Weipa LGA - wetland summary information

Area profile

Name:	Weipa
Area type:	local government area
Total area:	10.17 km²
% total Queensland area:	0.0%
Major towns:	none
Basins:	Embley
NRM bodies:	Cape York
Drainage divisions:	none
Climatic zones:	Equatorial
Bioregions:	Cape York Peninsula (CYP)
World heritage areas:	none
Internationally important wetlands (Ramsar)	none
Nationally important wetlands (DIWA)	none
Protected areas:	none
Fish habitat areas:	none
Coastal management district:	none
Nature refuges:	none
Wild rivers:	none
Wetland management profiles:	Coastal and sub-coastal tree swamps Mangrove wetlands
Water resource planning areas:	none
Water quality, water quantity and aquatic ecosystem monitoring programs:	Surface Water Monitoring Network
Wetland soil information sheets:	none
Great Barrier Reef case studies:	none
Conceptual model case studies:	none
Related legislation/policies

External links/description

Queensland Local Government Directory - Weipa

Weipa Town Office homepage

Statistics

Statistics based on 2009 wetland mapping (version 3.0)

The mapping is available as: PDFs, KMLs (able to be viewed on Google Earth and similar), on the interactive map server WetlandMaps and as data downloadable via the Queensland Government Information Service.

Weipa LGA wetland area by system
Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation (e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).
System	Area (km²)	% wetlands area	% total area
Total	0.65	100.0%	6.4%
Artificial and highly modified	0.09	13.6%	0.9%
Estuarine	0.44	66.7%	4.3%
Palustrine	0.13	19.6%	1.3%

There are approximately 6 lacustrine/palustrine wetlands in this region.

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Wildlife recorded from Weipa LGA
Kingdom Class	Native	Introduced	Wetland indicator species	Rare or threatened species	All
TOTAL	404	36	84	2	441
Animals	292	5	71	2	298
Amphibians	2	1	2	0	3
Birds	239	4	66	2	244
Insects	45	0	0	0	45
Mammals	1	0	0	0	1
Reptiles	5	0	3	0	5
Fungi	3	0	0	0	3
Plants	109	31	13	0	140

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DERM WildNet database.
Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.

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Weipa LGA - wetland summary information

Area profile

External links/description

Statistics

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