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Barron Basin - Wetland Summary Information
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Area Profile:

Name: Barron
Area Type: Basin
Total Area: 2,187.59 km²
Major Towns: Atherton, Kuranda, Mareeba
Drainage Divisions:
  • Gulf
  • North East Coast
Climate Zones:
  • Subtropical
  • Tropical
Bioregions:
Intersecting Areas:
Local government areas
NRM regions
World Heritage Areas:
Internationally Important
Wetlands (Ramsar)		 none
Nationally Important
Wetlands (DIWA)
Protected Areas:
Total number: 37   
  • Bare Hill Conservation Park
  • Barron Gorge National Park
  • Bilwon State Forest
  • Crater Lakes National Park
  • Curtain Fig Forest Reserve
  • Curtain Fig National Park
  • Danbulla Forest Reserve
  • Danbulla National Park
  • Danbulla National Park (Recovery)
  • Danbulla State Forest 1
  • Danbulla State Forest 2
  • Davies Creek National Park
  • Dinden Forest Reserve
  • Dinden National Park
  • Dinden National Park (Recovery)
  • Dinden State Forest
  • Formartine State Forest
  • Gadgarra Forest Reserve
  • Gillies Highway Forest Reserve
  • Hallorans Hill Conservation Park
  • Hasties Swamp National Park
  • Herberton Range Forest Reserve
  • Herberton Range State Forest
  • Jumrum Creek Conservation Park
  • Kamerunga Conservation Park
  • Kuranda Forest Reserve
  • Kuranda National Park
  • Kuranda National Park (Recovery)
  • Kuranda State Forest
  • Little Mulgrave Forest Reserve
  • Mount Hypipamee National Park
  • Mount Whitfield Conservation Park
  • Smithfield Conservation Park
  • Speewah Conservation Park
  • Speewah State Forest
  • Wongabel State Forest
  • Yungaburra National Park
Fish Habitat Areas:
  • Barr Creek
  • Half Moon Creek
  • Trinity Inlet
  • Yorkeys Creek
Completed Regional Coastal Plans:
Coastal Management Districts:
Nature Refuges:
  • Maple Leaf Nature Refuge
  • Maroobi Park Nature Refuge
  • Myola Palm Nature Refuge
  • Nasser's Nature Refuge
Wild Rivers: none
Wetland Management Profiles:
  • Coastal Melaleuca Swamp Wetlands
  • Crater Lakes
  • Inland Non-Arid Lakes
  • Inland Non-Arid Swamp Wetlands
  • Mangrove Wetlands
  • Palm Swamp Wetlands
Water Resource Planning Areas:
Water Quality Sampling:
Number of current sites: 0
Number of historical sites: 7

External Links / Description:

Additional information may be available via the Intersecting Areas listed above.

Statistics:

Non-Marine Wetland System Summary for Barron Basin
System # Wetlands Area (km²) % Wetlands Area % Total Area
Total non-marine 864 102.60 100.0% 4.7%
Estuarine 81 11.38 11.1% 0.5%
Lacustrine 209 47.09 45.9% 2.2%
Palustrine 204 4.62 4.5% 0.2%
Riverine 370 39.51 38.5% 1.8%

Wildlife:

Wildlife recorded from Barron Basin
Kingdom
Class
 Native Introduced Wetland
Indicator
species		 Rare or
Threatened
species		 All
TOTAL 2882 316 180 134 3206
Animals 687 21 101 59 716
Amphibians 48 1 18 11 49
Birds 363 8 72 24 378
Bony fish 61 9 0 1 70
Insects 28 0 0 1 28
Mammals 87 3 2 16 90
Reptiles 100 0 9 6 101
Fungi 201 0 0 0 201
Plants 1984 295 79 75 2279
Protists 10 0 0 0 10

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the EPA WildNet database.

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