Drainage basin 2005 wetland system extents
Definition of drainage basin
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2005 wetland system extent by drainage basin Download this table in .CSV format
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