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Herbert Basin - Wetland Summary Information
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Area Profile:

Name: Herbert
Area Type: Basin
Total Area: 9,842.63 km²
Major Towns: Halifax, Herberton, Ingham, Mount Garnet, Ravenshoe
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: 30   
  • Abergowrie Forest Reserve
  • Abergowrie State Forest
  • Evelyn Creek Conservation Park
  • Forty Mile Scrub National Park
  • Girringun National Park
  • Halifax Bay Wetlands National Park
  • Herberton Range Forest Reserve
  • Herberton Range State Forest
  • Ingham State Forest
  • Kirrama National Park
  • Kirrama National Park (Recovery)
  • Koombooloomba Forest Reserve
  • Koombooloomba State Forest
  • Lannercost State Forest
  • Malaan National Park
  • Millstream Conservation Park
  • Millstream Falls National Park
  • Mount Fox State Forest
  • Murray Upper National Park
  • Paluma Range National Park
  • Paluma State Forest
  • Ravenshoe State Forest 1
  • Ravenshoe State Forest 2
  • Ravenshoe State Forest 3
  • The Bluff State Forest
  • Tully Falls National Park
  • Tully Falls National Park (Recovery)
  • Tully Gorge National Park
  • Tully Gorge National Park (Recovery)
  • Tumoulin State Forest
Fish Habitat Areas:
  • Cattle Creek
  • Halifax
  • Hinchinbrook
  • Palm Creek
Completed Regional Coastal Plans:
Coastal Management Districts:
Nature Refuges:
  • Benaiah Nature Refuge
  • Range View Nature Refuge
  • Samara Nature Refuge
  • Stanbridge Forest Nature Refuge
  • Taylors Hill Nature Refuge
Wild Rivers: none
Wetland Management Profiles:
  • Coastal Melaleuca Swamp Wetlands
  • Inland Non-Arid Lakes
  • Inland Non-Arid Swamp Wetlands
  • Mangrove Wetlands
Water Resource Planning Areas:
Water Quality Sampling:
Number of current sites: 0
Number of historical sites: 4

External Links / Description:

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

Statistics:

Non-Marine Wetland System Summary for Herbert Basin
System # Wetlands Area (km²) % Wetlands Area % Total Area
Total non-marine 3700 569.63 100.0% 5.8%
Estuarine 317 168.53 29.6% 1.7%
Lacustrine 482 16.14 2.8% 0.2%
Combined Lacustrine/Palustrine 12 0.04 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine 1721 127.73 22.4% 1.3%
Riverine 1168 257.19 45.1% 2.6%

Wildlife:

Wildlife recorded from Herbert Basin
Kingdom
Class
 Native Introduced Wetland
Indicator
species		 Rare or
Threatened
species		 All
TOTAL 2762 247 195 137 3013
Animals 672 18 102 62 694
Amphibians 46 1 19 9 47
Birds 363 6 70 25 372
Bony fish 35 3 0 0 38
Insects 19 0 0 1 19
Mammals 89 7 2 18 96
Reptiles 120 1 11 9 122
Fungi 131 0 0 0 131
Plants 1947 229 93 75 2176
Protists 12 0 0 0 12

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

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