous rocks	Cainozoic igneous rocks, predominantly flood basalts forming extensive plains and occasional low scarps. Also includes hills, cones and plugs on trachytes and rhyolites, and associated interbedded sediments, and talus. Excludes deep soils overlying duricrust (land zone 5). Soils include Vertosols, Ferrosols, and shallow Dermosols.	08
L	Land Zone	12 Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks	Mesozoic to Proterozoic igneous rocks, forming ranges, hills and lowlands. Acid, intermediate and basic intrusive and volcanic rocks such as granites, granodiorites, gabbros, dolerites, andesites and rhyolites, as well as minor areas of associated interbedded sediments. Excludes serpentinites (land zone 11) and younger igneous rocks (land zone 8). Soils are mainly Tenosols on steeper slopes with Chromosols and Sodosols on lower slopes and gently undulating areas. Soils are typically of low to moderate fertility.	12
L	Land Zone	09 Fine grained sedimentary rocks	Fine grained sedimentary rocks, generally with little or no deformation and usually forming undulating landscapes. Siltstones, mudstones, shales, calcareous sediments, and labile sandstones are typical rock types although minor interbedded volcanics may occur. Includes a diverse range of fine textured soils of moderate to high fertility, predominantly Vertosols, Sodosols, and Chromosols.	09
L	Land Zone	10 Coarse grained sedimentary rocks	Medium to coarse grained sedimentary rocks, with little or no deformation, forming plateaus, benches and scarps. Includes siliceous (quartzose) sandstones, conglomerates and minor interbedded volcanics, and springs associated with these rocks. Excludes overlying Cainozoic sand deposits (land zone 5). Soils are predominantly shallow Rudosols and Tenosols of low fertility, but include sandy surfaced Kandosols, Kurosols, Sodosols and Chromosols.	10
L	Land Zone	11 Metamorphic rocks	Metamorphosed rocks, forming ranges, hills and lowlands. Primarily lower Permian and older sedimentary formations which are generally moderately to strongly deformed. Includes low- to high-grade and contact metamorphics such as phyllites, slates, gneisses of indeterminate origin and serpentinite, and interbedded volcanics. Soils are mainly shallow, gravelly Rudosols and Tenosols, with Sodosols and Chromosols on lower slopes and gently undulating areas. Soils are typically of low to moderate fertility.	11
L	Land Zone	Unknown	Insufficient information available to attribute land zone.	XX
L	Land Zone	09-10 Fine or coarse grained sedimentary rocks	Fine or medium to coarse grained sedimentary rocks, generally with little or no deformation.	91
L	Land Zone	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Physiographic Region	North Reefs	Patch reefs with semi-continuous outer barrier.	NRE
L	Physiographic Region	South Reefs	Patch reefs with bedrock islands and discontinuous outer barrier.	SRE
L	Physiographic Region	Atherton Tableland	Basaltic tableland.	ATH
L	Physiographic Region	Cairns Ranges	High ranges east of an interior lowland, consisting of coastal ranges, lowland corridors and bedrock islands.	CAI
L	Physiographic Region	Coleman Plateau	Rolling sandy granitic plateau with low ridges of metamorphic rocks, includes Great Escarpment in the east.	COL
L	Physiographic Region	Cooktown Ranges	Deeply dissected sandstone plateaus with mountain ranges of granite and metamorphic rocks to east, small bedrock islands.	COK
L	Physiographic Region	Einasleigh Plains	Undulating to irregular plains on granite and metamorphic rocks.	EIN
L	Physiographic Region	Garnet Uplands	Hilly uplands with dissected greywacke and volcanics in north and undulating country on granite and metamorphic rocks in the south.	GAR
L	Physiographic Region	Gilbert Hills	Rolling country on granite, and ridges and valleys on metamorphic rocks.	GIH
L	Physiographic Region	Gregory Range	Dissected sandstone plateau and hilly country on acid volcanic rocks.	GRE
L	Physiographic Region	Jardine Uplands	Locally dissected rolling sandstone upland with transgressive coastal dunes along eastern margin.	JAR
L	Physiographic Region	Laura Plain	Soft sedimentary rock lowlands, alluvial plains and coastal plain.	LAU
L	Physiographic Region	Newcastle Ranges	Rugged hills on acid volcanic, granite and metamorphic rocks.	NEW
L	Physiographic Region	Palmerville Hills	Granitic hills and plateaus and sandstone mesas with intervening plains.	PAL
L	Physiographic Region	Torres High Islands	Islands and low coastal tablelands of volcanic rocks and granite, with fringing reefs.	TOR
L	Physiographic Region	Wenlock Uplands	Complex of tablelands and low plateaus with north-south lowlands, including the Great Escarpment, and coastal hills in the east.	WEN
L	Physiographic Region	Alice Tableland	Perched sandy plain with interior drainage and higher ferruginous-capped rim.	ALI
L	Physiographic Region	Bulgonunna Tableland	Undulating tableland; higher centre and sloping margins on volcanic rocks with peripheral mantle of ferruginous clayey sand.	BUG
L	Physiographic Region	Burdekin Hills and Lowlands	In east, hills and footslopes on volcanic and mixed sedimentary rock with igneous intrusions; in west, dissected ferruginous-capped tablelands, mainly on sandstone.	BUR
L	Physiographic Region	Burdekin Plateaus	Young basaltic plateaus with primary volcanic forms; north-south axial belt of rugged ranges, chiefly on granite and metamorphic rocks.	BUP
L	Physiographic Region	Cape River Plains	Plains with clay soils in the east, getting sandier to the west.	CAP
L	Physiographic Region	Gilberton Plateau	Partly dissected sandstone plateau.	GIL
L	Physiographic Region	Hervey Tablelands	Granitic uplands, rugged ranges on volcanic rocks and minor dissected ferruginous-capped plateaus forming steep eastern upland margin.	HER
L	Physiographic Region	Townsville Lowlands	Alluvial and deltaic plains with scattered high hills.	TOW
L	Physiographic Region	Belyando Plains	Clay plains and sandy plains with minor hills.	BEP
L	Physiographic Region	Broadsound Plains	Plains, mainly alluvial, locally stony, with tidal flats.	BRO
L	Physiographic Region	Buckland Plateau	Dissected high plateau on basalt and sandstone.	BUC
L	Physiographic Region	Carborough Ranges	Sandstone and basalt plateaus and lower rolling country on sedimentary and volcanic rocks.	CAR
L	Physiographic Region	Connors Ranges	Rounded mountain ranges on the dissected eastern margin of the uplands.	COR
L	Physiographic Region	Cotherstone Plateau	Dissected sandstone plateau.	COT
L	Physiographic Region	Drummond Uplands	Ridges and valleys on sandstone and minor metamorphic rocks; rolling country on granite.	DRU
L	Physiographic Region	Expedition Scarplands	Rugged plateaus and ridges on sandstone.	EXP
L	Physiographic Region	Mackenzie-Dawson Lowlands	Floodplains, clay plains and sandy bedrock lowlands.	MDL
L	Physiographic Region	Nagoa Scarplands	Sandstone strike ridges and clay valleys.	NAG
L	Physiographic Region	Scartwater Hills	Hills, ridges and valleys on sandstone and minor metamorphic rocks.	SCA
L	Physiographic Region	Springsure-Clermont Plateaus	Moderately dissected low plateaus, mainly basalt with minor sandstone.	SPR
L	Physiographic Region	Townshend Ranges and Lowlands	Mosaic of mountains, hills, lowlands and peninsulas. Lowlands include alluvial plains, tidal flats and coastal dunes.	TRL
L	Physiographic Region	Bunya-Burnett Ranges	Mountain ranges, rugged and dissected on granitic and metamorphic rocks in east, broader uplands and upland basins, partly on sedimentary rocks, in west.	BUN
L	Physiographic Region	Cunningham Slopes	Ridges and valleys in metamorphic rocks.	CUN
L	Physiographic Region	Maryborough Lowland	Lowland on weak sedimentary rocks, partly dune covered including Fraser Island.	MAY
L	Physiographic Region	Moreton Lowland	Lowland on weak sedimentary rocks, with prominent volcanic plugs, includes dune islands.	MOR
L	Physiographic Region	Taroom Hills	Sandstone ridges and shale lowlands.	TAR
L	Physiographic Region	Tenterfield Plateau	Undulating granitic plateau with higher residuals including basalt cappings.	TEN
L	Physiographic Region	Toowoomba Plateau	Baslatic plateau terminating southeast in dissected volcanic pile (Mount Warning).	TOO
L	Physiographic Region	Armraynald Plain	Clay floodplain.	ARM
L	Physiographic Region	Bulimba Plateau	Dissected low sandstone plateau.	BUB
L	Physiographic Region	Clara-Mitchell Plains	Sloping sandy alluvial plains with minor clay plains along distributary drainage.	CMP
L	Physiographic Region	Donors Tableland	Stripped higher ferruginous surface on siltstone and sandstone.	DON
L	Physiographic Region	Holroyd Plains	Slightly dissected sandy plains, partly ferruginised.	HOL
L	Physiographic Region	Karumba Plain	Littoral plain.	KAR
L	Physiographic Region	Merluna Plain	Undulating clay plains with ferruginous rises.	MER
L	Physiographic Region	Normanton Tableland	Stripped higher ferruginous surface on siltstone and sandstone.	NOR
L	Physiographic Region	Weipa Plateau	Bauxite-capped plateau on clayey sand and sandstone.	WEI
L	Physiographic Region	Wondoola Plain	Clay floodplain.	WON
L	Physiographic Region	Boulia Downs	Undulating clay plains with minor stony limestone plains.	BOU
L	Physiographic Region	Bulloo Plain	Floodplain and terminal floodout with pans and calcreted flats.	BUL
L	Physiographic Region	Charleville Tableland	Low sandy tableland of weathered sandstone and shale.	CHA
L	Physiographic Region	Condamine Lowlands	Undulating clay lowlands on siltsone and low sandstone hills; floodplains.	COD
L	Physiographic Region	Cooper Plain	Floodplain.	COP
L	Physiographic Region	Diamantina Plain	Floodplain.	DIA
L	Physiographic Region	Eromanga Lowlands	Stony plains with silcrete-capped mesas, minor alluvial and sandy tracts.	ERO
L	Physiographic Region	Eyre Creek Plain	Floodplain.	EYR
L	Physiographic Region	Grey Range	Silcrete-capped tablelands.	GRY
L	Physiographic Region	Jericho Plain	Sandplain.	JER
L	Physiographic Region	Lightning Ridge Lowland	Stony plains with minor silcrete-capped mesas.	LIG
L	Physiographic Region	Maranoa Lowland	Sandplain with low sandstone hills.	MAR
L	Physiographic Region	Nulty Springs Lowlands	Rolling downs and lowlands with hard red ridges and flats. Ferruginised regolith quite different from surrounding alluvial and sand plains.	NUL
L	Physiographic Region	Paroo Plain	Sandplain with alluvial flats and claypans.	PAR
L	Physiographic Region	Simpson Desert Dunefield	South-north longitudinal dunes with sandstone ridges in the west and playas in the south.	SDD
L	Physiographic Region	Simpson Desert Plains	Aeolian dunefield (NNW trending seif dunes), with numerous claypans, aeolian sand, fine lacustrine and alluvial deposits.	SDP
L	Physiographic Region	St George Plain	Sandplain - residual sand on old alluvium.	STG
L	Physiographic Region	Strzelecki Desert Plains	Longitundinal dunes and stony plains, minor clay pans and floodplains.	STR
L	Physiographic Region	Sturt Desert Plains	Stony plains with minor sand ridges.	STU
L	Physiographic Region	Upper Darling Plains	Floodplains of centripetal anastomosing rivers.	UDP
L	Physiographic Region	Warrego Plains	Main and distributary floodplains, sandplains with claypans.	WAR
L	Physiographic Region	Warwick Lowland	Stony plains with silcrete-capped mesas.	WAL
L	Physiographic Region	Whelen Lowlands	Undulating clay plains with silcrete-capped mesas in east.	WHE
L	Physiographic Region	Winton-Blackall Downs	Undulating clay plains.	WBD
L	Physiographic Region	Cobar Plains	Plains with remnants of silcrete and low sandstone ridges, sand cover in west, with west-east longitundinal dunes.	COB
L	Physiographic Region	Condobolin Plains	Plains of gravel and sandy alluvium.	CON
L	Physiographic Region	Coorong Plain	Coastal barrier, lagoons and limestone dunes.	COO
L	Physiographic Region	Ivanhoe Plains	Plains with low west-east stabilised longitundinal dunes and sandplain, small pans with lunettes, minor sandstone ridges, floodplains.	IVA
L	Physiographic Region	Lower Darling Plain	Floodplain and lunette lakes.	LDP
L	Physiographic Region	Mallee Dunefield	Fixed west-east calcareous longitudinal dunes.	MAL
L	Physiographic Region	Millicent Plain	Parallel dune limestone ridges with intervening swamps; closed karst depressions and young volcanoes in south east.	MIL
L	Physiographic Region	Riverine Plain	Alluvial plain.	RIV
L	Physiographic Region	West-Turkey Plains	Plains with variable dune cover, claypans, saline swamps, and intermittent lakes in low-lying areas.	WTP
L	Physiographic Region	Wimmera Plain	Aeolian and alluvial sandplain, minor low sandstone ridges.	WIM
L	Physiographic Region	Gulf Fall	Dissected coastal fall, tablular ridges giving place to sloping plains and low hills seawards.	GUL
L	Physiographic Region	Isa Ridges	Rugged parallel ranges and narrow lowlands on folded metamorphic rocks and granites.	ISA
L	Physiographic Region	Manangoora Plains	Alluvial plains, minor ferruginised lowlands and islands, and littoral plains.	MAN
L	Physiographic Region	Barkly Tablelands	Black clay plains, sandy rises of ferruginous sandstone, and minor stony limestone plains, interior drainage with calcrete in depressions.	BAK
L	Physiographic Region	Tobermory Plain	Slightly dissected limestone plain, part stony and part sandy.	TOB
L	Physiographic Region	Toko Plateaus	Dissected sandstone plateaus.	TOK
L	Physiographic Region	Unknown	Insufficient information available to classify physiographic region.	XXX
L	Physiographic Region	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Altitude	High	Altitude is greater than 1,200 m.	HIG
L	Altitude	Moderate	Altitude is between 500 m and 1,200 m.	MOD
L	Altitude	Low	Altitude is less than 500 m.	LOW
L	Altitude	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify altitude.	XXX
L	Altitude	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Terrain Slope	Steep	Steep refers to a dominant slope of greater than or equal to 18 degrees.	ST
L	Terrain Slope	Moderately inclined	Moderately inclined refers to a dominant slope of greater than or equal to 5 degrees and 55 seconds, and less than 18 degrees.	MO
L	Terrain Slope	Gently inclined	Gently inclined refers to a dominant slope of greater than or equal to 0 degree and 35 seconds, and less than 5 degrees and 45 seconds.	GE
L	Terrain Slope	Level	Level refers to a dominant slope of less than 0 degrees and 35 seconds.	LE
L	Terrain Slope	Unknown	Insufficient information available to classify terrain slope.	XX
L	Terrain Slope	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Naturalness	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Trend	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Period	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Underlying Geology (Rock Type)	Unconsolidated sediments	Unconsolidated sediments refers to superficial deposits (i.e. particles of gravel, sand, silt and/or clay) not bound together that lie above the bedrock. Examples include unconsolidated sediments of active river systems and sand dunes.
L	Underlying Geology (Rock Type)	Consolidated sedimentary rock	Consolidated sedimentary rock refers to rocks where sediments have been bound together by cementation. Examples include sandstone, conglomerate, breccia, and limestone.
L	Underlying Geology (Rock Type)	Metamorphic rock	Metamorphic rock refers to rocks that have undergone metamorphism (i.e. were subject to heat and pressure that caused the rock to transform). Examples include slate, gneiss, and schist.
L	Underlying Geology (Rock Type)	Igneous rock	Igneous rock refers to rocks formed from molten magma or lava. Examples include granite, diorite, basalt, andesite, and rhyolite.
L	Underlying Geology (Rock Type)	Unknown	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Water Source	Surface water	The dominant water source (i.e. generally > 70% of the time) for the ecosystem is surface water.
L	Water Source	Groundwater	The dominant water source (i.e. generally > 70% of the time) for the ecosystem is groundwater.
