Drainage basin 2013 wetland system extents
Definition of drainage basin
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2013 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)
palustrine (natural)
palustrine (slightly modified)
riverine
Total
172,970,898
307,071
1,138,832
3,959
514,431
37,456
2,830,699
79,900
2,434,865
7,347,212
Arafura Sea
26,297
8,637
251
8,888
Archer
1,380,035
96
14,757
10
29,055
10,380
54,298
Baffle
407,766
993
13,609
13
139
10,465
294
6,814
32,327
Balonne-Condamine
13,664,954
62,386
3,931
2,644
113,254
7,278
47,240
236,733
Barron
219,333
4,681
976
< 1
111
69
279
141
4,042
10,301
Black
105,519
757
1,038
11
375
45
3,424
5,650
Border Rivers
2,381,978
17,939
197
634
4,067
1,325
27,216
51,378
Boyne
249,301
2,077
1,641
5
4,218
4
36
3,812
11,794
Brisbane
1,354,920
21,045
686
120
533
3,496
614
21,761
48,255
Bulloo
5,203,638
411
20,125
126
149,967
253
16,667
187,549
Burdekin
13,010,930
40,418
2,255
5,032
4,528
50,190
2,472
310,625
415,520
Burnett
3,320,998
14,105
1,059
8
1,060
1,499
242
34,231
52,204
Burrum
335,101
3,265
2,755
8
79
8,948
182
10,892
26,129
Calliope
224,863
849
7,677
28
22
173
49
34
947
9,779
Coleman
1,278,450
66
18,792
4
49,311
11,161
79,335
Cooper Creek
24,386,792
4,095
164,534
1,957
504,418
1,019
224,031
900,054
Coral Sea
140,549
39
50,837
70
16
42
1,114
8
73
52,200
Curtis Island
57,804
10
14,427
748
174
15,359
Daintree
210,458
8
3,275
3
2,276
2,011
7,572
Diamantina
11,911,000
1,591
111,814
868
674,949
125
272,372
1,061,719
Don
374,512
1,216
17,010
1,884
98
677
3,597
9,051
33,533
Ducie
674,551
5
25,198
26,899
1,860
53,961
Embley
458,378
1,115
36,795
141
16,729
248
502
55,530
Endeavour
218,630
141
2,685
81
11
2,568
32
4,134
9,652
Fitzroy
14,248,292
56,521
28,641
30
6,778
6,538
32,036
11,924
148,344
290,812
Flinders
10,929,807
3,904
40,903
741
607
37,956
475
201,405
285,991
Fraser Island
165,949
3,442
2,821
13,110
1
19,374
Georgina
14,401,525
2,008
160,921
409
414,604
226
159,834
738,001
Gilbert
4,636,998
2,604
51,153
655
529
42,794
279
177,123
275,137
Haughton
407,055
1,828
31,939
365
92
966
4,373
8,212
13,465
61,241
Hay
279,520
5,797
63
5,860
Herbert
987,310
1,337
13,789
2
462
200
12,148
1,198
27,326
56,463
Hinchinbrook Island
39,692
8,096
529
178
8,803
Holroyd
1,030,690
19
5,578
< 1
21,410
5,092
32,100
Jacky Jacky
297,162
25,385
2,511
15,458
785
44,138
Jardine
327,317
< 1
2,346
17,783
1,518
21,648
Jeannie
362,572
11
16,716
1,605
7,090
11
3,116
28,549
Johnstone
231,781
347
3,518
12
4
3
4,411
43
1,674
10,011
Kolan
290,501
6,437
1,476
228
475
36
4,700
13,351
Lake Frome
15,184
1,535
3
1,538
Leichhardt
3,288,217
5,572
33,045
199
2,206
29,493
675
87,563
158,753
Lockhart
288,360
4
12,277
57
2,232
6,915
21,485
Logan-Albert
413,866
3,264
2,057
< 1
165
3,190
139
3,522
12,337
Maroochy
153,905
2,682
4,032
31
37
330
16,194
510
3,790
27,605
Mary
947,833
3,512
4,198
391
6,411
347
14,747
29,605
Mitchell
7,162,243
2,270
37,111
1,299
4,140
87,287
114
162,087
294,307
Moonie
1,465,738
5,256
10
718
1,095
359
4,937
12,376
Moreton Bay Islands
57,057
201
7,364
485
17
6,296
31
14,394
Morning
368,867
338
77,886
1,259
167
2,515
18
6,695
88,878
Mornington Island
99,830
45
11,807
1,075
4
12,931
Mossman
46,574
62
1,634
9
11
165
1
404
2,287
Mulgrave-Russell
198,740
1,653
4,837
164
38
8,261
5
1,980
16,939
Murray
110,739
327
8,250
2
2
5,249
30
490
14,350
Nicholson
3,574,411
868
113,958
457
30,258
204
101,780
247,525
Noosa
195,578
126
8,844
249
27
33,674
11
1,597
44,528
Norman
5,066,736
363
65,686
105
141
86,308
533
75,625
228,762
Normanby
2,438,587
548
28,193
78
17
40,262
14
23,213
92,325
O'Connell
238,854
871
12,981
20
48
1,056
178
3,086
18,240
Olive-Pascoe
417,294
4,652
1,073
4,506
6,076
16,307
Paroo
3,523,770
178
18,918
99
65,381
578
19,806
104,960
Pine
148,279
3,163
4,357
149
327
3,439
317
1,578
13,330
Pioneer
157,470
1,745
753
439
3,667
6,603
Plane
254,423
1,882
18,244
53
13
45
7,200
1,549
4,037
33,022
Proserpine
250,002
4,985
12,467
11
2
10
6,818
1,649
2,874
28,815
Ross
170,598
6,077
13,765
123
171
855
1,319
5,177
27,488
Settlement
1,188,868
4
58,810
5
16,762
8,561
84,142
Shoalwater
359,579
1,211
29,213
288
20,334
5,446
56,491
South Coast
130,572
2,283
3,317
407
1,728
513
1,312
9,559
Staaten
2,570,527
67
18,794
247
6
28,288
29
49,271
96,701
Stewart
275,475
9
6,440
2,149
5,403
14,000
Styx
301,068
1,292
26,527
828
26
88
863
7,288
5,038
41,951
Torres Strait Islands
57,023
92
5,329
2
618
664
6,704
Tully
167,593
1,592
1,891
8
15
4,379
83
1,557
9,525
Warrego
5,216,183
2,094
525
566
18,412
438
36,417
58,452
Waterpark
182,282
100
25,288
33
57
8,863
2,284
5,527
42,151
Watson
469,442
5
6,837
5,435
2,259
14,537
Wenlock
755,519
3
10,321
17,407
3,783
31,515
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 2013 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 20 December 2024 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2013/basin.html