Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment 2001 wetland system extents
Definition of Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
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)
lacustrine (unknown degree of modification)
palustrine (natural)
palustrine (slightly modified)
riverine
Total
42,620,437
141,375
401,510
3,745
17,758
18,571
33
255,690
63,349
706,185
1,608,215
Abbot Bay catchments (Burdekin) 118,919
131
3,719
1,736
17
39
968
4,439
11,048
Alligator Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 20,918
97
999
32
2
240
84
280
1,734
Allingham Creek (Burdekin) 109,324
3
72
2,196
3,911
6,183
Andromache River (Mackay Whitsunday) 40,599
73
1
100
2
844
1,020
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
654
756
Annan River - upper (above gorge) outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 35,739
14
2
12
646
675
Annie River, Saltwater Creek and Fifteen Mile Creek (Eastern Cape York) 269,719
1
68
< 1
6,852
2
1,930
8,854
Baffle (Burnett Mary) 408,475
885
13,455
13
127
3
10,922
304
7,262
32,972
Bakers Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,822
117
974
< 1
3
363
42
115
1,614
Balclutha Creek (Eastern Cape York) 42,008
30
409
433
872
Barratta Creek (Burdekin) 116,808
715
3,482
22
43
5
1,226
1,331
4,287
11,110
Barron (Wet Tropics) 218,801
4,605
975
5
56
92
298
116
4,126
10,274
Basalt River (Burdekin) 286,199
55
28
2,821
4
6,254
9,162
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
160
13
3,094
111
2,922
6,300
Black River (Burdekin) 147,723
1,054
3,247
11
28
709
623
4,536
10,207
Blackrock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 23,930
140
1,622
4
31
2
232
2,032
Blacks Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 71,090
1,129
1,881
3,010
Bogie River (Burdekin) 227,541
1,051
12
130
33
14
10,164
11,404
Bowen River (Burdekin) 113,792
335
21
20
12
6,835
7,224
Boyne River (Fitzroy) 249,748
855
1,663
8
3,313
4
36
4,092
9,972
Broken River (Burdekin) 228,731
841
6,961
7,803
Burdekin Delta (Burdekin) 113,151
751
14,207
167
962
< 1
1,883
6,090
5,321
29,382
Burdekin River (below Dam) (Burdekin) 146,880
327
448
250
99
7,741
8,864
Burdekin River (Blue Range) (Burdekin) 272,356
284
98
212
79
10,371
11,043
Burdekin River (Dam) (Burdekin) 370,188
7,009
< 1
80
300
2
26,571
33,962
Burnett (Burnett Mary) 3,319,539
10,845
1,128
12
1,060
1,760
222
36,718
51,745
Burrum (Burnett Mary) 337,174
2,951
2,679
8
64
2
9,217
164
11,130
26,216
Callide Creek (Fitzroy) 766,479
2,809
67
30
727
53
3,760
7,445
Calliope River (Fitzroy) 217,716
411
4,398
4
22
22
< 1
49
34
977
5,918
Camel Creek (Burdekin) 157,869
79
772
25
108
6
4,336
5,326
Campaspe River (Burdekin) 674,667
268
490
134
< 1
1,031
164
25,846
27,933
Cape Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 15,032
18
4,831
< 1
1,085
56
24
6,013
Cape Flattery dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 25,028
393
741
2,060
12
3,207
Cape River (Burdekin) 913,940
250
505
49
1,895
36
22,904
25,639
Carmichael River (Burdekin) 978,227
739
25
1,837
97
11,305
14,004
Carmilla Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 12,734
6
548
65
17
230
866
Chester River (incl. Scrubby Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 27,577
2
46
111
946
1,106
Clarke River (Burdekin) 646,961
112
47
94
2,349
18,833
21,435
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
401
60
2,939
47
3,446
Coastal dunes north shore of Endeavour River (Eastern Cape York) 5,863
21
151
< 1
172
Comet River (Fitzroy) 1,729,049
5,076
3,025
845
4,505
276
15,151
28,878
Connors River (Fitzroy) 952,700
530
73
57
1,170
177
25,716
27,723
Constant Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,516
65
3,112
< 1
129
115
163
3,584
Curtis Island (Fitzroy) 58,456
14,499
112
941
4
174
15,730
Daintree (Wet Tropics) 210,670
1
3,273
3
2,293
2,053
7,623
Deighton River (Eastern Cape York) 67,273
9
91
617
717
Diamond Creek (Burdekin) 213,725
234
62
29
15
1,345
1,686
Don River (Burdekin) 120,812
291
1,703
14
18
< 1
71
42
6,366
8,505
Douglas Creek (Burdekin) 122,846
124
30