L	Water Source	Both surface and groundwater	The dominant water source (i.e. generally > 70% of the time) for the ecosystem is a combination of surface water and groundwater. This includes ecosystems where there is temporal dominance by one source or the other.
L	Water Source	Unknown	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Proximity to a Similar Waterhole	0 - 1 m
L	Proximity to a Similar Waterhole	1 - 10 m
L	Proximity to a Similar Waterhole	10 - 100 m
L	Proximity to a Similar Waterhole	100 - 500 m
L	Proximity to a Similar Waterhole	500 - 1000 m
L	Proximity to a Similar Waterhole	1 - 5 km
L	Proximity to a Similar Waterhole	5 - 10 km
L	Proximity to a Similar Waterhole	10 - 20 km
L	Proximity to a Similar Waterhole	20 - 30 km
L	Proximity to a Similar Waterhole	40 - 50 km
L	Proximity to a Similar Waterhole	> 50 km
L	Proximity to a Similar Waterhole	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Proximity to any other Waterhole	0 - 1 m
L	Proximity to any other Waterhole	1 - 10 m
L	Proximity to any other Waterhole	10 - 100 m
L	Proximity to any other Waterhole	100 - 500 m
L	Proximity to any other Waterhole	500 - 1000 m
L	Proximity to any other Waterhole	1 - 5 km
L	Proximity to any other Waterhole	5 - 10 km
L	Proximity to any other Waterhole	10 - 20 km
L	Proximity to any other Waterhole	20 - 30 km
L	Proximity to any other Waterhole	40 - 50 km
L	Proximity to any other Waterhole	> 50 km
L	Proximity to any other Waterhole	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Benthic Depth *	>0m	Intertidal extent
L	Benthic Depth *	0m to 5m	Below AHD
L	Benthic Depth *	5m to 10m	Below AHD
L	Benthic Depth *	10m to 15m	Below AHD
L	Benthic Depth *	15m to 20m	Below AHD
L	Benthic Depth *	20m to 25m	Below AHD
L	Benthic Depth *	25m to 30m	Below AHD
L	Benthic Depth *	30m to 35m	Below AHD
L	Benthic Depth *	35m to 40m	Below AHD
L	Benthic Depth *	40m to 50m	Below AHD
L	Benthic Depth *	50m to 60m	Below AHD
L	Benthic Depth *	60m to 100m	Below AHD
L	Benthic Depth *	100m to 150m	Below AHD
L	Benthic Depth *	150m to 200m	Below AHD
L	Benthic Depth *	200m to 300m	Below AHD
L	Benthic Depth *	300m to 500m	Below AHD
L	Benthic Depth *	500m to 700m	Below AHD
L	Benthic Depth *	700m to 1000m	Below AHD
L	Benthic Depth *	1000m to 1500m	Below AHD
L	Benthic Depth *	below 1500m	Below AHD
L	Benthic Depth *	Unknown	Below AHD
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Terrain Morphology *	Unknown	Terrain morphology is unknown
L	Terrain Morphology *	Plane	Uniform in elevation trend and unable to be distinguished as high or low when measured through morphometry
L	Terrain Morphology *	Ridge	A linear high measured through morphometry
L	Terrain Morphology *	Peak	A high that rises to a single or circular point measured through morphometry
L	Terrain Morphology *	Crest undifferentiated	A high which do not form either a linear or point pattern measured through morphometry
L	Terrain Morphology *	Channel	A linear low measured through morphometry
L	Terrain Morphology *	Pit	A low that descends to a single or circular point measured through morphometry
L	Terrain Morphology *	Depression (undifferentiated)	A low that does not form either a linear or point pattern measured through morphometry
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Substrate Consolidation *	Unknown		-
L	Substrate Consolidation *	Consolidated		C
L	Substrate Consolidation *	Intermediate		In
L	Substrate Consolidation *	Unconsolidated		U
L	Substrate Consolidation *	Applicable only to intertidal wetlands	This is only applicable to intertidal wetlands.	YY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Substrate Grain Size *	Unknown	Of unknown grain size	-
L	Substrate Grain Size *	None	Not having grain size (i.e. consolidated or intermediate)	O
L	Substrate Grain Size *	Other or unspecified	Grain size is unspecified	OX
L	Substrate Grain Size *	Mud (clay or silts)	Grain size <0.0625mm (1/16 mm) diameter	M
L	Substrate Grain Size *	Sand	Grain size between 0.0625mm and 2mm diameter	S
L	Substrate Grain Size *	Pebbles	Grain size between 4 and 64mm diameter	p
L	Substrate Grain Size *	Cobbles	Grain size between 64mm and 265mm diameter	c
L	Substrate Grain Size *	Boulders	Grain size exceeds 256mm diameter and is not parent rock	b
L	Substrate Grain Size *	Gravels (undifferentiated pebbles, cobbles and boulders)	Grain size above 2mm	G
L	Substrate Grain Size *	Applicable only to intertidal wetlands	This is only applicable to intertidal wetlands.	YY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Substrate Composition *	None (no sediment present)		O
L	Substrate Composition *	Calcareous		Ka
L	Substrate Composition *	Calcareous - Biogenic	Calcareous substrates produced by organisms, e.g. shells or skeletal remains, which predominantly constitute carbonate minerals	KaBi
L	Substrate Composition *	Calcareous - Biogenic - Coral	Calcaerous biogenic substrates produced by corals	KaBiCo
L	Substrate Composition *	Calcareous - Biogenic - Shell	Calcareous biogenic substrates produced by molluscs	KaBiSh
L	Substrate Composition *	Calcaerous - Biogenic - Halimeda	Calcareous biogenic substrates produced by dead segments of Halimeda calcareous macro-algae, often forming reef-like banks (bioherms)	KaBiHl
L	Substrate Composition *	Calcareous - Biogenic - Forams	Calcareous biogenic substrates produced by Foraminiferans	KaBiFo
L	Substrate Composition *	Calcareous - Biogenic - Other or Unspecified	Calcareous biogenic substrates produced by other biota	KaBiOX
L	Substrate Composition *	Calcareous - Other or Unspecified	Calcareous substrates of unknown origin	KaOtX
L	Substrate Composition *	Calcareous - Non-biogenic	Calcareous substrates not produced by organisms	KaNb
L	Substrate Composition *	Biosiliceous		B
L	Substrate Composition *	Organic	Substrates composed of organic matter including peat, detritus	Or
L	Substrate Composition *	Organic - Peat-beds	Organic substrates composed of peat	OrPb
L	Substrate Composition *	Organic - Detritus (includes wood, detritus from mangroves, seagrass, etc.)	Organic substrates including woody debris, detritus from mangroves, such as seagrass or macro-algae wrack	OrDe
L	Substrate Composition *	Terrigenous (e.g. muds, sands and gravels derived from rock)	Part of the earth, i.e. substrates initially produced on land through the weathering of rocks and eventually deposited into the sea	Te
L	Substrate Composition *	Terrigenous - Other or Unspecified (includes concrete and metals)	Terrigenous substrates either unspecified, or including modified or artificial substrates such as concrete or metal	TeOX
L	Substrate Composition *	Other or unspecified	An uncategorised or unknown substrate composition	OX
L	Substrate Composition *	Unknown		-
L	Substrate Composition *	Applicable only to intertidal wetlands	This is only applicable to intertidal wetlands.	YY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Energy Source *	Unknown
L	Energy Source *	None
L	Energy Source *	Riverine
L	Energy Source *	Tidal
L	Energy Source *	Wave
L	Energy Source *	Current
L	Energy Source *	Upwelling
L	Energy Source *	Wind
L	Energy Source *	Overland flow
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Energy Magnitude *	None
L	Energy Magnitude *	Very low
L	Energy Magnitude *	Low
L	Energy Magnitude *	Medium
L	Energy Magnitude *	High
L	Energy Magnitude *	Very high
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Tidal Inundation *	Unknown	Unknown tidal inundation
L	Tidal Inundation *	Subtidal (below LAT)	Below Lowest Astronomical Tide
L	Tidal Inundation *	Lower Low (LAT to MLWS)	From Lowest Astronomical Tide to Mean Low Water Springs
L	Tidal Inundation *	Mid-Low (MLWS to MLWN)	From Mean Low Water Springs to Mean Low Water Neaps
L	Tidal Inundation *	Upper Low (MLWN to MSL)	From Mean Low Water Neaps to Mean Sea Level
L	Tidal Inundation *	Low - undifferentiated	From Lowest Astronomical Tide to Mean Sea Level (approximately)
L	Tidal Inundation *	Lower Medium (MSL to MHWN)	From Mean Sea Level to Mean High Water Neaps
L	Tidal Inundation *	Upper-Medium (MHWN to MHWS)	From Mean High Water Neaps to Mean High Water Springs
L	Tidal Inundation *	Medium - undifferentiated	Around Mean Sea Level (approximately)
L	Tidal Inundation *	High (MHWS to HAT)	Mean High Water Springs to Highest Astronomical Tide
L	Tidal Inundation *	Intertidal - undifferentiated	From Lowest Astronomical Tide to Highest Astronomical Tide
L	Tidal Inundation *	Indeterminate	Applies to terrestrial and freshwater tidal wetlands below the mapped level of Highest Astronomical Tide (HAT) and potentially subject to tidal influence.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Grass/herb/sedge	Non-woody groundcover vegetation life forms undifferentiated	Ghs
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	grass/herb	Grass (e.g. hummock, tussock) and herb structural formation classes	GhsGh
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	grass	Grass structural formation classes (e.g. hummock, tussock)	GhsG
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	succulent	Succulent shrub or forb structural formation classes	GhsSu
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	sedge	Sedges structural formation classes	GhsSe
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Algae	Algae either unable to be differentiated by structural type, or differing from the structural type categories	Al
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Algae - encrusting	algae growing in a sheet-like form or forming concretions as gravel on unconsolidated substrates.	AlEn
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Algae - turf mat	algae growing as a dense mat or turf.	AlTf
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Algae - filamentous	Algae of filamentous growth form	AlFi
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Algae - blue-green	Cyanobacteria	AlBg
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Algae - Erect		AlEr
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Algae - Erect macrophyte (macroalgae)	macrophytic algae with an erect growth form	AlErMc
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Algae - Erect calcareous	erect calcareous macroalgae.	AlErCa
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Seagrass	Seagrass meadows either of unspecified growth form, or differing from growth form categories listed	Sg
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Seagrass - Strap (width unspecified)	strap growth forms with unspecified width.	SgSt
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Seagrass - Strap narrow	seagrass meadows dominated by a narrow strap form of seagrass, such as Halodule uninervis	SgStNr
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Seagrass - Strap broad	seagrass meadows dominated by wide strap growth forms, particularly Zostera muelleri.	SgStWd
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Seagrass - Ovoid	seagrass meadows dominated by seagrasses with an ovoid growth, mostly Halophila ovalis.	SgOv
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Seagrass - Fern-like	Seagrass meadows dominated by the fern-like Halophila spinulosa.	SgFe
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Seagrass - cylindrical	seagrass meadows dominated by the cylindrical Syringodium isoetifolium	SgCy
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Mangrove	Mangroves unable to be differentiated by genus	Ma
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Mangrove - Avicennia	Genus Avicennia dominated	MaAv
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Mangrove - Rhizophora	Genus Rhizophora dominated	MaRh
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Mangrove - Ceriops	Genus Ceriops dominated	MaCe
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Mangrove - Mixed	Mangrove assemblage where no particular genus dominates	MaMx
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Other trees	Dominated by non-mangrove trees, either genus Melaleuca or Casuarina	Ot_
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Other trees - Melaleuca, Casuarina		Ot
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Other or unspecified flora	Flora, either unspecified, or neither a mangrove, nor Melaleuca nor Casuarina	OXFl
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Coral	hard and/or soft coral (incl. gorgonians, sea pens, sea whips)	Co
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Coral - Octocorallian (incl. gorgonians, sea pens, sea whips)	Phylum Cnidaria, class Anthozoa, subclass Octocorallia includes soft corals, gorgonians / sea fans, sea whips, black corals and other octocorals	CoOc
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Coral - other or unspecified	Coral undifferentiated or unallocated to existing coral categories	CoOX
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Hard coral	Coral that creates a calcareous framework (Phylum Cnidaria, class Anthozoa, subclass Hexacorallia)	CoHa_
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Hard coral - undifferentiated	Hard coral with unspecified growth form	CoHa
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Hard coral - Branching	Hard coral with a branching growth form	CoHaBr
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Hard coral - Massive	Hard coral with a massive growth form, such as brain corals	CoHaMs
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Hard coral - Submassive	Hard corals with an irregular or columnar growth form	CoHaSm
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Hard coral - Plate/table	Hard corals with a plate-like or tabular growth form	CoHaPl
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Hard coral - Bushy	Hard corals forming a bush-like growth form	CoHaBu
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Hard coral - Vase/foliose	Hard corals forming a flower or leaf-like growth form	CoHaFo
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Hard coral - Encrusting	Hard corals encrusting a surface	CoHaEn
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Hard coral - Mixture of structures	Mixtures of hard coral structural growth forms	CoHaMx
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Sponge	Phylum Porifera	Sp
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Mollusc	Phylum Mollusca	Mo
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Mollusc - Oysters	Bivalve molluscs including oysters and pearl-oysters	MoOy
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Mollusc - Scallops	Bivalve molluscs including scallops	MoSc
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Mollusc - Other undifferentiated	Molluscs that are either undifferentiated by class or are neither oyster nor scallop (e.g. bivalve, gastropod (limpet, worm shell))	MoOX
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Ascidian (incl. tunicates, sea squirts)	Phylum Chordata subphylum Urochordata incl. tunicates, ascidians, sea squirts	As
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Crinoids (incl. feather stars, stalked crinoids)	Phylum Echinodermata class Crinoidea including sessile feather stars, stalk ed crinoids and sea lilies	Cr
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Tubeworm (Polychaetes and phoronids)	Sessile tubeworms including animals from the Phylum Annelida (polychaete worms) and Phylum Phoronida (phoronids)	Tw
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Bryozoa (incl. moss animals, lace corals, sea mats)	Phylum Bryozoa including moss animals, lace corals and sea mats	Br
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Barnacles	Phylum Crustacea comprising sessile barnacles	Ba
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Other or unspecified fauna (incl. brachipods and kamptozoans)	Other sessile structural invertebrate fauna, either unspecified, or including brachiopods or kamptozoans	Oxfa
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Other or unspecified biota	Biota present not specified as animals or plants	Oxbt
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Unknown		-
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	None		O
L	Structural Macrobiota Composition *	Applicable only to intertidal wetlands	This is only applicable to intertidal wetlands.	YY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Naturalness *	Unknown	Unknown
L	Naturalness *	Natural	Un-modified, negligible direct influence by humans
L	Naturalness *	Modified	Natural features or values modified directly by humans
L	Naturalness *	Artificial	Completely constructed, created or otherwise by humans
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Period *	Unknown	Unknown
L	Period *	Seasonal	Variation linked to seasonal patterns
L	Period *	Tidal	Variation with each tide
L	Period *	Lunar month	Variation with greater tidal cycle of highs and lows
L	Period *	Annual	Entire life cycle within a year
L	Period *	Inter-annual	Variers from year to year
L	Period *	Intra-annual	Variation within a year that is aseasonal
L	Period *	Decadal	Variation observed when considering periods over 10 years
L	Period *	ENSO	El Niño Southern Oscillation
L	Period *	Diurnal	Varies with day and night
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Trend *	Fluctuating	Fluctuates over time without discernible cycles or trends
L	Trend *	Constant	Present/stable continually for most of the observed time
L	Trend *	Cyclic	Exhibits modal variation e.g. specific periods such as seasonal or tidal cycles
L	Trend *	Increasing	Tending to increase over the observed time
L	Trend *	Decreasing	Tending to decrease over the observed time
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Cover *	0 - 3
L	Cover *	3 - 6
L	Cover *	6 - 12
L	Cover *	12 - 30
L	Cover *	30 - 50
L	Cover *	50 - 80
L	Cover *	80 - 100
L	Cover *	Unspecified - present
L	Cover *	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Biotic Height *	Unknown
L	Biotic Height *	0 - 0.01m
L	Biotic Height *	0.01 - 1m
L	Biotic Height *	1 - 2m
L	Biotic Height *	2 - 10m
L	Biotic Height *	>= 10m
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Biomass *	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
L	Sediment Texture *	GRAVEL	Gravel =>80% gravel
L	Sediment Texture *	Muddy GRAVEL	30 to 80% gravel, remainder mud
L	Sediment Texture *	Sandy GRAVEL	30 to 80% gravel, remainder sand
L	Sediment Texture *	Gravelly MUD	5-30% gravel, remainder mud
L	Sediment Texture *	Gravelly muddy SAND	5-30% gravel, sand proportion exceeds mud proportion
L	Sediment Texture *	Gravelly SAND	5-30% gravel, remainder mud
L	Sediment Texture *	(Slightly gravelly) sandy MUD	<5% gravel, mud proportion exceeds sand proportion
L	Sediment Texture *	(Slightly gravelly) muddy SAND	<5% gravel, sand proportion exceeds mud proprotion
L	Sediment Texture *	MUD	Gravel <0.01%, sand <=10%, remainder mud
L	Sediment Texture *	Sandy MUD	Sand <50%, remainder mud
L	Sediment Texture *	Muddy SAND	Sand >50%, remainder mud
L	Sediment Texture *	SAND	Sand =>90%
L	Sediment Texture *	BOULDER	Boulder
L	Sediment Texture *	None

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Attribute level: Habitat

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Habitat refers to aspects of the landscape or seascape that are dependent on water aspects of the landscape that are dependent on water.

