Great Artesian Basin and Other Regional Aquifers water resource planning area
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Based on wetland mapping version 7.0
Great Artesian Basin and Other Regional Aquifers water resource planning area wetland area by system 2021
System
Area (ha )
% wetlands area
% total area
Total
5,461,689
100.0%
4.5%
Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine
3,885,525
71.1%
3.2%
Artificial and highly modified
116,128
2.1%
0.1%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)
696,221
12.7%
0.6%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Lacustrine (natural)
499,895
9.2%
0.4%
Lacustrine (slightly modified)
13,066
0.2%
0.0%
Lacustrine (unknown degree of modification)
17
0.0%
0.0%
Palustrine (natural)
2,541,851
46.5%
2.1%
Palustrine (slightly modified)
18,425
0.3%
0.0%
Riverine
1,576,086
28.9%
1.3%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)
696,221
12.7%
0.6%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Lacustrine (artificial)
86,851
1.6%
0.1%
Lacustrine (highly modified)
22,320
0.4%
0.0%
Lacustrine (natural)
499,895
9.2%
0.4%
Lacustrine (slightly modified)
13,066
0.2%
0.0%
Lacustrine (unknown degree of modification)
17
0.0%
0.0%
Palustrine (artificial)
973
0.0%
0.0%
Palustrine (highly modified)
5,906
0.1%
0.0%
Palustrine (natural)
2,541,851
46.5%
2.1%
Palustrine (slightly modified)
18,425
0.3%
0.0%
Riverine (artificial)
13
0.0%
0.0%
Riverine (highly modified)
65
0.0%
0.0%
Riverine (natural)
1,574,865
28.8%
1.3%
Riverine (slightly modified)
1,221
0.0%
0.0%
For definitions of artificial, highly modified, modified, slightly modified and natural wetlands, see the Queensland Wetland Mapping Method - A Method to Provide Baseline Mapping of Wetland Extent and Changes in Wetland Extent in Queensland .
Great Artesian Basin and Other Regional Aquifers water resource planning area wetland area by habitat 2021
Habitat
Area (ha )
% wetlands area
% total area
Total
3,736,014
100.0%
3.1%
Mangroves - Casuarina
0
0.0%
0.0%
Mangroves - other
193,533
5.2%
0.2%
Salt marsh and salt flats
500,874
13.4%
0.4%
Arid and semi-arid saline lake
460,573
12.3%
0.4%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake
25,766
0.7%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake
116
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake
3,129
0.1%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake
0
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake
4,931
0.1%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake
0
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
1,007
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp
79,796
2.1%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp
99,729
2.7%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp
1,372,171
36.7%
1.1%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
82,149
2.2%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp
128,928
3.5%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp
129,713
3.5%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
179,987
4.8%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp
2,820
0.1%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp
37
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
212,968
5.7%
0.2%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp
258
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
122,133
3.3%
0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp
5,872
0.2%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
32,681
0.9%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
92,800
2.5%
0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp
3,973
0.1%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp
0
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp
0
0.0%
0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid
29
0.0%
0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal
40
0.0%
0.0%
Mangroves - Casuarina (natural)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Mangroves - Casuarina (slightly modified)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Mangroves - other (natural)
193,533
5.2%
0.2%
Mangroves - other (slightly modified)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Salt marsh and salt flats (natural)
500,874
13.4%
0.4%
Salt marsh and salt flats (slightly modified)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline lake (natural)
460,312
12.3%
0.4%
Arid and semi-arid saline lake (slightly modified)
261
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (natural)
25,741
0.7%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (slightly modified)
25
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake (slightly modified)
116
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (natural)
2,703
0.1%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (slightly modified)
425
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (natural)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (slightly modified)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (natural)
4,931
0.1%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (slightly modified)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake (natural)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (natural)
1,007
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (slightly modified)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (natural)
79,102
2.1%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (slightly modified)
694
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (natural)
97,355
2.6%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified)
2,374
0.1%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (natural)
1,371,876
36.7%
1.1%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified)
295
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural)
81,053
2.2%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified)
1,096
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (natural)
127,651
3.4%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified)
1,277
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (natural)
128,329
3.4%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified)
1,384
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural)
177,115
4.7%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified)
2,872
0.1%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (natural)
1,122
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified)
1,699
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (natural)
30
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (slightly modified)
7
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural)
212,688
5.7%
0.2%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified)
280
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (natural)
258
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural)
121,555
3.3%
0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified)
577
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (natural)
5,075
0.1%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified)
797
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural)
29,910
0.8%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified)
2,771
0.1%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural)
91,071
2.4%
0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified)
1,729
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (natural)
3,973
0.1%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (natural)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (slightly modified)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (natural)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (slightly modified)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (natural)
29
0.0%
0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (slightly modified)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (natural)
40
0.0%
0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (slightly modified)
0
0.0%
0.0%
Disclaimer
Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation (e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).
All statistics are approximate and generated based on data transformed to a customised Albers equal-area projection, thus allowing wetland extent change for different regions of Queensland to be comparable.
Areas may change over time as mapping approaches improve.
Totals may not match the sum of individually displayed figures due to the rounding of displayed figures.
