EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary) 2005 wetland system extents
Definition of EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary)
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2005 wetland system extent by EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary) Download this table in .CSV format
EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary)
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
81,568,762
251,524
461,288
4,077
65,678
25,050
45
680,346
76,323
853,328
2,417,659
Albert River (WQ1455)
78,090
231
38
47
226
46
1,072
1,659
Barron River Basin (WQ1101)
218,832
4,620
987
2
56
92
297
116
4,125
10,295
Black River Basin; Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1183)
177,757
72
< 1
73
Black River Basin (WQ1171)
105,881
754
1,044
11
468
44
3,510
5,831
Bremer River (WQ1436)
202,824
1,489
56
1,578
142
1,690
4,955
Brisbane Creeks—Bramble Bay (WQ1423)
20,910
84
1,017
137
20
409
206
169
2,042
Brisbane River Estuary (WQ1431)
56,853
573
780
114
58
< 1
378
158
1,003
3,063
Broadwater (WQ1463)
7,369
9
270
< 1
143
423
Burdekin River (lower) and Bowen River Sub-Basins (WQ1205)
1,172,373
2,774
76
435
306
26
38,282
41,900
Burdekin River (lower) and Bowen River Sub-Basins (WQ1206)
376,014
611
2,259
20
762
496
526
20,389
25,063
Burdekin River (upper) Sub-Basin (WQ1201)
4,050,894
8,506
4,433
682
1
33,990
550
132,896
181,058
Burrum, Gregory, Isis, Cherwell and Elliott Rivers (WQ1371)
337,435
3,022
2,885
8
66
2
9,163
164
11,111
26,421
Caboolture River (WQ1422)
46,673
279
1,151
119
< 1
2,216
81
475
4,321
Callide Creek Catchment (WQ1306)
812,565
2,918
68
88
767
154
3,913
7,909
Comet River Sub-basin (WQ1307)
1,729,722
5,710
3,025
845
4,433
311
15,134
29,459
Condamine River Basin (WQ4223)
3,052,097
14,974
288
702
3,511
704
12,052
32,232
Coomera River (WQ1462)
44,098
125
1,577
153
< 1
844
9
625
3,333
Currumbin and Tallebudgera Creeks (WQ1464)
24,017
64
111
43
102
4
214
539
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1272)
294,651
4
6,108
5
1
17
8
6,142
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1311)
282,167
585
22,608
116
22
34
< 1
990
39
1,150
25,544
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1331)
249,574
1,725
1,652
4
4,226
4
36
4,025
11,672
Daintree, Mossman, Barron, Mulgrave Russell, Johnstone, Tully, Murray, Hinchinbrook, Herbert Basins (WQ1082)
896,022
15
2,158
9
77
18
2,278
Daintree and Mossman River Basins (WQ1081)
257,005
51
4,915
12
11
< 1
2,475
1
2,483
9,948
Dawson River Sub-basin (WQ1308, WQ1309)
4,261,489
5,860
2,294
1,848
9,269
1,042
25,506
45,819
Don River Basin (WQ1211)
374,512
1,093
17,056
1,897
89
< 1
624
3,676
15,845
40,281
Fitzroy River Sub-basin (WQ1305)
1,145,362
8,795
28,686
46
503
1,049
8,676
8,666
14,249
70,671
Fraser Island Waters (WQ1391)
243,579
3,755
2,824
12,121
1
18,701
Great Sandy Strait and Coastal Creeks (WQ1402)
176,694
14
12,140
22
13,489
< 1
< 1
25,666
Haughton, Lower Burdekin/Bowen and Don (WQ1190)
261,005
478
9
< 1
0
487
Haughton River Basin (WQ1191)
417,158
1,657
34,024
445
92
1,063
5
4,865
8,836
13,979
64,966
Herbert River Basin (WQ1161)
987,202
1,421
13,760
2
462
201
7
12,603
1,238
27,715
57,409
Hervey Bay (WQ1372)
419,567
3
< 1
3
Isaac River Sub-basin (WQ1301)
2,234,727
4,665
440
1,272
3
3,771
478
48,877
59,506
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1011)
297,162
25,383
2,468
15,552
784
44,188
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1021)
417,294
4,652
1,073
4,504
6,076
16,305
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1031)
288,360
4
12,271
57
2,232
6,915
21,479
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1041)
275,475
< 1
6,262
2,276
5,403
13,942
Jeannie and Endeavour River Basins (WQ1061)
362,572
10
16,716
1,605
7,091
11
3,194
28,628
Jeannie and Endeavour River Basins (WQ1071)
219,033
110
2,701
81
29
2,585
32
4,128
9,666
Johnstone River Basin (WQ1121)
232,070
353
3,547
12
4
4
4,622
43
1,710
10,293
Lockyer Creek (WQ1437)
296,991
1,491
