Drainage basin 2013 wetland system extents
Definition of drainage basin
based on wetland mapping version 5.0
2013 wetland system extent by drainage basin Download this table in .CSV format
Drainage basin
Total area (km²)
Wetland area by system
Total wetland area (km²)
artificial and highly modified
estuarine
lacustrine
palustrine
riverine
Total
1,729,709.0
3,330.0
11,523.2
5,483.0
31,328.0
24,860.7
76,524.9
Arafura Sea
263.0
0.0
95.7
0.0
2.5
0.0
98.3
Archer
13,800.3
0.9
150.3
0.1
295.0
99.6
545.9
Baffle
4,077.7
7.9
136.9
1.9
108.1
77.1
331.9
Balonne-Condamine
136,649.5
641.1
0.0
68.7
1,002.2
546.8
2,258.9
Barron
2,193.3
49.0
9.8
2.3
4.9
40.7
106.7
Black
1,055.2
7.5
10.6
0.0
4.0
35.1
57.1
Border Rivers
23,819.8
187.6
0.0
5.6
58.4
280.9
532.5
Boyne
2,493.0
71.7
16.6
0.2
0.3
44.3
133.1
Brisbane
13,549.2
209.4
8.1
5.2
43.1
210.6
476.5
Bulloo
52,036.4
4.1
0.0
230.2
2,338.4
69.3
2,642.0
Burdekin
130,109.3
450.3
22.5
81.1
488.2
2,964.6
4,006.8
Burnett
33,210.0
145.7
11.0
1.9
18.1
284.2
460.8
Burrum
3,351.0
31.5
27.8
2.1
93.1
111.3
265.8
Calliope
2,248.6
6.9
76.9
3.9
1.2
10.7
99.5
Coleman
12,784.5
0.3
204.2
0.0
493.9
104.1
802.5
Cooper Creek
243,867.9
57.3
0.0
1,698.9
6,567.8
1,906.5
10,230.5
Coral Sea
1,405.5
0.4
496.3
0.7
19.4
0.7
517.5
Curtis Island
578.0
0.0
144.2
0.0
7.5
1.6
153.2
Daintree
2,104.6
0.1
33.1
0.0
20.4
22.1
75.6
Diamantina
119,110.0
22.7
0.0
1,118.8
6,758.4
2,715.3
10,615.2
Don
3,745.1
11.3
189.5
0.8
43.5
89.0
334.1
Ducie
6,745.5
0.1
281.4
0.0
264.2
18.4
563.9
Embley
4,583.8
11.0
371.0
0.0
164.5
4.4
551.1
Endeavour
2,186.3
0.7
27.3
1.1
20.7
24.7
74.6
Fitzroy
142,482.9
604.0
288.7
82.0
446.8
1,549.2
2,970.7
Flinders
109,298.1
42.2
400.9
49.9
299.3
2,117.6
2,909.9
Fraser Island
1,659.5
0.0
34.4
11.1
151.0
0.0
196.6
Georgina
144,015.2
22.0
0.0
1,638.8
4,777.4
2,177.3
8,615.5
Gilbert
46,370.0
24.7
464.1
16.1
429.6
2,067.9
3,002.3
Haughton
4,070.6
17.6
322.8
6.6
127.7
135.4
610.2
Hay
2,795.2
0.0
0.0
57.6
0.6
0.0
58.3
Herbert
9,873.1
16.2
142.0
5.7
131.4
263.8
559.0
Hinchinbrook Island
396.9
0.0
81.2
0.0
5.0
1.7
87.9
Holroyd
10,306.9
0.2
58.9
0.0
199.1
53.3
311.5
Jacky Jacky
2,971.6
0.0
256.7
26.8
153.7
8.5
445.8
Jardine
3,273.2
0.0
23.7
0.0
181.4
12.9
217.9
Jeannie
3,625.7
0.0
174.2
15.6
71.2
29.9
290.9
Johnstone
2,317.8
3.4
35.8
0.0
40.6
15.5
95.4
Kolan
2,905.0
73.1
15.2
0.0
5.2
52.9
146.3
Lake Frome
151.8
0.0
0.0
15.1
0.0
0.0
15.1
Leichhardt
32,882.2
70.8
322.0
1.6
307.9
875.9
1,578.1
Lockhart
2,883.6
0.0
135.1
0.7
18.2
67.5
221.5
Logan-Albert
4,138.7
31.2
20.7
1.6
34.6
32.8
120.9
Maroochy
1,539.1
20.5
41.1
2.6
166.8
41.7
272.7
Mary
9,478.3
30.0
42.4
0.1
74.1
183.5
330.1
Mitchell
71,622.4
60.9
435.6
17.0
849.4
1,688.4
3,051.2
Moonie
14,657.4
57.4
0.0
1.7
14.7
44.7
118.6
Moreton Bay Islands
570.6
2.4
74.0
2.5
65.7
0.0
144.5
Morning
3,688.7
4.7
770.7
14.9
22.2
66.8
879.2
Mornington Island
998.3
0.0
112.8
0.4
11.2
0.0
124.4
Mossman
465.7
0.9
16.7
0.2
2.0
4.3
24.1
Mulgrave-Russell
1,987.4
11.7
50.4
0.6
81.5
19.8
164.0
Murray
1,107.4
3.6
83.8
0.0
50.3
4.9
142.6
Nicholson
35,744.1
14.4
1,113.0
0.4
303.2
1,034.1
2,465.1
Noosa
1,955.8
1.4
89.2
2.3
333.0
20.3
446.1
Norman
50,667.4
3.6
579.7
6.4
864.9
806.5
2,261.1
Normanby
24,385.9
5.1
356.9
1.3
273.3
207.5
844.1
O'Connell
2,388.7
8.5
129.4
0.5
6.5
28.2
173.1
Olive-Pascoe
4,172.9
0.0
47.4
12.9
45.9
60.1
166.2
Paroo
35,237.7
2.5
0.0
215.3
546.8
65.9
830.5
Pine
1,482.8
36.7
45.6
0.4
38.5
18.8
140.0
Pioneer
1,574.5
16.0
7.8
0.0
2.0
41.9
67.7
Plane
2,544.2
17.0
183.4
0.2
27.8
46.8
275.2
Proserpine
2,500.0
47.1
124.0
1.5
67.1
36.7
276.5
Ross
1,706.0
58.6
139.1
0.2
20.9
52.5
271.3
Settlement
11,888.7
0.1
603.7
0.3
171.2
84.4
859.7
Shoalwater
3,595.8
11.2
320.6
0.4
177.9
56.0
566.1
South Coast
1,305.7
34.1
34.9
5.5
18.5
12.7
105.7
Staaten
25,705.3
0.3
171.5
2.6
292.0
495.5
961.9
Stewart
2,754.8
0.1
79.6
0.0
19.9
60.8
160.2
Styx
3,010.7
13.4
265.5
0.2
89.6
52.2
420.9
Torres Strait Islands
570.2
0.9
53.4
0.0
6.1
5.0
65.6
Tully
1,675.9
17.1
19.8
0.1
42.4
16.5
95.9
Warrego
52,161.8
25.8
0.0
38.9
118.5
365.6
548.7
Waterpark
1,822.8
0.9
253.5
0.8
101.8
56.2
413.2
Watson
4,694.4
0.1
73.7
0.0
49.4
20.8
143.9
Wenlock
7,555.2
0.0
108.8
0.0
174.4
37.8
320.9
Whitsunday Island
106.9
0.0
5.8
0.0
0.1
0.0
5.9
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 and Science, Queensland (2015) Drainage basin 2013 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 6 January 2023 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2013/basin.html