Wetland extent changes
Great Artesian Basin and Other Regional Aquifers water resource planning area wetland extent change by system
System
2021 area (ha )
2019 area (ha )
2017 area (ha )
2013 area (ha )
2009 area (ha )
2005 area (ha )
2001 area (ha )
pre-clear area (ha )
2021/pre-clear percentage
Total
5,461,689
5,462,039
5,462,114
5,464,682
5,463,338
5,461,282
5,456,108
5,356,259
* 99.8%
Artificial and highly modified
116,128
115,776
114,970
112,174
110,181
106,654
99,975
0
n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)
696,221
696,221
696,225
696,228
696,228
696,228
696,228
696,989
99.9%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
n/a
Lacustrine (natural)
499,895
499,923
499,923
500,008
500,018
500,019
500,019
503,139
99.4%
Lacustrine (slightly modified)
13,066
13,052
13,032
13,012
12,870
12,723
12,645
0
n/a
Lacustrine (unknown degree of modification)
17
17
17
16
15
15
14
0
n/a
Palustrine (natural)
2,541,851
2,542,270
2,542,649
2,543,553
2,544,111
2,545,197
2,545,893
2,569,821
98.9%
Palustrine (slightly modified)
18,425
18,410
18,326
17,949
17,894
17,732
16,936
0
n/a
Riverine
1,576,086
1,576,370
1,576,972
1,581,742
1,582,022
1,582,715
1,584,398
1,586,310
99.4%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)
696,221
696,221
696,225
696,228
696,228
696,228
696,228
696,989
99.9%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
n/a
Lacustrine (artificial)
86,851
86,546
86,304
84,334
82,601
79,861
74,935
0
n/a
Lacustrine (highly modified)
22,320
22,273
21,743
21,058
20,813
20,338
18,764
0
n/a
Lacustrine (natural)
499,895
499,923
499,923
500,008
500,018
500,019
500,019
503,139
99.4%
Lacustrine (slightly modified)
13,066
13,052
13,032
13,012
12,870
12,723
12,645
0
n/a
Lacustrine (unknown degree of modification)
17
17
17
16
15
15
14
0
n/a
Palustrine (artificial)
973
973
970
953
949
941
932
0
n/a
Palustrine (highly modified)
5,906
5,906
5,874
5,753
5,742
5,439
5,280
0
n/a
Palustrine (natural)
2,541,851
2,542,270
2,542,649
2,543,553
2,544,111
2,545,197
2,545,893
2,569,821
98.9%
Palustrine (slightly modified)
18,425
18,410
18,326
17,949
17,894
17,732
16,936
0
n/a
Riverine (artificial)
13
13
13
11
11
11
11
0
n/a
Riverine (highly modified)
65
65
65
65
65
65
53
0
n/a
Riverine (natural)
1,574,865
1,575,156
1,575,766
1,580,535
1,580,815
1,581,510
1,583,193
1,586,310
99.3%
Riverine (slightly modified)
1,221
1,214
1,206
1,208
1,207
1,205
1,205
0
n/a
* Total 2021/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified
Great Artesian Basin and Other Regional Aquifers water resource planning area wetland extent change by habitat
Habitat
2021 area (ha )
2019 area (ha )
2017 area (ha )
2013 area (ha )
2009 area (ha )
2005 area (ha )
2001 area (ha )
Total
3,736,014
3,736,335
3,736,633
3,737,153
3,737,656
3,738,581
3,738,473
Mangroves - Casuarina
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mangroves - other
193,533
193,533
193,533
193,533
193,530
193,530
193,530
Salt marsh and salt flats
500,874
500,874
500,879
500,882
500,885
500,885
500,885
Arid and semi-arid saline lake
460,573
460,604
460,604
460,604
460,604
460,605
460,605
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake
25,766
25,766
25,766
25,766
25,766
25,766
25,766
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake
116
0
0
0
0
0
0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake
3,129
3,130
3,130
3,130
3,130
3,130
3,130
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake
4,931
4,931
4,931
4,931
4,931
4,931
4,930
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
1,007
1,007
1,007
1,007
1,007
1,007
1,007
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp
79,796
79,926
79,926
79,887
79,887
79,946
79,966
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp
99,729
99,764
99,791
99,819
99,823
99,985
99,992
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp
1,372,171
1,372,173
1,372,178
1,372,182
1,372,186
1,372,187
1,372,196
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
82,149
82,147
82,148
82,151
82,151
82,153
82,203
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp
128,928
129,008
129,126
129,173
129,252
129,322
128,953
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp
129,713
129,796
129,818
129,837
129,843
130,017
130,339
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
179,987
180,048
180,104
180,149
180,194
180,283
180,503
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp
2,820
2,820
2,820
2,826
2,842
2,842
2,281
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp
37
37
37
37
37
37
37
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
212,968
212,970
212,988
212,995
213,068
213,084
213,166
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp
258
258
258
258
258
258
258
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
122,133
122,133
122,133
122,135
122,135
122,140
122,141
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp
5,872
5,873
5,873
5,918
5,986
6,013
6,022
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
32,681
32,693
32,739
33,024
33,081
33,386
33,438
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
92,800
92,802
92,803
92,867
93,016
93,031
93,082
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp
3,973
3,973
3,973
3,973
3,973
3,973
3,973
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Mangroves - Casuarina (natural)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mangroves - Casuarina (slightly modified)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Mangroves - other (natural)
193,533
193,533
193,533
193,533
193,530
193,530
193,530
