Stewart Basin - Wetland Summary Information
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Area Profile:
| Name: | Stewart | ||||||
| Area Type: | Basin | ||||||
| Total Area: | 2,745.49 km² | ||||||
| Major Towns: | none | ||||||
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| Internationally Important Wetlands (Ramsar) |
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| Nationally Important Wetlands (DIWA) |
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| Protected Areas: | none | ||||||
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| Coastal Management Districts: | none | ||||||
| Nature Refuges: | none | ||||||
| Wild Rivers: | none | ||||||
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| Water Resource Planning Areas: | none | ||||||
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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 - Stewart River
- Water resources - Overview (Basin) - Stewart River
- Water resources - Availability (Basin) - Stewart River
- Water resources - Allocation and Use (Basin) - Stewart River
- Water resources - Management and Development (Basin) - Stewart River
- Water resources - Quality - Stewart River
- Rivers - Nutrient Loads and Transport - Stewart River
- Rivers - Assessment of River Condition - Stewart River
- Landscape - carbon, nutrients, water and productivity - Stewart River
- Economics - Stewart River
- Soils - Stewart River
- Soils - Stewart 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 | 372 | 120.74 | 100.0% | 4.4% |
| Estuarine | 44 | 82.36 | 68.2% | 3.0% |
| Lacustrine | 9 | 0.00 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Combined Lacustrine/Palustrine | 1 | 0.00 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine | 237 | 14.24 | 11.8% | 0.5% |
| Riverine | 81 | 24.15 | 20.0% | 0.9% |
Wildlife:
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Kingdom
Class
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Native | Introduced | Wetland Indicator species |
Rare or Threatened species |
All |
| TOTAL | 1477 | 30 | 103 | 80 | 1508 |
| Animals | 444 | 8 | 76 | 32 | 453 |
| Amphibians | 27 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| Birds | 259 | 1 | 56 | 18 | 260 |
| Bony fish | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Insects | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mammals | 57 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 63 |
| Reptiles | 72 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 73 |
| Fungi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Plants | 1031 | 22 | 27 | 48 | 1053 |
Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the EPA WildNet database.
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