Attributes and categories for level: Habitat
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Flora Composition	Acacia	Acacia refers to plants of the genus Acacia.	ACA
H	Flora Composition	Allocasuarina	Allocasuarina refers to plants of the genus Allocasuarina.	ALL
H	Flora Composition	Casuarina	Casuarina refers to plants of the genus Casuarina.	CAS
H	Flora Composition	Corymbia and Eucalyptus	Corymbia and Eucalyptus refers to plants of the genus Corymbia, Eucalyptus, and or Lophostemon.	CEU
H	Flora Composition	Melaleuca	Melaleuca refers to plants of the genus Melaleuca.	MEL
H	Flora Composition	Chenopodium	Chenopodium refers to plants of the genus Chenopodium.	CHE
H	Flora Composition	Maireana	Maireana refers to plants of the genus Maireana.	MAI
H	Flora Composition	Tecticornia	Tecticornia refers to plants of the genus Tecticornia.	TEC
H	Flora Composition	Eleocharis	Eleocharis refers to plants of the genus Eleocharis.	ELE
H	Flora Composition	Gahnia	Gahnia refers to plants of the genus Gahnia.	GAH
H	Flora Composition	Lepironia	Lepironia refers to plants of the genus Lepironia.	LEP
H	Flora Composition	Eragrostis	Eragrostis refers to plants of the genus Eragrostis.	ERA
H	Flora Composition	Sporobolus	Sporobolus refers to plants of the genus Sporobolus.	SPO
H	Flora Composition	Ceriops	Ceriops refers to plants of the genus Ceriops.	CER
H	Flora Composition	Rhizophora	Rhizophora refers to plants of the genus Rhizophora.	RHI
H	Flora Composition	Avicennia	Avicennia refers to plants of the genus Avicennia.	AVI
H	Flora Composition	Duma	Duma refers to plants of the genus Duma.	DMA
H	Flora Composition	Other	Other refers to plants of a non-specified category including Aegiceras, Atalaya, Baloskion, Batis, Baumea, Brachyachne, Bruguiera, Calocephalus, Cladium, Diplachne, Empodisma, Fimbristylis, Hemarthria, Heritiera, Ischaemum, Lawrencia, Leersia, Oryza, Panicum, Pemphis, Sticherus, Terminalia, Tristaniopsis, Xanthorrhoea, Xanthostemon, etc.	OTH
H	Flora Composition	Mixed	Mixed refers to co-dominant plants from more than one category.	MIX
H	Flora Composition	Not applicable	Not applicable refers to areas with no dominant plants such as bare land or open water.	NOA
H	Flora Composition	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify flora composition.	XXX
H	Flora Composition	Archontophoenix	Archontophoenix refers to plants of the genus Archontophoenix.	ARC
H	Flora Composition	Corypha	Corypha refers to plants of the genus Corypha.	COR
H	Flora Composition	Licuala	Licuala refers to plants of the genus Licuala.	LIC
H	Flora Composition	Mixed - palm	Mixed - palm refers to a compositional mix of palm genera such as Archontophoenix, Corypha, Licuala, etc.	MPA
H	Flora Composition	Aegiceras	Aegiceras refers to plants of the genus Aegiceras.	AEG
H	Flora Composition	Bruguiera	Bruguiera refers to plants of the genus Bruguiera.	BRU
H	Flora Composition	Nypa	Nypa refers to plants of the genus Nypa.	NYP
H	Flora Composition	Mixed - mangrove	Mixed - mangrove refers to a compositional mix of mangrove genera such as Aegiceras, Avicennia, Bruguiera, Ceriops, Rhizophoroa, etc.	MMA
H	Flora Composition	Cyperus	Cyperus refers to plants of the genus Cyperus.	CYP
H	Flora Composition	Pseudoraphis	Pseudoraphis refers to plants of the genus Pseudoraphis.	PSE
H	Flora Composition	Banksia	Banksia refers to plants of the genus Banksia.	BAN
H	Flora Composition	Rainforest	Rainforest refers to the range of rainforest vine thicket compositional mixes of genera.	RAI
H	Flora Composition	Xanthorrhoea	Xanthorrhoea refers to plants of the genus Xanthorrhoea.	XAN
H	Flora Composition	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Vegetation Cover	Dense	Dense refers to cover of greater than 80% or a projective foliage cover of greater than 70%.	DEN
H	Vegetation Cover	Moderately dense	Moderately dense refers to cover of greater than 50% and less than or equal to 80%, or a projective foliage cover of greatern than 30% and less than or equal to 70%.	MOD
H	Vegetation Cover	Sparse	Sparse refers to cover of greater than or equal to 20% and less than or equal to 50%, or a projective foliage cover of greater than or equal to 10% and less than or equal to 30%.	SPA
H	Vegetation Cover	Very sparse	Very sparse refers to cover of less than 20% or a projective foliage cover of less than 10%.	VSP
H	Vegetation Cover	Other	Refers to instances where plants are not present such as bare land or open water, sedgelands, fernlands, rushlands, etc.	OTH
H	Vegetation Cover	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify cover.	XXX
H	Vegetation Cover	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Flora Growth Form	Grasses	Grasses refers to all plants with grass growth form including hummock and tussock grasses. Hummock grasses are coarse xenomorphic grass with a mound-like form often dead in the middle and belong to the genus Triodia. Tussock grasses form discrete but open tussocks usually with distinct individual shoots such as common agricultural grasses.	GRA
H	Flora Growth Form	Herbs	Herbs refers to plant associations in which species composition and abundance is dependent on seasonal conditions and at any one time grasses or forbs may predominate.	HER
H	Flora Growth Form	Sedges	Sedges refers to herbaceous, usually perennial, erect plants generally with a tufted habit and of the families Cyperaceae and Restionaceae.	SED
H	Flora Growth Form	Shrubs	Shrubs refers to woody plants either less than 8 m tall and multi-stemmed at the base (or within 200 mm from ground level), or single-stemmed at the base and less than 2 m tall.	SHR
H	Flora Growth Form	Macrophytes	Macrophytes refers to aquatic plants large enough to be seen with the naked eye; either emergent, submerged, or floating.	MAC
H	Flora Growth Form	Trees	Trees refers to woody plants more than 2 m tall with a single stem or branches well above the base.	TRE
H	Flora Growth Form	Other	Other refers to plants of a non-specified category including ferns, forbs, rush, and vines. Ferns refers to vascular plants characterised by large and usually branched leaves (known as fronds). Forbs refers to herbaceous or slightly woody, annual or sometimes perennial plant, that excludes grasses and includes ground orchids. Rush refers to herbaceous, usually perennial, erect plants grouped into the following families: Juncaceae, Typhaceae, Restionaceae and the genera Lomandra and Dianella. Vines refers to climbing, twining, winding or sprawling plants usually with a woody stem.	OTH
H	Flora Growth Form	Not applicable	Not applicable refers to instances where plants are not present such as bare land or open water.	NOA
H	Flora Growth Form	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify growth form.	XXX
H	Flora Growth Form	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Growth Height	Tall	Tall refers to plants with a tree growth form that grow to a height exceeding 30 m or plants with a shrub growth form that grow to a height of greater than 2 m.	TAL
H	Growth Height	Regular	Regular refers to plants with a tree growth form that grow to a height between 10 and 30 m or plants with a shrub growth form that grow to a height between 1 and 2 m.	REG
H	Growth Height	Low	Low refers to plants with a tree growth form that grow to a height between 2 and 10 m.	LOW
H	Growth Height	Dwarf	Dwarf refers to plants with a shrub growth form that grow to a height of less than 1 m.	DWA
H	Growth Height	Not applicable	Not applicable refers to instances where plants are not present such as bare land or open water.	NOA
H	Growth Height	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify growth height.	XXX
H	Growth Height	Ground	Ground refers to plants with a growth form other than tree or shrub that grow to a height of less than 2 m.	GRO
H	Growth Height	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Wetland Regional Ecosystem	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Shading	High	High refers to ecosystems with high levels of shading, greater than or equal to 30%, provided by ecosystem structure.
H	Shading	Low	Low refers to ecosystems with low levels of shading, less than 30%, provided by ecosystem structure.
H	Shading	Not applicable	Not applicable refers to ecosystems with no shading.
H	Shading	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify shading.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Wetland System	Palustrine	Palustrine refers to wetlands that are primarily vegetated non-channel environments of less than 8 hectares.	PAL
H	Wetland System	Lacustrine	Lacustrine refers to wetlands that are large, open, water-dominated systems (for example, lakes) larger than 8ha. This definition also applies to modified systems, which are similar to lacustrine systems (for example, deep, standing or slow-moving waters) but may not meet the size criteria.	LAC
H	Wetland System	Riverine	Riverine refers to wetlands and deepwater habitats within a channel.	RIV
H	Wetland System	Intertidal	Intertidal refers to wetlands between the high tide and low tide that experience fluctuating influences of land and sea.	INT
H	Wetland System	Subtidal	Subtidal refers to wetlands between low tide and three nautical miles.	SUB
H	Wetland System	Intertidal/Subtidal	Insufficient information is available to classify whether the ecosystem is intertidal or subtidal. Intertidal refers to wetlands between the high tide and low tide that experience fluctuating influences of land and sea. Subtidal refers to wetlands between low tide and three nautical miles.	INS
H	Wetland System	Contains Palustrine	Contains palustrine refers to areas that contain palustrine wetlands (primarily vegetated non-channel environments of less than 8 hectares).	CPA
H	Wetland System	Contains Riverine	Contains riverine refers to areas that contain riverine wetlands (wetlands and deepwater habitats within a channel).	CRI
H	Wetland System	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify wetland system.	XXX
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Original Wetland System	Palustrine	Palustrine refers to wetlands that are primarily vegetated non-channel environments of less than 8 hectares.	PAL
H	Original Wetland System	Lacustrine	Lacustrine refers to wetlands that are large, open, water-dominated systems (for example, lakes) larger than 8ha. This definition also applies to modified systems, which are similar to lacustrine systems (for example, deep, standing or slow-moving waters) but may not meet the size criteria.	LAC
H	Original Wetland System	Riverine	Riverine refers to wetlands and deepwater habitats within a channel.	RIV
H	Original Wetland System	Intertidal	Intertidal refers to wetlands between the high tide and low tide that experience fluctuating influences of land and sea.	INT
H	Original Wetland System	Unknown	Insufficient information to assign an original wetland system.	XXX
H	Original Wetland System	Not applicable	Not applicable refers to artificial wetlands where no natural wetland was previously present.	NOA
H	Original Wetland System	Intertidal/Subtidal	Insufficient information is available to classify whether the ecosystem is intertidal or subtidal. Intertidal refers to wetlands between the high tide and low tide that experience fluctuating influences of land and sea. Subtidal refers to wetlands between low tide and three nautical miles.	INS
H	Original Wetland System	Contains Palustrine	Contains palustrine refers to areas that contain palustrine wetlands (primarily vegetated non-channel environments of less than 8 hectares).	CPA
H	Original Wetland System	Contains Riverine	Contains riverine refers to areas that contain riverine wetlands (wetlands and deepwater habitats within a channel).	CRI
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Geological Rock Type	Igneous rock	Igneous rock refers to rock formed by magma or lava cooling and solidifying. Igneous rock includes those rocks that crystallize below the land surface (e.g. diority, gabbro, granite, etc.) and those that cool quickly at the land surface (e.g. andesite, basalt, rhyolite, tuff, etc.).	IGN
H	Geological Rock Type	Metamorphic rock	Metamorphic rock refers to rock that has undergone metamorphism, that is subjected to heat and pressure resulting in physical and/or chemical change. Examples include gneiss, phyllite, marble, quartzite, schist, and slate.	MET
H	Geological Rock Type	Sedimentary rock	Sedimentary rock refers to rock formed by the accumulation and cemetation of fragments of other rocks, minerals and organisms, or as chemical precipitates. This category should only be used when it is not practical to further classify sedimentary rock at the habitat scale.	SED
H	Geological Rock Type	Sedimentary rock - clastic	Sedimentary rock - clastic refers to sedimentary rock formed from the deposition of rock fragments that were subsequently compacted and cemented under moderate temperature and pressure. Examples include breccia, conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and shale. This category should only be used when it is not practical to further classify sedimentary rock - clastic at the habitat scale.	SED-CLA
H	Geological Rock Type	Sedimentary rock - clastic - pyroclastic	Sedimentary rock - clastic - pyroclastic refers to sedimentary rock formed from the accumulation of material generated by the explosive fragmentation of magma and/or rock during a volcanic eruption that were subsequently compacted and cemented under moderate temperature and pressure.	SED-CLA-PYR
H	Geological Rock Type	Sedimentary rock - clastic - other	Sedimentary rock - clastic - other refers to sedimentary rock formed from the accumulation of material that were subsequently compacted and cemeted under moderature temperature and pressure, other than material generated by the explosive fragmentation of magma and/or rock during a volcanic eruption.	SED-CLA-OTH
H	Geological Rock Type	Sedimentary rock - chemical	Sedimentary rock - chemical refers to sedimentary rock formed from the chemical precipitation of dissolved materials from solution that were subsequently compacted and cemented under moderate temperature and pressure. Examples include gypsum and oolitic limestone.	SED-CHE
H	Geological Rock Type	Sedimentary rock - organic	Sedimentary rock - organic refers to sedimentary rock formed from the accumulation of organic material. Examples include chert (formed by accumulation of siliceous skeletons of microscopic organisms), coal (formed from plant material), and most limestone (formed from calcareous skeletons of organisms).	SED-ORG
H	Geological Rock Type	Not applicable	Geological rock type is not applicable.	NOA
H	Geological Rock Type	Unknown	Insufficient information available to classify geology.	XXX
H	Geological Rock Type	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Soil Texture	Clay	Clay refers to soil composed of at least 26% clay, less than 74% sand, and less than 60% silt approximately.	CLA
H	Soil Texture	Clay - clay	Clay -clay refers to soil composed of at least 31% clay, up to 63% sand, and less than 25% silt approximately.	CLA-CLA
H	Soil Texture	Clay - sandy clay	Clay - sandy clay refers to soil composed of 26-50% clay, 50-74% sand, and less than 5% silt approximately.	CLA-SAN
H	Soil Texture	Clay - silty clay	Clay - silty clay refers to soil composed of 40-75% clay, less than 35% sand, and 25-60% silt approximately.	CLA-SIL
H	Soil Texture	Loam	Loam refers to soil composed of 8-40% clay, up to 92% sand, and up to 100% silt approximately.	LOA
H	Soil Texture	Loam - loam	Loam - loam refers to soil composed of 10-26% clay, 51-77% sand, and 10-25% silt approximately.	LOA-LOA
H	Soil Texture	Loam - clay loam	Loam - clay loam refers to soil composed of 21-40% clay, 35-69% sand, and 6-25% silt approximately.	LOA-CLA
H	Soil Texture	Loam - sandy loam	Loam - sandy loam refers to soil composed of 8-21% clay, 70-92% sand, and less than 13% silt approximately.	LOA-SAN
H	Soil Texture	Loam - sandy clay loam	Loam - sandy clay loam refers to soil composed of 17-31% clay, 63-82% sand, and less than 10% clay approximately.	LOA-SCL
H	Soil Texture	Loam - silty clay loam	Loam - silty clay loam refers to soil composed of 26-40% clay, less than 50% sand, and 60-74% silt approximately.	LOA-STC
H	Soil Texture	Loam - silty loam	Loam - silty loam refers to soil composed of less than 26% clay, less than 75% sand, and at least 74% silt approximately.	LOA-SIL
H	Soil Texture	Sand	Sand refers to soil composed of less than 12% clay, at least 63% sand, and up to 25% silt approximately.	SAN
H	Soil Texture	Sand - sand	Sand - sand refers to soil composed of less than 8% clay, at least 92% sand, and less than 7% silt approximately.	SAN-SAN
H	Soil Texture	Sand - loamy sand	Sand - loamy sand refers to soil composed of less than 12% clay, 63-92% sand, and 4-25% silt approximately.	SAN-LOA
H	Soil Texture	Not applicable	Substrate texture is not applicable.	NOA
H	Soil Texture	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify substrate texture.	XXX
H	Soil Texture	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Substrate Composition	Non-soil	Non-soil refers to substrates composed of meterials other than soil or organic materials.	NSL
H	Substrate Composition	Non-soil - rock	Non-soil - rock refers to substrates composed of rock.	NSL-ROC
H	Substrate Composition	Non-soil - sand	Non-soil - sand refers to substrates composed of sand.	NSL-SAN
H	Substrate Composition	Soil	Soil refers to substrates composed of soil.	SOL
H	Substrate Composition	Organic	Organic refers to substrates composed of organic materials.	ORG
H	Substrate Composition	Organic - peat	Organic - peat refers to subtrates composed of peat materials.	ORG-PEA
H	Substrate Composition	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify substrate composition.	XXX
H	Substrate Composition	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Sediment Grain Size	Fine clay	Dominant grain size is less than 0.0002 mm.	FCL
H	Sediment Grain Size	Clay	Dominant grain size is between 0.0002 mm and 0.002 mm.	CLA
H	Sediment Grain Size	Silt	Dominant grain size is between 0.002 mm and 0.02 mm.	SLT
H	Sediment Grain Size	Sand	Dominant grain size is between 0.02 mm and 2.0 mm.	SAN
H	Sediment Grain Size	Sand - fine	Sand - fine refers to a dominant grain size is between 0.02 mm and 0.2 mm.	SAN-FIN
H	Sediment Grain Size	Sand - coarse	Sand - coarse refers to a dominant grain size is between 0.2 mm and 2.0 mm.	SAN-COA
H	Sediment Grain Size	Gravel	Dominant grain size is between 2.0 mm and 60 mm.	GRA
H	Sediment Grain Size	Gravel - fine	Gravel - fine refers to a dominant grain size is between 2.0 mm and 6.0 mm.	GRA-FIN
H	Sediment Grain Size	Gravel - medium	Gravel - medium refers to a dominant grain size is between 6.0 mm and 20 mm.	GRA-MED
H	Sediment Grain Size	Gravel - coarse	Gravel - coarse refers to a dominant grain size is between 20 mm and 60 mm.	GRA-COA
H	Sediment Grain Size	Cobbles	Dominant grain size is between 60 mm and 200 mm.	COB
H	Sediment Grain Size	Stones	Dominant grain size is between 200 mm and 600 mm.	STO
H	Sediment Grain Size	Boulders	Dominant grain size is greater than 600 mm.	BOU
H	Sediment Grain Size	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify substrate grain size.	XXX
H	Sediment Grain Size	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	pH	Acidic	Acidic refers to ecosystems with a water pH of less than 6.	ACI
H	pH	Neutral	Neutral refers to ecosystems with a water pH of greater than or equal to 6 and less than 9.	NEU
H	pH	Alkaline	Alkaline refers to ecosystems with a water pH of greater than or equal to 9.	ALK
H	pH	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify pH.	XXX
H	pH	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Salinity	Fresh	Fresh refers to ecosystems with a salinity of less than 1,000 parts per million (equivalent to 1,000 mg/L or 1 part per thousand).	FRE
H	Salinity	Brackish	Brackish refers to ecosystems with a salinity of greater than or equal to 1,000 parts per million (equivalent to 1,000 mg/L or 1 parts per thousand) and less than 3,000 parts per million (equivalent to 3,000 mg/L or 3 part per thousand).	BRC
H	Salinity	Saline	Saline refers to ecosystems with a salinity of greater than or equal to 3,000 parts per million (equivalent to 3,000 mg/L or 3 parts per thousand) and less than 10,000 parts per million (equivalent to 10,000 mg/L or 10 part per thousand).	SAL
H	Salinity	Hypersaline	Hypersaline refers to ecosystems with a salinity of greater than or equal to 10,000 parts per million (equivalent to 10,000 mg/L or 10 parts per thousand).	HYP
H	Salinity	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify salinity.	XXX
H	Salinity	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Natural	Natural refers to a natural wetland where no anthropogenic activities are observable at the habitat level that alter wetland hydrology.	H1
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified	Modified refers to a natural wetland where anthropogenic activities are observable at the habitat level that alter wetland hydrology.	H2
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - bunding in a channel	Modified - bunding in a channel refers to bunding, the construction of a barrier (e.g. barrage, bund, dam, embankment, ridge, wall), observed within a channel of a natural wetland. Bunding activity may be intended to raise or stablise water levels or may be an unintended consequence of an activity (e.g. construction of a road).	H2-M1
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - bunding in a channel - riverine wetland with no system change	Modified - bunding in a channel - freshwater wetland with no system change refers to bunding, the construction of a barrier observed within a channel of a natural wetland. Bunding activity may be intended to raise or stablise water levels or may be an unintended consequence of an activity (e.g. construction of a road). This bunding is observed in a riverine channel where the wetland extent does not exceed pre-existing channel boundaries and does not cause water to exceed 8 ha in size or raise to a depth above 2 m.	H2-M1-a