Mangroves - other (slightly modified)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Salt marsh and salt flats (natural)
500,874
500,874
500,879
500,882
500,885
500,885
500,885
Salt marsh and salt flats (slightly modified)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Arid and semi-arid saline lake (natural)
460,312
460,343
460,343
460,343
460,353
460,354
460,354
Arid and semi-arid saline lake (slightly modified)
261
261
261
261
251
251
251
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (natural)
25,741
25,741
25,741
25,741
25,741
25,741
25,741
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (slightly modified)
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake (slightly modified)
116
0
0
0
0
0
0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (natural)
2,703
2,708
2,708
2,708
2,708
2,708
2,708
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (slightly modified)
425
421
421
421
421
421
421
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (natural)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (slightly modified)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (natural)
4,931
4,931
4,931
4,931
4,931
4,931
4,930
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (slightly modified)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake (natural)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (natural)
1,007
1,007
1,007
1,007
1,007
1,007
1,007
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (slightly modified)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (natural)
79,102
79,231
79,232
79,193
79,193
79,252
79,272
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (slightly modified)
694
694
694
694
694
694
694
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (natural)
97,355
97,390
97,418
97,446
97,450
97,475
97,482
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified)
2,374
2,374
2,374
2,373
2,373
2,510
2,510
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (natural)
1,371,876
1,371,878
1,371,883
1,371,887
1,371,891
1,371,892
1,371,902
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified)
295
295
295
295
295
295
295
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural)
81,053
81,051
81,052
81,055
81,055
81,057
81,107
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified)
1,096
1,096
1,096
1,096
1,096
1,096
1,096
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (natural)
127,651
127,731
127,849
127,895
127,985
128,055
127,687
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified)
1,277
1,277
1,277
1,277
1,266
1,266
1,266
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (natural)
128,329
128,412
128,434
128,452
128,459
128,633
128,954
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified)
1,384
1,384
1,384
1,384
1,384
1,384
1,384
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural)
177,115
177,176
177,232
177,277
177,322
177,411
177,673
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified)
2,872
2,872
2,872
2,872
2,872
2,872
2,830
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (natural)
1,122
1,122
1,122
1,128
1,212
1,212
1,328
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified)
1,699
1,699
1,699
1,699
1,631
1,631
953
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (natural)
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (slightly modified)
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural)
212,688
212,690
212,708
212,716
212,790
212,815
212,899
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified)
280
280
280
280
278
269
267
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (natural)
258
258
258
258
258
258
258
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural)
121,555
121,555
121,555
121,558
121,558
121,563
121,598
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified)
577
577
577
577
577
577
542
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (natural)
5,075
5,076
5,075
5,119
5,206
5,272
5,284
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified)
797
797
797
799
779
741
738
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural)
29,910
29,922
30,044
30,362
30,447
31,005
31,057
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified)
2,771
2,771
2,695
2,661
2,635
2,382
2,380
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural)
91,071
91,088
91,089
91,476
91,555
91,567
91,642
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified)
1,729
1,714
1,714
1,391
1,461
1,464
1,440
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (natural)
3,973
3,973
3,973
3,973
3,973
3,973
3,973
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (natural)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (slightly modified)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (natural)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (slightly modified)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (natural)
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (slightly modified)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (natural)
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (slightly modified)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Disclaimer
Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation (e.g. mangroves and tidal flats).
All statistics are approximate and generated based on data transformed to a customised Albers equal-area projection, thus allowing wetland extent change for different regions of Queensland to be comparable.
Areas may change over time as mapping approaches improve.
