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Wetlands of the lower Mehi River and Ballin Boora Creek: Ecological values and flow constraints February 2022

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 20/10/2025

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A total of 25 unique feature types were captured across the lower Mehi River system via on-screen mapping in February 2022. These features include channel beds, forested and non-forested wetlands, croplands, and constructed features. A total 2,511 polygons were mapped across a combined area of 14,396 ha. Based on their structure and floristics, mapped wetlands were assigned one of 20 plant community types, the most extensive including river red gum tall open forest (PCT 36), coolabah-river cooba-lignum woodland (PCT 39), ephemerally flooded channels (PCT 53a), and permanently flooded watercourse channels and beds (PCT 238a).The layer includes the following key information about each wetland connected to the Mehi River or Ballin Boora Creek:Type (natural, constructed, cropped)Height-CTF (elevation of commence to flow point)Maximum volume (ML)Maximum depth (m)Perimeter length (m)Perimeter length that comprised fringing forest/woodland (m)Various ratings and a final priority score Wall, J.P. (2022). Wetlands of the lower Mehi River and Ballin Boora Creek: Ecological values and flow constraints. Report to the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment. 2rog Consulting.

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Title Wetlands of the lower Mehi River and Ballin Boora Creek: Ecological values and flow constraints February 2022
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/cbc59fcc-8ba2-406e-8c2f-c43810634f8d
Remote Last Updated 09/10/2025
Contact Point
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
?datansw@customerservice.nsw.gov.au
Reference Period 25/02/2022 - 26/02/2022
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      ],
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      ],
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      ],
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    ]
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}
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This dataset was originally found on DataNSW "Wetlands of the lower Mehi River and Ballin Boora Creek: Ecological values and flow constraints February 2022". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-lowermehi_wetlandvegetation_v1_feb2022