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Drainage sub-basin 2001 wetland system extents

Definition of drainage sub-basin

based on wetland mapping version 6.0 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) palustrine (natural) palustrine (slightly modified) riverine
Total 172,799,332 274,582 1,073,830 3,876 514,427 35,600 2,833,479 78,567 2,441,627 7,255,988
Albert River 78,190 215 38 48 250 38 1,066 1,654
Alice River 1,292,574 56 112 13 22,571 8,123 30,876
Archer River 1,068,849 25 14,757 28,030 7,454 50,265
Baffle Creek 407,766 874 13,612 13 123 10,603 268 6,874 32,368
Balonne River 3,823,383 42,790 39 998 8,175 3,400 27,817 83,219
Barcoo River 5,301,482 1,034 43 678 4,416 107 52,620 58,898
Barker & Barambah Creeks 591,904 3,549 20 531 36 3,989 8,125
Barratta Creek 184,660 1,221 17,785 167 22 644 2,778 6,761 4,469 33,847
Barron River 208,639 4,270 974 5 111 66 282 141 3,924 9,774
Black River 105,519 745 1,047 12 385 45 3,435 5,669
Bohle River 36,891 84 2,543 11 7 285 592 1,001 4,522
Bowen River 944,748 1,566 64 305 273 12 25,016 27,236
Boyne & Auburn Rivers 1,303,251 2,663 146 434 100 13,895 17,239
Boyne River 249,301 864 1,641 5 3,306 4 36 3,901 9,756
Bremer River 202,824 1,384 57 1,608 134 1,504 4,688
Brisbane River 701,500 13,161 663 135 84 859 194 11,035 26,132
Bulloo River 5,203,638 381 20,125 126 150,030 253 16,709 187,623
Burrum River 119,898 1,102 1,289 41 3,495 114 2,737 8,778
Caboolture River 46,673 270 1,154 85 2,246 80 473 4,308
Calliope River 224,863 437 7,981 3 22 25 49 34 949 9,500
Cliffdale Creek 622,991 4 33,987 2 7,928 2,893 44,814
Cloncurry River 4,733,390 1,778 297 11,759 66 127,654 141,553
Coen River 311,186 20 1,026 2,925 3,971
Coleman River 521,726 7 4,099 4 8,020 8,240 20,370
Comet River 1,727,489 5,015 3,026 843 4,427 276 15,148 28,735
Condamine River 3,051,741 13,666 319 641 3,111 672 12,808 31,217
Coomera & Nerang Rivers 130,572 2,200 3,337 394 1,819 515 1,321 9,586
Cooper Creek 9,575,241 686 143,237 210 453,976 409 89,294 687,813
Curtis Island 57,804 14,466 748 174 15,388
Daintree River 210,458 1 3,270 3 2,277 2,005 7,557
Dawson River 5,068,741 7,654 2,371 1,709 9,878 1,277 28,147 51,036
Diamantina River 11,911,000 1,447 111,814 864 674,960 125 272,371 1,061,581
Don River 374,512 879 17,011 1,884 101 734 3,549 9,172 33,329
Ducie River 357,911 5 11,900 8,136 934 20,975
Dumaresq River 431,196 2,753 1 331 15 7,360 10,460
Edward River 756,724 8 14,693 41,291 2,922 58,914
Eight Mile Creek 162,505 5,441 2 3,722 473 9,638
Einasleigh River 2,435,365 1,193 408 197 19,790 65 80,072 101,725
Elliott River 74,063 944 1,060 8 24 4,235 48 332 6,651
Embley River 191,482 274 14,135 1,195 54 15,658
Endeavour River 218,630 103 2,685 81 13 2,568 32 4,141 9,623
Eyre Creek 7,155,781 616 160,028 161 361,057 70 69,814 591,745
Fitzroy River 1,143,110 8,677 28,768 30 676 479 8,846 8,685 13,521 69,682
Flinders River 5,187,311 1,363 40,903 741 303 18,558 201 62,933 125,002
Fraser Island 165,949 3,442 2,821 13,110 1 19,374
Freshwater Creek 10,693 350 128 478
Georgina River 7,245,744 1,086 894 242 53,548 156 90,063 145,989
Gilbert River 2,201,634 597 51,153 247 328 23,093 208 97,080 172,707
Gregory River 91,049 799 349 1 1,268 2 4,095 6,514
Hann River 966,394 3 20,173 2 23,380 3 7,133 50,695
Haughton River 222,395 371 14,157 197 70 270 1,602 1,456 9,064 27,187
Hay 279,520 5,797 63 5,860
Herbert River 987,310 1,249 13,792 2 462 199 12,267 1,188 27,353 56,510
Hinchinbrook Island 39,692 8,096 529 178 8,803
Holroyd River 532,582 14 2,879 < 1 9,895 3,361 16,150
Isaac River 2,232,467 3,995 440 1,272 3,711 412 48,479 58,308
Isis River 50,091 90 57 < 1 64 3,785 3,997
Jacky Jacky Creek 297,162 25,385 2,511 15,458 785 44,138
Jardine River 327,317 < 1 2,346 17,783 1,518 21,648
Jeannie River 362,572 10 16,716 1,605 7,090 11 3,116 28,549
Kendall River 498,108 2,699 11,516 1,732 15,946
Kolan River 290,501 6,404 1,477 228 493 37 4,719 13,358
