Plane Basin - Wetland Summary Information
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Area Profile:
| Name: | Plane | ||||
| Area Type: | Basin | ||||
| Total Area: | 2,540.10 km² | ||||
| Major Towns: | Bakers Creek, Sarina, Walkerston | ||||
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| Internationally Important Wetlands (Ramsar) |
none | ||||
| Nationally Important Wetlands (DIWA) |
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| Protected Areas: |
Total number: 17
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| Coastal Management Districts: | none | ||||
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| Wild Rivers: | none | ||||
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| Water Quality Sampling: |
Number of current sites: 0
Number of historical sites: 3
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External Links / Description:
Additional information may be available via the Intersecting Areas listed above.
- Estuary Assessment 2000 - Plane Creek
- Water resources - Overview (Basin) - Plane Creek
- Water resources - Availability (Basin) - Plane Creek
- Water resources - Allocation and Use (Basin) - Plane Creek
- Water resources - Management and Development (Basin) - Plane Creek
- Water resources - Quality - Plane Creek
- Rivers - Nutrient Loads and Transport - Plane Creek
- Rivers - Assessment of River Condition - Plane Creek
- Landscape - carbon, nutrients, water and productivity - Plane River
- Economics - Plane River
- Soils - Plane River
- Soils - Plane River
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Assessment - Brigalow Belt North
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Extent - Brigalow Belt North
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Clearing - Brigalow Belt North
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Assessment - Brigalow Belt South
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Extent - Brigalow Belt South
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Clearing - Brigalow Belt South
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Assessment - Central Qld Coast (Central Mackay Coast)
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Extent - Central Qld Coast (Central Mackay Coast)
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Clearing - Central Qld Coast (Central Mackay Coast)
Statistics:
| System | # Wetlands | Area (km²) | % Wetlands Area | % Total Area |
| Total non-marine | 956 | 293.10 | 100.0% | 11.5% |
| Estuarine | 213 | 213.62 | 72.9% | 8.4% |
| Lacustrine | 137 | 14.27 | 4.9% | 0.6% |
| Palustrine | 297 | 18.64 | 6.4% | 0.7% |
| Riverine | 309 | 46.57 | 15.9% | 1.8% |
Wildlife:
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Kingdom
Class
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Native | Introduced | Wetland Indicator species |
Rare or Threatened species |
All |
| TOTAL | 998 | 142 | 123 | 28 | 1142 |
| Animals | 390 | 18 | 87 | 17 | 410 |
| Amphibians | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| Birds | 284 | 7 | 72 | 14 | 293 |
| Bony fish | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Mammals | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 35 |
| Reptiles | 38 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 39 |
| Fungi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Plants | 606 | 124 | 36 | 11 | 730 |
| Protists | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the EPA WildNet database.
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