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Drainage basin 2001 wetland system extents

Definition of drainage basin

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2001 wetland system extent by drainage basin metadata
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Drainage basin Total area
(ha)
Wetland area by system Total
wetland area
(ha)
artificial and highly modified intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) lacustrine (natural) lacustrine (slightly modified) lacustrine (unknown degree of modification) palustrine (natural) palustrine (slightly modified) riverine
Total 172,970,898 277,691 1,154,153 4,133 514,040 36,963 61 2,848,275 81,268 2,589,352 7,505,936
Arafura Sea 26,297 8,637 251 8,888
Archer 1,380,035 45 14,757 29,067 10,378 54,247
Baffle 407,766 877 13,625 13 127 3 10,960 304 7,262 33,171
Balonne-Condamine 13,664,954 58,791 3,905 2,647 115,778 6,824 48,363 236,309
Barron 219,333 4,612 996 5 111 92 311 116 4,135 10,379
Black 105,519 745 1,044 12 431 45 3,456 5,733
Border Rivers 2,381,978 18,223 212 697 5,926 1,709 27,691 54,458
Boyne 249,301 856 1,660 8 3,313 4 36 4,092 9,970
Brisbane 1,354,920 20,588 664 135 573 5 3,573 653 22,282 48,474
Bulloo 5,203,638 385 20,396 128 149,922 271 23,381 194,483
Burdekin 13,010,930 37,522 2,259 5,534 4,387 2 46,053 2,432 311,945 410,134
Burnett 3,320,998 10,846 1,126 12 1,060 1,760 222 36,718 51,743
Burrum 335,101 2,936 2,772 8 64 2 9,195 164 11,130 26,272
Calliope 224,863 437 7,981 4 22 25 < 1 49 34 978 9,530
Coleman 1,278,450 19 19,476 49,313 11,161 79,968
Cooper Creek 24,386,792 3,669 165,462 1,998 1 504,367 1,060 276,850 953,407
Coral Sea 140,549 41 50,832 77 16 43 1,106 8 73 52,197
Curtis Island 57,804 14,357 112 941 4 174 15,588
Daintree 210,458 1 3,291 3 2,309 2,065 7,669
Diamantina 11,911,000 1,498 109,998 868 677,321 125 339,226 1,129,037
Don 374,512 914 17,056 1,897 92 < 1 674 3,637 15,846 40,116
Ducie 674,551 5 25,177 27,920 1,876 54,978
Embley 458,378 733 36,795 141 17,146 248 502 55,566
Endeavour 218,630 103 2,686 81 14 2,569 32 4,114 9,599
Fitzroy 14,248,292 48,167 28,748 46 6,598 7,148 4 33,641 12,001 153,014 289,366
Flinders 10,929,807 3,184 40,903 743 598 4 38,067 1,132 203,426 288,057
Fraser Island 165,949 3,442 2,824 12,115 1 18,382
Georgina 14,401,525 1,702 160,944 418 414,620 226 162,260 740,170
Gilbert 4,636,998 1,768 51,153 655 733 < 1 43,556 348 176,780 274,994
Haughton 407,055 1,602 31,982 364 92 998 5 4,357 8,453 14,020 61,874
Hay 279,520 5,797 63 5,860
Herbert 987,310 1,362 13,822 2 462 200 7 12,755 1,228 27,790 57,627
Hinchinbrook Island 39,692 8,100 515 180 8,795
Holroyd 1,030,690 14 5,578 < 1 21,411 5,092 32,096
Jacky Jacky 297,162 25,383 2,468 15,552 784 44,188
Jardine 327,317 < 1 2,222 19,296 1,522 23,041
Jeannie 362,572 10 16,716 1,605 7,091 11 3,194 28,628
Johnstone 231,781 329 3,548 12 4 3 4,605 43 1,710 10,254
Kolan 290,501 6,404 1,520 235 510 36 5,050 13,755
Lake Frome 15,184 1,535 3 1,538
Leichhardt 3,288,217 5,002 33,045 182 2,200 29,742 676 87,551 158,398
Lockhart 288,360 4 12,271 57 2,232 6,915 21,479
Logan-Albert 413,866 1,765 2,040 27 159 2 3,179 197 3,873 11,241
Maroochy 153,905 3,125 4,031 1 37 192 3 16,127 350 3,906 27,772
Mary 947,833 3,365 4,219 391 7 6,765 401 15,661 30,809
Mitchell 7,162,243 2,137 50,934 1,298 4,133 91,436 451 163,466 313,854
Moonie 1,465,738 4,215 10 723 1,299 361 5,032 11,640
Moreton Bay Islands 57,057 68 7,304 485 24 < 1 6,338 21 14,241
Morning 368,867 209 77,886 1,226 178 2,549 18 6,695 88,760
Mornington Island 99,830 45 11,807 1,075 4 12,931
Mossman 46,574 49 1,639 9 8 < 1 190 1 432 2,331
Mulgrave-Russell 198,740 1,665 5,114 164 38 < 1 8,462 5 2,044 17,491
Murray 110,739 365 8,181 2 2 5,468 30 546 14,593
Nicholson 3,574,411 459 113,965 526 30,253 204 101,775 247,182
Noosa 195,578 114 8,843 249 20 33,565 11 1,616 44,417
Norman 5,066,736 330 65,684 105 136 5 86,337 530 75,227 228,355
Normanby 2,438,587 490 28,238 78 17 40,268 14 23,285 92,390
O'Connell 238,854 686 12,954 20 43 1 1,090 226 3,195 18,216
Olive-Pascoe 417,294 4,652 1,073 4,504 6,076 16,305
Paroo 3,523,770 196 18,896 100 65,647 683 18,262 103,783
Pine 148,279 3,074 4,383 148 189 2 3,622 353 1,599 13,370
Pioneer 157,470 1,769 760 483 4,340 7,352
Plane 254,423 1,625 18,307 52 13 35 7,852 1,428 4,066 33,376
Proserpine 250,002 4,652 12,486 11 2 9 < 1 6,895 1,641 3,497 29,193
Ross 170,598 5,886 13,759 123 171 867 1,336 5,320 27,460
Settlement 1,188,868 4 58,810 5 16,762 8,561 84,142
Shoalwater 359,579 857 29,320 298 20,236 5,481 56,192
South Coast 130,572 2,195 3,327 393 4 1,820 515 1,319 9,573
Staaten 2,570,527 46 18,794 247 11 28,337 23 49,271 96,729
Stewart 275,475 < 1 6,262 2,276 5,403 13,942
Styx 301,068 1,244 26,494 821 26 88 861 7,348 5,091 41,973
Torres Strait Islands 57,023 93 5,328 2 618 662 6,703
Tully 167,593 1,677 1,947 8 19 4,405 83 1,647 9,787
Warrego 5,216,183 1,818 525 566 19,647 438 37,158 60,152
Waterpark 182,282 68 25,324 72 12 8,871 2,282 5,526 42,155
Watson 469,442 5 6,839 5,442 2,548 14,835
Wenlock 755,519 2 10,321 17,575 3,783 31,681
Whitsunday Island 10,687 578 16 < 1 594

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of drainage basins.

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.


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) Drainage basin 2001 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2001/basin.html

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