Burrum Basin - Wetland Summary Information
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Area Profile:
| Name: | Burrum | ||||||
| Area Type: | Basin | ||||||
| Total Area: | 3,359.80 km² | ||||||
| Major Towns: | Bargara, Hervey Bay, Howard | ||||||
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| World Heritage Areas: | none | ||||||
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| Nationally Important Wetlands (DIWA) |
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Total number: 19
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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: 11
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 - Burrum River
- Flood Warning System for the Burrum River
- Water resources - Overview (Basin) - Burrum River
- Water resources - Availability (Basin) - Burrum River
- Water resources - Allocation and Use (Basin) - Burrum River
- Water resources - Management and Development (Basin) - Burrum River
- Water resources - Quality - Burrum River
- Rivers - Nutrient Loads and Transport - Burrum River
- Rivers - Assessment of River Condition - Burrum River
- Landscape - carbon, nutrients, water and productivity - Burrum River
- Economics - Burrum River
- Soils - Burrum River
- Soils - Burrum River
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Assessment - South Eastern Queensland
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Extent - South Eastern Queensland
- Biodiversity and Vegetation - Clearing - South Eastern Queensland
Statistics:
| System | # Wetlands | Area (km²) | % Wetlands Area | % Total Area |
| Total non-marine | 2485 | 260.16 | 100.0% | 7.7% |
| Estuarine | 311 | 41.04 | 15.8% | 1.2% |
| Lacustrine | 850 | 25.29 | 9.7% | 0.8% |
| Combined Lacustrine/Palustrine | 4 | 0.64 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine | 730 | 87.79 | 33.7% | 2.6% |
| Riverine | 590 | 105.41 | 40.5% | 3.1% |
Wildlife:
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Kingdom
Class
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Native | Introduced | Wetland Indicator species |
Rare or Threatened species |
All |
| TOTAL | 1638 | 126 | 191 | 52 | 1768 |
| Animals | 514 | 21 | 98 | 32 | 539 |
| Amphibians | 28 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 29 |
| Birds | 312 | 8 | 75 | 21 | 324 |
| Bony fish | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Insects | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Mammals | 60 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 70 |
| Reptiles | 64 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 65 |
| Fungi | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Plants | 1091 | 105 | 93 | 20 | 1196 |
| Protists | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the EPA WildNet database.
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