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 4,993 33,045 199 2,200 29,534 675 87,536 158,182
Lockhart River 288,360 4 12,271 57 2,232 6,915 21,479
Lockyer Creek 296,991 1,428 394 820 267 7,408 10,317
Logan River 335,676 1,545 2,020 < 1 115 2,962 103 2,576 9,321
Lower Burdekin River 1,048,562 11,745 2,255 32 991 576 503 55,461 71,562
Lower Burnett River 566,660 2,136 1,097 12 880 362 32 11,524 16,041
Lower Mary River 677,690 1,951 4,197 388 6,356 340 8,749 21,981
Macintyre Brook 432,482 2,318 102 140 79 8,883 11,522
Macintyre & Weir Rivers 1,518,300 11,349 197 530 3,818 1,015 11,153 28,063
Mackenzie River 1,305,897 2,452 140 1,031 4,070 1,006 15,529 24,228
Maranoa River 2,003,528 1,043 5 326 1,197 99 5,214 7,885
Maroochy River 153,905 3,125 4,026 1 37 194 16,306 350 3,909 27,948
Mcdonald River 273,439 8,667 16,403 839 25,909
Mission River 266,896 459 22,660 141 15,587 248 448 39,543
Mitchell River 4,131,477 813 37,111 1,050 3,769 60,811 95 120,426 224,075
Moonie River 1,465,738 4,416 10 716 1,099 359 5,023 11,624
Moreton Island 17,858 117 175 1,255 1,547
Morning Inlet 173,004 147 33,591 1,089 8 1,028 18 3,472 39,353
Mornington Island 99,830 45 11,807 1,075 4 12,931
Mossman River 46,574 49 1,631 9 8 182 1 421 2,302
Mulgrave River 131,677 135 4,219 164 38 3,090 1,451 9,097
Murray River 110,739 365 8,249 2 2 5,349 30 485 14,481
Nicholson River 3,574,411 459 113,958 518 30,261 204 101,782 247,182
Nogoa River 2,770,589 20,363 126 1,076 2,125 274 28,683 52,647
Noosa River 195,578 114 8,847 249 20 33,898 11 1,613 44,751
Norman River 5,066,736 321 65,686 105 141 86,322 530 75,627 228,733
Normanby River 1,472,192 482 8,020 78 15 16,889 11 16,083 41,577
North Johnstone River 103,100 72 7 4 118 28 844 1,072
North Pine River 57,693 2,640 2,145 14 72 898 45 571 6,384
O'connell River 238,873 689 12,983 20 39 1,082 175 3,169 18,157
Olive river 205,474 3,922 1,073 4,424 1,376 10,796
Palmer River 842,363 334 108 146 3,452 14,158 18,199
Paroo River 3,523,770 150 18,918 99 65,490 578 19,946 105,181
Pascoe River 211,820 730 82 4,700 5,511
Pioneer River 157,452 1,731 757 481 3,685 6,654
Plane Creek 254,423 1,596 18,223 52 13 35 7,443 1,539 4,064 32,966
Proserpine River 250,002 4,618 12,475 11 2 10 6,870 1,641 2,983 28,608
Ross River 133,707 5,802 11,246 112 164 590 745 4,272 22,930
Russell River 67,063 1,531 628 5,181 5 505 7,850
Saxby River 1,009,107 45 7,655 198 10,980 18,877
Settlement River 106,685 6,896 1 3,040 2,921 12,858
Shoalwater 359,579 857 29,304 291 20,252 5,465 56,169
Skardon River 43,201 4,630 2,360 86 7,077
South Johnstone River 128,680 249 3,511 12 3 4,295 15 833 8,917
South Pine River 43,913 163 1,081 134 31 437 224 526 2,597
Staaten River 2,570,527 46 18,794 247 11 28,296 23 49,271 96,687
Stanley River 153,605 4,610 4 264 37 1,902 6,817
Stewart River 275,475 < 1 6,440 2,149 5,403 13,992
Stradbroke Islands 29,106 3 995 310 4 4,633 33 5,978
Styx River 301,068 1,243 26,589 800 26 88 863 7,266 5,082 41,958
Suttor River 7,394,868 22,217 540 2,534 15,503 1,425 119,829 162,050
Thomson River 9,510,070 1,918 21,265 1,059 46,205 461 82,779 153,686
Torres Strait Islands 57,023 92 5,329 2 618 664 6,704
Tully River 167,593 1,661 1,891 8 14 4,392 83 1,549 9,599
Upper Burdekin River 3,622,752 1,808 4,395 565 33,984 550 111,315 152,616
Upper Burnett River 859,183 2,492 13 172 54 6,080 8,811
Upper Mary River 270,143 1,413 2 137 6 6,065 7,623
Wallam Creeks 4,786,303 604 3,568 635 101,156 2,386 1,703 110,052
Walsh River 895,828 857 29 207 477 8 19,181 20,757
Warrego River 5,216,183 1,798 525 566 18,838 438 37,152 59,316
Waterpark Creek 182,282 68 25,285 85 8,868 2,282 5,530 42,116
Watson River 469,442 5 6,837 5,435 2,259 14,537
Wenlock River 755,519 2 10,321 17,408 3,783 31,514
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 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2001/sub-basin.html

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