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Drainage basin 2009 wetland system extents

Definition of drainage basin

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2009 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 172,970,898 303,376 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

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