Totals may not match the sum of individually displayed figures due to the rounding of displayed figures.
Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC)
Great Artesian Basin and Other Regional Aquifers water resource planning area land use
ALUMC code and description
Area (ha )
% total area
Total
122,248,552
100.0%
2.1 Grazing native vegetation
98,584,550
80.6%
2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation
98,584,550
80.6%
1.1 Nature conservation
6,583,683
5.4%
1.1.1 Strict nature reserves
25,188
0.0%
1.1.3 National park
5,891,698
4.8%
1.1.4 Natural feature protection
81,407
0.1%
1.1.5 Habitat/species management area
10
0.0%
1.1.7 Other conserved area
585,380
0.5%
1.2 Managed resource protection
5,949,649
4.9%
1.2.0 Managed resource protection
2,761,550
2.3%
1.2.5 Traditional indigenous uses
3,188,099
2.6%
6.5 Marsh/wetland
4,544,733
3.7%
6.5.0 Marsh/wetland
1,881,329
1.5%
6.5.1 Marsh/wetland - conservation
27,564
0.0%
6.5.2 Marsh/wetland - production
2,635,840
2.2%
3.3 Cropping
2,236,127
1.8%
3.3.0 Cropping
2,204,399
1.8%
3.3.1 Cereals
540
0.0%
3.3.3 Hay and silage
345
0.0%
3.3.4 Oilseeds
140
0.0%
3.3.6 Cotton
30,704
0.0%
2.2 Production native forests
1,891,313
1.5%
2.2.0 Production native forests
1,891,313
1.5%
6.1 Lake
968,699
0.8%
6.1.0 Lake
947,993
0.8%
6.1.1 Lake - conservation
17,503
0.0%
6.1.2 Lake - production
3,203
0.0%
1.3 Other minimal use
502,298
0.4%
1.3.0 Other minimal use
72,298
0.1%
1.3.1 Defence
8,265
0.0%
1.3.2 Stock route
30
0.0%
1.3.3 Residual native cover
421,680
0.3%
1.3.4 Rehabilitation
24
0.0%
4.3 Irrigated cropping
364,337
0.3%
4.3.0 Irrigated cropping
169,514
0.1%
4.3.1 Irrigated cereals
96
0.0%
4.3.3 Irrigated hay and silage
1,059
0.0%
4.3.6 Irrigated cotton
193,668
0.2%
6.3 River
154,041
0.1%
6.3.0 River
150,655
0.1%
6.3.1 River - conservation
3,366
0.0%
6.3.3 River - intensive use
20
0.0%
6.2 Reservoir/dam
113,463
0.1%
6.2.0 Reservoir/dam
94,440
0.1%
6.2.1 Reservoir
869
0.0%
6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams
18,029
0.0%
6.2.3 Evaporation basin
125
0.0%
5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure
108,950
0.1%
5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure
626
0.0%
5.4.1 Urban residential
14,148
0.0%
5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture
8,469
0.0%
5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture
71,463
0.1%
5.4.4 Remote communities
1,213
0.0%
5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure
13,032
0.0%
3.2 Grazing modified pastures
48,077
0.0%
3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures
12,624
0.0%
3.2.2 Woody fodder plants
35,454
0.0%
5.8 Mining
34,607
0.0%
5.8.0 Mining
23,304
0.0%
5.8.1 Mines
5,787
0.0%
5.8.2 Quarries
4,092
0.0%
5.8.3 Tailings
1,103
0.0%
5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use
321
0.0%
4.5 Irrigated seasonal horticulture
31,415
0.0%
4.5.0 Irrigated seasonal horticulture
28,391
0.0%
4.5.3 Irrigated seasonal vegetables and herbs
2,818
0.0%
4.5.4 Irrigated turf farming
206
0.0%
5.5 Services
30,351
0.0%
5.5.0 Services
1,066
0.0%
5.5.1 Commercial services
2,074
0.0%
5.5.2 Public services
4,083
0.0%
5.5.3 Recreation and culture
22,299
0.0%
5.5.4 Defence facilities - urban
248
0.0%
5.5.5 Research facilities
580
0.0%
5.7 Transport and communication
24,983
0.0%
5.7.0 Transport and communication
5,561
0.0%
5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes
10,243
0.0%
5.7.2 Roads
8,773
0.0%
5.7.3 Railways
146
0.0%
5.7.4 Ports and water transport
24
0.0%
5.7.5 Navigation and communication
235
0.0%
6.6 Estuary/coastal waters
19,550
0.0%
6.6.0 Estuary/coastal waters
19,550
0.0%
3.1 Plantation forests
14,157
0.0%
3.1.0 Plantation forests
10,385
0.0%
3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry
3,733
0.0%
3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry
39
0.0%
5.2 Intensive animal production
8,317
0.0%
5.2.0 Intensive animal production
135
0.0%
5.2.1 Dairy sheds and yards
692
0.0%
5.2.2 Feedlots
2,766
0.0%
5.2.3 Poultry farms
2,056
0.0%
5.2.4 Piggeries
958
0.0%
5.2.5 Aquaculture
248
0.0%
5.2.6 Horse studs
1,004
0.0%
5.2.7 Saleyards/stockyards
454
0.0%
5.2.8 Abandoned intensive animal husbandry
4
0.0%
3.6 Land in transition
6,286
0.0%
3.6.0 Land in transition
1,837
0.0%
3.6.2 Abandoned land
15
0.0%
3.6.3 Land under rehabilitation
4,434
0.0%
4.4 Irrigated perennial horticulture
6,142
0.0%
4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture
2,909
0.0%
4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits
577
0.0%
4.4.2 Irrigated olives
1,460
0.0%
4.4.4 Irrigated vine fruits
821
0.0%
4.4.5 Irrigated shrub berries and fruits
21
0.0%
4.4.6 Irrigated perennial flowers and bulbs
5
0.0%
4.4.7 Irrigated perennial vegetables and herbs
116
0.0%
4.4.8 Irrigated citrus
231
0.0%
4.2 Grazing irrigated modified pastures
5,416
0.0%
4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures
4,981
0.0%
4.2.1 Irrigated woody fodder plants
312
0.0%
4.2.3 Irrigated legume/grass mixtures
123
0.0%
5.3 Manufacturing and industrial
4,538
0.0%
5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial
3,950
0.0%
5.3.1 General purpose factory
3
0.0%
5.3.2 Food processing factory
7
0.0%
5.3.3 Major industrial complex
11
0.0%
5.3.4 Bulk grain storage
199
0.0%
5.3.5 Abattoirs
204
0.0%
5.3.6 Oil refinery
76
0.0%
5.3.7 Sawmill
76
0.0%
5.3.8 Abandoned manufacturing and industrial
12
0.0%
5.6 Utilities
3,652
0.0%
5.6.0 Utilities
24
0.0%
5.6.1 Fuel powered electricity generation
280
0.0%
5.6.4 Solar electricity generation
5
0.0%
5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission
164
0.0%
