Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment 2001 wetland system extents
Definition of Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2001 wetland system extent by Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment Download this table in .CSV format
WQIP catchment
Total areaha )
Wetland area by system
Totalha )
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
42,620,437
140,898
401,154
3,592
17,479
17,702
256,487
62,894
689,715
1,589,920
Abbot Bay catchments (Burdekin) 118,919
129
3,718
1,736
17
39
968
2,551
9,157
Alligator Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 20,918
96
992
32
2
239
84
279
1,724
Allingham Creek (Burdekin) 109,324
3
72
2,196
3,966
6,238
Andromache River (Mackay Whitsunday) 40,599
73
1
88
2
845
1,009
Annan River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 1,883
48
732
205
5
152
1,142
Annan River - lower, outside National Park (incl. Esk River, Hardwicke Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 18,005
13
32
8
24
25
674
776
Annan River - upper (above gorge) outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 35,739
14
2
12
653
681
Annie River, Saltwater Creek and Fifteen Mile Creek (Eastern Cape York) 269,719
1
67
< 1
6,852
2
1,930
8,853
Baffle (Burnett Mary) 408,475
883
13,443
13
123
10,568
267
6,874
32,172
Bakers Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,822
115
964
3
368
37
114
1,601
Balclutha Creek (Eastern Cape York) 42,008
30
409
433
872
Barratta Creek (Burdekin) 116,808
703
3,483
22
43
1,133
1,233
3,559
10,175
Barron (Wet Tropics) 218,801
4,613
952
5
56
66
272
141
4,043
10,148
Basalt River (Burdekin) 286,199
55
28
3,101
4
8,553
11,742
Bathurst and Ninian Bays (Eastern Cape York) 24,974
7
< 1
7
Bathurst Bay draining creeks (incl. Muck River) (Eastern Cape York) 53,352
1,825
240
306
2,371
Belyando floodplain (Burdekin) 203,024
163
13
3,080
111
2,922
6,288
Black River (Burdekin) 147,723
1,053
3,243
11
28
723
623
4,497
10,178
Blackrock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 23,930
140
1,622
4
30
2
227
2,026
Blacks Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 71,090
1,091
1,233
2,324
Bogie River (Burdekin) 227,541
1,051
12
127
32
14
6,528
7,765
Bowen River (Burdekin) 113,792
335
21
20
12
6,675
7,063
Boyne River (Fitzroy) 249,748
864
1,643
5
3,306
4
36
3,901
9,759
Broken River (Burdekin) 228,731
841
6,888
7,729
Burdekin Delta (Burdekin) 113,151
735
14,154
167
875
1,891
5,915
5,280
29,017
Burdekin River (below Dam) (Burdekin) 146,880
327
448
253
99
7,590
8,716
Burdekin River (Blue Range) (Burdekin) 272,356
266
98
211
79
10,852
11,507
Burdekin River (Dam) (Burdekin) 370,188
6,967
< 1
80
300
2
26,884
34,234
Burnett (Burnett Mary) 3,319,539
10,840
1,098
12
1,060
1,499
222
35,488
50,218
Burrum (Burnett Mary) 337,174
2,950
2,663
8
67
9,085
164
10,949
25,885
Callide Creek (Fitzroy) 766,479
2,737
25
30
729
53
3,722
7,296
Calliope River (Fitzroy) 217,716
411
4,398
3
22
22
49
34
948
5,888
Camel Creek (Burdekin) 157,869
69
772
25
118
6
4,649
5,639
Campaspe River (Burdekin) 674,667
268
490
134
2,336
216
26,075
29,518
Cape Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 15,032
18
4,828
< 1
1,085
56
24
6,011
Cape Flattery dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 25,028
393
741
2,060
12
3,207
Cape River (Burdekin) 913,940
250
40
49
4,142
40
23,257
27,778
Carmichael River (Burdekin) 978,227
732
25
2,502
133
11,840
15,233
Carmilla Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 12,734
4
553
64
17
228
867
Chester River (incl. Scrubby Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 27,577
2
46
111
946
1,106
Clarke River (Burdekin) 646,961
112
47
94
2,077
19,358
21,689
Claudie River (incl. Deep, Swamp creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 15,927
< 1
165
70
628
864
Coastal creeks and dunes (north of Nesbit) (Eastern Cape York) 44,836
2
822
1,200
1,657
3,681
Coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 48,061
394
60
2,859
47
3,359
Coastal dunes north shore of Endeavour River (Eastern Cape York) 5,863
21
151
< 1
172
Comet River (Fitzroy) 1,729,049
4,999
3,026
843
4,427
276
15,148
28,718
Connors River (Fitzroy) 952,700
530
73
57
1,157
110
24,937
26,864
