Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment 2009 wetland system extents
Definition of Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2009 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
155,857
400,758
3,562
17,479
18,997
254,607
62,935
685,945
1,600,139
Abbot Bay catchments (Burdekin) 118,919
267
3,718
1,736
17
39
968
2,548
9,293
Alligator Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 20,918
104
989
32
2
240
84
279
1,729
Allingham Creek (Burdekin) 109,324
3
72
2,196
3,966
6,238
Andromache River (Mackay Whitsunday) 40,599
79
1
80
2
842
1,005
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
42
2
12
653
708
Annie River, Saltwater Creek and Fifteen Mile Creek (Eastern Cape York) 269,719
2
67
< 1
6,849
2
1,930
8,852
Baffle (Burnett Mary) 408,475
973
13,439
13
139
10,448
293
6,820
32,125
Bakers Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,822
150
957
1
6
357
44
114
1,628
Balclutha Creek (Eastern Cape York) 42,008
30
409
433
872
Barratta Creek (Burdekin) 116,808
706
3,483
22
43
1,133
1,233
3,548
10,167
Barron (Wet Tropics) 218,801
4,668
955
2
56
67
271
141
4,036
10,194
Basalt River (Burdekin) 286,199
80
28
3,101
4
8,553
11,767
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
185
13
3,080
111
2,922
6,310
Black River (Burdekin) 147,723
1,093
3,214
11
27
700
607
4,436
10,088
Blackrock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 23,930
154
1,622
4
30
2
227
2,040
Blacks Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 71,090
1,091
1,233
2,324
Bogie River (Burdekin) 227,541
1,066
12
125
32
14
6,527
7,777
Bowen River (Burdekin) 113,792
437
21
20
12
6,669
7,159
Boyne River (Fitzroy) 249,748
1,851
1,643
5
4,218
4
36
3,832
11,589
Broken River (Burdekin) 228,731
844
6,888
7,731
Burdekin Delta (Burdekin) 113,151
796
14,153
167
877
1,886
5,896
5,271
29,046
Burdekin River (below Dam) (Burdekin) 146,880
349
448
253
99
7,583
8,731
Burdekin River (Blue Range) (Burdekin) 272,356
285
98
211
79
10,851
11,524
Burdekin River (Dam) (Burdekin) 370,188
6,982
< 1
80
300
2
26,881
34,246
Burnett (Burnett Mary) 3,319,539
13,938
1,064
8
1,061
1,492
222
34,244
52,030
Burrum (Burnett Mary) 337,174
3,194
2,662
8
79
8,975
182
10,904
26,004
Callide Creek (Fitzroy) 766,479
2,871
25
30
729
53
3,722
7,430
Calliope River (Fitzroy) 217,716
568
4,389
3
22
29
49
34
946
6,040
Camel Creek (Burdekin) 157,869
78
772
25
118
6
4,649
5,648
Campaspe River (Burdekin) 674,667
358
490
134
2,332
216
26,036
29,566
Cape Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 15,032
20
4,827
< 1
1,077
56
24
6,004
Cape Flattery dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 25,028
393
741
2,060
12
3,207
Cape River (Burdekin) 913,940
253
40
49
4,106
40
23,235
27,723
Carmichael River (Burdekin) 978,227
741
25
2,484
133
11,785
15,168
Carmilla Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 12,734
19
553
64
17
227
879
Chester River (incl. Scrubby Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 27,577
2
46
111
946
1,106
Clarke River (Burdekin) 646,961
148
47
92
2,077
19,350
21,713
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
5,936
3,026
844
4,355
311
15,132
29,604
Connors River (Fitzroy) 952,700
966
73
57
1,144
110
24,832
27,181
Constant Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,516
73
3,110
< 1
127
115
151
3,577
Curtis Island (Fitzroy) 58,456
14,607
749
174
15,529
Daintree (Wet Tropics) 210,670
7
3,257
3
2,259
1,999
7,525
Deighton River (Eastern Cape York) 67,273
10
91
617
718
Diamond Creek (Burdekin) 213,725
311
62
29
15
1,354
1,772
Don River (Burdekin) 120,812
388
1,703
14
15
60
45
3,311
5,536
