Drainage sub-basin 2001 wetland system extents
Definition of drainage sub-basin
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2001 wetland system extent by drainage sub-basin Download this table in .CSV format
Drainage sub-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
172,799,332
277,585
1,088,476
4,056
514,024
36,915
61
2,846,490
81,260
2,589,279
7,438,145
Albert River
78,190
221
37
45
247
46
1,073
1,670
Alice River
1,292,574
57
112
13
22,949
8,116
31,248
Archer River
1,068,849
25
14,757
28,040
7,454
50,275
Baffle Creek
407,766
877
13,625
13
127
3
10,960
304
7,262
33,171
Balonne River
3,823,383
43,095
22
1,000
9,476
3,521
28,034
85,148
Barcoo River
5,301,482
1,052
43
678
4,073
107
52,414
58,366
Barker & Barambah Creeks
591,904
3,550
20
534
36
4,211
8,351
Barratta Creek
184,660
1,239
17,832
167
22
730
5
2,888
6,994
5,125
35,003
Barron River
208,639
4,262
996
5
111
92
311
116
4,003
9,897
Black River
105,519
745
1,044
12
431
45
3,456
5,733
Bohle River
36,891
84
2,554
11
7
216
592
1,013
4,477
Bowen River
944,748
1,566
64
305
273
12
28,173
30,393
Boyne & Auburn Rivers
1,303,251
2,665
146
436
100
13,915
17,263
Boyne River
249,301
856
1,660
8
3,313
4
36
4,092
9,970
Bremer River
202,824
1,388
57
1,604
142
1,691
4,883
Brisbane River
701,500
13,160
664
135
85
< 1
860
194
11,210
26,308
Bulloo River
5,203,638
385
20,396
128
149,922
271
23,381
194,483
Burrum River
119,898
1,106
1,299
41
3,581
114
2,778
8,919
Caboolture River
46,673
269
1,154
85
< 1
2,289
80
477
4,353
Calliope River
224,863
437
7,981
4
22
25
< 1
49
34
978
9,530
Cliffdale Creek
622,991
4
33,987
2
7,928
2,893
44,814
Cloncurry River
4,733,390
1,778
297
11,872
732
127,651
142,330
Coen River
311,186
20
1,026
2,925
3,971
Coleman River
521,726
11
4,599
8,021
8,240
20,871
Comet River
1,727,489
5,093
3,025
845
4,505
276
15,151
28,895
Condamine River
3,051,741
14,013
288
683
3,520
701
12,083
31,289
Coomera & Nerang Rivers
130,572
2,195
3,327
393
4
1,820
515
1,319
9,573
Cooper Creek
9,575,241
689
143,421
237
1
455,785
424
129,434
729,991
Curtis Island
57,804
14,357
112
941
4
174
15,588
Daintree River
210,458
1
3,291
3
2,309
2,065
7,669
Dawson River
5,068,741
7,992
2,362
1,872
10,179
1,295
29,557
53,258
Diamantina River
11,911,000
1,498
109,998
868
677,321
125
339,226
1,129,037
Don River
374,512
914
17,056
1,897
92
< 1
674
3,637
15,846
40,116
Ducie River
357,911
5
11,900
8,137
934
20,976
Dumaresq River
431,196
2,770
1
339
15
7,448
10,573
Edward River
756,724
8
14,877
41,292
2,922
59,098
Eight Mile Creek
162,505
5,441
2
3,722
473
9,638
Einasleigh River
2,435,365
1,171
408
406
20,189
65
79,667
101,905
Elliott River
74,063
944
1,067
8
22
2
4,276
48
338
6,704
Embley River
191,482
274
14,135
1,233
54
15,695
Endeavour River
218,630
103
2,686
81
14
2,569
32
4,114
9,599
Eyre Creek
7,155,781
616
160,051
176
361,072
70
72,154
594,138
Fitzroy River
1,143,110
8,229
28,748
46
503
1,049
9,060
8,660
14,236
70,531
Flinders River
5,187,311
1,361
40,903
743
301
4
18,548
203
64,965
127,028
Fraser Island
165,949
3,442
2,824
12,115
1
18,382
Freshwater Creek
10,693
350
132
482
Georgina River
7,245,744
1,086
894
242
53,548
156
90,106
146,032
Gilbert River
2,201,634
597
51,153
247
327
< 1
23,367
284
97,113
173,089
Gregory River
91,049
797
349
1
1,275
2
4,164
6,588
Hann River
966,394
4
20,207
2
23,380
3
7,133
50,729
Haughton River
222,395
362
14,150
197
70
268
< 1
1,469
1,459
8,895
26,871
Hay
279,520
5,797
63
5,860
Herbert River
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 River
532,582
14
2,879
< 1
9,895
3,361
16,150
Isaac River
2,232,467
4,032
440
1,272
3
3,776
478
49,106
59,107
Isis River
50,091
90
57
63
3,850
4,061
Jacky Jacky Creek
297,162
25,383
2,468
15,552
784
44,188
Jardine River
327,317
< 1
2,222
19,296
1,522
23,041
Jeannie River
362,572
10
16,716
1,605
7,091
11
3,194
28,628
Kendall River
498,108
2,699
11,516
1,732
15,946
Kolan River
290,501
6,404
1,520
235
510
36
5,050
13,755
L Creek
195,863
60
44,295
170
159
1,488
3,223
49,395
Lagoon Creek
296,688
12,487
2,071
2,274
16,832
Lake Frome