5.6.6 Gas treatment, storage and transmission
3,098
0.0%
5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission
81
0.0%
6.4 Channel/aqueduct
2,890
0.0%
6.4.0 Channel/aqueduct
2,890
0.0%
3.4 Perennial horticulture
2,479
0.0%
3.4.0 Perennial horticulture
2,241
0.0%
3.4.1 Tree fruits
136
0.0%
3.4.2 Olives
9
0.0%
3.4.3 Tree nuts
39
0.0%
3.4.4 Vine fruits
54
0.0%
4.1 Irrigated plantation forests
2,291
0.0%
4.1.0 Irrigated plantation forests
2,291
0.0%
5.9 Waste treatment and disposal
1,255
0.0%
5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal
339
0.0%
5.9.1 Effluent pond
158
0.0%
5.9.2 Landfill
261
0.0%
5.9.3 Solid garbage
210
0.0%
5.9.5 Sewage
286
0.0%
5.1 Intensive horticulture
202
0.0%
5.1.0 Intensive horticulture
191
0.0%
5.1.2 Shadehouses
9
0.0%
5.1.5 Abandoned intensive horticulture
2
0.0%
3.5 Seasonal horticulture
99
0.0%
3.5.0 Seasonal horticulture
99
0.0%
4.6 Irrigated land in transition
4
0.0%
4.6.1 Degraded irrigated land
4
0.0%
Drainage divisions
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Bioregions
Biogeographic subregions
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Bioregional assessment areas
Marine meso-scale bioregions
East Cape York (ECY)
Karumba-Nassau (KAN)
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West Cape York (WCY)
Wet Tropic Coast (WTC)
Marine provincial bioregions
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Regional plans
World Heritage areas
Ramsar internationally important wetlands
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National parks
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none
Report cards
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Nature refuges
Freshwater biogeographic provinces
Aquatic Conservation Assessments (AquaBAMM) and others
Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—conceptual models
Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—management profiles
Groundwater dependent ecosystem type—conceptual models
Healthy Land and Water conceptual models
Water resource planning areas
Aquatic ecosystem monitoring programs
Point source monitoring
Wetland soil indicator case studies
Wetland management case studies
Wetland projects
2017 Cape York Marine Debris Project
A Fish Friendly Fitzroy: Bypassing the Barrage
Beating back the boxthorn - Sustainable scrub country
Bell's Riparian Re-vegetation at Upper Warrill
Big Dune Surfing Reserve Restoration Project
BM NLP 06 Western Mary Sub-catchments Grazing Landscapes Project
Bremer Healthy Country Gully Restoration: Fuller
Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Breen
Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Buckham
Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Buckham - phase 2
Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Corrie
Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Freeman
Bremer Healthy Country Riparian restoration - Hayes
Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Lamont
Bremer Healthy Country Riparian restoration – M. and S. Christensen
Bremer Healthy Country riparian restoration - Neale
Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Parr
Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Thompson
Bremer Healthy Country Wetland Reinstatement and Pasture Renovation – Sellars
Building resilient farm landscapes in the North East Darling Downs Region
Bundamba Creek Urban Wetland Project - David W Coultas Park
Bunya Biolink: Improving Condition and Connectivity of Riparian Vegetation Along Little Britain Creek at Coalbank: Nolan
Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM Regional Investment Strategy (RIS) 2004-2008 Final Report
Burdekin Shire Council - Aquatic Weed Control
Caliguel Reserve and Lagoon Biodiversity Conservation
Cape York Weeds and Feral Animals program
Clean Up Thomson River and Town Common
Clean Water for the Condamine
Clifton wastewater treatment plant
Collaboration, Community and Cohesion - Relaunching Toowoomba and surrounds
Comale Lagoon - Connecting Camp and Culture
Community workshops and establishment of model landscaped coastal gardens in the Fraser Coast Regional Council
Control of Overland Flow through a Gully, Junction View
Corio Bay Restoration
CYPA04 - UHF Radio
CYPA05 - Turtle Predation
D’Andilly’s Irbyana Protection
Demonstration sites for gully and scald rehabilitation
Dennis’s Irbyana Protection Project
Development of a Strategic Approach to Weed Management on Kaanju Homelands
Emu Park Community Bushcare Group Coastal Vegetation and Wetlands Protection Project
Enhancing drought-resistant koala habitat on the Eastern Darling Downs
Enhancing primary production through control of total grazing pressure and improved land management
Enriching our River
Eradicating Invasive Weeds
Establishing a rotational grazing system in box-mulga country, Wallam Creek
Establishing Swamp Tea-tree Forest on Tir Na Crann Koala Nature Refuge
Evening Star Landcare Rehabilitation in South-West Queensland
Fencing of Running Creek freshwater springs on Junjuwarra country
Fencing Wetlands and Riparian Zones on Wedderburn
Feral pig control, Great Sandy Strait/Ramsar Site
Feral Pig Control on the Stanage Peninsula
Final Project, National Landcare Program 03, Activity 7: North East Downs Landcare Group and Activity 9: Aubigny Catchment Landcare Group
Final Project Report National Landcare Program 06. Millmerran Landcare Group: Implementing Best Management Practice in Grazing Lands in the Condamine Catchment
Fitzroy pest and weed management project
Fitzroy Water Quality