430
1
821
280
7,380
10,403
Logan River (WQ1454)
308,598
1,143
1,247
26
69
2
1,659
132
2,758
7,035
Mackenzie River Sub-basin (WQ1304)
1,298,488
2,980
140
1,022
< 1
3,825
1,008
15,198
24,173
Maranoa-Balonne Rivers Basin (WQ4222)
5,826,909
45,506
49
1,350
10,615
4,299
33,089
94,908
Maroochy River (WQ1411)
72,491
2,147
797
1
94
3,037
58
2,394
8,528
Mary River (WQ1381)
948,654
3,421
4,392
394
7
6,727
401
15,631
30,972
Mid Brisbane River (WQ1433)
55,583
653
< 1
< 1
6
11
1,344
2,015
Mitchell River Basin (part) and Walsh River sub-basin (WQ9190)
209,545
812
154
175
2
4,079
5,222
Mooloolah River (WQ1412)
30,926
486
102
3
86
2,010
3
1,238
3,928
Mulgrave - Russell Rivers Basin (WQ1111)
198,287
1,665
5,090
164
94
< 1
8,437
5
2,042
17,496
Nerang River (WQ1461)
58,503
1,871
< 1
206
< 1
102
502
384
3,067
Nogoa River Sub-basin (WQ1302, WQ1303)
2,769,437
21,092
126
1,101
2,198
294
29,423
54,234
Noosa River (WQ1401)
135,237
115
629
227
19
19,283
11
1,448
21,732
Normanby River Basin (WQ1051)
2,438,587
508
28,238
78
17
40,268
14
23,283
92,407
Oxley Creek (WQ1434)
25,822
249
54
8
14
362
2
246
935
Pimpama River (WQ1465)
17,028
149
1,616
12
550
89
2,416
Pine Rivers and Redcliffe Creeks (WQ1421)
81,581
2,755
2,248
12
88
2
909
54
949
7,018
Pioneer River and Plane Creek Basins; Proserpine River, Whitsunday Island and O'Connell River Basins (WQ1222)
1,888,078
18
1,441
3
23
< 1
129
4
1,618
Pioneer River and Plane Creek Basins (WQ1251)
416,817
3,519
20,231
52
13
41
8,358
1,504
8,370
42,087
Proserpine River, Whitsunday Island and O'Connell River Basins (WQ1221)
483,673
5,493
24,872
28
2
51
3
7,745
1,798
6,600
46,593
Pumicestone Passage (WQ1413)
148,488
218
3,594
< 1
35
96
3
12,109
299
359
16,713
Quandamooka (Moreton Bay) (WQ1441)
308,962
16
6,562
485
18
< 1
6,311
21
13,414
Queensland Border Rivers and Moonie River basins (WQ4161)
2,383,361
19,858
212
700
5,909
1,709
27,944
56,333
Queensland Border Rivers and Moonie River basins (WQ4171)
1,465,743
4,600
10
724
1,295
361
4,954
11,943
Redland Creeks (WQ1453)
27,861
504
1,066
< 1
48
1,278
18
41
2,955
Refer to schedule adjacent to Coastal Waters (WQ1010)
3,147,303
3,226
16
84
4
3,330
Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1181)
160,581
5,907
11,681
42
171
353
930
5,271
24,353
Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1182)
5,078
255
28
37
320
Sandy, Six Mile, Wolston, Woogaroo and Goodna Creeks (WQ1435)
15,846
54
2
78
< 1
156
291
Stanley River (WQ1439)
153,407
4,430
1
4
289
37
1,986
6,747
Styx River, Shoalwater Creek and Water Park Creek Basins (WQ1271)
843,730
2,230
82,168
864
26
134
10,025
29,866
16,059
141,372
Styx River, Shoalwater Creek and Water Park Creek Basins (WQ1272)
1,234,616
4
11,909
77
378
12
12,380
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1202)
2,045,793
7,885
1,005
227
< 1
3,132
342
60,127
72,720
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1203)
3,543,900
3,262
1,620
6,864
888
30,288
42,923
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1204)
1,822,016
16,088
658
1,239
109
29,382
47,476
Tully River, Murray River and Hinchinbrook Island Basins (WQ1131)
319,485
1,919
18,802
10
21
10,289
113
2,361
33,516
Upper Brisbane River (WQ1438)
548,262
12,093
1
31
6
8,440
20,571
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ0111)
5,201,398
397
20,248
128
149,627
271
23,344
194,015
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4221)
4,785,942
650
3,568
639
101,673
2,503
3,017
112,050
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4231)
5,215,915
2,004
525
566
19,421
438
36,746
59,700
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4241)
3,522,754
224
18,891
100
65,550
683
18,131
103,579
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundaries).
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 the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary) 2005 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 15 December 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2005/epp-water-plan.html