Daintree Basin - Wetland Summary Information
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Area Profile:
| Name: | Daintree | ||||||
| Area Type: | Basin | ||||||
| Total Area: | 2,106.83 km² | ||||||
| Major Towns: | Newell | ||||||
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| Internationally Important Wetlands (Ramsar) |
none | ||||||
| Nationally Important Wetlands (DIWA) |
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| Protected Areas: |
Total number: 6
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| Fish Habitat Areas: | none | ||||||
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| Wild Rivers: | none | ||||||
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| Water Quality Sampling: |
Number of current sites: 0
Number of historical sites: 8
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External Links / Description:
Additional information may be available via the Intersecting Areas listed above.
- Estuary Assessment 2000 - Daintree River
- Flood Warning System for the Daintree River
- Water resources - Overview (Basin) - Daintree River
- Water resources - Availability (Basin) - Daintree River
- Water resources - Allocation and Use (Basin) - Daintree River
- Water resources - Management and Development (Basin) - Daintree River
- Water resources - Quality - Daintree River
- Rivers - Nutrient Loads and Transport - Daintree River
- Rivers - Assessment of River Condition - Daintree River
- Landscape - carbon, nutrients, water and productivity - Daintree River
- Economics - Daintree River
- Soils - Daintree River
- Soils - Daintree River
- 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 | 649 | 82.94 | 100.0% | 3.9% |
| Estuarine | 109 | 44.02 | 53.1% | 2.1% |
| Lacustrine | 13 | 0.04 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Combined Lacustrine/Palustrine | 1 | 0.00 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine | 247 | 19.34 | 23.3% | 0.9% |
| Riverine | 279 | 19.54 | 23.6% | 0.9% |
Wildlife:
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Kingdom
Class
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Native | Introduced | Wetland Indicator species |
Rare or Threatened species |
All |
| TOTAL | 1966 | 118 | 120 | 168 | 2085 |
| Animals | 445 | 8 | 68 | 38 | 454 |
| Amphibians | 28 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 29 |
| Birds | 257 | 5 | 49 | 11 | 263 |
| Bony fish | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Insects | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Mammals | 43 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 44 |
| Reptiles | 48 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 48 |
| Fungi | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| Plants | 1462 | 110 | 52 | 130 | 1572 |
| Protists | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the EPA WildNet database.
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