Fitzroy Water Quality Project
Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Abraham
Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Bell/Zahnow
Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Harsant
Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Harvey
Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Holland
Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Lobegeiger
Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Rieck
Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Wallis
Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Bauer
Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Crust
Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Darvall
Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Hagan
Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Huston (Stage 1)
Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Meagher
Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Olm
Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Redinger
Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Serendipity Farm Animal Centre
Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Stock
Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Upper Blackfellow Creek Catchment (McCarthy)
Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Visagie
Flood-runner Re-establishment for Sediment Control, Mt Sylvia: Redinger and Otto
Forest Hill wastewater treatment plant
Gilbert River Pig Eradication
GreenWorks Cooyar Creek Rehabilitation - Riparian Weed Control Stage 2: Greening Australia
Gully Restoration, Riparian Weed Control and Sustainable Grazing along Teviot Creek: Firmin
Gundanoo Junior Ranger Program - Gundanoos caring for country
Halting the degradation of the Warrego River by feral pigs
Healthy Country Knapps Creek - J Stanton,
Healthy Country Program in the Bremer and Pumicestone Passage Catchments: Hall
Healthy Country Program in the Bremer and Pumicestone Passage Catchments: Lutter
Healthy waterways, rivers and wetlands - protecting the water quality of the Thomson River catchment
Implementing the CQSS Fitzroy Basin Neighbourhood Catchment Plan
Implementing the CQSS Fitzroy Basin Neighbourhood Catchment Program ‘FB NAP PAP 01’ Final Report December 2004
Improve water quality in the Maranoa-Balonne and Border rivers catchment
Improvement of Warrego River Water quality and fish populations in popular fishing spots
Improving biodiversity and sustainable farming outcomes in the upper Condamine catchment
Improving connectivity, salinity and social amenity, Black Snake Creek, Marburg
Improving native habitat and reducing weeds of national significance (WONS)
Initiation of a Lower Burdekin Water Quality and Salinity Management Program
Innovation in rehabilitation processes on Cape York Pastoral Land
Integrated vertebrate pest management program
Invasive pest and weed awareness, education and control
Invertebrate pest management across Gangalidda and Garawa traditional country in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria
Irbyana Enhancement: Smith
Irbyana Enhancement: Thorne
Kinka Wetlands
Kinka Wetlands Quarry Rehabilitation
Koala Kitchen Project
Kooroomba Riparian Restoration
Lake Eyre Upper Catchment Rescue
Landscape Resilience in the important sugar production area of the Lower Burdekin Delta
Lawson—feral pig control on Eurimbula Creek
Management of Overland Flow for Sediment Control, Woodbine: Stephan
Managing Ecosystem Services Provided By Palm Tree and Robinson Creek Wetlands
Managing river country for beef cattle production in the Maranoa catchment
Managing water and grazing in Warrego floodplain and Mulga Country
Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 5
Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 6
Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 9
Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - SQNRM P1 (former QMDC_14)
Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - SQNRM P3 (former QMDC_49)
Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - SQNRM P5
Nature Refuge Harkness (Gilpatrick family)
Nature Refuge Holroyd
Nebine Creek Koala Conservation and Protection Project
NQ Dry Tropics Community Landcare Grants (2016–17)
Olkola people conserving and protecting natural and cultural values on the Kimba Plateau Cape York
PCE 14/15 - Pig Control at Tandora
PCE 14/15 - Revive Our Creeks (Cooloola Cove)
PCE 14/15 - Tinnanbar Flower Reserve and Cowra Pine Wildling Control Project
PCE - FIDO Weed Management and Environmental Monitoring at Eurong Fraser Island 14/15
PCE - FIDO Weed Management at Happy Valley Fraser Island 14/15
PCE - Pine Wilding Control in High Value Coastal Ecosystems - Crab Creek DNRM
PCE - Ravenhills and Maddicks Road - Weed and feral animal control
Pest and weed management: managing invasive species in the Burnett Mary Region
Pest and weed management - Northern Lake Eyre Basin Prickly Acacia Control Program
Phase 2 Cape York Turtle Nest Monitoring Project
Planned Grazing Management Project: Coaster-Garton
Productive and resilient agricultural landscapes in the Condamine region
Protect and Improve Habitat and Biodiversity in South Myall Catchment
Protecting the Brigalow corridor between the Murri Murri and Brigalow Creek
Protecting the Condamine Balonne Murray Cod Habitat
Protecting the Values of Our Ramsar Wetlands Shoalwater/Corio Bay
Protection and Restoration of Swamp Tea-tree Forest at Peak Crossing (Turgeon)
Protection and Restoration of Swamp Tea-tree Forest: Kentville Road
Protection and Restoration of Swamp Tea-tree Forest: UQ Gatton campus
