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Tully Basin - Wetland Summary Information

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Area Profile:

Name: Tully
Area Type: Basin
Total Area: 1,682.79 km²
Major Towns: Tully
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: 23   
  • Alcock Forest Reserve
  • Clump Mountain National Park
  • Djilgarin Conservation Park
  • Edmund Kennedy National Park
  • Hull River National Park
  • Jalum Conservation Park
  • Japoon National Park
  • Kirrama National Park
  • Kirrama National Park (Recovery)
  • Koombooloomba Forest Reserve
  • Koombooloomba State Forest
  • Mount Mackay National Park
  • Murray Upper National Park
  • Tam Oshanter Forest Reserve
  • Tam Oshanter National Park
  • Tully Falls Forest Reserve
  • Tully Falls National Park
  • Tully Falls National Park (Recovery)
  • Tully Gorge National Park
  • Tully Gorge National Park (Recovery)
  • Walter Hill Range Conservation Park
  • Wooroonooran National Park
  • Wooroonooran National Park (Recovery)
Fish Habitat Areas:
  • Hull River
  • Tully River
Completed Regional Coastal Plans:
Coastal Management Districts:
Nature Refuges:
  • Chakoro Nature Refuge
  • Murray Upper Wetlands Nature Refuge
Wild Rivers: none
Wetland Management Profiles:
  • Coastal Melaleuca Swamp Wetlands
  • Mangrove Wetlands
  • Palm Swamp Wetlands
Water Resource Planning Areas: none
Water Quality Sampling:
Number of current sites: 0
Number of historical sites: 2

External Links / Description:

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

Statistics:

Non-Marine Wetland System Summary for Tully Basin
System # Wetlands Area (km²) % Wetlands Area % Total Area
Total non-marine 905 101.15 100.0% 6.0%
Estuarine 106 24.66 24.4% 1.5%
Lacustrine 49 17.19 17.0% 1.0%
Combined Lacustrine/Palustrine 2 0.00 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine 592 42.86 42.4% 2.5%
Riverine 156 16.44 16.3% 1.0%

Wildlife:

Wildlife recorded from Tully Basin
Kingdom
Class
Native Introduced Wetland
Indicator
species
Rare or
Threatened
species
All
TOTAL 1217 86 78 77 1304
Animals 381 10 47 36 392
Amphibians 21 1 9 7 22
Birds 215 4 30 11 220
Bony fish 47 0 0 0 47
Insects 5 0 0 1 5
Mammals 53 4 2 12 57
Reptiles 40 1 6 5 41
Fungi 44 0 0 0 44
Plants 792 76 31 41 868

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

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