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
Wetland area by system
Total
artificial and
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
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
— Department of Environment and Science