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Mulgrave-Russell Basin - Wetland Summary Information
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Area Profile:

Name: Mulgrave-Russell
Area Type: Basin
Total Area: 1,981.97 km²
Major Towns: Babinda, Cairns, Gordonvale
Drainage Divisions:
  • 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: 19   
  • Anderson Street Conservation Park
  • Crater Lakes National Park
  • Danbulla National Park
  • Danbulla National Park (Recovery)
  • Dinden National Park
  • Dinden National Park (Recovery)
  • Ella Bay National Park
  • Eubenangee Swamp National Park
  • Gadgarra Forest Reserve
  • Gillies Highway Forest Reserve
  • Goldsborough Valley State Forest
  • Grey Peaks National Park
  • Little Mulgrave Forest Reserve
  • Malbon Thompson Forest Reserve
  • Mount Whitfield Conservation Park
  • Russell River National Park
  • Trinity Forest Reserve
  • Wooroonooran National Park
  • Wooroonooran National Park (Recovery)
Fish Habitat Areas:
  • Trinity Inlet
Completed Regional Coastal Plans:
Coastal Management Districts:
Nature Refuges:
  • Behana Creek Nature Refuge
  • Danggaja Nature Refuge
  • Donaghys Corridor Nature Refuge
  • Garriya Nature Refuge
  • Glen Idle Nature Refuge
  • Rose Gums Nature Refuge
  • Wairambar Rainforest Nature Refuge
  • Wait-A-While Nature Refuge
  • Wooroonooran Nature Refuge
Wild Rivers: none
Wetland Management Profiles:
  • Coastal Melaleuca Swamp Wetlands
  • Crater Lakes
  • Mangrove Wetlands
  • Palm Swamp Wetlands
Water Resource Planning Areas:
Water Quality Sampling:
Number of current sites: 0
Number of historical sites: 17

External Links / Description:

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

Statistics:

Non-Marine Wetland System Summary for Mulgrave-Russell Basin
System # Wetlands Area (km²) % Wetlands Area % Total Area
Total non-marine 747 174.12 100.0% 8.8%
Estuarine 126 62.06 35.6% 3.1%
Lacustrine 89 1.69 1.0% 0.1%
Palustrine 285 91.76 52.7% 4.6%
Riverine 247 18.62 10.7% 0.9%

Wildlife:

Wildlife recorded from Mulgrave-Russell Basin
Kingdom
Class
 Native Introduced Wetland
Indicator
species		 Rare or
Threatened
species		 All
TOTAL 2402 175 152 185 2580
Animals 535 20 92 47 558
Amphibians 30 1 13 11 31
Birds 314 8 69 19 324
Bony fish 55 6 0 0 61
Insects 34 0 0 1 34
Mammals 47 4 2 9 51
Reptiles 55 1 8 7 57
Fungi 172 0 0 0 172
Plants 1688 155 60 138 1843
Protists 7 0 0 0 7

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

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