Hinchinbrook Island Basin - Wetland Summary Information
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Area Profile:
| Name: | Hinchinbrook Island | ||||||
| Area Type: | Basin | ||||||
| Total Area: | 395.88 km² | ||||||
| Major Towns: | none | ||||||
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| Climate Zones: | none | ||||||
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| Internationally Important Wetlands (Ramsar) |
none | ||||||
| Nationally Important Wetlands (DIWA) |
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| Protected Areas: |
Total number: 1
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| Nature Refuges: | none | ||||||
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| Water Resource Planning Areas: | none | ||||||
| Water Quality Sampling: |
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.
- WildRivers.org.au - Hinchinbrook Island
- Estuary Assessment 2000 - Hinchinbrook Island
- Water resources - Overview (Basin) - Hinchinbrook Island
- Water resources - Availability (Basin) - Hinchinbrook Island
- Water resources - Allocation and Use (Basin) - Hinchinbrook Island
- Water resources - Management and Development (Basin) - Hinchinbrook Island
- Water resources - Quality - Hinchinbrook Island
- Rivers - Nutrient Loads and Transport - Hinchinbrook Island
- Rivers - Assessment of River Condition - Hinchinbrook Island
- Landscape - carbon, nutrients, water and productivity - Hinchinbrook Island
- Economics - Hinchinbrook Island
- Soils - Hinchinbrook Island
- Soils - Hinchinbrook Island
- 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 | 563 | 96.00 | 100.0% | 24.3% |
| Estuarine | 129 | 89.67 | 93.4% | 22.7% |
| Lacustrine | 8 | 0.00 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine | 240 | 4.79 | 5.0% | 1.2% |
| Riverine | 186 | 1.54 | 1.6% | 0.4% |
Wildlife:
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Kingdom
Class
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Native | Introduced | Wetland Indicator species |
Rare or Threatened species |
All |
| TOTAL | 415 | 4 | 31 | 12 | 419 |
| Animals | 129 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 129 |
| Amphibians | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Birds | 84 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 84 |
| Bony fish | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Mammals | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| Reptiles | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Fungi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Plants | 241 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 245 |
| Protists | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the EPA WildNet database.
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