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Broken River (Burdekin) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment

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Catchment stories info

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Wetland observations

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Wetland extents info metadata

Based on wetland mapping version 6.0

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Broken River (Burdekin) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment wetland area by system 2019
System Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 7,731 100.0% 3.4%
Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine 844 10.9% 0.4%
Artificial and highly modified 844 10.9% 0.4%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Riverine 6,888 89.1% 3.0%
Broken River (Burdekin) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment wetland area by habitat 2019
Habitat Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 0 100.0% 0.0%
No habitats in this region 0 100.0% 0.0%

Disclaimer

Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
(e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).

All statistics are approximate and generated based on data transformed to a customised Albers equal-area projection, thus allowing wetland extent change for different regions of Queensland to be comparable.

Areas may change over time as mapping approaches improve.

Totals may not match the sum of individually displayed figures due to the rounding of displayed figures.

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Wetland extent changes

Broken River (Burdekin) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment wetland extent change by system
System 2019 area
(ha)
2017 area
(ha)
2013 area
(ha)
2009 area
(ha)
2005 area
(ha)
2001 area
(ha)
pre-clear area
(ha)
2019/pre-clear
percentage
Total 7,731 7,731 7,731 7,731 7,729 7,729 6,901 * 99.8%
Artificial and highly modified 844 844 844 844 841 841 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Palustrine (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Palustrine (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Riverine 6,888 6,888 6,888 6,888 6,888 6,888 6,901 99.8%

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

Disclaimer

Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
(e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).

All statistics are approximate and generated based on data transformed to a customised Albers equal-area projection, thus allowing wetland extent change for different regions of Queensland to be comparable.

Areas may change over time as mapping approaches improve.

Totals may not match the sum of individually displayed figures due to the rounding of displayed figures.

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Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC) metadata

Broken River (Burdekin) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment land use
ALUMC code and description
Area (ha)
% total area
Total 228,731 100.0%
2.1 Grazing native vegetation 162,711 71.1%
1.1 Nature conservation 36,975 16.2%
1.3 Other minimal use 10,059 4.4%
1.2 Managed resource protection 6,442 2.8%
2.2 Production native forests 6,336 2.8%
6.3 River 2,776 1.2%
6.5 Marsh/wetland 1,772 0.8%
6.2 Reservoir/dam 831 0.4%
5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure 464 0.2%
3.1 Plantation forests 227 0.1%
5.5 Services 130 0.1%
5.3 Manufacturing and industrial 4 0.0%
5.8 Mining 3 0.0%
5.6 Utilities < 1 0.0%
5.7 Transport and communication < 1 0.0%

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Wildlife

Kingdom
Class
Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species
Rare or
threatened
species
All
TOTAL 1,499 150 114 39 1,649
Animals 462 15 85 20 477
Mammals 49 9 3 7 58
Birds 275 2 36 7 277
Reptiles 72 1 7 1 73
Amphibians 25 1 10 4 26
Ray-finned fishes 27 2 29 0 29
Insects 12 0 0 1 12
Malacostracans 2 0 0 0 2
Fungi 61 0 0 0 61
Plants 976 135 29 19 1,111

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DETSI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.

Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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

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This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Broken River (Burdekin) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 16 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wqip-broken-river-burdekin/

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