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Upper Burdekin River (Burdekin) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment

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Wetland extents info metadata

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Upper Burdekin River (Burdekin) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment wetland area by system 2019
System Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 25,658 100.0% 5.7%
Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine 15,621 60.9% 3.5%
Artificial and highly modified 227 0.9% 0.1%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (natural) 2,275 8.9% 0.5%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 83 0.3% 0.0%
Palustrine (natural) 12,636 49.2% 2.8%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 399 1.6% 0.1%
Riverine 10,037 39.1% 2.2%
Upper Burdekin River (Burdekin) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment wetland area by habitat 2019
Habitat Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 12,987 100.0% 2.9%
Mangroves - Casuarina 0 0.0% 0.0%
Mangroves - other 0 0.0% 0.0%
Salt marsh and salt flats 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 560 4.3% 0.1%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 280 2.2% 0.1%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 2,360 18.2% 0.5%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 7,913 60.9% 1.8%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 645 5.0% 0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 14 0.1% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 501 3.9% 0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 102 0.8% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid 565 4.4% 0.1%
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 46 0.4% 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

Upper Burdekin 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 25,658 25,658 25,655 25,659 25,655 25,651 25,542 * 99.6%
Artificial and highly modified 227 227 225 225 221 216 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) 2,275 2,275 2,275 2,275 2,275 2,275 2,276 100.0%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 83 83 83 83 83 83 0 n/a
Palustrine (natural) 12,636 12,636 12,636 12,636 12,636 12,636 13,211 95.6%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 399 399 399 399 399 399 0 n/a
Riverine 10,037 10,037 10,037 10,041 10,041 10,041 10,056 99.8%

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

Upper Burdekin River (Burdekin) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment wetland extent change by habitat
Habitat 2019 area
(ha)
2017 area
(ha)
2013 area
(ha)
2009 area
(ha)
2005 area
(ha)
2001 area
(ha)
Total 12,987 12,987 12,987 12,987 12,987 12,987
Mangroves - Casuarina 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mangroves - other 0 0 0 0 0 0
Salt marsh and salt flats 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 560 560 560 560 560 560
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 280 280 280 280 280 280
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 2,360 2,360 2,360 2,360 2,360 2,360
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 7,913 7,913 7,913 7,913 7,913 7,913
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 645 645 645 645 645 645
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 14 14 14 14 14 14
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 501 501 501 501 501 501
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 102 102 102 102 102 102
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid 565 565 565 565 565 565
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 46 46 46 46 46 46

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

Upper Burdekin River (Burdekin) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment land use
ALUMC code and description
Area (ha)
% total area
Total 448,172 100.0%
2.1 Grazing native vegetation 344,631 76.9%
1.1 Nature conservation 84,578 18.9%
1.2 Managed resource protection 6,208 1.4%
6.5 Marsh/wetland 5,109 1.1%
6.1 Lake 3,390 0.8%
1.3 Other minimal use 2,820 0.6%
6.2 Reservoir/dam 576 0.1%
5.8 Mining 396 0.1%
6.3 River 309 0.1%
5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure 119 0.0%
4.3 Irrigated cropping 17 0.0%
3.3 Cropping 13 0.0%
5.7 Transport and communication 5 0.0%

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Wildlife

Kingdom
Class
Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species
Rare or
threatened
species
All
TOTAL 1,453 121 218 30 1,574
Animals 447 14 88 19 461
Mammals 57 7 3 6 64
Birds 290 4 50 11 294
Reptiles 59 0 6 1 59
Amphibians 24 1 11 1 25
Ray-finned fishes 16 2 18 0 18
Arachnids 1 0 0 0 1
Fungi 28 0 0 0 28
Plants 978 107 130 11 1,085

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) Upper Burdekin 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-upper-burdekin-river-burdekin/

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