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Jacky Jacky Basin - Wetland Summary Information

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Area Profile:

Name: Jacky Jacky
Area Type: Basin
Total Area: 2,963.63 km²
Major Towns: none
Drainage Divisions:
  • Gulf
  • North East Coast
Climate Zones:
  • Equatorial
Bioregions:
Intersecting Areas:
Local government areas
NRM regions
World Heritage Areas:
Internationally Important
Wetlands (Ramsar)
none
Nationally Important
Wetlands (DIWA)
Protected Areas:
Total number: 3
  • Heathlands Resources Reserve
  • Jardine River National Park
  • Jardine River Resources Reserve
Fish Habitat Areas:
  • Escape River
  • Margaret Bay "Wuthathi" (Rev.1)
Completed Regional Coastal Plans:
  • Cape York Peninsula Coast
  • Torres Strait Coast
Coastal Management Districts: none
Nature Refuges: none
Wild Rivers: none
Wetland Management Profiles:
  • Coastal Dune Lakes
  • Coastal Grass-Sedge Wetlands
  • Coastal Melaleuca Swamp Wetlands
  • Coastal Wet Heath/Sedgeland Wetlands
  • Mangrove Wetlands
  • Saltmarsh Wetlands
Water Resource Planning Areas: none
Water Quality Sampling:
Number of current sites: 0
Number of historical sites: 0

External Links / Description:

Additional information may be available via the Intersecting Areas listed above.

Statistics:

Non-Marine Wetland System Summary for Jacky Jacky Basin
System # Wetlands Area (km²) % Wetlands Area % Total Area
Total non-marine 1674 472.78 100.0% 16.0%
Estuarine 94 279.27 59.1% 9.4%
Lacustrine 177 19.86 4.2% 0.7%
Combined Lacustrine/Palustrine 12 1.64 0.3% 0.1%
Palustrine 1297 162.33 34.3% 5.5%
Combined Palustrine/Riverine 1 1.92 0.4% 0.1%
Riverine 93 7.76 1.6% 0.3%

Wildlife:

Wildlife recorded from Jacky Jacky Basin
Kingdom
Class
Native Introduced Wetland
Indicator
species
Rare or
Threatened
species
All
TOTAL 1109 23 66 44 1133
Animals 238 5 23 10 244
Amphibians 14 1 7 0 15
Birds 131 1 13 4 132
Bony fish 33 0 0 0 33
Insects 4 0 0 0 4
Mammals 23 3 0 3 26
Reptiles 33 0 3 3 34
Plants 870 18 43 34 888
Protists 1 0 0 0 1

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the EPA WildNet database.

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