Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment 2005 wetland system extents
Definition of Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2005 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
150,991
400,882
3,544
17,479
18,854
255,035
62,907
686,726
1,596,417
Abbot Bay catchments (Burdekin) 118,919
257
3,718
1,736
17
39
968
2,551
9,286
Alligator Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 20,918
101
990
32
2
240
84
279
1,727
Allingham Creek (Burdekin) 109,324
3
72
2,196
3,966
6,238
Andromache River (Mackay Whitsunday) 40,599
77
1
80
2
844
1,004
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
673
775
Annan River - upper (above gorge) outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 35,739
14
22
12
653
701
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
952
13,439
13
139
10,514
293
6,847
32,197
Bakers Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,822
117
960
3
366
39
114
1,599
Balclutha Creek (Eastern Cape York) 42,008
30
409
433
872
Barratta Creek (Burdekin) 116,808
705
3,483
22
43
1,133
1,233
3,549
10,168
Barron (Wet Tropics) 218,801
4,636
950
2
56
66
272
141
4,040
10,163
Basalt River (Burdekin) 286,199
66
28
3,101
4
8,553
11,753
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
182
13
3,080
111
2,922
6,307
Black River (Burdekin) 147,723
1,070
3,229
11
27
719
607
4,479
10,141
Blackrock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 23,930
152
1,622
4
30
2
227
2,037
Blacks Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 71,090
1,091
1,233
2,324
Bogie River (Burdekin) 227,541
1,063
12
125
32
14
6,527
7,774
Bowen River (Burdekin) 113,792
424
21
20
12
6,671
7,149
Boyne River (Fitzroy) 249,748
1,733
1,643
5
4,218
4
36
3,834
11,474
Broken River (Burdekin) 228,731
841
6,888
7,729
Burdekin Delta (Burdekin) 113,151
748
14,153
167
875
1,886
5,905
5,273
29,008
Burdekin River (below Dam) (Burdekin) 146,880
346
448
253
99
7,584
8,729
Burdekin River (Blue Range) (Burdekin) 272,356
277
98
211
79
10,852
11,517
Burdekin River (Dam) (Burdekin) 370,188
6,979
< 1
80
300
2
26,882
34,243
Burnett (Burnett Mary) 3,319,539
13,631
1,064
8
1,061
1,495
222
34,304
51,784
Burrum (Burnett Mary) 337,174
3,020
2,662
8
68
9,020
164
10,928
25,871
Callide Creek (Fitzroy) 766,479
2,820
25
30
729
53
3,722
7,379
Calliope River (Fitzroy) 217,716
567
4,390
3
22
31
49
34
946
6,043
Camel Creek (Burdekin) 157,869
74
772
25
118
6
4,649
5,644
Campaspe River (Burdekin) 674,667
310
490
134
2,335
216
26,054
29,540
Cape Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 15,032
18
4,827
< 1
1,077
56
24
6,003
Cape Flattery dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 25,028
393
741
2,060
12
3,207
Cape River (Burdekin) 913,940
253
40
49
4,142
40
23,235
27,758
Carmichael River (Burdekin) 978,227
735
25
2,484
133
11,786
15,163
Carmilla Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 12,734
8
553
64
17
227
870
Chester River (incl. Scrubby Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 27,577
2
46
111
946
1,106
Clarke River (Burdekin) 646,961
133
47
92
2,077
19,357
21,706
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
5,684
3,026
844
4,355
311
15,136
29,355
Connors River (Fitzroy) 952,700
753
73
57
1,149
110
24,881
27,022
Constant Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,516
71
3,110
< 1
127
115
151
3,575
Curtis Island (Fitzroy) 58,456
14,608
749
174
15,531
Daintree (Wet Tropics) 210,670
1
3,256
3
2,257
1,996
7,514
Deighton River (Eastern Cape York) 67,273
9
91
617
717
Diamond Creek (Burdekin) 213,725
279
62
29
15
1,354
1,740
Don River (Burdekin) 120,812
323
1,703
14
15
60
42
3,314
5,472
Douglas Creek (Burdekin) 122,846
124
30
6
2,802
2,961
Dry River (Burdekin) 202,310
38
2
29
3,655
5,318
9,042
Eden Lassie Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,000
49
2,242
11
2
89
781
3,174
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
24
57
< 1
490
3
358
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
29
20
195
1
6,419
6,663
Fitzroy River (Fitzroy) 1,133,947
8,545
24,305
30
676
479
8,326
8,100
13,536
63,997
Flaggy Rock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,893
51
635
< 1
134
153
973
Fox Creek (Burdekin) 320,794
443
63
281
384
1,789
2,961
Gillinbin Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 13,107
30
425
2
1,440
400
2,296
Glenmore Creek (Burdekin) 160,911
39
54
5,049
5,142
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
111
16
62
5
3,963
4,157
Gregory River (Mackay Whitsunday) 31,028
171
2,155
133
46
589
3,094
Hann Creek (Burdekin) 185,299
82
34
25
1
6,943
7,085
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
408
16,131
280
70
335
2,044
1,852
9,044
30,164
Herbert (Wet Tropics) 984,235
1,319
13,611
2
98
200
12,068
1,198
27,265
55,760
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
344
3,517
12
4
3
4,460
43
1,676
10,058
Kangaroo River and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 28,105
13
290
997
1,299
Keelbottom Creek (Burdekin) 164,284
84
51
98
6
7,500
7,740
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
122
47
8,452
8,621
Kolan (Burnett Mary) 290,449
6,407
1,480
228
502
36
4,717
13,370
Landers Creek (Burdekin) 106,730
42
20
25
83
3,542
3,712
Laura River (incl. Mosman River, Kennedy Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 203,164