Ramsar Area Pig and Weed Control 2014-15
Ramsar Wetlands (DEEDI) CfOC
Ramsar Wetlands (GA) CfOC
Re-vegetate, Restore, Regenerate and Revitalise the riparian landscape at Nindigully
Reclaiming landscapes: prickly acacia and other woody weed management in north-west Queensland
Reducing feral pig populations in the Cuttaburra catchment
Reducing impacts on sustainable landscapes through weeds and pests activities
Reducing the impact of pests and weeds
Rehabilitation and re-generation of the Allora Mt Flora and Fauna reserve
Resilient landscape and riparian zones: strategic rubber vine and bellyache bush management in the Northern and Southern Gulf
Restoration of Lockyer Creek at UQ Gatton - Stage 2
Restoration of Lockyer Creek. University of Queensland, Gatton Campus
Riparian Area Establishment and Stabilisation at Withcott: Phase 1
Riparian Management in Teviot Brook sub-catchment: J. and J. Vanstone
Riparian vegetation repair and enhancement in the Burnett River catchment
Rosevale Riparian Restoration - Swan
Securing the Links—Great Eastern Ranges Corridor
Sediment reduction in local waterways
Smith's Smith’s Riparian Re-vegetation of Purga Creek
Strategic, collaborative, invasive pest and weed awareness, education and control
Strategic control of prickly acacia, weed of national significance - Julia Creek
Strategic control of prickly acacia, weed of national significance - Upper Gilliat channels
Sustainable agriculture through innovative practices in the Fitzroy
Sustainable grazing management and on-ground works
Sustainable grazing management and on-ground works: conserving soils in the Burnett Mary Region
Sustainable landscapes in the Border Rivers and Maranoa-Balonne catchments - increasing productivity while reducing impacts on natural assets
Swamp Tea Tree Protection and Enhancement: Smith
Systems repair in the Lower Burdekin
Taking the next steps towards tackling environmental degradation in Toowoomba and surrounds through targeted on-ground activities
Targeting Landcare Initiatives in practice on Cape York Peninsula
The history and role of fire in the patterned fens—Great Sandy Strait, Queensland
Those Worrisome Weeds
Tin Hut Connective Landscape
Towards the Integrated Management of Terrestrial and Aquatic Weeds of National State and Regional Significance
Tropical Savannah grazing: future viability depends on better land, herd and business management today
Turtle Conservation at Pennefather Beach
Upper Barker Creek Invasive Weed Management Program
Upper Lake Eyre Strategic Riparian Project
Upper Logan Resilience: Benson
Upper Logan Resilience: Hodges
Upper Logan Resilience: Ison
Upper Logan Resilience: J. Stanley
Upper Logan Resilience: Shaw
Upper Logan Resilience: Surawski
Upper Logan Resilience: W. Stanley
Upper Logan Resilience: Walker
Upper Logan Resilience: Wickman
Upper Mt Walker Hillslope Erosion Project
Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Gillett
Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Kelleher
Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Oppermann
Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Roberts
Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Surawski
Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Vague
Upper Warrill Healthy Country: C. and M. Christensen
Upper Warrill Healthy Country: Johnson
Upper Warrill Healthy Country: Lotz
Upper Warrill Healthy Country: Quickshelf No. 1 Pty Ltd
Upper Warrill Healthy Country:Wolter
Virtual Bus Tour: Conjunctive use dewatering bore to address a rising groundwater problem
Virtual Bus Tour: Water use efficiency success with overhead irrigation project
Wallaby Ware channel naturalisation and saturated zone bioretention basin construction
Ward River Waterhole enhancement
Water, Weeds and Wildlife
Waterbird breeding colonies in Gulf Plains
Wongaloo Wildlife Habitat Rehabilitation
Woolshed Creek salinity mitigation and wetland enhancement (tree planting): McMichael - phase 1
Working Wetlands—Healthy Farms: Promoting BMP for Wetland Management in Agriculture—Knudson
Yalanji Coast Pond Apple Survey and Strategic Management
Yimbin Gara Gunthalla Yoonthalla
Area specific conceptual model case studies
Paddock to Reef (P2R) report cards
Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments
Burnett Mary
Eastern Cape York
Annie River, Saltwater Creek and Fifteen Mile Creek (Eastern Cape York)
Balclutha Creek (Eastern Cape York)
Bathurst Bay draining creeks (incl. Muck River) (Eastern Cape York)
Cape Flattery dune lakes (Eastern Cape York)
Coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York)
Coastal dunes north shore of Endeavour River (Eastern Cape York)
Deighton River (Eastern Cape York)
Endeavour River - north branch (incl. Isabella, Mango Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York)
Endeavour River - right branch (Eastern Cape York)
Endeavour River - south branch (Eastern Cape York)
Escape River (Eastern Cape York)
Estuaries draining into Temple Bay, Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York)
Glennie Creek (Eastern Cape York)
Goanna, Breakfast, Whiphandle creeks (Eastern Cape York)
Gorge, Running creeks (Eastern Cape York)
Hann Creek (Eastern Cape York)
Harmer, Little Harmer Creeks (Eastern Cape York)
Jack River and Beattie Creek (Eastern Cape York)
Jacky Jacky Creek (Eastern Cape York)
Jeannie estuaries (incl. Horwick, Starcke, Dead Dog and other estuaries) (Eastern Cape York)
Jeannie River (Eastern Cape York)
Kangaroo River and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York)