Constant Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,516
65
3,110
< 1
127
115
152
3,569
Curtis Island (Fitzroy) 58,456
14,608
749
174
15,531
Daintree (Wet Tropics) 210,670
1
3,252
3
2,261
1,994
7,511
Deighton River (Eastern Cape York) 67,273
9
91
617
717
Diamond Creek (Burdekin) 213,725
228
62
29
15
1,358
1,694
Don River (Burdekin) 120,812
291
1,703
14
19
71
42
3,314
5,454
Douglas Creek (Burdekin) 122,846
124
30
6
2,806
2,965
Dry River (Burdekin) 202,310
20
2
29
3,668
5,325
9,043
Eden Lassie Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,000
47
2,243
11
2
89
798
3,189
Endeavour River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 2,257
1,295
90
206
1,590
Endeavour River - lower (incl. Cameron, Poison creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 24,037
22
57
2
490
3
359
932
Endeavour River - north branch (incl. Isabella, Mango Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 18,019
5
88
253
345
Endeavour River - right branch (Eastern Cape York) 38,771
< 1
1,054
630
1,685
Endeavour River - south branch (Eastern Cape York) 14,720
0
Escape River (Eastern Cape York) 32,685
457
256
3,445
< 1
4,159
Estuaries draining into Temple Bay, Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York) 4,110
3,467
7
4
3,479
Estuaries (incl. Jacky Jacky, Escape, Harmer) (Eastern Cape York) 26,482
24,044
182
< 1
24,227
Estuaries (incl. Stewart, Rocky, other estuaries) (Eastern Cape York) 9,927
6,404
76
13
6,493
Fanning River (Burdekin) 110,772
25
20
195
1
6,421
6,661
Fitzroy River (Fitzroy) 1,133,947
7,979
24,431
30
676
479
8,705
8,100
13,555
63,955
Flaggy Rock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,893
51
635
< 1
192
160
1,038
Fox Creek (Burdekin) 320,794
432
63
281
384
1,810
2,970
Gillinbin Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 13,107
30
425
2
1,440
400
2,296
Glenmore Creek (Burdekin) 160,911
32
54
5,049
5,135
Glennie Creek (Eastern Cape York) 36,334
244
244
Goanna, Breakfast, Whiphandle creeks (Eastern Cape York) 56,201
15
272
1,038
1,325
Gorge, Running creeks (Eastern Cape York) 41,345
20
992
582
1,594
Gray Creek (Burdekin) 169,505
97
16
62
5
3,963
4,144
Gregory River (Mackay Whitsunday) 31,028
154
2,155
135
46
592
3,081
Hann Creek (Burdekin) 185,299
58
34
25
1
6,968
7,086
Hann Creek (Eastern Cape York) 28,672
2
2
Harmer, Little Harmer Creeks (Eastern Cape York) 108,898
161
359
1,778
312
2,610
Haughton River (Burdekin) 232,550
370
16,131
280
70
270
2,045
1,852
9,089
30,108
Herbert (Wet Tropics) 984,235
1,249
13,628
2
98
199
12,211
1,188
27,291
55,865
Hinchinbrook Island (Wet Tropics) 39,543
7,941
528
177
8,646
Indian Bay (Eastern Cape York) 863
0
Jack River and Beattie Creek (Eastern Cape York) 148,352
1,963
1,958
3,921
Jacky Jacky Creek (Eastern Cape York) 31,041
46
5,753
135
5,934
Jeannie estuaries (incl. Horwick, Starcke, Dead Dog and other estuaries) (Eastern Cape York) 9,543
8,530
0
< 1
3
8,533
Jeannie River (Eastern Cape York) 46,942
100
28
710
838
Johnstone (Wet Tropics) 232,153
320
3,517
12
4
3
4,458
43
1,676
10,033
Kangaroo River and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 28,105
13
290
997
1,299
Keelbottom Creek (Burdekin) 164,284
84
51
98
6
7,501
7,741
Kennedy Inlet / Newcastle Bay (Eastern Cape York) 24,824
403
16
75
495
Kennedy River and Little Kennedy Creek (Eastern Cape York) 253,270
14
14
3,289
1,766
5,083
Kirk River (Burdekin) 135,590
118
47
8,456
8,621
Kolan (Burnett Mary) 290,449
6,396
1,480
228
513
38
4,719
13,373
Landers Creek (Burdekin) 106,730
42
20
25
83
3,543
3,713
Laura River (incl. Mosman River, Kennedy Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 203,164
261
657
863
1,781
Lethebrook (Mackay Whitsunday) 37,352
147
694
4
2,526
94
534
3,999
Little Bowen River (Burdekin) 147,193
22
64
10
47
2,478
2,620
Little Laura River (incl. Shepherd, Pine Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 89,372
27
683
11
990
1,712
Lloyd Bay (Eastern Cape York) 5,422
518
518
Lockhart, Claudie and adjacent estuaries (Eastern Cape York) 9,537
7,782
11
26
7,819
Lockhart River (incl. Eden, Arroto and Scrubby creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 82,829
6
9
343
2,875
3,233
Lockhart town and surrounds (incl. dunes) (Eastern Cape York) 4,018
69
< 1