6
3,030
3,190
Dry River (Burdekin) 202,310
20
2
36
3,669
4,013
7,740
Eden Lassie Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,000
52
2,252
11
2
90
1,306
3,714
Endeavour River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 2,257
1,295
90
204
1,589
Endeavour River - lower (incl. Cameron, Poison creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 24,037
22
57
3
490
3
359
933
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
214
3,455
4,126
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
24,035
187
< 1
24,223
Estuaries (incl. Stewart, Rocky, other estuaries) (Eastern Cape York) 9,927
6,227
203
13
6,443
Fanning River (Burdekin) 110,772
25
20
195
1
5,681
5,921
Fitzroy River (Fitzroy) 1,133,947
7,529
24,410
46
503
1,049
8,922
8,075
14,247
64,781
Flaggy Rock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,893
55
635
< 1
192
172
1,054
Fox Creek (Burdekin) 320,794
442
63
281
384
1,929
3,098
Gillinbin Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 13,107
32
425
2
1,666
399
2,524
Glenmore Creek (Burdekin) 160,911
32
54
6,848
6,934
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
991
582
1,594
Gray Creek (Burdekin) 169,505
97
27
87
5
3,600
3,816
Gregory River (Mackay Whitsunday) 31,028
183
2,155
138
46
595
3,117
Hann Creek (Burdekin) 185,299
58
34
2
1
7,018
7,114
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
362
16,082
280
70
268
< 1
1,963
1,852
8,919
29,795
Herbert (Wet Tropics) 984,235
1,362
13,658
2
98
200
7
12,707
1,228
27,730
56,991
Hinchinbrook Island (Wet Tropics) 39,543
7,945
514
178
8,637
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
329
3,546
12
4
3
4,654
43
1,710
10,301
Kangaroo River and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 28,105
13
290
997
1,299
Keelbottom Creek (Burdekin) 164,284
84
51
98
6
5,258
5,498
Kennedy Inlet / Newcastle Bay (Eastern Cape York) 24,824
405
16
62
483
Kennedy River and Little Kennedy Creek (Eastern Cape York) 253,270
14
14
3,289
1,766
5,082
Kirk River (Burdekin) 135,590
118
47
8,232
8,397
Kolan (Burnett Mary) 290,449
6,395
1,523
235
532
36
5,050
13,772
Landers Creek (Burdekin) 106,730
43
20
25
82
5,300
5,470
Laura River (incl. Mosman River, Kennedy Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 203,164
263
657
925
1,845
Lethebrook (Mackay Whitsunday) 37,352
147
694
4
2,521
94
534
3,993
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
30
683
11
990
1,714
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
599
151
59
13
1,975
2,798
Lolworth Creek (Burdekin) 350,352
18
1,081
19
8,955
31
5,090
15,194
Lower Cape River (Burdekin) 298,561
6,967
11
9
155
142
5,381
12,664
Lower Dawson River (Fitzroy) 1,991,424
4,140
159
717
6,658
1,036
11,126
23,836
Lower Isaac River (Fitzroy) 272,514
405
170
486
21
4,274
5,355
Lower Suttor River (Burdekin) 268,899
3,947
81
297
8
7,314
11,647
Mackay City (Mackay Whitsunday) 17,126
31
1,596
5
585
74
220
2,511
Mackenzie River (Fitzroy) 1,297,741
2,497
140
1,024
< 1
3,826
1,009
15,417
23,913
Margaret Bay (Eastern Cape York) 833
3
3
Marion Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 11,201
17
674
20
140
349
1,199
Marrett River, Sandalwood and Birthday creeks (Eastern Cape York) 134,518
14
1,159
157
1,331
Mary (Burnett Mary) 946,581
3,350
4,284
391
7
6,716
401
15,661
30,810
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
2,999
637
4,458
Middle and West Claudie Rivers (incl. Gordon, Scrubby creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 17,736
0
Mistake Creek (Burdekin) 587,421
695
1,399
867
15
7,495
10,471
Morehead River, Healy Creek and Hann River (Eastern Cape York) 425,766
3
8,242
2,864
11,108
Mossman (Wet Tropics) 47,285
49
1,608
9
8
< 1
204
1
441
2,322
Mulgrave-Russell (Wet Tropics) 198,027
1,665
5,018
164
94
< 1
8,407
5
2,042
17,394
Murray Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 46,631
102
2,790
46
667
3,604
Murray (Wet Tropics) 110,656
364
8,667
2
2
5,377
34
548
14,995
Myrtle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 29,516
18
1,499
705
13
295
2,530