266
657
863
1,786
Lethebrook (Mackay Whitsunday) 37,352
170
694
4
2,527
94
504
3,992
Little Bowen River (Burdekin) 147,193
24
64
10
47
2,478
2,622
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
1,082
151
59
13
1,969
3,274
Lolworth Creek (Burdekin) 350,352
19
1,043
19
8,946
31
4,804
14,862
Lower Cape River (Burdekin) 298,561
6,975
11
9
228
146
5,321
12,691
Lower Dawson River (Fitzroy) 1,991,424
4,261
159
784
6,431
910
9,758
22,304
Lower Isaac River (Fitzroy) 272,514
428
170
486
21
4,258
5,362
Lower Suttor River (Burdekin) 268,899
4,012
81
297
8
7,297
11,695
Mackay City (Mackay Whitsunday) 17,126
31
1,619
5
585
22
220
2,481
Mackenzie River (Fitzroy) 1,297,741
3,008
140
1,027
3,956
989
15,308
24,429
Margaret Bay (Eastern Cape York) 833
3
3
Marion Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 11,201
84
672
20
139
348
1,263
Marrett River, Sandalwood and Birthday creeks (Eastern Cape York) 134,518
14
1,159
157
1,331
Mary (Burnett Mary) 946,581
3,420
4,262
391
6,388
346
14,783
29,591
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
1,100
1,399
867
15
7,420
10,800
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
11
176
1
420
2,266
Mulgrave-Russell (Wet Tropics) 198,027
1,666
4,736
164
94
8,199
5
1,961
16,824
Murray Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 46,631
112
2,792
45
657
3,606
Murray (Wet Tropics) 110,656
327
8,736
2
2
5,176
34
486
14,762
Myrtle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 29,516
18
1,498
705
13
292
2,526
Native Companion Creek (Burdekin) 548,474
314
48
271
8
2,925
3,566
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
17,708
126
577
1,419
137
15,227
35,193
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
180
< 1
2,469
6,833
9,483
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
5
578
583
OConnell River (Mackay Whitsunday) 48,766
322
590
15
21
305
29
836
2,118
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
200
6
1
2,047
2,254
Pioneer River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,788
613
112
1,787
2,511
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
521
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
443
469
Reliance Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 10,662
8
1,545
5
66
8
92
1,724
Repulse Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 25,555
1,740
2
6
72
1,819
Rocky Dam Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 51,839
78
5,674
19
2,082
911
1,396
10,160
Rollston River (Burdekin) 144,919
103
35
52
6,039
6,229
Rosella Creek (Burdekin) 147,410
185
268
151
1,779
2,383
Rosetta Creek (Burdekin) 244,047
269
5
424
8
4,762
5,468
Ross River (Burdekin) 131,054
5,836
8,880
29
163
216
353
4,267
19,743
Running River (Burdekin) 110,538
9
1
3,433
3,443
Sandy Creek (Burdekin) 318,941
179
29
291
9
1,223
1,731
Sandy Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 49,935
1,122
832
13
< 1
536
24
717
3,244
Sarina Beaches (Mackay Whitsunday) 8,458
54
643
8
98
115
14
933
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
900
29,842
5
285
20,252
5,411
56,695
South Annan coastal creeks outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 15,542
560
263
205
1,027
St Helens Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,566
40
1,457
13
12
243
1,765
Star River (Burdekin) 199,399
55
14
145
7,744
7,958
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
2,918
2,937
Styx River (Fitzroy) 299,512
1,248
26,375
810
26
83
862
7,266
5,052
41,722
Temple Bay and Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York) 5,735
4
4
Theresa Creek (Fitzroy) 1,149,860
3,321
521
684
156
13,344
18,026
Thompsons Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,013
218
3,683
2
3,345
1,457
69
8,774
Trevethan Creek outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 9,497
1
443
445
Tully (Wet Tropics) 168,340
1,575
1,890
8
15
4,469
79
1,536
9,572
Upper Belyando River (Burdekin) 583,589
285
44
156
263
2,044
2,792
Upper Burdekin River (Burdekin) 448,172
221
2,275
83
12,636
399
10,041
25,655
Upper Cattle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,841
415
415
Upper Dawson River (Fitzroy) 2,315,530
1,347
2,186
959
2,571
216
14,528
21,807
Upper Isaac River (Fitzroy) 1,012,469
3,447
367
1,046
2,147
289
19,112
26,407
Upper Proserpine River (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,621
3,945
162
4,107
Upper Suttor River (Burdekin) 515,807
841
356
404
66
9,474
11,140
Upstart Bay catchments (Burdekin) 129,031
471
10,659
134
66
545
2,577
3,286
17,738
Walker Bay (Eastern Cape York) 246
10
10
Walsh Bay (Eastern Cape York) 189
1
1
Waterhole Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 21,131
43
1,357
2
209
24
93
1,728
Waterpark Creek (Fitzroy) 184,786
77
25,910
33
46
8,887
2,415
5,566
42,934
Weary Bay (Eastern Cape York) 540
0
West Hill Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,396
12
1,393
1,033
282
212
2,933
Weymouth Bay (Eastern Cape York) 4,352
9
9
Whitsunday Coast (Mackay Whitsunday) 19,560
33
687
2
15
8
15
760
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 2005 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 1 February 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2005/wqip.html
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