370
440
Logan Creek (Burdekin) 403,627
595
151
59
13
1,978
2,796
Lolworth Creek (Burdekin) 350,352
18
1,043
19
8,946
31
4,804
14,861
Lower Cape River (Burdekin) 298,561
6,967
11
9
229
146
5,322
12,683
Lower Dawson River (Fitzroy) 1,991,424
3,935
159
724
6,533
1,032
9,771
22,154
Lower Isaac River (Fitzroy) 272,514
404
170
486
21
4,296
5,376
Lower Suttor River (Burdekin) 268,899
3,947
81
297
8
7,313
11,647
Mackay City (Mackay Whitsunday) 17,126
31
1,618
5
599
22
220
2,495
Mackenzie River (Fitzroy) 1,297,741
2,489
140
1,028
3,974
998
15,501
24,131
Margaret Bay (Eastern Cape York) 833
3
3
Marion Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 11,201
17
674
20
141
349
1,201
Marrett River, Sandalwood and Birthday creeks (Eastern Cape York) 134,518
14
1,159
157
1,331
Mary (Burnett Mary) 946,581
3,348
4,262
390
6,445
346
14,815
29,606
Massy Creek, Rocky River (Eastern Cape York) 48,405
< 1
1
349
2,621
2,972
McIvor, Morgan rivers and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 58,801
501
321
2,998
637
4,457
Middle and West Claudie Rivers (incl. Gordon, Scrubby creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 17,736
0
Mistake Creek (Burdekin) 587,421
693
1,399
867
15
7,495
10,468
Morehead River, Healy Creek and Hann River (Eastern Cape York) 425,766
2
8,242
2,864
11,108
Mossman (Wet Tropics) 47,285
49
1,600
9
8
192
1
430
2,290
Mulgrave-Russell (Wet Tropics) 198,027
1,666
4,753
164
94
8,223
5
1,956
16,859
Murray Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 46,631
102
2,790
46
664
3,601
Murray (Wet Tropics) 110,656
364
8,736
2
2
5,259
34
487
14,884
Myrtle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 29,516
18
1,498
705
13
292
2,526
Native Companion Creek (Burdekin) 548,474
256
48
271
8
3,152
3,734
Nesbit, Chester and adjacent estuaries (Eastern Cape York) 4,338
3,026
37
84
3,147
Nesbit River (incl. Leo Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 68,059
< 1
444
121
565
Nogoa River (Fitzroy) 1,616,991
17,582
126
555
1,419
118
15,277
35,078
Normanby estuarine waters (incl. Bizant, Normanby, Saltwater and others adjacent Princess Charlotte Bay) (Eastern Cape York) 54,162
27,761
866
82
28,709
Normanby /lower Laura rivers (incl. Brown, Cabbage Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 205,565
3
78
4,519
986
5,586
Normanby River - lower and Bizant River (Eastern Cape York) 105,992
401
5,365
2,730
8,496
Normanby - upper (incl. West, East and Granite Normanby Rivers, Bridge Ck) (Eastern Cape York) 290,818
168
< 1
2,469
6,834
9,472
North Jacky Jacky Creek – dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 13,858
142
154
745
289
1,330
North Jeannie coastal creeks outside National Park (incl. Horwick River, Wakooka Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 110,554
5,269
44
628
979
6,921
North Kennedy River (Eastern Cape York) 191,510
1
4,122
1
1,438
5,563
Oaky , Wallace, Lyon creeks (Eastern Cape York) 33,909
578
578
OConnell River (Mackay Whitsunday) 48,766
233
586
15
16
307
29
847
2,033
Olive River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 751
470
101
571
Olive River (incl. Horseshoe, Scorpion creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 124,133
< 1
< 1
3,506
374
3,880
Pascoe - headwaters (incl. Little Pascoe, Fall creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 64,780
74
3,274
3,348
Pascoe - lower, outside National Park (incl. Tin and coastal creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 36,638
622
832
1,454
Pascoe - mid (incl. Garraway, Brown creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 31,243
266
266
Pascoe - mid (incl. Hamilton Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 11,269
206
206
Pascoe River estuary and other estuaries draining into Wemouth Bay (Eastern Cape York) 1,325
112
8
4
124
Pascoe - upper (incl. Yam, One Mile creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 36,658
115
115
Pelican Creek (Burdekin) 148,083
175
6
1
2,047
2,229
Pioneer River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,788
609
113
1,795
2,517
Plane Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 15,963
42
950
54
14
178
1,238
Port of Cape Flattery (land side) (Eastern Cape York) 9,437
10
10
520
348
11
5
904