15,184
1,535
3
1,538
Leichhardt River
3,288,217
5,002
33,045
182
2,200
29,742
676
87,551
158,398
Lockhart River
288,360
4
12,271
57
2,232
6,915
21,479
Lockyer Creek
296,991
1,431
430
1
821
280
7,393
10,356
Logan River
335,676
1,544
2,002
27
114
2
2,932
151
2,799
9,572
Lower Burdekin River
1,048,562
11,836
2,259
32
995
538
540
60,978
77,179
Lower Burnett River
566,660
2,138
1,126
12
880
616
32
12,366
17,170
Lower Mary River
677,690
1,953
4,219
389
7
6,627
395
9,553
23,142
Macintyre Brook
432,482
2,321
105
189
78
9,157
11,849
Macintyre & Weir Rivers
1,518,300
13,133
212
590
5,398
1,617
11,086
32,036
Mackenzie River
1,305,897
2,460
140
1,026
< 1
3,922
1,017
15,422
23,988
Maranoa River
2,003,528
1,063
26
326
1,279
99
5,229
8,023
Maroochy River
153,905
3,125
4,031
1
37
192
3
16,127
350
3,906
27,772
Mcdonald River
273,439
8,647
17,423
856
26,925
Mission River
266,896
459
22,660
141
15,914
248
448
39,870
Mitchell River
4,131,477
889
50,934
1,049
3,770
64,538
443
121,902
243,525
Moonie River
1,465,738
4,215
10
723
1,299
361
5,032
11,640
Moreton Island
17,858
117
175
1,255
1,547
Morning Inlet
173,004
149
33,591
1,056
19
1,061
18
3,472
39,365
Mornington Island
99,830
45
11,807
1,075
4
12,931
Mossman River
46,574
49
1,639
9
8
< 1
190
1
432
2,331
Mulgrave River
131,677
135
4,489
164
38
< 1
3,144
1,526
9,495
Murray River
110,739
365
8,181
2
2
5,468
30
546
14,593
Nicholson River
3,574,411
459
113,965
526
30,253
204
101,775
247,182
Nogoa River
2,770,589
20,362
126
1,083
2,198
275
29,542
53,586
Noosa River
195,578
114
8,843
249
20
33,565
11
1,616
44,417
Norman River
5,066,736
330
65,684
105
136
5
86,337
530
75,227
228,355
Normanby River
1,472,192
486
8,031
78
15
16,888
11
16,152
41,661
North Johnstone River
103,100
75
7
4
143
28
872
1,129
North Pine River
57,693
2,643
2,148
14
72
2
895
50
566
6,389
O'connell River
238,854
686
12,954
20
43
1
1,090
226
3,195
18,216
Olive river
205,474
3,922
1,073
4,422
1,376
10,794
Palmer River
842,363
329
108
146
3,472
14,210
18,266
Paroo River
3,523,770
196
18,896
100
65,647
683
18,262
103,783
Pascoe River
211,820
730
82
4,700
5,511
Pioneer River
157,470
1,769
760
483
4,340
7,352
Plane Creek
254,423
1,625
18,307
52
13
35
7,852
1,428
4,066
33,376
Proserpine River
250,002
4,652
12,486
11
2
9
< 1
6,895
1,641
3,497
29,193
Ross River
133,707
5,802
11,205
112
164
650
745
4,307
22,984
Russell River
67,063
1,531
625
5,318
5
518
7,996
Saxby River
1,009,107
45
7,647
198
10,809
18,699
Settlement River
106,685
6,896
1
3,040
2,921
12,858
Shoalwater
359,579
857
29,320
298
20,236
5,481
56,192
Skardon River
43,201
4,630
2,360
86
7,077
South Johnstone River
128,680
255
3,541
12
3
4,462
15
837
9,125
South Pine River
43,913
163
1,081
134
32
< 1
439
224
556
2,627
Staaten River
2,570,527
46
18,794
247
11
28,337
23
49,271
96,729
Stanley River
153,605
4,609
1
4
289
37
1,988
6,928
Stewart River
275,475
< 1
6,262
2,276
5,403
13,942
Stradbroke Islands
29,106
3
962
310
18
< 1
4,656
21
5,971
Styx River
301,068
1,244
26,494
821
26
88
861
7,348
5,091
41,973
Suttor River
7,394,868
22,284
1,005
2,506
< 1
11,248
1,330
120,149
158,523
Thomson River
9,510,070
1,928
21,998
1,083
44,510
529
95,002
165,050
Torres Strait Islands
57,023
93
5,328
2
618
662
6,703
Tully River
167,593
1,677
1,947
8
19
4,405
83
1,647
9,787
Upper Burdekin River
3,622,752
1,836
4,433
581
1
33,994
550
102,644
144,040
Upper Burnett River
859,183
2,492
13
175
54
6,225
8,959
Upper Mary River
270,143
1,413
2
138
6
6,108
7,667
Wallam Creeks
4,786,303
620
3,568
637
101,504
2,503
3,017
111,849
Walsh River
895,828
861
29
204
477
8
19,237
20,815
Warrego River
5,216,183
1,818
525
566
19,647
438
37,158
60,152
Waterpark Creek
182,282
68
25,324
72
12
8,871
2,282
5,526
42,155
Watson River
469,442
5
6,839
5,442
2,548
14,835
Wenlock River
755,519
2
10,321
17,575
3,783
31,681
Whitsunday Island
16,059
595
16
< 1
611
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of drainage sub-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 sub-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/sub-basin.html