Drainage basin 2001 wetland system extents
Definition of drainage basin
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2001 wetland system extent by drainage basin Download this table in .CSV format
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