Port of Cape Flattery marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 14,707
22
22
Port of Cooktown marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 3,067
11
11
Port of Quintell Beach marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 1,364
2
2
Princess Charlotte Bay (Eastern Cape York) 137,329
25
25
Proserpine River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday) 8,490
26
448
474
Reliance Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 10,662
8
1,545
5
66
8
93
1,724
Repulse Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 25,555
1,740
2
6
72
1,819
Rocky Dam Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 51,839
68
5,676
19
2,180
911
1,407
10,260
Rollston River (Burdekin) 144,919
82
35
52
6,040
6,210
Rosella Creek (Burdekin) 147,410
162
268
151
1,828
2,409
Rosetta Creek (Burdekin) 244,047
261
5
424
8
4,764
5,461
Ross River (Burdekin) 131,054
5,821
8,882
29
163
216
353
4,286
19,750
Running River (Burdekin) 110,538
9
1
3,433
3,443
Sandy Creek (Burdekin) 318,941
174
29
292
9
1,262
1,767
Sandy Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 49,935
1,112
834
13
< 1
537
24
721
3,242
Sarina Beaches (Mackay Whitsunday) 8,458
46
643
8
98
115
14
925
Sellheim River (Burdekin) 170,458
9,490
32
26
3,815
13,363
Shelburne Bay dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 49,236
70
2,754
889
1
3,714
Shelburne Bay (Eastern Cape York) 25,164
24
< 1
24
Shoalwater Creek (Fitzroy) 361,610
857
29,852
5
288
20,252
5,416
56,669
South Annan coastal creeks outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 15,542
560
263
205
1,028
St Helens Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,566
39
1,458
12
12
245
1,765
Star River (Burdekin) 199,399
54
14
145
7,744
7,957
Starcke River (Eastern Cape York) 50,093
66
38
990
462
1,556
Stewart River - headwaters outside National Park (incl. Little Stewart, Station creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 38,767
364
364
Stewart River, Terrible Creek (Eastern Cape York) 37,627
37
344
381
Stones Creek (Burdekin) 77,525
4
14
2,920
2,938
Styx River (Fitzroy) 299,512
1,243
26,389
800
26
83
862
7,266
5,082
41,751
Temple Bay and Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York) 5,735
4
4
Theresa Creek (Fitzroy) 1,149,860
2,756
521
684
156
13,407
17,524
Thompsons Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,013
216
3,683
< 1
3,362
1,457
69
8,789
Trevethan Creek outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 9,497
1
443
444
Tully (Wet Tropics) 168,340
1,661
1,891
8
14
4,478
79
1,547
9,678
Upper Belyando River (Burdekin) 583,589
240
44
156
263
2,069
2,771
Upper Burdekin River (Burdekin) 448,172
216
2,275
83
12,636
399
10,041
25,651
Upper Cattle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,841
417
417
Upper Dawson River (Fitzroy) 2,315,530
988
2,187
959
2,648
193
14,657
21,630
Upper Isaac River (Fitzroy) 1,012,469
3,058
367
1,046
2,149
289
19,247
26,156
Upper Proserpine River (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,621
3,943
163
4,107
Upper Suttor River (Burdekin) 515,807
812
356
413
57
9,491
11,129
Upstart Bay catchments (Burdekin) 129,031
452
10,659
134
66
584
2,539
3,292
17,726
Walker Bay (Eastern Cape York) 246
10
10
Walsh Bay (Eastern Cape York) 189
1
1
Waterhole Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 21,131
42
1,362
2
213
24
97
1,739
Waterpark Creek (Fitzroy) 184,786
63
25,914
85
8,889
2,414
5,568
42,932
Weary Bay (Eastern Cape York) 540
0
West Hill Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,396
8
1,393
1,033
282
212
2,929
Weymouth Bay (Eastern Cape York) 4,352
9
9
Whitsunday Coast (Mackay Whitsunday) 19,560
32
697
3
21
4
15
772
Wilson Creek, Portland Road coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 13,471
1
373
3
27
215
619
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments.
Disclaimer
Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
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) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment 2001 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 1 February 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2001/wqip.html
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