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - bunding in a channel - intertidal wetland with system change	Modified - bunding in a channel refers to bunding, the construction of a barrier (e.g. barrage, bund, dam, embankment, ridge, wall), observed within a channel of a natural wetland. Bunding activity may be intended to raise or stablise water levels or may be an unintended consequence of an activity (e.g. construction of a road). This bunding is observed in an intertidal wetland channel altering tidal inundation resulting in conversion to a lacustrine or palustrine wetland.	H2-M1-b
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - bunding in a channel - riverine wetland with system change	Modified - bunding in a channel refers to bunding, the construction of a barrier (e.g. barrage, bund, dam, embankment, ridge, wall), observed within a channel of a natural wetland. Bunding activity may be intended to raise or stablise water levels or may be an unintended consequence of an activity (e.g. construction of a road). This bunding is observed in a riverine channel where wetland extent exceeds pre-existing channel boundaries, causes water to exceed 8 ha in size or raise to a depth above 2 m, resulting in conversion to a lacustrine wetland.	H2-M1-e
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - bunding outside a channel	Modified - bunding outside a channel refers to bunding, the construction of a barrier (e.g. barrage, bund, dam, embankment, ridge, wall), observed outside of a channel in a natural wetland. Bunding activity may be intended to raise or stablise water levels or may be an unintended consequence of an activity (e.g. construction of a road).	H2-M2
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - bunding outside a channel - freshwater wetland with no system change	Modified - bunding outside a channel refers to bunding, the construction of a barrier (e.g. barrage, bund, dam, embankment, ridge, wall), observed outside of a channel in a natural wetland. Bunding activity may be intended to raise or stablise water levels or may be an unintended consequence of an activity (e.g. construction of a road). Bunding is observed in a palustrine or lacustrine system but any resulting water level change does not result in a conversion of wetland system.	H2-M2-a
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - bunding outside a channel - intertidal wetland with no system change	Modified - bunding outside a channel refers to bunding, the construction of a barrier (e.g. barrage, bund, dam, embankment, ridge, wall), observed outside of a channel in a natural wetland. Bunding activity may be intended to raise or stablise water levels or may be an unintended consequence of an activity (e.g. construction of a road). Bunding is observed in an intertidal wetland but any resulting alteration to tidal inundation does not result in a conversion of wetland system.	H2-M2-b
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - bunding outside a channel - freshwater wetland with system change	Modified - bunding outside a channel refers to bunding, the construction of a barrier (e.g. barrage, bund, dam, embankment, ridge, wall), observed outside of a channel in a natural wetland. Bunding activity may be intended to raise or stablise water levels or may be an unintended consequence of an activity (e.g. construction of a road). Bunding is observed in a palustrine system where resulting water level change results in the conversion of wetland system.	H2-M2-c
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - bunding outside a channel - intertidal wetland with system change	Modified - bunding outside a channel refers to bunding, the construction of a barrier (e.g. barrage, bund, dam, embankment, ridge, wall), observed outside of a channel in a natural wetland. Bunding activity may be intended to raise or stablise water levels or may be an unintended consequence of an activity (e.g. construction of a road). Bunding is observed in an intertidal wetland where alteration to tidal inundation results in a conversion to a freshwater wetland system.	H2-M2-d
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - cultivation or cropping	Modified - cultivation or cropping refers to cultivation or cropping, the mechanical preparation of soil and/or production of an agricultural crop, observed in a natural wetland while the characteristics of the wetland remain consistent with the Queensland Wetlands Program Wetland Definition.	H2-M5
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - controlled surface hydrology outside a channel	Modified - controlled surface hydrology outside a channel refers to activities and/or structures observed in a natural wetland outside a channel that convert the natural wetland (or part thereof) to a storage use with controlled surface hydrology. Activities and/or structures include the construction of barriers and surface water hydrology control structures (e.g. pumps). Typically these wetlands are enclosed (i.e. have four walls) structures with pump facilities.	H2-M6
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - controlled surface hydrology outside a channel- freshwater wetland with no system change	Modified - controlled surface hydrology outside a channel refers to activities and/or structures observed in a natural wetland outside a channel that convert the natural wetland (or part thereof) to a storage use with controlled surface hydrology. Activities and/or structures include the construction of barriers and surface water hydrology control structures (e.g. pumps). Typically these wetlands are enclosed (i.e. have four walls) structures with pump facilities. Controlled surface hydrology observed in a lacustrine system that does not result in conversion of wetland system.	H2-M6-a
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - controlled surface hydrology outside a channel - intertidal wetland with system change	Modified - controlled surface hydrology outside a channel refers to activities and/or structures observed in a natural wetland outside a channel that convert the natural wetland (or part thereof) to a storage use with controlled surface hydrology. Activities and/or structures include the construction of barriers and surface water hydrology control structures (e.g. pumps). Typically these wetlands are enclosed (i.e. have four walls) structures with pump facilities. Controlled surface hydrology observed in an intertidal wetland that results in the conversion to a freshwater wetland system.	H2-M6-b
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - controlled surface hydrology outside a channel - freshwater wetland with system change	Modified - controlled surface hydrology outside a channel refers to activities and/or structures observed in a natural wetland outside a channel that convert the natural wetland (or part thereof) to a storage use with controlled surface hydrology. Activities and/or structures include the construction of barriers and surface water hydrology control structures (e.g. pumps). Typically these wetlands are enclosed (i.e. have four walls) structures with pump facilities. Controlled surface hydrology observed in a palustrine system that results in the conversion of wetland system.	H2-M6-f
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - channel contruction	Modified - channel construction refers to channel construction, the construction of a linear waterway laterally enclosed by banks generally through excavation and/or construction of barriers, observed in a natural wetland. Channel construction includes canal estates openly connected to estuaries and excludes activities that also control surface hydrology.	H2-M7
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - partial drainage	Modified - partial drainage refers to the observed construction of drains in a natural wetland. Construction of drains often intends to remove water by gravity.	H2-M9
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - partial drainage - freshwater wetland with no system change	Modified - partial drainage refers to the observed construction of drains in a natural wetland. Construction of drains often intends to remove water by gravity. Partial drainage observed in a freshwater wetland but does not result in conversion of wetland system.	H2-M9-a
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - partial drainage - freshwater wetland with system change	Modified - partial drainage refers to the observed construction of drains in a natural wetland. Construction of drains often intends to remove water by gravity. Partial drainage observed in a freshwater wetland that results in the conversion of wetland system.	H2-M9-b
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - partial drainage - freshwater wetland with system change to intertidal	Modified - partial drainage refers to the observed construction of drains in a natural wetland. Construction of drains often intends to remove water by gravity. Partial drainage observed in a freshwater wetland that enables tidal inundation resulting in conversion to an intertidal wetland.	H2-M9-c
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - excavation in a channel	Modified - excavation in a channel refers to the observed excavation, the formation of a depression through the removal of substrate material, in a channel of a natural wetland.	H2-M10
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - excavation in a channel - freshwater wetland with no system change	Modified - excavation in a channel refers to the observed excavation, the formation of a depression through the removal of substrate material, in a channel of a natural wetland. Excavation observed in a riverine channel where wetland extent does not exceed pre-existing channel boundaries and does not increase water depth above 2 m.	H2-M10-a
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - excavation in a channel - freshwater wetland with system change to intertidal	Modified - excavation in a channel refers to the observed excavation, the formation of a depression through the removal of substrate material, in a channel of a natural wetland. Excavation observed in a riverine channel that removes natural tidal barriers enabling tidal inundation and results in the conversion to an intertidal wetland.	H2-M10-c
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - excavation in a channel - freshwater wetland with system change	Modified - excavation in a channel refers to the observed excavation, the formation of a depression through the removal of substrate material, in a channel of a natural wetland. Excavation observed in a riverine channel where wetland extent exceeds pre-existing channel boundaries or increases water depth above 2 m resulting in conversion to a lacustrine wetland.	H2-M10-b
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - excavation outside a channel	Modified - excavation outside a channel refers to the observed excavation, the formation of a depression through the removal of substrate material, outside a channel in a natural wetland.	H2-M11
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - excavation outside a channel - freshwater wetland with no system change	Modified - excavation outside a channel refers to the observed excavation, the formation of a depression through the removal of substrate material, outside a channel in a natural wetland. Excavation observed in a palustrine or lacustrine system that does not result in the conversion of wetland system.	H2-M11-a
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - excavation outside a channel - freshwater wetland with system change	Modified - excavation outside a channel refers to the observed excavation, the formation of a depression through the removal of substrate material, outside a channel in a natural wetland. Excavation observed in a palustrine system that results in the conversion of wetland system.	H2-M11-b
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - excavation outside a channel - freshwater wetland with system change to intertidal	Modified - excavation outside a channel refers to the observed excavation, the formation of a depression through the removal of substrate material, outside a channel in a natural wetland. Excavation observed in a palustrine system enabling tidal inundation that results in the conversion of wetland system.	H2-M11-c
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - excavation outside a channel - intertidal wetland with no system change	Modified - excavation outside a channel refers to the observed excavation, the formation of a depression through the removal of substrate material, outside a channel in a natural wetland. Excavation observed in an intertidal system that does not result in the conversion of wetland system.	H2-M11-d
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - partial infilling	Modified - partial infilling refers to the observed partial infilling, the mechanical deposition of fill or artificial sediment, in a natural wetland. This excludes the non-mechanical process of sedimentation.	H2-M12
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - partial infilling - intertidal wetland with no system change	Modified - partial infilling refers to the observed partial infilling, the mechanical deposition of fill or artificial sediment, in a natural wetland. This excludes the non-mechanical process of sedimentation. Partial infilling observed in an intertidal wetland that does not result in the conversion of wetland system.	H2-M12-a
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - partial infilling - intertidal wetland with system change	Modified - partial infilling refers to the observed partial infilling, the mechanical deposition of fill or artificial sediment, in a natural wetland. This excludes the non-mechanical process of sedimentation. Partial infilling observed in an intertidal wetland that results in conversion to a freshwater wetland system.	H2-M12-b
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - partial infilling - freshwater wetland with no system change	Modified - partial infilling refers to the observed partial infilling, the mechanical deposition of fill or artificial sediment, in a natural wetland. This excludes the non-mechanical process of sedimentation. Partial infilling observed in a palustrine or lacustrine system that does not result in conversion of wetland system.	H2-M12-c
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - partial infilling - freshwater wetland with system change	Modified - partial infilling refers to the observed partial infilling, the mechanical deposition of fill or artificial sediment, in a natural wetland. This excludes the non-mechanical process of sedimentation. Partial infilling observed in a lacustrine system that results in conversion of wetland system.	H2-M12-d
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Modified - controlled surface hydrology in a channel	Modified - controlled surface hydrology in a channel refers to activities and/or structures observed in a channel of a natural wetland that convert the natural wetland (or part thereof) to a storage use with controlled surface hydrology. Activities and/or structures include the construction of barriers and surface water hydrology control structures (e.g. pumps). Typically these wetlands are enclosed (i.e. have four walls) structures with pump facilities.	H2-M13
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Artificial	Artificial refers to the observed construction of an artifical wetland.	H3
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Artificial - bunding	Artificial - bunding refers to observed bunding, the construction of a barrier (e.g. barrage, bund, dam, embankment, ridge, wall), in or to create an artificial wetland to capture overland flow. A common example includes farm dams.	H3-C1
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Artificial - channel construction	Artificial - channel construction refers to establishment of an artifical wetland through channel construction, the construction of a linear waterway laterally enclosed by banks generally through excavation and/or construction of barriers,observable outside of a wetland. Channel construction includes canal estates openly connected to estuaries and excludes activities that also control surface hydrology.	H3-C2
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Artificial - channel construction - freshwater wetland	Artificial - channel construction refers to establishment of an artifical wetland through channel construction, the construction of a linear waterway laterally enclosed by banks generally through excavation and/or construction of barriers,observable outside of a wetland. Channel construction includes canal estates openly connected to estuaries and excludes activities that also control surface hydrology. Channel construction forms a riverine wetland where water depth does not exceed 2 metres and a lacustrine wetland where water depth exceeds 2 metres.	H3-C2-a
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Artificial - channel construction - intertidal wetland	Artificial - channel construction refers to establishment of an artifical wetland through channel construction, the construction of a linear waterway laterally enclosed by banks generally through excavation and/or construction of barriers,observable outside of a wetland. Channel construction includes canal estates openly connected to estuaries and excludes activities that also control surface hydrology. Intertidal channel construction observed.	H3-C2-b
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Artificial - controlled surface hydrology	Artifical - controlled surface hydrology refers to observed activities and/or structures that control surface hydrology of an artificial wetland typically for storage purposes. Activities and/or structures include the construction of barriers and surface water hydrology control structures (e.g. pumps). Typically includes enclosed (i.e. four walled) structures with pumps.	H3-C4
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Artificial - excavation	Artificial - excavation refers to observed excavation, the formation of a depression through the removal of substrate material, in or to create an artifical wetland.	H3-C5
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Artificial - excavation - freshwater wetland	Artificial - excavation refers to observed excavation, the formation of a depression through the removal of substrate material, in or to create an artificial wetland. Excavation observed to create or in an artificial palustrine or lacustrine wetland.	H3-C5-a
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Artificial - excavation - intertidal wetland	Artificial - excavation refers to observed excavation, the formation of a depression through the removal of substrate material, in or to create an artificial wetland. Excavation observed to create or in an artificial intertidal wetland.	H3-C5-b
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify wetland habitat hydrological modification.	XX
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Wetland Hydrological Naturalness	Artificial	The wetland is completed anthropogenic.	ART
H	Wetland Hydrological Naturalness	Natural	The wetland is either an un-modified natural wetland or a modified natural wetland regardless of how extensively it has been modified.	NAT
H	Wetland Hydrological Naturalness	Natural - natural	The wetland has no observable anthropogenic modifications.	NAT-NAT
H	Wetland Hydrological Naturalness	Natural - modified	The natural wetland has observable anthropogenic modifications regardless of how extensively it has been modified.	NAT-MOD
H	Wetland Hydrological Naturalness	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify wetland naturalness.	XXX
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification Activity	Bunding	Bunding refers to the construction of a barrier (e.g. barrage, bund, dam, embankment, ridge, wall).	BUN
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification Activity	Channel construction	Channel construction refers to the construction of a linear waterway laterally enclosed by banks generally through excavation and/or construction of barriers.	CHA
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification Activity	Controlled surface hydrology	Controlled surface hydrology refers to the construction of barriers and surface water hydrology control structures (e.g. pumps).	CON
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification Activity	Cultivation or cropping	Cultivation or cropping refers to the mechanical preparation of soil and/or production of an agricultural crop.	CUL
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification Activity	Partial drainage	Partial drainage refers to the construction of drains often to enable the artificial partial removal of surface and/or sub-surface water.	DRA
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification Activity	Excavation	Excavation refers to the formation of a depression through the removal of substrate material.	EXC
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification Activity	Partial infilling	Partial infilling refers to the mechanical deposition of fill or artificial sediment. This excludes the non-mechanical process of sedimentation.	INF
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification Activity	Not applicable	No wetland habitat hydrological modification activity observed.	NOA
H	Wetland Habitat Hydrological Modification Activity	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify wetland habitat hydrological modification activity.	XXX
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Commence to Fill	January	January refers to ecosystems where commence to fill typically occurs in January.
