Normanby Basin - Wetland Summary Information
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Area Profile:
| Name: | Normanby | ||||
| Area Type: | Basin | ||||
| Total Area: | 24,443.91 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: 9
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| Coastal Management Districts: | none | ||||
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| Wild Rivers: | 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 - Normanby River
- Water resources - Overview (Basin) - Normanby River
- Water resources - Availability (Basin) - Normanby River
- Water resources - Allocation and Use (Basin) - Normanby River
- Water resources - Management and Development (Basin) - Normanby River
- Water resources - Quality - Normanby River
- Rivers - Nutrient Loads and Transport - Normanby River
- Rivers - Assessment of River Condition - Normanby River
- Landscape - carbon, nutrients, water and productivity - Normanby River
- Economics - Normanby River
- Soils - Normanby River
- Soils - Normanby River
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Assessment - Cape York Peninsula
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Extent - Cape York Peninsula
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Clearing - Cape York Peninsula
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Assessment - Einasleigh Uplands
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Extent - Einasleigh Uplands
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Clearing - Einasleigh Uplands
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Assessment - Wet Tropics
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Extent - Wet Tropics
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Clearing - Wet Tropics
Statistics:
| System | # Wetlands | Area (km²) | % Wetlands Area | % Total Area |
| Total non-marine | 4830 | 860.08 | 100.0% | 3.5% |
| Estuarine | 339 | 385.49 | 44.8% | 1.6% |
| Lacustrine | 147 | 4.89 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Combined Lacustrine/Palustrine | 15 | 5.42 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine | 3299 | 269.46 | 31.3% | 1.1% |
| Riverine | 1030 | 194.82 | 22.7% | 0.8% |
Wildlife:
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Kingdom
Class
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Native | Introduced | Wetland Indicator species |
Rare or Threatened species |
All |
| TOTAL | 2622 | 139 | 208 | 86 | 2764 |
| Animals | 522 | 11 | 94 | 35 | 536 |
| Amphibians | 25 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| Birds | 328 | 4 | 74 | 21 | 335 |
| Bony fish | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Cartilaginous fishes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Insects | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mammals | 45 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 50 |
| Reptiles | 84 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 85 |
| Fungi | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Plants | 2072 | 128 | 113 | 51 | 2200 |
| Protists | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the EPA WildNet database.
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