Calliope Basin - Wetland Summary Information
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Area Profile:
| Name: | Calliope | ||||
| Area Type: | Basin | ||||
| Total Area: | 2,241.49 km² | ||||
| Major Towns: | none | ||||
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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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| Nature Refuges: | none | ||||
| Wild Rivers: | none | ||||
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| Water Quality Sampling: |
Number of current sites: 9
Number of historical sites: 0
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External Links / Description:
Additional information may be available via the Intersecting Areas listed above.
- Estuary Assessment 2000 - Calliope River
- Water resources - Overview (Basin) - Calliope River
- Water resources - Availability (Basin) - Calliope River
- Water resources - Allocation and Use (Basin) - Calliope River
- Water resources - Management and Development (Basin) - Calliope River
- Water Resources - Quality - Calliope River
- Rivers - Nutrient Loads and Transport - Calliope River
- Rivers - Assessment of River Condition - Calliope River
- Landscape - carbon, nutrients, water and productivity - Calliope River
- Economics - Calliope River
- Soils - Calliope River
- Soils - Calliope River
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Assessment - South Eastern Queensland
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Extent - South Eastern Queensland
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Clearing - South Eastern Queensland
- 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
Statistics:
| System | # Wetlands | Area (km²) | % Wetlands Area | % Total Area |
| Total non-marine | 648 | 103.65 | 100.0% | 4.6% |
| Estuarine | 238 | 94.06 | 90.7% | 4.2% |
| Lacustrine | 112 | 2.48 | 2.4% | 0.1% |
| Combined Lacustrine/Palustrine | 1 | 0.00 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine | 150 | 0.82 | 0.8% | 0.0% |
| Riverine | 147 | 6.29 | 6.1% | 0.3% |
Wildlife:
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Kingdom
Class
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Native | Introduced | Wetland Indicator species |
Rare or Threatened species |
All |
| TOTAL | 1383 | 241 | 132 | 43 | 1624 |
| Animals | 448 | 17 | 80 | 25 | 465 |
| Amphibians | 25 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
| Birds | 260 | 4 | 59 | 14 | 264 |
| Bony fish | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Cartilaginous fishes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Insects | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mammals | 57 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 67 |
| Reptiles | 71 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 71 |
| Fungi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Plants | 922 | 224 | 52 | 18 | 1146 |
| Protists | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the EPA WildNet database.
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