H	Commence to Fill	February	February refers to ecosystems where commence to fill typically occurs in February.
H	Commence to Fill	March	March refers to ecosystems where commence to fill typically occurs in March.
H	Commence to Fill	April	April refers to ecosystems where commence to fill typically occurs in Arpil.
H	Commence to Fill	May	May refers to ecosystems where commence to fill typically occurs in May.
H	Commence to Fill	June	June refers to ecosystems where commence to fill typically occurs in June.
H	Commence to Fill	July	July refers to ecosystems where commence to fill typically occurs in July.
H	Commence to Fill	August	August refers to ecosystems where commence to fill typically occurs in August.
H	Commence to Fill	September	September refers to ecosystems where commence to fill typically occurs in September.
H	Commence to Fill	October	October refers to ecosystems where commence to fill typically occurs in October.
H	Commence to Fill	November	November refers to ecosystems where commence to fill typically occurs in November.
H	Commence to Fill	December	December refers to ecosystems where commence to fill typically occurs in December.
H	Commence to Fill	Unknown	Insufficient information available to classify commence to fill.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Permanence of Water	Permanent	Permanent refers to the continual presence of water.	PRM
H	Permanence of Water	Near permanent	Near permanent refers to the common presence of water with irregular drying after unpredictable events (e.g. signficant drought period).	NPM
H	Permanence of Water	Intermittent	Intermittent refers to the presence of water periodically.	INT
H	Permanence of Water	Ephemeral	Ephemeral refers to rare presence of water with the presence of water occurring after unpredicatable rainfall events.	EPH
H	Permanence of Water	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify permanence of water.	XXX
H	Permanence of Water	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Residence Extent	Very high	Very high refers to a residence extent of greater than or equal to 80 percent of the maximum wetland extent.	VHI
H	Residence Extent	High	High refers to a residence extent of greater than or equal to 60 percent of the maximum wetland extent and less than 80 percent of the maximum wetland extent.	HIG
H	Residence Extent	Moderate	Moderate refers to a residence extent of greater than or equal to 40 percent of the maximum wetland extent and less than 60 percent of the maximum wetland extent.	MOD
H	Residence Extent	Low	Low refers to a residence extent of greater than or equal to 20 percent of the maximum wetland extent and less than 40 percent of the maximum wetland extent.	LOW
H	Residence Extent	Very low	Very low refers to a residence extent of less than 20 percent of the maximum wetland extent.	VLO
H	Residence Extent	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify residence extent.	XXX
H	Residence Extent	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Residence Extent of Open Water	Very high	Very high refers to an open water residence extent of greater than or equal to 80 percent of the maximum wetland extent.	VHI
H	Residence Extent of Open Water	High	High refers to an open residence extent of greater than or equal to 60 percent of the maximum wetland extent and less than 80 percent of the maximum wetland extent.	HIG
H	Residence Extent of Open Water	Moderate	Moderate refers to an open water residence extent of greater than or equal to 40 percent of the maximum wetland extent and less than 60 percent of the maximum wetland extent.	MOD
H	Residence Extent of Open Water	Low	Low refers to an open water residence extent of greater than or equal to 20 percent of the maximum wetland extent and less than 40 percent of the maximum wetland extent.	LOW
H	Residence Extent of Open Water	Very low	Very low refers to an open water residence extent of less than 20 percent of the maximum wetland extent.	VLO
H	Residence Extent of Open Water	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify residence extent of open water.	XXX
H	Residence Extent of Open Water	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Residence Time	Permanent	Permanent refers to the continual presence of water.	PRM
H	Residence Time	Greater than 24	Greater than 24 refers to the presence of water typically extending at least 24 months or 2 years after a significant hydrological event but not permanently present.	G24
H	Residence Time	18 to 24	18 to 24 refers to the presence of water typically extending at least 18 months and less than 24 months after a significant hydrological event.	T24
H	Residence Time	12 to 18	12 to 18 refers to the presence of water typically extending at least 12 months and less than 18 months after a significant hydrological event.	T18
H	Residence Time	6 to 12	6 to 12 refers to the presence of water typically extending at least 6 months and less than 12 months after a significant hydrological event.	T12
H	Residence Time	1 to 6	1 to 6 refers to the presence of water typically extending greater than 1 month and less than 6 months after a significant hydrological event.	T06
H	Residence Time	Less than 1	Less than 1 refers to the presence of water typically extending 1 month or less after a significant hydrological event.	T01
H	Residence Time	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify residence time.	XXX
H	Residence Time	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Residence Time of Open Water	Permanent	Permanent refers to the continual presence of open water.	PRM
H	Residence Time of Open Water	Greater than 24	Greater than 24 refers to the presence of open water typically extending at least 24 months or 2 years after a significant hydrological event but not permanently present.	G24
H	Residence Time of Open Water	18 to 24	18 to 24 refers to the presence of open water typically extending at least 18 months and less than 24 months after a significant hydrological event.	T24
H	Residence Time of Open Water	12 to 18	12 to 18 refers to the presence of open water typically extending at least 12 months and less than 18 months after a significant hydrological event.	T18
H	Residence Time of Open Water	6 to 12	6 to 12 refers to the presence of open water typically extending at least 6 months and less than 12 months after a significant hydrological event.	T12
H	Residence Time of Open Water	1 to 6	1 to 6 refers to the presence of open water typically extending greater than 1 month and less than 6 months after a significant hydrological event.	T06
H	Residence Time of Open Water	Less than 1	Less than 1 refers to the presence of open water typically extending 1 month or less after a significant hydrological event.	T01
H	Residence Time of Open Water	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify residence time.	XXX
H	Residence Time of Open Water	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Time First Observed	Pre 1990	Pre 1980 refers to artificial wetlands where water was first observed prior to 1990.	P90
H	Time First Observed	1990 to 2000	1990 to 1999 refers to artificial wetlands where water was first observed to be present between 1990 and 1999 inclusive.	90S
H	Time First Observed	1990 to 2000 - 1990	1990 to 2000 - 1990 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 1990.	1990
H	Time First Observed	1990 to 2000 - 1991	1990 to 2000 - 1991 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 1991.	1991
H	Time First Observed	1990 to 2000 - 1992	1990 to 2000 - 1992 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 1992.	1992
H	Time First Observed	1990 to 2000 - 1993	1990 to 2000 - 1993 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 1993.	1993
H	Time First Observed	1990 to 2000 - 1994	1990 to 2000 - 1994 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 1994.	1994
H	Time First Observed	1990 to 2000 - 1995	1990 to 2000 - 1995 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 1995.	1995
H	Time First Observed	1990 to 2000 - 1996	1990 to 2000 - 1996 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 1996.	1996
H	Time First Observed	1990 to 2000 - 1997	1990 to 2000 - 1997 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 1997.	1997
H	Time First Observed	1990 to 2000 - 1998	1990 to 2000 - 1998 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 1998.	1998
H	Time First Observed	1990 to 2000 - 1999	1990 to 2000 - 1999 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 1999.	1999
H	Time First Observed	2000 to 2009	2000 to 2009 refers to artificial wetlands where water was first observed to be present between 2000 and 2009 inclusive.	00S
H	Time First Observed	2000 to 2009 - 2000	2000 to 2009 - 2000 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2000.	2000
H	Time First Observed	2000 to 2009 - 2001	2000 to 2009 - 2001 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2001.	2001
H	Time First Observed	2000 to 2009 - 2002	2000 to 2009 - 2002 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2002.	2002
H	Time First Observed	2000 to 2009 - 2003	2000 to 2009 - 2003 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2003.	2003
H	Time First Observed	2000 to 2009 - 2004	2000 to 2009 - 2004 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2004.	2004
H	Time First Observed	2000 to 2009 - 2005	2000 to 2009 - 2005 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2005.	2005
H	Time First Observed	2000 to 2009 - 2006	2000 to 2009 - 2006 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2006.	2006
H	Time First Observed	2000 to 2009 - 2007	2000 to 2009 - 2007 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2007.	2007
H	Time First Observed	2000 to 2009 - 2008	2000 to 2009 - 2008 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2008.	2008
H	Time First Observed	2000 to 2009 - 2009	2000 to 2009 - 2009 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2009.	2009
H	Time First Observed	2010 to 2019	2010 to 2019 refers to artificial wetlands where water was first observed to be present between 2010 and 2019 inclusive.	10S
H	Time First Observed	2010 to 2019 - 2010	2010 to 2019 - 2010 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2010.	2010
H	Time First Observed	2010 to 2019 - 2011	2010 to 2019 - 2011 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2011.	2011
H	Time First Observed	2010 to 2019 - 2012	2010 to 2019 - 2012 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2012.	2012
H	Time First Observed	2010 to 2019 - 2013	2010 to 2019 - 2013 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2013.	2013
H	Time First Observed	2010 to 2019 - 2014	2010 to 2019 - 2014 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2014.	2014
H	Time First Observed	2010 to 2019 - 2015	2010 to 2019 - 2015 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2015.	2015
H	Time First Observed	2010 to 2019 - 2016	2010 to 2019 - 2016 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2016.	2016
H	Time First Observed	2010 to 2019 - 2017	2010 to 2019 - 2017 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2017.	2017
H	Time First Observed	2010 to 2019 - 2018	2010 to 2019 - 2018 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2018.	2018
H	Time First Observed	2010 to 2019 - 2019	2010 to 2019 - 2019 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2019.	2019
H	Time First Observed	2020 to 2029	2020 to 2029 refers to artificial wetlands where water was first observed to be present between 2020 and 2029 inclusive.	20S
H	Time First Observed	2020 to 2029 - 2020	2020 to 2029 - 2020 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2020.	2020
H	Time First Observed	2020 to 2029 - 2021	2020 to 2029 - 2021 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2021.	2021
H	Time First Observed	2020 to 2029 - 2022	2020 to 2029 - 2022 refers to artifical wetlands where water was first observed to be present in 2022.	2022
H	Time First Observed	Unknown	Insufficient information to assign a time first observed.	XXX
H	Time First Observed	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Timing Periodicity	Seasonal	Seasonal refers to an annual cycle of variation in the presence of water based on the season.	SEA
H	Timing Periodicity	Annual	Annual refers to a cycle of variation in the presence of water that reoccurs every year.	ANN
H	Timing Periodicity	Inter-annual	Inter-annual refers to a cycle of variation in the presence of water that reoccurs over more than one year.	INT
H	Timing Periodicity	Other	Other refers to other cycles of variation in the presence of water.	OTH
H	Timing Periodicity	Not applicable	None refers to no observed cycles of variation in the presence of water.	NOA
H	Timing Periodicity	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify timing periodicity.	XXX
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Relative Dominance of Water Sources	Groundwater	The dominant water source (i.e. generally > 70% of the time) for the ecosystem is groundwater.	GWD
H	Relative Dominance of Water Sources	Surface water	The dominant water source (i.e. generally > 70% of the time) for the ecosystem is surface water.	SWD
H	Relative Dominance of Water Sources	Both surface and groundwater	The dominant water source (i.e. generally > 70% of the time) for the ecosystem is a combination of surface water and groundwater. This includes ecosystems where there is temporal dominance by one source or the other.	GSW
H	Relative Dominance of Water Sources	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify relative dominance of water sources.	XXX
H	Relative Dominance of Water Sources	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Water Source Distance	Local	Local refers to a distance of less than 5 kilometers between the ecosystem and water source.
H	Water Source Distance	Local - near	Local - near refers to a distance of less than 1 kilometer between the ecosystem and water source.
