Drainage basin 2009 wetland system extents
Definition of drainage basin
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2009 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
303,376
1,153,711
4,098
514,038
38,504
62
2,844,348
82,302
2,583,400
7,523,841
Arafura Sea
26,297
8,637
251
8,888
Archer
1,380,035
85
14,757
7
29,065
10,378
54,291
Baffle
407,766
968
13,622
13
144
3
10,846
334
7,213
33,142
Balonne-Condamine
13,664,954
62,556
3,905
2,691
115,525
7,545
48,075
240,296
Barron
219,333
4,657
994
2
111
107
309
116
4,129
10,426
Black
105,519
756
1,040
11
425
45
3,441
5,718
Border Rivers
2,381,978
20,060
212
697
5,470
1,962
27,548
55,949
Boyne
249,301
1,843
1,660
8
4,226
4
36
4,023
11,801
Brisbane
1,354,920
20,954
654
120
561
6
3,529
632
22,212
48,669
Bulloo
5,203,638
402
20,396
128
149,875
271
23,339
194,412
Burdekin
13,010,930
40,194
2,259
5,534
4,517
2
46,018
2,307
311,181
412,012
Burnett
3,320,998
13,948
1,092
8
1,062
1,752
222
35,480
53,563
Burrum
335,101
3,182
2,772
8
77
2
9,095
182
11,090
26,408
Calliope
224,863
583
7,972
4
22
29
< 1
49
34
976
9,669
Coleman
1,278,450
46
19,476
49,313
11,161
79,995
Cooper Creek
24,386,792
4,044
165,461
1,997
2
504,193
1,102
276,192
952,992
Coral Sea
140,549
41
50,832
77
16
43
1,105
8
73
52,195
Curtis Island
57,804
14,355
112
941
4
174
15,586
Daintree
210,458
7
3,291
3
2,305
2,064
7,670
Diamantina
11,911,000
1,623
109,998
880
677,312
125
339,226
1,129,164
Don
374,512
1,187
17,054
1,897
89
< 1
624
3,681
15,827
40,359
Ducie
674,551
5
25,177
27,923
1,876
54,981
Embley
458,378
1,035
36,795
141
17,145
248
502
55,866
Endeavour
218,630
129
2,686
81
12
2,571
32
4,107
9,618
Fitzroy
14,248,292
54,051
28,619
46
6,597
7,238
4
32,764
11,995
152,050
293,365
Flinders
10,929,807
3,697
40,903
743
614
4
38,056
1,142
203,322
288,482
Fraser Island
165,949
3,442
2,824
12,115
1
18,382
Georgina
14,401,525
1,973
160,944
424
414,619
226
162,217
740,403
Gilbert
4,636,998
2,381
51,153
655
729
< 1
43,538
351
176,766
275,573
Haughton
407,055
1,813
31,981
364
92
1,055
5
4,350
8,436
13,950
62,046
Hay
279,520
5,797
63
5,860
Herbert
987,310
1,438
13,824
2
462
201
7
12,631
1,238
27,776
57,579
Hinchinbrook Island
39,692
8,100
515
180
8,795
Holroyd
1,030,690
18
5,578
< 1
21,410
5,092
32,099
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
11
16,716
1,605
7,091
11
3,194
28,629
Johnstone
231,781
362
3,551
12
4
4
4,601
43
1,709
10,287
Kolan
290,501
6,432
1,520
235
496
34
5,039
13,757
Lake Frome
15,184
1,535
3
1,538
Leichhardt
3,288,217
5,550
33,045
182
2,202
29,703
676
87,578
158,936
Lockhart
288,360
4
12,271
57
2,232
6,915
21,479
Logan-Albert
413,866
2,061
2,041
27
163
2
3,161
195
3,864
11,515
Maroochy
153,905
2,887
4,036
5
37
305
4
16,067
339
3,795
27,473
Mary
947,833
3,491
4,220
392
7
6,694
402
15,612
30,818
Mitchell
7,162,243
2,241
50,934
1,298
4,137
91,414
461
163,461
313,946
Moonie
1,465,738
4,918
10
724
1,295
361
4,950
12,258
Moreton Bay Islands
57,057
218
7,305
485
32
< 1
6,330
19
14,388
Morning
368,867
339
77,886
1,226
178
2,548
18
6,695
88,889
Mornington Island
99,830
45
11,807
1,075
4
12,931
Mossman
46,574
62
1,640
9
12
< 1
173
1
415
2,312
Mulgrave-Russell
198,740
1,669
5,113
164
38
< 1
8,455
5
2,043
17,486
Murray
110,739
327
8,180
2
2
5,354
30
542
14,438
Nicholson
3,574,411
622
113,965
470
30,249
204
101,774
247,284
Noosa
195,578
122
8,839
249
28
33,367
11
1,600
44,215
Norman
5,066,736
363
65,684
105
136
5
86,325
530
75,218
228,367
Normanby
2,438,587
548
28,238
78
17
40,265
14
23,282
92,442
O'Connell
238,854
844
12,953
20
51
1
1,062
229
3,123
18,283
Olive-Pascoe
417,294
4,652
1,073
4,504
6,076
16,305
Paroo
3,523,770
224
18,896
100
65,551
683
18,129
103,583
Pine
148,279
3,140
4,367
142
272
2
3,509
325
1,594
13,352
Pioneer
157,470
1,775
743
477
4,322
7,317
Plane
254,423
1,879
18,284
53
13
39
7,664
1,438
4,041
33,411
Proserpine
250,002
4,985
12,479
11
2
8
2
6,875
1,650
3,396
29,407
Ross
170,598
6,033
13,733
123
171
857
1,320
5,240
27,478
Settlement
1,188,868
4
58,810
5
16,762
8,561
84,142
Shoalwater
359,579
1,055
29,235
297
20,319
5,463
56,369
South Coast
130,572
2,267
3,301
407
< 1
1,737
513
1,309
9,535
Staaten
2,570,527
59
18,794
247
6
28,333
26
49,271
96,735
Stewart
275,475
1
6,262
2,276
5,403
13,942
Styx
301,068
1,278
26,442
849
26
88
860
7,364
5,045
41,952
Torres Strait Islands
57,023
93
5,328
2
618
663
6,704
Tully
167,593
1,595
1,947
8
19
4,382
83
1,646
9,681
Warrego
5,216,183
2,089
525
566
19,233
438
36,626
59,476
Waterpark
182,282
99
25,321
33
57
8,866
2,284
5,524
42,184
Watson
469,442
5
6,839
5,442
2,548
14,835
Wenlock
755,519
3
10,321
< 1
17,575
3,783
31,683
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 2009 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2009/basin.html