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Burdekin Basin - Wetland Summary Information
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Area Profile:

Name: Burdekin
Area Type: Basin
Total Area: 130,057.16 km²
Major Towns: Alpha, Charters Towers, Collinsville, Home Hill
Drainage Divisions:
  • Gulf
  • Lake Eyre
  • North East Coast
Climate Zones:
  • Grassland
  • 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: 33   
  • Andromache State Forest
  • Blackwood National Park
  • Blair Athol State Forest
  • Cathu State Forest
  • Crediton State Forest
  • Cudmore National Park
  • Cudmore Resources Reserve
  • Dalrymple National Park
  • Epping Forest National Park (Scientific)
  • Eungella National Park
  • Gamma State Forest
  • Girringun National Park
  • Great Basalt Wall National Park
  • Homevale National Park
  • Homevale Resources Reserve
  • Kinrara National Park
  • Macartney State Forest
  • Mazeppa National Park
  • Mount Aberdeen National Park
  • Mount Fox State Forest
  • Nairana National Park
  • Nairana National Park (Recovery)
  • Narrien Range National Park
  • Paluma Range National Park
  • Paluma State Forest
  • Peak Range National Park
  • Redrock State Forest
  • Sonoma State Forest
  • Undara Volcanic National Park
  • White Blow Conservation Park
  • White Mountains National Park
  • White Mountains Resources Reserve
  • Wilandspey Conservation Park
Fish Habitat Areas:
  • Burdekin
Completed Regional Coastal Plans:
Coastal Management Districts: none
Nature Refuges:
  • Aberdeen Nature Refuge
  • Billaboo Nature Refuge
  • Bimblebox Nature Refuge
  • Blackjack Mountain Nature Refuge
  • Bygana West Nature Refuge
  • Doongella Nature Refuge
  • Doongmabulla Mound Springs Nature Refuge
  • Eaglefield Creek Nature Refuge
  • Goanna Spring Nature Refuge
  • Lex Creek Nature Refuge
  • Liefway Nature Refuge
  • Mount Pleasant Nature Refuge
  • Mount Zero-Taravale Nature Refuge
  • Nibbereena Creek Nature Refuge
  • Rainmore Nature Refuge
  • Theresa Hut Nature Refuge
  • Toomba Nature Refuge
Wild Rivers: none
Wetland Management Profiles:
  • Arid-Zone Swamp Wetlands
  • Coastal Grass-Sedge Wetlands
  • Coastal Melaleuca Swamp Wetlands
  • Inland Non-Arid Lakes
  • Inland Non-Arid Swamp Wetlands
  • Karst Wetlands
  • Mangrove Wetlands
  • Saltmarsh Wetlands
Water Resource Planning Areas:
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 Burdekin Basin
System # Wetlands Area (km²) % Wetlands Area % Total Area
Total non-marine 12226 3,930.91 100.0% 3.0%
Estuarine 615 10.90 0.3% 0.0%
Lacustrine 3465 445.00 11.3% 0.3%
Combined Lacustrine/Palustrine 45 70.77 1.8% 0.1%
Palustrine 4296 435.07 11.1% 0.3%
Combined Palustrine/Riverine 1 0.00 0.0% 0.0%
Riverine 3804 2,969.17 75.5% 2.3%

Wildlife:

Wildlife recorded from Burdekin Basin
Kingdom
Class
 Native Introduced Wetland
Indicator
species		 Rare or
Threatened
species		 All
TOTAL 4308 360 249 174 4672
Animals 835 26 110 73 865
Amphibians 48 1 24 8 49
Birds 404 8 73 29 415
Bony fish 48 2 0 1 50
Insects 28 0 0 0 28
Mammals 118 14 2 17 133
Reptiles 189 1 11 18 190
Fungi 55 0 0 0 55
Plants 3390 334 137 101 3724
Protists 28 0 2 0 28

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

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