Native Companion Creek (Burdekin) 548,474
256
48
287
8
3,152
3,750
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
17,581
126
560
1,484
118
16,152
36,021
Normanby estuarine waters (incl. Bizant, Normanby, Saltwater and others adjacent Princess Charlotte Bay) (Eastern Cape York) 54,162
27,805
866
82
28,753
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
6,841
9,479
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
1,058
7,000
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
231
590
15
19
1
315
29
852
2,053
Olive River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 751
470
101
571
Olive River (incl. Horseshoe, Scorpion creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 124,133
< 1
< 1
3,504
374
3,879
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
3,176
3,358
Pioneer River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,788
609
114
1,797
2,520
Plane Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 15,963
42
966
68
14
181
1,272
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
449
475
Reliance Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 10,662
8
1,544
5
67
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
5,703
19
2,246
911
1,403
10,350
Rollston River (Burdekin) 144,919
82
35
52
6,040
6,210
Rosella Creek (Burdekin) 147,410
162
268
151
1,823
2,404
Rosetta Creek (Burdekin) 244,047
262
5
424
8
5,416
6,115
Ross River (Burdekin) 131,054
5,821
8,895
29
163
201
353
4,322
19,783
Running River (Burdekin) 110,538
9
1
3,600
3,611
Sandy Creek (Burdekin) 318,941
174
29
292
9
1,262
1,767
Sandy Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 49,935
1,130
837
13
< 1
534
24
715
3,254
Sarina Beaches (Mackay Whitsunday) 8,458
46
644
8
99
115
14
928
Sellheim River (Burdekin) 170,458
9,534
34
26
3,832
13,426
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
29,874
5
292
20,236
5,432
56,696
South Annan coastal creeks outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 15,542
560
264
205
1,029
St Helens Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,566
39
1,458
12
12
245
1,765
Star River (Burdekin) 199,399
54
14
157
7,260
7,486
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
1,244
26,294
821
26
83
859
7,348
5,091
41,766
Temple Bay and Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York) 5,735
4
4
Theresa Creek (Fitzroy) 1,149,860
2,756
523
692
157
13,391
17,519
Thompsons Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,013
216
3,684
< 1
< 1
3,387
1,457
69
8,815
Trevethan Creek outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 9,497
1
444
445
Tully (Wet Tropics) 168,340
1,678
1,946
8
19
4,495
79
1,644
9,870
Upper Belyando River (Burdekin) 583,589
244
44
156
263
2,612
3,319
Upper Burdekin River (Burdekin) 448,172
217
2,275
81
1
12,640
399
9,861
25,476
Upper Cattle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,841
417
417
Upper Dawson River (Fitzroy) 2,315,530
1,049
2,137
1,129
2,826
206
14,674
22,020
Upper Isaac River (Fitzroy) 1,012,469
3,095
367
1,045
3
2,201
289
19,116
26,117
Upper Proserpine River (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,621
3,943
163
4,107
Upper Suttor River (Burdekin) 515,807
845
324
413
57
9,551
11,189
Upstart Bay catchments (Burdekin) 129,031
485
10,703
147
57
524
2,627
5,025
19,569
Walker Bay (Eastern Cape York) 246
10
10
Walsh Bay (Eastern Cape York) 189
1
1
Waterhole Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 21,131
42
1,353
2
212
24
99
1,732
Waterpark Creek (Fitzroy) 184,786
63
25,961
72
12
8,892
2,414
5,565
42,980
Weary Bay (Eastern Cape York) 540
0
West Hill Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,396
8
1,413
1,143
165
205
2,935
Weymouth Bay (Eastern Cape York) 4,352
9
9
Whitsunday Coast (Mackay Whitsunday) 19,560
32
696
3
22
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.
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Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment 2001 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2001/wqip.html
— Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation