Lockhart Basin - Wetland Summary Information
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Area Profile:
| Name: | Lockhart | ||||||
| Area Type: | Basin | ||||||
| Total Area: | 2,885.85 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: 2
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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.
- Estuary Assessment 2000 - Lockhart River
- Water resources - Overview (Basin) - Lockhart River
- Water resources - Availability (Basin) - Lockhart River
- Water resources - Allocation and Use (Basin) - Lockhart River
- Water resources - Management and Development (Basin) - Lockhart River
- Water resources - Quality - Lockhart River
- Rivers - Nutrient Loads and Transport - Lockhart River
- Rivers - Assessment of River Condition - Lockhart River
- Landscape - carbon, nutrients, water and productivity - Lockhart River
- Economics - Lockhart River
- Soils - Lockhart River
- Soils - Lockhart River
- 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 | 285 | 179.52 | 100.0% | 6.2% |
| Estuarine | 61 | 147.07 | 81.9% | 5.1% |
| Lacustrine | 3 | 0.07 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Combined Lacustrine/Palustrine | 3 | 3.75 | 2.1% | 0.1% |
| Palustrine | 141 | 25.18 | 14.0% | 0.9% |
| Riverine | 77 | 3.45 | 1.9% | 0.1% |
Wildlife:
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Kingdom
Class
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Native | Introduced | Wetland Indicator species |
Rare or Threatened species |
All |
| TOTAL | 1979 | 89 | 109 | 146 | 2070 |
| Animals | 486 | 6 | 64 | 39 | 494 |
| Amphibians | 19 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| Birds | 252 | 0 | 48 | 17 | 253 |
| Bony fish | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Insects | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Mammals | 55 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 59 |
| Reptiles | 68 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 70 |
| Fungi | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Plants | 1473 | 83 | 44 | 107 | 1556 |
| Protists | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the EPA WildNet database.
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