Douglas Creek (Burdekin) 122,846
125
30
6
2,801
2,961
Dry River (Burdekin) 202,310
43
2
29
3,655
5,312
9,040
Eden Lassie Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,000
234
2,242
11
2
88
765
3,342
Endeavour River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 2,257
1,295
90
204
1,588
Endeavour River - lower (incl. Cameron, Poison creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 24,037
24
57
< 1
490
3
357
931
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
31
20
195
1
6,419
6,665
Fitzroy River (Fitzroy) 1,133,947
8,620
24,303
30
676
481
8,320
8,126
13,529
64,085
Flaggy Rock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,893
58
635
< 1
128
153
974
Fox Creek (Burdekin) 320,794
537
63
279
384
1,789
3,052
Gillinbin Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 13,107
30
425
2
1,440
399
2,295
Glenmore Creek (Burdekin) 160,911
40
54
5,049
5,143
Glennie Creek (Eastern Cape York) 36,334
244
244
Goanna, Breakfast, Whiphandle creeks (Eastern Cape York) 56,201
< 1
15
272
1,038
1,326
Gorge, Running creeks (Eastern Cape York) 41,345
20
992
582
1,594
Gray Creek (Burdekin) 169,505
120
18
62
5
3,963
4,168
Gregory River (Mackay Whitsunday) 31,028
244
2,150
134
50
585
3,163
Hann Creek (Burdekin) 185,299
85
34
25
1
6,942
7,087
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
543
16,131
280
70
326
2,043
1,853
9,034
30,280
Herbert (Wet Tropics) 984,235
1,332
13,616
2
98
200
12,081
1,198
27,266
55,793
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
352
3,516
12
4
3
4,454
43
1,675
10,060
Kangaroo River and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 28,105
13
290
997
1,299
Keelbottom Creek (Burdekin) 164,284
84
51
98
6
7,499
7,739
Kennedy Inlet / Newcastle Bay (Eastern Cape York) 24,824
403
16
75
495
Kennedy River and Little Kennedy Creek (Eastern Cape York) 253,270
21
14
3,286
1,766
5,087
Kirk River (Burdekin) 135,590
149
47
8,451
8,647
Kolan (Burnett Mary) 290,449
6,423
1,480
228
498
36
4,709
13,374
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
270
657
863
1,790
Lethebrook (Mackay Whitsunday) 37,352
190
694
4
2,540
94
495
4,016
Little Bowen River (Burdekin) 147,193
25
64
10
47
2,477
2,623
Little Laura River (incl. Shepherd, Pine Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 89,372
45
683
11
990
1,730
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
1,119
151
59
13
1,969
3,311
Lolworth Creek (Burdekin) 350,352
19
1,043
19
8,946
31
4,804
14,862
Lower Cape River (Burdekin) 298,561
6,979
11
9
228
146
5,321
12,694
Lower Dawson River (Fitzroy) 1,991,424
4,558
159
784
6,407
910
9,758
22,576
Lower Isaac River (Fitzroy) 272,514
460
170
491
21
4,256
5,397
Lower Suttor River (Burdekin) 268,899
4,016
81
297
8
7,275
11,677
Mackay City (Mackay Whitsunday) 17,126
33
1,614
5
582
22
213
2,470
Mackenzie River (Fitzroy) 1,297,741
3,241
140
1,036
3,829
996
15,248
24,490
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
3,472
4,264
391
6,379
347
14,762
29,615
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
1,194
1,399
867
15
7,418
10,892
Morehead River, Healy Creek and Hann River (Eastern Cape York) 425,766
2
8,242
2,864
11,108
Mossman (Wet Tropics) 47,285
64
1,602
9
11
177
1
412
2,278
Mulgrave-Russell (Wet Tropics) 198,027
1,669
4,742
164
94
8,200
5
1,961
16,833
Murray Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 46,631
116
2,793
45
656
3,610
Murray (Wet Tropics) 110,656
327
8,737
2
2
5,164
34
494
14,760
Myrtle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 29,516
18
1,498
705
13
295
2,529
Native Companion Creek (Burdekin) 548,474
397
48
271
8
2,925
3,649
