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Drainage sub-basin 2001 wetland system extents

Definition of drainage sub-basin

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2001 wetland system extent by drainage sub-basin metadata
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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

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