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Kolan Basin - Wetland Summary Information

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Area Profile:

Name: Kolan
Area Type: Basin
Total Area: 2,899.39 km²
Major Towns: none
Drainage Divisions:
  • North East Coast
Climate Zones:
  • Subtropical
Bioregions:
Intersecting Areas:
Local government areas
NRM regions
World Heritage Areas: none
Internationally Important
Wetlands (Ramsar)
none
Nationally Important
Wetlands (DIWA)
Protected Areas:
Total number: 17   
  • Bania Forest Reserve
  • Borilla State Forest
  • Bulburin National Park
  • Bulburin State Forest
  • Kalpowar State Forest
  • Littabella Forest Reserve
  • Monduran State Forest 1
  • Monduran State Forest 2
  • Mount Perry Resources Reserve
  • Mount Perry Timber Reserve
  • Mouth Of Kolan River Conservation Park
  • Warro National Park
  • Wonbah Forest Reserve
  • Wonbah State Forest 1
  • Wonbah State Forest 2
  • Yandaran State Forest
  • Yarrol State Forest
Fish Habitat Areas:
  • Kolan River
Completed Regional Coastal Plans:
  • Wide Bay Coast
Coastal Management Districts: none
Nature Refuges: none
Wild Rivers: none
Wetland Management Profiles:
  • Coastal Melaleuca Swamp Wetlands
  • Coastal Wet Heath/Sedgeland Wetlands
  • Mangrove Wetlands
  • Saltmarsh Wetlands
Water Resource Planning Areas:
Water Quality Sampling:
Number of current sites: 3
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 Kolan Basin
System # Wetlands Area (km²) % Wetlands Area % Total Area
Total non-marine 1633 129.23 100.0% 4.5%
Estuarine 136 18.41 14.2% 0.6%
Lacustrine 680 67.13 51.9% 2.3%
Combined Lacustrine/Palustrine 4 0.00 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine 292 4.07 3.1% 0.1%
Riverine 521 39.61 30.7% 1.4%

Wildlife:

Wildlife recorded from Kolan Basin
Kingdom
Class
Native Introduced Wetland
Indicator
species
Rare or
Threatened
species
All
TOTAL 1120 117 101 30 1237
Animals 332 8 53 15 340
Amphibians 24 1 11 2 25
Birds 210 3 36 11 213
Bony fish 33 1 0 0 34
Insects 4 0 0 0 4
Mammals 26 3 1 2 29
Reptiles 35 0 5 0 35
Fungi 3 0 0 0 3
Plants 785 109 48 15 894

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

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