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
17,803
126
577
1,419
137
15,207
35,269
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
7
78
4,519
986
5,590
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
6,831
9,482
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
575
580
OConnell River (Mackay Whitsunday) 48,766
341
588
15
22
306
29
802
2,105
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
387
6
1
2,047
2,440
Pioneer River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,788
616
110
1,784
2,509
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
432
458
Reliance Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 10,662
10
1,545
5
65
10
92
1,726
Repulse Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 25,555
1,740
2
6
72
1,819
Rocky Dam Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 51,839
94
5,675
19
2,060
911
1,395
10,154
Rollston River (Burdekin) 144,919
103
35
52
6,039
6,229
Rosella Creek (Burdekin) 147,410
231
268
151
1,779
2,429
Rosetta Creek (Burdekin) 244,047
282
5
424
8
4,762
5,480
Ross River (Burdekin) 131,054
5,900
8,880
29
163
216
353
4,252
19,793
Running River (Burdekin) 110,538
15
1
3,433
3,450
Sandy Creek (Burdekin) 318,941
221
29
291
9
1,223
1,774
Sandy Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 49,935
1,185
831
13
< 1
535
27
717
3,308
Sarina Beaches (Mackay Whitsunday) 8,458
58
643
8
98
115
14
937
Sellheim River (Burdekin) 170,458
9,497
32
26
3,815
13,370
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
1,055
29,760
5
285
20,334
5,397
56,836
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
11
243
1,763
Star River (Burdekin) 199,399
58
14
145
7,743
7,961
Starcke River (Eastern Cape York) 50,093
< 1
66
38
990
462
1,557
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
1,277
26,337
828
26
83
861
7,282
5,039
41,733
Temple Bay and Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York) 5,735
4
4
Theresa Creek (Fitzroy) 1,149,860
3,588
521
682
156
13,321
18,269
Thompsons Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,013
218
3,695
2
3,335
1,457
68
8,776
Trevethan Creek outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 9,497
1
443
445
Tully (Wet Tropics) 168,340
1,577
1,891
8
15
4,467
79
1,553
9,590
Upper Belyando River (Burdekin) 583,589
376
180
156
129
2,042
2,884
Upper Burdekin River (Burdekin) 448,172
225
2,275
83
12,636
399
10,041
25,659
Upper Cattle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,841
417
417
Upper Dawson River (Fitzroy) 2,315,530
1,410
2,186
959
2,570
216
14,487
21,828
Upper Isaac River (Fitzroy) 1,012,469
3,852
367
1,046
2,142
289
19,082
26,777
Upper Proserpine River (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,621
3,946
159
4,106
Upper Suttor River (Burdekin) 515,807
938
347
401
66
9,361
11,114
Upstart Bay catchments (Burdekin) 129,031
490
10,657
134
66
545
2,579
3,258
17,729
Walker Bay (Eastern Cape York) 246
10
10
Walsh Bay (Eastern Cape York) 189
1
1
Waterhole Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 21,131
44
1,356
3
196
24
83
1,706
Waterpark Creek (Fitzroy) 184,786
95
25,910
33
57
8,884
2,416
5,566
42,962
Weary Bay (Eastern Cape York) 540
0
West Hill Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,396
19
1,393
< 1
1,030
282
212
2,936
Weymouth Bay (Eastern Cape York) 4,352
9
9
Whitsunday Coast (Mackay Whitsunday) 19,560
36
684
2
15
8
14
759
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 2009 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 1 February 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2009/wqip.html
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