H	Water Source Distance	Local - far	Local - far refers to a distance of greater than or equal to 1 kilometer and less than 5 kilometers between the ecosystem and water source.
H	Water Source Distance	Intermediate	Intermediate refers to a distance of greater than or equal to 5 kilometers and less than 50 kilometers between the ecosystem and water source.
H	Water Source Distance	Intemediate - near	Intermediate - near refers to a distance of greater than or equal to 5 kilometers and less than 10 kilometers between the ecosystem and water source.
H	Water Source Distance	Intermediate - far	Intermediate - far refers to a distance of greater than or equal to 10 kilometers and less than 50 kilometers between the ecosystem and water source.
H	Water Source Distance	Regional	Regional refers to a distance of greater than or equal to 50 kilometers between the ecosystem and water source.
H	Water Source Distance	Unknown	Insufficient information available to classify water source distance.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Confinement	Confined	Confined refers to riverine systems where greater than 85% of the channel abuts confining geomorphic features (i.e. touches valley margin).
H	Confinement	Partially Confined	Partially confined refers to riverine systems where greater than or equal to 10% of the channel and less than or equal to 85% of the channel abuts confining geomorphic features (i.e. touches valley margin).
H	Confinement	Unconfined	Unconfined refers to riverine systems where less than 10% of the channel abuts confining geomorphic features (i.e. touches valley margin).
H	Confinement	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify confinement.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Morphological Dimensions	Linear	Linear refers to features with a linear shape.
H	Morphological Dimensions	Circular	Circular refers to features with a circular shape.
H	Morphological Dimensions	Irregular	Irregular refers to features with an irregular shape.
H	Morphological Dimensions	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify morphological dimensions.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Terrain Morphology	Crest	Landform element that stands above all, or almost all, points in the adjacent terrain, and in intertidal and subtidal comprises a topographic high. For intertidal and subtidal, this category should only be used where it is not practical to further classify crest at the habitat scale.	C
H	Terrain Morphology	Ridge	Compound landform element comprising narrow crest and short adjoining slopes, the crest length being greater than the width of the landform element.	R
H	Terrain Morphology	Depression	Landform element that stands below all, or almost all, points in the adjacent terrain.	D
H	Terrain Morphology	Hillock	Compound landform element comprising a narrow crest and short adjoining slopes, the crest length being less than the width of the landform element.	H
H	Terrain Morphology	Flat	Planar landform element that is neight a crest nor a depression and is level or very gently inclined.	F
H	Terrain Morphology	Slope	Planar landform element that is neight a crest nor a depression and have an incilination greatetr than 1%.	S
H	Terrain Morphology	Unknown	Insufficient information available to classify terrain morphology.	X
H	Terrain Morphology	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Terrain Slope	Overhang	Overhang refers to a dominant slope of greater than or equal to 90 degrees.	OV
H	Terrain Slope	Cliffed	Cliffed refers to a dominant slope of greater than or equal to 72 degrees and less than 90 degrees.	CL
H	Terrain Slope	Precipitous	Precipitous refers to a dominant slope of greater than or equal to 45 degrees and less than 72 degrees.	PR
H	Terrain Slope	Very steep	Very steep refers to a dominant slope of greater than or equal to 30 degrees and less than 45 degrees.	VS
H	Terrain Slope	Steep	Steep refers to a dominant slope of greater than or equal to 18 degrees and less than 30 degrees.	ST
H	Terrain Slope	Moderately inclined	Moderately inclined refers to a dominant slope of greater than or equal to 5 degrees and 55 seconds, and less than 18 degrees.	MOD
H	Terrain Slope	Moderately inclined - high	Moderately inclined - high refers to a dominant slope of greater than or equal to 10 degrees and 15 seconds, and less than 18 degrees.	MOD-HIG
H	Terrain Slope	Moderately inclined - low	Moderately inclined - low refers to a dominant slope of greater than or equal to 5 degrees and 45 seconds, and less than 10 degrees and 15 seconds.	MOD-LOW
H	Terrain Slope	Gently inclined	Gently inclined refers to a dominant slope of greater than or equal to 1 degree and 45 seconds, and less than 5 degrees and 45 seconds.	GEI
H	Terrain Slope	Gently inclined - high	Gently inclined - high refers to a dominant slope of greater than or equal to 3 degrees and 15 seconds, and less than 5 degrees and 45 seconds.	GEI-HIG
H	Terrain Slope	Gently inclined - low	Gently inclined - low refers to a dominant slope of greater than or equal to 1 degree and 45 seconds, and less than 3 degrees and 15 seconds.	GEI-LOW
H	Terrain Slope	Very gently inclined	Very gently inclined refers to a dominant slope of greater than or equal to 0 degree and 35 seconds, and less than 1 degrees and 45 seconds.	VGI
H	Terrain Slope	Very gently inclined - high	Very gently inclined - high refers to a dominant slope of greater than or equal to 1 degree, and less than 1 degree and 45 seconds.	VGI-HIG
H	Terrain Slope	Very gently inclined - low	Very gently inclined - low refers to a dominant slope of greater than or equal to 0 degrees and 35 seconds, and less than 1 degree.	VGI-LOW
H	Terrain Slope	Level	Level refers to a dominant slope of less than 0 degrees and 35 seconds.	LE
H	Terrain Slope	Unknown	Insufficient information available to classify terrain slope.	XX
H	Terrain Slope	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Wetland Habitat	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Wetland Regional Ecosystem Percent	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Regional Ecosystem	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Regional Ecosystem Percent	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Regional Ecosystem Wetland System	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Wetland Percentage	Dominant	Wetlands comprise greater than 80% of the area.	DOM
H	Wetland Percentage	Sub-dominant	Wetlands comprise 80% or less of the area.	SDO
H	Wetland Percentage	Sub-dominant - 51 to 80	Wetlands comprises greater than 50% and less than or equal to 80% of the area inclusive.	SDO-51P
H	Wetland Percentage	Sub-dominant - 1 to 50	Wetlands comprise 50% or less of the area.	SDO-01P
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Naturalness	Natural	Natural feature.
H	Naturalness	Natural - natural	Natural feature with negligible observable anthropogenic modification.
H	Naturalness	Natural - modified	Natural feature with observable anthropogenic modification.
H	Naturalness	Artificial	Anthropogenic feature.
H	Naturalness	Unknown	Insufficient information to assign a naturalness qualifier.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Temporal Pattern	Stationary	A stationary trend refers to long-term patterns where variance is near constant over time.
H	Temporal Pattern	Increasing	An increasing trend refers to long-term patterns that increase over time.
H	Temporal Pattern	Increasing - linear	An increasing linear trend refers to long-term patterns of continuous increase over time.
H	Temporal Pattern	Increasing - exponential	An increasing exponential trend refers to long-term patterns of a non-linear curve that decreases at a non-constant rate over time.
H	Temporal Pattern	Decreasing	An decreasing trend refers to patterns that decrease over time.
H	Temporal Pattern	Decreasing - linear	A decreasing linear trend refers to a pattern of continuous decrease over time.
H	Temporal Pattern	Decreasing - exponential	A decreasing exponential trend refers to a pattern of a non-linear curve that decreases at a non-constant rate over time.
H	Temporal Pattern	Damped	A damped trend refers to a pattern that initially increases or decreases before the trend ceases.
H	Temporal Pattern	Seasonal	A seasonal pattern refers to a pattern where variations repeat predicably over time and the duration of repetition is one year or less.
H	Temporal Pattern	Cyclical	A cyclical pattern refers to a pattern where variance repeats over time and the duration of repetition is both unpredicatable and is greater than one year.
H	Temporal Pattern	Unknown	Insufficient information to assign a temporal pattern qualifier.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Period	Diurnal	Dirunal periodicity refers to cycles of variations that reoccur every 24 hours.
H	Period	Lunar	Lunar periodicity refers to cycles of variations the reoccur every lunar cycle.
H	Period	Seasonal	Seasonal periodicity refers to cycles of variations that reoccur annually based on the season.
H	Period	Annual	Annual periodicity refers to cycles of variations that reoccur every year.
H	Period	Inter-annual	Inter-annual periodicity refers to cycles of variations that reoccur over more than one year.
H	Period	Decadal	Decadal periodicity refers to cycles of variations that reoccur over a decade.
H	Period	Multi-decadal	Multi-decadal periodicity refers to cycles of variations to reoccur over more than one decade.
H	Period	Unknown	Insufficient information to assign a period qualifier.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Unique ID	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Wetland Regional Ecosystem System	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Naturalness	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Trend	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Period	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Erosional Features	Erosional features	Eroasional features refers to landforms where erosional processes are dominant (e.g. hillslopes). Erosional features generally have shallower soil depths.
H	Erosional Features	Depositional features	Depositional features refers to landforms where depositional processes are dominant (e.g. valleys) and material accumulates through time.
H	Erosional Features	Unknown	Insufficient information available to classify erosional features.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Water Source Distance	Local	0 - 1 km
H	Water Source Distance	Regional	1 - 10 km
H	Water Source Distance	Inter-regional	> 10 km
H	Water Source Distance	Unknown	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Water Permanency in the Broader Landform Element	Permanent
H	Water Permanency in the Broader Landform Element	Near permanent
H	Water Permanency in the Broader Landform Element	Intermittent
H	Water Permanency in the Broader Landform Element	Ephemeral
H	Water Permanency in the Broader Landform Element	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Morphological Dimensions	Linear
H	Morphological Dimensions	Circular
H	Morphological Dimensions	Irregular
H	Morphological Dimensions	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Erosional features	Low
H	Erosional features	Moderate
H	Erosional features	High
H	Erosional features	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Residence Time Variability	High	High refers to relatively high variability in residence time in comparison to wetlands of the same system.	HIG
H	Residence Time Variability	Moderate	Moderate refers to relatively moderate variability in residence time in comparison to wetlands of the same system.	MOD
H	Residence Time Variability	Low	Low refers to relatively low variability in residence time in comparison to wetlands of the same system.	LOW
H	Residence Time Variability	Unknown	Insufficient information to determine relative variability of residence time in comparison to wetlands of the same system.	XXX
H	Residence Time Variability	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Residence Time of Open Water Variability	High	High refers to relatively high variability in residence time of open water in comparison to wetlands of the same system.	HIG
H	Residence Time of Open Water Variability	Moderate	Moderate refers to relatively moderate variability in residence time of open water in comparison to wetlands of the same system.	MOD
H	Residence Time of Open Water Variability	Low	Low refers to relatively low variability in residence time of open water in comparison to wetlands of the same system.	LOW
H	Residence Time of Open Water Variability	Unknown	Insufficient information to determine relative variability of residence time of open water in comparison to wetlands of the same system.	XXX
H	Residence Time of Open Water Variability	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Residence Extent Variability	High	High refers to relatively high variability in residence extent in comparison to wetlands of the same system.	HIG
H	Residence Extent Variability	Moderate	Moderate refers to relatively moderate variability in residence extent in comparison to wetlands of the same system.	MOD
H	Residence Extent Variability	Low	Low refers to relatively low variability in residence extent in comparison to wetlands of the same system.	LOW
H	Residence Extent Variability	Unknown	Insufficient information to determine relative variability of residence extent in comparison to wetlands of the same system.	XXX
H	Residence Extent Variability	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Residence Extent of Open Water Variability	High	High refers to relatively high variability in residence extent of open water in comparison to wetlands of the same system.	HIG
H	Residence Extent of Open Water Variability	Moderate	Moderate refers to relatively moderate variability in residence extent of open water in comparison to wetlands of the same system.	MOD
H	Residence Extent of Open Water Variability	Low	Low refers to relatively low variability in residence extent of open water in comparison to wetlands of the same system.	LOW
H	Residence Extent of Open Water Variability	Unknown	Insufficient information to determine relative variability of residence extent of open water in comparison to wetlands of the same system.	XXX
H	Residence Extent of Open Water Variability	Applicable only to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands	This is only applicable to palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands.	YYY
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Commence to Fill Variability	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Area	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lakes	Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lakes refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: lacustrine wetland system; arid and semi-arid climate; and permanent inundation.	LA17
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Arid and semi-arid saline lakes	Arid and semi-arid saline lakes refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: lacustrine wetland system; arid and semi-arid climate; non-permanent inundation; and saline water.	LA14
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Arid and semi-arid floodplain lakes	Arid and semi-arid floodplain lakes refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: lacustrine wetland system; arid and semi-arid climate; non-permanent inundation; non-saline water; and situated on a floodplain.	LA15
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay pan lakes	Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay pan lakes refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: lacustrine wetland system; arid and semi-arid climate; non-permanent inundation; non-saline water; not situated on a floodplain; and clay substrate.	LA16b
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lakes	Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lakes refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: lacustrine wetland system; arid and semi-arid climate; non-permanent inundation; non-saline water; not situated on a floodplain; and non-clay substrate.	LA16a
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lakes	Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lakes refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: lacustrine wetland system; coastal and sub-coastal climate; and situated on a floodplain.	LC06
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lakes	Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lakes refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: lacustrine wetland system; coastal and sub-coastal climate; not situated on a floodplain; and rock substrate composition.	LC07
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lakes	Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lakess refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: lacustrine wetland system; coastal and sub-coastal climate; not situated on a floodplain; sand or organic substrate composition; and a perched groundwater flow system.	LC08b
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lakes	Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lakess refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: lacustrine wetland system; coastal and sub-coastal climate; not situated on a floodplain; sand or organic substrate composition; and a local, intermediate or regional groundwater flow system.	LC08a
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand lakes	Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand lakess refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: lacustrine wetland system; coastal and sub-coastal climate; not situated on a floodplain; sand or organic substrate composition; and an unknown groundwater flow system.	LC08
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lakes	Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lakes refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: lacustrine wetland system; coastal and sub-coastal climate; not situated on a floodplain; and soil substrate composition.	LC09
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamps	Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; arid and semi-arid climate; and groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin.	PA13
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Arid and semi-arid saline swamps	Arid and semi-arid saline swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; arid and semi-arid climate; no groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin; and saline water.	PA10
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamps	Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; arid and semi-arid climate; no groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin; non-saline water; situated on a floodplain; and where flora have a tree growth form.	PA11a
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamps	Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; arid and semi-arid climate; no groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin; non-saline water; situated on a floodplain; and where flora have a shrub growth form.	PA11b
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamps	Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; arid and semi-arid climate; no groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin; non-saline water; situated on a floodplain; and where flora have a grass, sedge, or herb growth form.	PA11c
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Arid and semi-arid other floodplain swamps	Arid and semi-arid other floodplain swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; arid and semi-arid climate; no groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin; non-saline water; situated on a floodplain; and where flora have other growth form.	PA11d
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamps	Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; arid and semi-arid climate; no groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin; non-saline water; not situated on a floodplain; and where flora have a tree growth form.	PA12a
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamps	Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; arid and semi-arid climate; no groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin; non-saline water; not situated on a floodplain; and where flora have a shrub growth form.	PA12b
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamps	Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; arid and semi-arid climate; no groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin; non-saline water; not situated on a floodplain; and where flora have a grass, sedge, or herb growth form.	PA12c
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamps	Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; arid and semi-arid climate; no groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin; non-saline water; not situated on a floodplain; and where flora have other growth form.	PA12d
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Coastal and sub-coastal Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamps	Coastal and sub-coastal Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; coastal and sub-coastal climate; and groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin.	PC03
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Coastal and sub-coastal saline swamps	Coastal and sub-coastal saline swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; coastal and sub-coastal climate; no groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin; and saline water.	PC01