Kennedy River and Little Kennedy Creek (Eastern Cape York)
Laura River (incl. Mosman River, Kennedy Creek) (Eastern Cape York)
Little Laura River (incl. Shepherd, Pine Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York)
Marrett River, Sandalwood and Birthday creeks (Eastern Cape York)
McIvor, Morgan rivers and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York)
Morehead River, Healy Creek and Hann River (Eastern Cape York)
Normanby estuarine waters (incl. Bizant, Normanby, Saltwater and others adjacent Princess Charlotte Bay) (Eastern Cape York)
Normanby /lower Laura rivers (incl. Brown, Cabbage Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York)
Normanby River - lower and Bizant River (Eastern Cape York)
Normanby - upper (incl. West, East and Granite Normanby Rivers, Bridge Ck) (Eastern Cape York)
North Jacky Jacky Creek – dune lakes (Eastern Cape York)
North Jeannie coastal creeks outside National Park (incl. Horwick River, Wakooka Creek) (Eastern Cape York)
North Kennedy River (Eastern Cape York)
Oaky , Wallace, Lyon creeks (Eastern Cape York)
Olive River estuary (Eastern Cape York)
Olive River (incl. Horseshoe, Scorpion creeks) (Eastern Cape York)
Pascoe - mid (incl. Garraway, Brown creeks) (Eastern Cape York)
Pascoe - mid (incl. Hamilton Creek) (Eastern Cape York)
Pascoe - upper (incl. Yam, One Mile creeks) (Eastern Cape York)
Port of Cape Flattery (land side) (Eastern Cape York)
Shelburne Bay dune lakes (Eastern Cape York)
Starcke River (Eastern Cape York)
Stewart River, Terrible Creek (Eastern Cape York)
Fitzroy
Burdekin
EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives
Comet River Sub-basin (WQ1307)
HEVa2121 (HEV)
HEVa2127 (HEV)
HEVa2146 (HEV)
HEVa2147 (HEV)
HEVa2171 (HEV)
HEVm2022 (HEV)
HEVm2061 (HEV)
HEVm2121 (HEV)
HEVm2122 (HEV)
HEVm2126 (HEV)
HEVm2141 (HEV)
HEVm2171 (HEV)
Dawson River Sub-basin (WQ1308, WQ1309)
HEVa2121 (HEV)
HEVa2127 (HEV)
HEVa2141 (HEV)
HEVa2142 (HEV)
HEVa2143 (HEV)
HEVa2144 (HEV)
HEVa2145 (HEV)
HEVa2146 (HEV)
HEVa2147 (HEV)
HEVa2148 (HEV)
HEVa2149 (HEV)
HEVa2150 (HEV)
HEVa2151 (HEV)
HEVa2152 (HEV)
HEVa2153 (HEV)
HEVa2154 (HEV)
HEVa2155 (HEV)
HEVa2156 (HEV)
HEVa2157 (HEV)
HEVa2158 (HEV)
HEVa2159 (HEV)
HEVa2160 (HEV)
HEVa2171 (HEV)
HEVa2172 (HEV)
HEVa2176 (HEV)
HEVa2177 (HEV)
HEVm2061 (HEV)
HEVm2121 (HEV)
HEVm2141 (HEV)
HEVm2142 (HEV)
HEVm2171 (HEV)
HEVm2172 (HEV)
HEVm2173 (HEV)
Mackenzie River Sub-basin (WQ1304)
HEVa2177 (HEV)
HEVm2061 (HEV)
HEVm2062 (HEV)
Nogoa River Sub-basin (WQ1302, WQ1303)
HEVm2021 (HEV)
HEVm2022 (HEV)
HEVm2023 (HEV)
HEVm2024 (HEV)
Shorebird zones
Biopassage structures
Name
Construction year
Structure types
Stream name
Arraw Dam
2019
Rock Ramp
Norman Creek
Augustus Downs
2012
Culvert
Leichhardt River
Berrys Weir
2015
Rock Ramp
Bremer River
Bowenville Weir
2016
Rock Ramp
Oakey Creek
Brightview Weir
1945
Pool and Weir
Lockyer Creek
Bynoe River
2010
Cone
Bynoe River
Condamine Town Weir
2015
Rock Ramp
Condamine River
Dalmeny Weir
2016
Rock Ramp
Oakey Creek
Doomadgee Road
2009
Rock Ramp
Gregory River
Escott
2009
Cone
Nicholson River
Gin Arm
2009
Rock Ramp
Gin Arm Creek
Glenore Weir
2016
Cone
Norman River
Goondiwindi Weir
1993
Rock Ramp
MacIntyre River
Greys Plains Road Culvert Baffle Fishway
2019
Culvert
Spring Creek
Kirar Weir
2010
Mechanical
Burnett River
Little Bynoe
2014
Cone
Little Bynoe River
Longreach Fishway
2011
Rock Ramp
Thompson River
Loudoun Weir
2010
Vertical slot
Condamine River
Magowra Creek
2011
Culvert
Magowra Creek
Moonie Weir
Rock Ramp, Culvert
Moonie River
Munro's Crossing
2014
Rock Ramp
Oakey Creek
Oma Crossing
2008
Rock ramp
Barcoo River
O'Mara Road Dry Creek Fishway
2015
Rock Ramp
Dry Creek
O'Reilly Weir
1948
Pool and Weir
Lockyer Creek
Pear Tree Creek
2011
Culvert
Pear Tree Creek
Reilly's Weir
2010
Cone
Condamine River
Stonehenge Weir
2008
Rock Ramp
Thompson River
Wainui Crossing
2013
Rock Ramp
Oakey Creek
Wernadinga Road
2009
Cone
Flinders River
View information about legislation and policies
External links/description
Wildlife
Kingdom
Class
Native
Introduced
Wetland indicator species
Rare or threatened species
All
TOTAL
11,606
1,125
962
613
12,737
Animals
1,882
47
417
182
1,929
Mammals
202
20
8
41
222
Birds
638
12
101
71
650
Reptiles
473
2
43
45
475
Amphibians
95
1
35
8
96
Lobe-finned fishes
1
0
1
1
1
Ray-finned fishes
122
8
129
6
130
Cartilaginous fishes
6
0
6
2
6
Insects
322
4
94
4
326
Malacostracans
9
0
0
1
9
Branchiopods
1
0
0
0
1
Arachnids
5
0
0
0
5
Snails
8
0
0
3
8
Bacteria
63
0
0
0
63
Chromists
119
0
0
0
119
Fungi
1,452
2
0
0
1,454
Plants
8,086
1,076
545
431
9,168
Protozoans
4
0
0
0
4
Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DETSI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata .
Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps .
Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
Disclaimer: While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this product, the Queensland Government and Australian Government make no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaim all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a consequence of reliance on the product, or as a result of the product being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.
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This page should be cited as:
Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Great Artesian Basin and Other Regional Aquifers water resource planning area — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/water-resource-planning-area-great-artesian-basin-and-other-regional-aquifers/