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Drainage basin 2005 wetland system extents

Definition of drainage basin

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2005 wetland system extent by drainage basin metadata
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Drainage 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 172,970,898 294,465 1,153,886 4,085 514,040 38,302 60 2,846,158 82,004 2,584,951 7,517,952
Arafura Sea 26,297 8,637 251 8,888
Archer 1,380,035 45 14,757 29,067 10,378 54,247
Baffle 407,766 946 13,622 13 143 3 10,909 330 7,235 33,200
Balonne-Condamine 13,664,954 61,130 3,905 2,691 115,798 7,507 48,159 239,190
Barron 219,333 4,628 994 2 111 92 311 116 4,133 10,388
Black 105,519 754 1,041 11 430 45 3,449 5,730
Border Rivers 2,381,978 19,847 212 697 5,907 1,709 27,573 55,946
Boyne 249,301 1,725 1,660 8 4,226 4 36 4,025 11,685
Brisbane 1,354,920 20,799 664 124 558 5 3,542 638 22,245 48,575
Bulloo 5,203,638 397 20,396 128 149,905 271 23,344 194,440
Burdekin 13,010,930 39,127 2,259 5,534 4,385 2 46,027 2,441 311,363 411,139
Burnett 3,320,998 13,636 1,092 8 1,061 1,755 222 35,537 53,311
Burrum 335,101 3,006 2,772 8 66 2 9,140 164 11,111 26,270
Calliope 224,863 584 7,973 4 22 34 < 1 49 34 976 9,677
Coleman 1,278,450 19 19,476 49,313 11,161 79,968
Cooper Creek 24,386,792 3,884 165,462 1,997 2 504,286 1,102 276,603 953,336
Coral Sea 140,549 41 50,832 77 16 43 1,105 8 73 52,195
Curtis Island 57,804 14,357 112 941 4 174 15,588
Daintree 210,458 1 3,291 3 2,305 2,065 7,665
Diamantina 11,911,000 1,578 109,998 879 677,312 125 339,226 1,129,118
Don 374,512 1,093 17,056 1,897 89 < 1 624 3,676 15,845 40,281
Ducie 674,551 5 25,177 27,923 1,876 54,981
Embley 458,378 741 36,795 141 17,145 248 502 55,572
Endeavour 218,630 110 2,686 81 29 2,569 32 4,117 9,624
Fitzroy 14,248,292 52,022 28,623 46 6,597 7,224 4 32,938 11,954 152,295 291,702
Flinders 10,929,807 3,517 40,903 743 613 4 38,059 1,142 203,381 288,363
Fraser Island 165,949 3,442 2,824 12,115 1 18,382
Georgina 14,401,525 1,895 160,944 419 414,619 226 162,219 740,323
Gilbert 4,636,998 2,052 51,153 655 729 < 1 43,542 349 176,761 275,242
Haughton 407,055 1,647 31,981 364 92 1,063 5 4,351 8,444 13,960 61,908
Hay 279,520 5,797 63 5,860
Herbert 987,310 1,421 13,821 2 462 201 7 12,642 1,238 27,775 57,568
Hinchinbrook Island 39,692 8,100 515 180 8,795
Holroyd 1,030,690 18 5,578 < 1 21,411 5,092 32,100
Jacky Jacky 297,162 25,383 2,468 15,552 784 44,188
Jardine 327,317 < 1 2,222 19,296 1,522 23,041
Jeannie 362,572 10 16,716 1,605 7,091 11 3,194 28,628
Johnstone 231,781 353 3,548 12 4 4 4,605 43 1,710 10,278
Kolan 290,501 6,417 1,520 235 500 34 5,047 13,753
Lake Frome 15,184 1,535 3 1,538
Leichhardt 3,288,217 5,518 33,045 182 2,201 29,704 676 87,549 158,875
Lockhart 288,360 4 12,271 57 2,232 6,915 21,479
Logan-Albert 413,866 1,877 2,040 27 164 2 3,163 196 3,870 11,339
Maroochy 153,905 2,856 4,029 1 37 274 3 16,285 360 3,836 27,682
Mary 947,833 3,439 4,219 392 7 6,703 401 15,631 30,792
Mitchell 7,162,243 2,173 50,934 1,298 4,136 91,432 451 163,455 313,879
Moonie 1,465,738 4,600 10 724 1,295 361 4,954 11,943
Moreton Bay Islands 57,057 261 7,305 485 23 < 1 6,336 21 14,431
Morning 368,867 294 77,886 1,226 178 2,549 18 6,695 88,845
Mornington Island 99,830 45 11,807 1,075 4 12,931
Mossman 46,574 49 1,640 9 11 < 1 174 1 422 2,308
Mulgrave-Russell 198,740 1,665 5,112 164 38 < 1 8,459 5 2,043 17,487
Murray 110,739 327 8,180 2 2 5,385 30 542 14,468
Nicholson 3,574,411 461 113,965 526 30,249 204 101,775 247,181
Noosa 195,578 121 8,841 249 22 33,427 11 1,605 44,276
Norman 5,066,736 358 65,684 105 136 5 86,331 530 75,219 228,369
Normanby 2,438,587 508 28,238 78 17 40,268 14 23,283 92,407
O'Connell 238,854 809 12,954 20 48 1 1,075 227 3,171 18,306
Olive-Pascoe 417,294 4,652 1,073 4,504 6,076 16,305
Paroo 3,523,770 224 18,896 100 65,563 683 18,131 103,597
Pine 148,279 3,105 4,378 148 227 2 3,534 342 1,594 13,327
Pioneer 157,470 1,773 754 482 4,329 7,338
Plane 254,423 1,733 18,297 52 13 35 7,675 1,430 4,044 33,279
Proserpine 250,002 4,697 12,475 11 2 8 2 6,872 1,645 3,440 29,151
Ross 170,598 5,917 13,745 123 171 866 1,320 5,289 27,431
Settlement 1,188,868 4 58,810 5 16,762 8,561 84,142
Shoalwater 359,579 900 29,318 297 20,236 5,477 56,227
South Coast 130,572 2,218 3,309 416 < 1 1,741 515 1,312 9,511
Staaten 2,570,527 49 18,794 247 11 28,334 25 49,271 96,730
Stewart 275,475 < 1 6,262 2,276 5,403 13,942
Styx 301,068 1,249 26,480 831 26 88 861 7,348 5,058 41,941
Torres Strait Islands 57,023 93 5,328 2 618 663 6,704
Tully 167,593 1,592 1,947 8 19 4,390 83 1,640 9,680
Warrego 5,216,183 2,004 525 566 19,421 438 36,746 59,700
Waterpark 182,282 81 25,320 33 46 8,869 2,283 5,524 42,156
Watson 469,442 5 6,839 5,442 2,548 14,835
Wenlock 755,519 2 10,321 17,575 3,783 31,681
Whitsunday Island 10,687 578 16 < 1 594

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of drainage 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 basin 2005 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2005/basin.html

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