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamps	Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; coastal and sub-coastal climate; no groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin; non-saline water; and the dominant flora is a palm genera.	PC05
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamps	Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; coastal and sub-coastal climate; no groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin; non-saline water; the dominant flora is not a palm genera; situated on a floodplain; and where flora have a tree growth form.	PC04a
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamps	Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; coastal and sub-coastal climate; no groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin; non-saline water; the dominant flora is not a palm genera; situated on a floodplain; and where flora have a shrub growth form.	PC04d
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain, grass, sedge, and herb swamps	Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain, grass, sedge, and herb swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; coastal and sub-coastal climate; no groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin; non-saline water; the dominant flora is not a palm genera; situated on a floodplain; and where flora have a grass, sedge, or herb growth form.	PC04c
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamps	Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; coastal and sub-coastal climate; no groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin; non-saline water; the dominant flora is not a palm genera; situated on a floodplain; and where flora have other growth form.	PC04e
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamps	Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; coastal and sub-coastal climate; no groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin; non-saline water; the dominant flora is not a palm genera; not situated on a floodplain; and where flora have a tree growth form.	PC02a
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamps	Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; coastal and sub-coastal climate; no groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin; non-saline water; the dominant flora is not a palm genera; not situated on a floodplain; and where flora have a shrub growth form.	PC02b
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamps	Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; coastal and sub-coastal climate; no groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin; non-saline water; the dominant flora is not a palm genera; not situated on a floodplain; and where flora have a grass, sedge, or herb growth form.	PC02c
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamps	Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamps refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: palustrine wetland system; coastal and sub-coastal climate; no groundwater sourced from the Great Artesian Basin; non-saline water; the dominant flora is not a palm genera; not situated on a floodplain; and where flora have other growth form.	PC02d
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Unknown	Insufficient information available to determine wetland habitat type.	XX99
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Unknown - Lakes	Insufficient information available to determine wetland habitat beyond lakes.	XX99-L
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Unknown - Lakes - Arid and semi-arid	Insufficient information available to determine wetland habitat beyond arid and semi-arid lakes.	XX99-L-A
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Unknown - Lakes - Coastal and sub-coastal	Insufficient information available to determine wetland habitat beyond coastal and sub-coastal lakes.	XX99-L-C
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Unknown - Swamps	Insufficient information available to determine wetland habitat beyond swamps.	XX99-P
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Unknown - Swamps - Arid and semi-arid	Insufficient information available to determine wetland habitat beyond arid and semi-arid swamps.	XX99-P-A
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Unknown - Swamps - Coastal and sub-coastal	Insufficient information available to determine wetland habitat beyond coastal and sub-coastal swamps.	XX99-P-C
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Not applicable	Not applicable refers to ecosystems that are not incorporated into the wetland habitat typology.	NOA
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Mangroves	Mangroves refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: intertidal wetland system; and the dominant structural macrobiota composition is mangroves or Casuarina.	INT01
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Mangroves - Casuarina	Mangroves - Casuarina refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: intertidal wetland system; and the dominant structural macrobiota composition is Casuarina.	INT01a
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Mangroves - other	Mangroves - other refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: intertidal wetland system; and the dominant structural macrobiota composition is grass, herb and/or sedge.	INT01b
H	Dominant Wetland Habitat	Salt marsh and salt flats	Salt marsh and salt flats refers to wetland habitats with the following characteristics: intertidal wetland system; and the dominant structural macrobiota composition is grass, herb, and/or sedge.	INT02
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Wetland Name	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Hydrological Data Quality	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
H	Legend	Sub-dominant - 1 to 50	Wetland features comprise 50% or less of the area.	CONT
H	Legend	Sub-dominant - 51 to 80	Wetland features comprise greater than 50% and less than or equal to 80% of the area inclusive.	SDOM
H	Legend	Natural	Natural features with negligible observable anthropogenic modification comprise greater than 80% of the area.	NAT
H	Legend	Natural - Lacustrine	Natural lacustrine features with negligible observable anthropogenic modification comprise greater than 80% of the area.	NAT-LAC
H	Legend	Natural - Palustrine	Natural palustrine features with negligible observable anthropogenic modification comprise greater than 80% of the area.	NAT-PAL
H	Legend	Natural - Riverine	Natural riverine features with negligible observable anthropogenic modification comprise greater than 80% of the area.	NAT-RIV
H	Legend	Natural - Intertidal	Natural intertidal features with negligible observable anthropogenic modification comprise greater than 80% of the area.	NAT-INT
H	Legend	Natural - Subtidal	Natural subtidal features with negligible observable anthropogenic modification comprise greater than 80% of the area.	NAT-SUB
H	Legend	Natural - Intertidal/Subtidal	Natural undifferentiated intertidal or subtidal features with negligible observable anthropogenic modification comprise greater than 80% of the area.	NAT-INS
H	Legend	Modified or Artificial	Anthropogenic and/or natural features with observable anthropogenic modification comprise greater than 80% of the area.	MOD
H	Legend	Modified and Artificial - Lacustrine	Anthropogenic lacustrine and/or natural lacustrine features with observable anthropogenic modification comprise greater than 80% of the area.	MOD-LAC
H	Legend	Modified and Artificial - Palustrine	Anthropogenic palustrine and/or natural palustrine features with observable anthropogenic modification comprise greater than 80% of the area.	MOD-PAL
H	Legend	Modified and Artificial - Riverine	Anthropogenic riverine and/or natural riverine features with observable anthropogenic modification comprise greater than 80% of the area.	MOD-RIV
H	Legend	Modified and Artificial - Intertidal	Anthropogenic intertidal and/or natural intertidal features with observable anthropogenic modification comprise greater than 80% of the area.	MOD-INT
H	Legend	Modified and Artificial - Subtidal	Anthropogenic subtidal and/or natural subtidal features with observable anthropogenic modification comprise greater than 80% of the area.	MOD-SUB
H	Legend	Modified and Artificial - Intertidal/Subtidal	Anthropogenic undifferentiated intertidal or subtidal, and/or natural undifferentiated intertidal or subtidal features with observable anthropogenic modification comprise greater than 80% of the area.	MOD-INS

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Community refers to the level at which field inventory is conducted and where people snorkel, dive, fish from boats, etc.

Attributes and categories for level: Community
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Shading	Very high	Very high refers to ecosystems with very high levels of shading, greater than or equal to 70%, provided by ecosystem structure.
C	Shading	High	High refers to ecosystems with high levels of shading, greater than or equal to 50% and less than 70%, provided by ecosystem structure.
C	Shading	Moderate	Moderate refers to ecosystems with moderate levels of shading, greater than or equal to 30% and less than 50%, provided by ecosystem structure.
C	Shading	Low	Low refers to ecosystems with low levels of shading, less than 30% and greater than 10%, provided by ecosystem structure.
C	Shading	Very low	Very low refers to ecosystems with low levels of shading, greater than 0% and less than 10%, provided by ecosystem structure.
C	Shading	None	None refers to ecosystems with no shading.
C	Shading	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify shading.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Geological Rock Type	Igneous rock	Igneous rock refers to rock formed by magma or lava cooling and solidifying. Igneous rock includes those rocks that crystallize below the land surface (e.g. diority, gabbro, granite, etc.) and those that cool quickly at the land surface (e.g. andesite, basalt, rhyolite, tuff, etc.).
C	Geological Rock Type	Metamorphic rock	Metamorphic rock refers to rock that has undergone metamorphism, that is subjected to heat and pressure resulting in physical and/or chemical change. Examples include gneiss, phyllite, marble, quartzite, schist, and slate.
C	Geological Rock Type	Sedimentary rock	Sedimentary rock refers to rock formed by the accumulation and cemetation of fragments of other rocks, minerals and organisms, or as chemical precipitates. This category should only be used when it is not practical to further classify sedimentary rcok at the community scale.
C	Geological Rock Type	Sedimentary rock - clastic	Sedimentary rock - clastic refers to sedimentary rock formed from the deposition of rock fragments that were subsequently compacted and cemented under moderate temperature and pressure. Examples include breccia, conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and shale. This category should only be used when it is not practical to further classify sedimentary rock - clastic at the community scale.
C	Geological Rock Type	Sedimentary rock - clastic - pyroclastic	Sedimentary rock - clastic - pyroclastic refers to sedimentary rock formed from the accumulation of material generated by the explosive fragmentation of magma and/or rock during a volcanic eruption that were subsequently compacted and cemented under moderate temperature and pressure.
C	Geological Rock Type	Sedimentary rock - clastic - other	Sedimentary rock - clastic - other refers to sedimentary rock formed from the accumulation of material that were subsequently compacted and cemeted under moderature temperature and pressure, other than material generated by the explosive fragmentation of magma and/or rock during a volcanic eruption.
C	Geological Rock Type	Sedimentary rock - chemical	Sedimentary rock - chemical refers to sedimentary rock formed from the chemical precipitation of dissolved materials from solution that were subsequently compacted and cemented under moderate temperature and pressure. Examples include gypsum and oolitic limestone.
C	Geological Rock Type	Sedimentary rock - organic	Sedimentary rock - organic refers to sedimentary rock formed from the accumulation of organic material. Examples include chert (formed by accumulation of siliceous skeletons of microscopic organisms), coal (formed from plant material), and most limestone (formed from calcareous skeletons of organisms).
C	Geological Rock Type	Not applicable	Geological rock type is not applicable.
C	Geological Rock Type	Unknown	Insufficient information available to classify geology.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Substrate Composition	Non-soil	Non-soil refers to substrates composed of meterials other than soil or organic materials.
C	Substrate Composition	Non-soil - rock	Non-soil - rock refers to substrates composed of rock.
C	Substrate Composition	Non-soil - sand	Non-soil - sand refers to substrates composed of sand.
C	Substrate Composition	Soil	Soil refers to substrates composed of soil.
C	Substrate Composition	Organic	Organic refers to substrates composed of organic materials.
C	Substrate Composition	Organic - peat	Organic - peat refers to subtrates composed of peat materials.
C	Substrate Composition	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify substrate composition.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Sediment Grain Size	Fine clay	Dominant grain size is less than 0.0002 mm.
C	Sediment Grain Size	Clay	Dominant grain size is between 0.0002 mm and 0.002 mm.
C	Sediment Grain Size	Silt	Dominant grain size is between 0.002 mm and 0.02 mm.
C	Sediment Grain Size	Sand	Dominant grain size is between 0.02 mm and 2.0 mm.
C	Sediment Grain Size	Sand - fine	Sand - fine refers to a dominant grain size is between 0.02 mm and 0.2 mm.
C	Sediment Grain Size	Sand - coarse	Sand - coarse refers to a dominant grain size is between 0.2 mm and 2.0 mm.
C	Sediment Grain Size	Gravel	Dominant grain size is between 2.0 mm and 60 mm.
C	Sediment Grain Size	Gravel - fine	Gravel - fine refers to a dominant grain size is between 2.0 mm and 6.0 mm.
C	Sediment Grain Size	Gravel - medium	Gravel - medium refers to a dominant grain size is between 6.0 mm and 20 mm.
C	Sediment Grain Size	Gravel - coarse	Gravel - coarse refers to a dominant grain size is between 20 mm and 60 mm.
C	Sediment Grain Size	Cobbles	Dominant grain size is between 60 mm and 200 mm.
C	Sediment Grain Size	Stones	Dominant grain size is between 200 mm and 600 mm.
C	Sediment Grain Size	Boulders	Dominant grain size is greater than 600 mm.
C	Sediment Grain Size	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify substrate grain size.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Dissolved Oxygen	Very high	Very high refers to ecosystems with dissolved oxygen levels greater than or equal to 90%.
C	Dissolved Oxygen	High	High refers to ecosystems with dissolved oxygen levels of greater than or equal to 70% and less than 90%.
C	Dissolved Oxygen	Moderate	Moderate refers to ecosystems with dissolved oxygen levels of greater than or equal to 50% and less than 70%.
C	Dissolved Oxygen	Low	Low refers to ecosystems with dissolved oxygen levels of greater than or equal to 30% and less than 50%.
C	Dissolved Oxygen	Very low	Very low refers to ecosystems with dissolved oxygen levels of less than 30%.
C	Dissolved Oxygen	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify dissolved oxygen.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Hardness	High	High refers to ecosystems with calcium carbonate concentrations greater than or equal to 200 mg/L.
C	Hardness	Moderate	Moderate refers to ecosystems with calcium carbonate concentrations greater than or equal to 50 mg/L and less than 200 mg/L.
C	Hardness	Low	Low refers to ecosystems with calcium carbonate concentrations less than 50 mg/L.
C	Hardness	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify water hardness.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	pH	Hyper acidic	Hyper acidic refers to ecosystems with a water pH of less than 3.
C	pH	Acidic	Acidic refers to ecosystems with a water pH of greater than or equal to 3 and less than 6.
C	pH	Neutral	Neutral refers to ecosystems with a water pH of greater than or equal to 6 and less than 9.
C	pH	Alkaline	Alkaline refers to ecosystems with a water pH of greater than or equal to 9 and less than 12.
C	pH	Hyper alkaline	Hyper alkaline refers to ecosystems with a water pH of greater than or equal to 12.
C	pH	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify pH.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Salinity	Very fresh	Very fresh refers to ecosystems with a salinity of less than 500 parts per million (equivalent to 500 mg/L or 0.5 parts per thousand).
C	Salinity	Fresh	Fresh refers to ecosystems with a salinity of greater than or equal to 500 parts per million (equivalent to 500 mg/L or 0.5 parts per thousand) and less than 1,000 parts per million (equivalent to 1,000 mg/L or 1 part per thousand).
C	Salinity	Brackish	Brackish refers to ecosystems with a salinity of greater than or equal to 1,000 parts per million (equivalent to 1,000 mg/L or 1 parts per thousand) and less than 3,000 parts per million (equivalent to 3,000 mg/L or 3 part per thousand).
C	Salinity	Saline	Saline refers to ecosystems with a salinity of greater than or equal to 3,000 parts per million (equivalent to 3,000 mg/L or 3 parts per thousand) and less than 10,000 parts per million (equivalent to 10,000 mg/L or 10 part per thousand).
C	Salinity	Hypersaline	Hypersaline refers to ecosystems with a salinity of greater than or equal to 10,000 parts per million (equivalent to 10,000 mg/L or 10 parts per thousand).
C	Salinity	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify salinity.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Trophic Level	Oligotrophic	Oligotrophic refers to ecosystems with a low level of productivity as represented by low levels of biologically useful nutrients.
C	Trophic Level	Mesotrophic	Mesotrophic refers to ecosystems with an intermediate level of productivity as represented by moderate levels of biologically useful nutrients.
C	Trophic Level	Eutrophic	Eutrophic refers to ecosystems with high level of productivity as represented by high levels of biologically useful nutrients.
C	Trophic Level	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify trophic level.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Colour	High	High refers to ecosystems with high levels of water colour (i.e. dark colours) greater than or equal to 200 Hazen units. Hazen Units are defined on the platinum-cobalt standard developed for natural waters with a yellow-brown appearance and is not intended for use on waters with other colours. A cup of tea is approximately 2,500 Hazen units.
C	Colour	Moderate	Moderate refers to ecosystems with moderate levels of water colour greater than or equal to 70 Hazen units and less than 200 Hazen units. Hazen Units are defined on the platinum-cobalt standard developed for natural waters with a yellow-brown appearance and is not intended for use on waters with other colours.
C	Colour	Low	Low refers to ecosystems with low levels of water colour less than 70 Hazen units. Hazen Units are defined on the platinum-cobalt standard developed for natural waters with a yellow-brown appearance and is not intended for use on waters with other colours. For comparison, a glass of water is approximately 15 Hazen units.
C	Colour	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify water colour.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Mixing State	Well mixed	Well mixed refers to water columns where there is full vertical mixing across the profile.
C	Mixing State	Partially mixed	Partially mixed refers to water columns where there is incomplete vertical mixing across the profile.
C	Mixing State	Stratified	Stratified refers water columns where a halocline exists (a strong, vertical salinity gradient).
C	Mixing State	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify mixing state.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Permanence of Water	Permanent	Permanent refers to the continual presence of water.
C	Permanence of Water	Near permanent	Near permanent refers to the common presence of water with irregular drying after unpredictable events (e.g. signficant drought period).
C	Permanence of Water	Intermittent	Intermittent refers to the presence of water periodically.
C	Permanence of Water	Ephemeral	Ephemeral refers to rare presence of water with the presence of water occurring after unpredicatable rainfall events.
C	Permanence of Water	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify permanence of water.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Residence Extent	Very high	Very high refers to a residence extent of greater than or equal to 80 percent of the maximum wetland extent.
C	Residence Extent	High	High refers to a residence extent of greater than or equal to 60 percent of the maximum wetland extent and less than 80 percent of the maximum wetland extent.
C	Residence Extent	Moderate	Moderate refers to a residence extent of greater than or equal to 40 percent of the maximum wetland extent and less than 60 percent of the maximum wetland extent.
C	Residence Extent	Low	Low refers to a residence extent of greater than or equal to 20 percent of the maximum wetland extent and less than 40 percent of the maximum wetland extent.
C	Residence Extent	Very low	Very low refers to a residence extent of less than 20 percent of the maximum wetland extent.
