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 | ||||||
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| Internationally Important Wetlands (Ramsar) |
none | ||||||
| Nationally Important Wetlands (DIWA) |
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| Protected Areas: |
Total number: 3
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| Coastal Management Districts: | none | ||||||
| Nature Refuges: | none | ||||||
| Wild Rivers: | none | ||||||
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| Water Resource Planning Areas: | none | ||||||
| Water Quality Sampling: |
Number of current sites: 0
Number of historical sites: 0
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External Links / Description:
Additional information may be available via the Intersecting Areas listed above.
- Water resources - Overview (Basin) - Jacky Jacky Creek
- Water resources - Availability (Basin) - Jacky Jacky Creek
- Water resources - Allocation and Use (Basin) - Jacky Jacky Creek
- Water resources - Management and Development (Basin) - Jacky Jacky Creek
- Water resources - Quality - Jacky Jacky Creek
- Rivers - Nutrient Loads and Transport - Jacky Jacky Creek
- Rivers - Assessment of River Condition - Jacky Jacky Creek
- Landscape - carbon, nutrients, water and productivity - Jacky Jacky Creek
- Economics - Jacky Jacky Creek
- Soils - Jacky Jacky Creek
- Soils - Jacky Jacky Creek
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Assessment - Cape York Peninsula
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Extent - Cape York Peninsula
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Clearing - Cape York Peninsula
Statistics:
| 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:
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Kingdom
Class
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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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