C	Residence Extent	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify residence extent.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Residence Extent of Open Water	Very high	Very high refers to an open water residence extent of greater than or equal to 80 percent of the maximum wetland extent.
C	Residence Extent of Open Water	High	High refers to an open residence extent of greater than or equal to 60 percent of the maximum wetland extent and less than 80 percent of the maximum wetland extent.
C	Residence Extent of Open Water	Moderate	Moderate refers to an open water residence extent of greater than or equal to 40 percent of the maximum wetland extent and less than 60 percent of the maximum wetland extent.
C	Residence Extent of Open Water	Low	Low refers to an open water residence extent of greater than or equal to 20 percent of the maximum wetland extent and less than 40 percent of the maximum wetland extent.
C	Residence Extent of Open Water	Very low	Very low refers to an open water residence extent of less than 20 percent of the maximum wetland extent.
C	Residence Extent of Open Water	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify residence extent of open water.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Residence Time	Permanent	Permanent refers to the continual presence of water.
C	Residence Time	Greater than 24	Greater than 24 refers to the presence of water typically extending at least 24 months or 2 years after a significant hydrological event but not permanently present.
C	Residence Time	18 to 24	18 to 24 refers to the presence of water typically extending at least 18 months and less than 24 months after a significant hydrological event.
C	Residence Time	12 to 18	12 to 18 refers to the presence of water typically extending at least 12 months and less than 18 months after a significant hydrological event.
C	Residence Time	6 to 12	6 to 12 refers to the presence of water typically extending at least 6 months and less than 12 months after a significant hydrological event.
C	Residence Time	1 to 6	1 to 6 refers to the presence of water typically extending greater than 1 month and less than 6 months after a significant hydrological event.
C	Residence Time	Less than 1	Less than 1 refers to the presence of water typically extending 1 month or less after a significant hydrological event.
C	Residence Time	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify residence time.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Residence Time of Open Water	Permanent	Permanent refers to the continual presence of open water.
C	Residence Time of Open Water	Greater than 24	Greater than 24 refers to the presence of open water typically extending at least 24 months or 2 years after a significant hydrological event but not permanently present.
C	Residence Time of Open Water	18 to 24	18 to 24 refers to the presence of open water typically extending at least 18 months and less than 24 months after a significant hydrological event.
C	Residence Time of Open Water	12 to 18	12 to 18 refers to the presence of open water typically extending at least 12 months and less than 18 months after a significant hydrological event.
C	Residence Time of Open Water	6 to 12	6 to 12 refers to the presence of open water typically extending at least 6 months and less than 12 months after a significant hydrological event.
C	Residence Time of Open Water	1 to 6	1 to 6 refers to the presence of open water typically extending greater than 1 month and less than 6 months after a significant hydrological event.
C	Residence Time of Open Water	Less than 1	Less than 1 refers to the presence of open water typically extending 1 month or less after a significant hydrological event.
C	Residence Time of Open Water	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify residence time.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Timing Periodicity	Seasonal	Seasonal refers to an annual cycle of variation in the presence of water based on the season.
C	Timing Periodicity	Annual	Annual refers to a cycle of variation in the presence of water that reoccurs every year.
C	Timing Periodicity	Inter-annual	Inter-annual refers to a cycle of variation in the presence of water that reoccurs over more than one year.
C	Timing Periodicity	Other	Other refers to other cycles of variation in the presence of water.
C	Timing Periodicity	None	None refers to no observed cycles of variation in the presence of water.
C	Timing Periodicity	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify timing periodicity.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Water Clarity	High	High refers to a high level of water clarity below 5 Nephelometric Turbidity Units. At less than 5 Nephelometric Turbidity Units water will appear clear.
C	Water Clarity	Moderate	Moderate refers to a moderate level of water clarity greater than or equal to 5 Nephelometric Turbidity Units and less than 300 Nephelometric Turbidity Units. At above 55 Nephelometric Turbidity Units water will appear increasingly cloudy.
C	Water Clarity	Low	Low refers to a low level of water clarity greater than or equal to 300 Nephelometric Turbidity Units and less than 500 Nephelometric Turbidity Units.
C	Water Clarity	Very low	Very low refers to a very low level of water clarity greater than or equal to 500 Nephelometric Turbidity Units. At above 500 Nephelometric Turbidity Units water will appear increasingly opaque.
C	Water Clarity	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify water clarity.
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Depression Depth (Maximum of Waterhole Landform Element)	Less than 0.1	Less than 0.1 refers to a depression depth (maximum of waterhole landform element) of less than 0.1 m.
C	Depression Depth (Maximum of Waterhole Landform Element)	0.1 to 0.2	0.1 to 0.2 refers to a depression depth (maximum of waterhole landform element) greater than or equal to 0.1 m and less than 0.2 m.
C	Depression Depth (Maximum of Waterhole Landform Element)	0.2 to 0.3	0.2 to 0.3 refers to a depression depth (maximum of waterhole landform element) greater than or equal to 0.2 m and less than 0.3 m.
C	Depression Depth (Maximum of Waterhole Landform Element)	0.3 to 0.4	0.3 to 0.4 refers to a depression depth (maximum of waterhole landform element) greater than or equal to 0.3 m and less than 0.4 m.
C	Depression Depth (Maximum of Waterhole Landform Element)	0.4 to 0.5	0.4 to 0.5 refers to a depression depth (maximum of waterhole landform element) greater than or equal to 0.4 m and less than 0.5 m.
C	Depression Depth (Maximum of Waterhole Landform Element)	0.5 to 2	0.5 to 2 refers to a depression depth (maximum of waterhole landform element) greater than or equal to 0.5 m and less than 2 m.
C	Depression Depth (Maximum of Waterhole Landform Element)	2 to 4	2 to 4 refers to a depression depth (maximum of waterhole landform element) greater than or equal to 2 m and less than 4 m.
C	Depression Depth (Maximum of Waterhole Landform Element)	4 to 6	4 to 6 refers to a depression depth (maximum of waterhole landform element) greater than or equal to 4 m and less than 6 m.
C	Depression Depth (Maximum of Waterhole Landform Element)	6 to 8	6 to 8 refers to a depression depth (maximum of waterhole landform element) greater than or equal to 6 m and less than 8 m.
C	Depression Depth (Maximum of Waterhole Landform Element)	8 to 10	8 to 10 refers to a depression depth (maximum of waterhole landform element) greater than or equal to 8 m and less than 10 m.
C	Depression Depth (Maximum of Waterhole Landform Element)	Greater than 10	Greater than 10 refers to a depression depth (maximum of waterhole landform element) of greater than or equal to 10 m.
C	Depression Depth (Maximum of Waterhole Landform Element)	Unknown	Insufficient information is available to classify depression depth (maximum of waterhole landform element).
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Floodplain)	Less than 2	Less than 2 refers to a depression depth (surrounding floodplain) of less than 2 m.
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Floodplain)	2 to 4	2 to 4 refers to a depression depth (surrounding floodplain) greater than or equal to 2 m and less than 4 m.
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Floodplain)	4 to 6	4 to 6 refers to a depression depth (surrounding floodplain) greater than or equal to 4 m and less than 6 m.
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Floodplain)	6 to 8	6 to 8 refers to a depression depth (surrounding floodplain) greater than or equal to 6 m and less than 8 m.
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Floodplain)	8 to 10	8 to 10 refers to a depression depth (surrounding floodplain) greater than or equal to 8 m and less than 10 m.
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Floodplain)	10 to 15	10 to 15 refers to a depression depth (surrounding floodplain) greater than or equal to 10 m and less than 15 m.
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Floodplain)	15 to 20	15 to 20 refers to a depression depth (surrounding floodplain) greater than or equal to 15 m and less than 20 m.
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Floodplain)	20 to 30	20 to 30 refers to a depression depth (surrounding floodplain) greater than or equal to 20 m and less than 30 m.
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Floodplain)	Greater than 30	Greater than 30 refers to a depression depth (surrounding floodplain) greater than or equal to 30 m.
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Floodplain)	Unknown	Insufficent information available to classify depression depth (surrounding floodplain).
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Landform)	Less than 2	Less than 2 refers to a depression depth (surrounding landform) of less than 2 m.
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Landform)	2 to 4	2 to 4 refers to a depression depth (surrounding landform) greater than or equal to 2 m and less than 4 m.
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Landform)	4 to 6	4 to 6 refers to a depression depth (surrounding landform) greater than or equal to 4 m and less than 6 m.
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Landform)	6 to 8	6 to 8 refers to a depression depth (surrounding landform) greater than or equal to 6 m and less than 8 m.
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Landform)	8 to 10	8 to 10 refers to a depression depth (surrounding landform) greater than or equal to 8 m and less than 10 m.
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Landform)	10 to 15	10 to 15 refers to a depression depth (surrounding landform) greater than or equal to 10 m and less than 15 m.
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Landform)	15 to 20	15 to 20 refers to a depression depth (surrounding landform) greater than or equal to 15 m and less than 20 m.
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Landform)	20 to 30	20 to 30 refers to a depression depth (surrounding landform) greater than or equal to 20 m and less than 30 m.
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Landform)	Greater than 30	Greater than 30 refers to a depression depth (surrounding landform) greater than or equal to 30 m.
C	Depression Depth (Surrounding Landform)	Unknown	Insufficent information available to classify depression depth (surrounding landform).
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Naturalness	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Trend	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Period	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Underlying Geology (Rock Type)	Unconsolidated sediments	Unconsolidated sediments refers to superficial deposits (i.e. particles of gravel, sand, silt and/or clay) not bound together that lie above the bedrock. Examples include unconsolidated sediments of active river systems and sand dunes.
C	Underlying Geology (Rock Type)	Consolidated sedimentary rock	Consolidated sedimentary rock refers to rocks where sediments have been bound together by cementation. Examples include sandstone, conglomerate, breccia, and limestone.
C	Underlying Geology (Rock Type)	Metamorphic rock	Metamorphic rock refers to rocks that have undergone metamorphism (i.e. were subject to heat and pressure that caused the rock to transform). Examples include slate, gneiss, and schist.
C	Underlying Geology (Rock Type)	Igneous rock	Igneous rock refers to rocks formed from molten magma or lava. Examples include granite, diorite, basalt, andesite, and rhyolite.
C	Underlying Geology (Rock Type)	Unknown	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Silt or clay	< 0.05 mm
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Sand	0.05 - 2 mm
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Gravel	2 - 4 mm
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Pebble	4 - 64 mm
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Cobble	64 - 256 mm
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Boulder	> 256 mm
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	None	Bedrock
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Unknown	Unknown
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Muddy gravel
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Muddy sandy gravel
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Sandy gravel
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Gravelly mud
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Gravelly muddy sand
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Gravelly sand
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Slightly gravelly mud
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Slightly gravelly sandy mud
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Slightly gravelly muddy sand
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Slightly gravelly sand
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Mud
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Sandy mud
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Muddy sand
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Clayey sand
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Silty sand
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Sandy clay
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Sandy mud
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Sandy silt
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Clay
C	Benthic Substrate (Size)	Silt
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Benthic Substrate (Composition)	Organic (peat)
C	Benthic Substrate (Composition)	Organic (other)
C	Benthic Substrate (Composition)	Mineral (soil)
C	Benthic Substrate (Composition)	Non-soil (sand)
C	Benthic Substrate (Composition)	Non-soil (rock)
C	Benthic Substrate (Composition)	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Colour	Low colour	< 70 HU
C	Colour	Medium colour	70 - 200 HU
C	Colour	High colour	> 200 HU
C	Colour	Unknown	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Water Clarity	Very low	> 500 NTU
C	Water Clarity	Low	300 - 500 NTU
C	Water Clarity	Medium	5 - 300 NTU
C	Water Clarity	High	< 5 NTU
C	Water Clarity	Unknown	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Salinity	Very fresh	< 500 mg/L
C	Salinity	Fresh	500 - 1000 mg/L
C	Salinity	Brackish	1000 - 3000 mg/L
C	Salinity	Saline	3000 - 10000 mg/L
C	Salinity	Hypersaline	> 10000 mg/L
C	Salinity	Unknown	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	pH	Hyper acidic	0 - 2 pH
C	pH	Acidic	3 - 5 pH
C	pH	Neutral	6 - 8 pH
C	pH	Alkaline	9 - 11 pH
C	pH	Hyper alkaline	12 - 14 pH
C	pH	Unknown	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Dissolved Oxygen	Very low	0 - 30 %
C	Dissolved Oxygen	Low	30 - 50 %
C	Dissolved Oxygen	Medium	50 - 70 %
C	Dissolved Oxygen	High	70 - 90 %
C	Dissolved Oxygen	Very high	90 - 120 %
C	Dissolved Oxygen	Unknown	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Water Hardness	Low	0 - 50 CaCO3 mg/L
C	Water Hardness	Medium	50 - 200 CaCO3 mg/L
C	Water Hardness	High	> 200 CaCO3 mg/L
C	Water Hardness	Unknown	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Trophic Level	Oligotrophic	Low level of nutrients
C	Trophic Level	Mesotrophic	Intermediate level of nutrients
C	Trophic Level	Eutrophic	High level of nutrients
C	Trophic Level	Unknown	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Mixing State	Stratified
C	Mixing State	Partially mixed
C	Mixing State	Well mixed
C	Mixing State	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Permanence of Water	Permanent
C	Permanence of Water	Near permanent
C	Permanence of Water	Intermittent
C	Permanence of Water	Ephemeral
C	Permanence of Water	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Timing Predictability	Regular (annual)
C	Timing Predictability	Regular (non-annual)
C	Timing Predictability	Irregular
C	Timing Predictability	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Maximum Residence Time	Short	Hour to days
C	Maximum Residence Time	Intermediate	Weeks to months
C	Maximum Residence Time	Long	Months to years
C	Maximum Residence Time	Very long	> 10 years
C	Maximum Residence Time	Unknown	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Surrounding Vegetation	Grass, herb or sedge
C	Surrounding Vegetation	Shrubs
C	Surrounding Vegetation	Trees
C	Surrounding Vegetation	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Shading	Very low	0 - 10 %
C	Shading	Low	10 - 30 %
C	Shading	Moderate	30 - 50 %
C	Shading	High	50 - 70 %
C	Shading	Very high	70 - 100 %
C	Shading	Unknown	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Aquifer Confinement	Unconfined	Unconfined aquifers, or water-table aquifers, receive recharge from the land surface directly above.
C	Aquifer Confinement	Confined and semi-confined	Confined aquifers are overlain by a low permeability stratum (aquiclude) with contained water under pressure. Semi-confined aquifers are partly overlain by low permeability layers (aquitards).
C	Aquifer Confinement	Unknown	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Waterhole and Groundwater Spatial Connectivity Regime	Connected (gaining)	The dominant connectivity regime features a hydraulically connected system (i.e. the groundwater table is in physical contact with the Earth's surface) where the groundwater table level is above the water level of the waterhole. In these conditions, groundwater discharges to the waterhole more often than water from the waterhole recharges the groundwater system.
C	Waterhole and Groundwater Spatial Connectivity Regime	Connected (losing)	The dominant connectivity regime features a hydraulically connected system (i.e. the groundwater table is in physical contact with the Earth's surface) where the groundwater table level is below the water level of the waterhole. In these conditions, water from the waterhole recharges the groundwater system more often than groundwater discharges to the waterhole.
C	Waterhole and Groundwater Spatial Connectivity Regime	Connected (variable gaining/losing)	The dominant connectivity regime features a hydraulically connected system (i.e. the groundwater table is in physical contact with the Earth's surface) where the groundwater table level fluctuates between above and below the water level of the waterhole. In these conditions, there is intermittent variability between groundwater either discharging to the waterhole and water from the waterhole recharges groundwater.
C	Waterhole and Groundwater Spatial Connectivity Regime	Disconnected	The dominant connectivity regime features a hydraulically disconnected system (i.e. the groundwater table is not in physical contact with the Earth's surface). In these conditions, waterhole is more often not connected to groundwater than receives groundwater discharge to the waterhole.
C	Waterhole and Groundwater Spatial Connectivity Regime	Unknown	Unknown
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Residence Time Variability	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Residence Time of Open Water Variability	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Residence Extent Variability	-
	Attribute name	Category	Description	Code
C	Residence Extent of Open Water Variability	-

Last updated: 18 September 2022

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Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) Attribute categories, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wetland-background/qwcd/attribute-categories.html

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