EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary) 2013 wetland system extents
Definition of EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary)
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2013 wetland system extent by EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary) Download this table in .CSV format
EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary)
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
81,568,762
265,217
460,938
4,149
65,678
25,618
49
677,733
76,915
851,345
2,427,641
Albert River (WQ1455)
78,090
288
38
53
225
46
1,061
1,710
Barron River Basin (WQ1101)
218,832
4,668
987
< 1
56
112
< 1
297
116
4,121
10,359
Black River Basin; Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1183)
177,757
72
< 1
73
Black River Basin (WQ1171)
105,881
758
1,043
12
460
44
3,503
5,820
Bremer River (WQ1436)
202,824
1,571
58
1,565
139
1,689
5,022
Brisbane Creeks—Bramble Bay (WQ1423)
20,910
85
995
139
20
395
194
173
2,000
Brisbane River Estuary (WQ1431)
56,853
444
804
111
62
1
376
151
1,009
2,959
Broadwater (WQ1463)
7,369
9
270
3
141
423
Burdekin River (lower) and Bowen River Sub-Basins (WQ1205)
1,172,373
3,147
76
435
294
26
38,265
42,244
Burdekin River (lower) and Bowen River Sub-Basins (WQ1206)
376,014
628
2,259
20
762
442
633
20,370
25,115
Burdekin River (upper) Sub-Basin (WQ1201)
4,050,894
8,654
4,433
688
1
33,987
550
132,885
181,199
Burrum, Gregory, Isis, Cherwell and Elliott Rivers (WQ1371)
337,435
3,277
2,885
8
77
2
9,108
182
11,077
26,616
Caboolture River (WQ1422)
46,673
338
1,150
215
< 1
2,182
81
473
4,440
Callide Creek Catchment (WQ1306)
812,565
3,008
68
88
759
163
3,913
7,998
Comet River Sub-basin (WQ1307)
1,729,722
6,165
3,026
845
2
4,300
311
15,088
29,736
Condamine River Basin (WQ4223)
3,052,097
16,262
288
742
3,246
742
12,040
33,321
Coomera River (WQ1462)
44,098
165
1,575
144
< 1
836
7
624
3,351
Currumbin and Tallebudgera Creeks (WQ1464)
24,017
63
110
44
100
4
214
535
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1272)
294,651
4
6,106
15
1
17
8
6,151
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1311)
282,167
859
22,271
131
22
173
< 1
990
39
1,150
25,634
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1331)
249,574
2,069
1,652
4
4,226
4
36
4,003
11,994
Daintree, Mossman, Barron, Mulgrave Russell, Johnstone, Tully, Murray, Hinchinbrook, Herbert Basins (WQ1082)
896,022
15
2,158
9
77
18
2,278
Daintree and Mossman River Basins (WQ1081)
257,005
72
4,915
12
12
< 1
2,470
1
2,474
9,957
Dawson River Sub-basin (WQ1308, WQ1309)
4,261,489
6,606
2,294
1,850
9,236
1,042
25,400
46,426
Don River Basin (WQ1211)
374,512
1,304
17,054
1,897
89
< 1
617
3,685
15,751
40,397
Fitzroy River Sub-basin (WQ1305)
1,145,362
8,938
28,683
46
503
1,066
8,646
8,694
14,238
70,814
Fraser Island Waters (WQ1391)
243,579
3,755
2,824
12,121
1
18,701
Great Sandy Strait and Coastal Creeks (WQ1402)
176,694
18
12,140
22
13,454
< 1
< 1
25,636
Haughton, Lower Burdekin/Bowen and Don (WQ1190)
261,005
478
9
< 1
0
487
Haughton River Basin (WQ1191)
417,158
1,883
34,022
446
92
1,050
6
4,864
8,840
13,968
65,171
Herbert River Basin (WQ1161)
987,202
1,445
13,764
2
462
201
7
12,582
1,236
27,714
57,412
Hervey Bay (WQ1372)
419,567
3
< 1
3
Isaac River Sub-basin (WQ1301)
2,234,727
6,443
440
1,272
3
3,759
477
48,681
61,075
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1011)
297,162
25,383
2,468
15,552
784
44,188
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1021)
417,294
4,652
1,073
4,504
6,076
16,305
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1031)
288,360
4
12,277
57
2,232
6,915
21,485
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1041)
275,475
9
6,262
2,276
5,403
13,949
Jeannie and Endeavour River Basins (WQ1061)
362,572
11
16,716
1,605
7,091
11
3,195
28,629
Jeannie and Endeavour River Basins (WQ1071)
219,033
132
2,701
81
12
2,586
32
4,114
9,659
Johnstone River Basin (WQ1121)
232,070
358
3,552
12
4
5
4,616
43
1,708
10,297
Lockyer Creek (WQ1437)
296,991
1,591
431
1
814
280
7,353
10,472
Logan River (WQ1454)
308,598
2,461
1,249
26
65
2
1,644
130
2,647
8,224
Mackenzie River Sub-basin (WQ1304)
1,298,488
3,657
140
1,048
< 1
3,664
1,042
15,101
24,653
Maranoa-Balonne Rivers Basin (WQ4222)
5,826,909
46,501
49
1,350
10,430
4,367
33,001
95,699
Maroochy River (WQ1411)
72,491
1,963
805
31
108
2,931
236
2,366
8,440
Mary River (WQ1381)
948,654
3,498
4,393
394
7
6,706
402
15,599
30,998
Mid Brisbane River (WQ1433)
55,583
674
< 1
< 1
6
11
1,364
2,056
Mitchell River Basin (part) and Walsh River sub-basin (WQ9190)
209,545
851
154
175
2
4,077
5,259
Mooloolah River (WQ1412)
30,926
485
102
3
110
1
1,904
< 1
1,220
3,826
Mulgrave - Russell Rivers Basin (WQ1111)
198,287
1,653
5,092
164
94
< 1
8,431
5
2,048
17,486
Nerang River (WQ1461)
58,503
1,879
< 1
203
< 1
102
502
384
3,072
Nogoa River Sub-basin (WQ1302, WQ1303)
2,769,437
21,789
126
1,102
2,195
283
29,375
54,870
Noosa River (WQ1401)
135,237
115
627
227
24
19,250
11
1,444
21,698
Normanby River Basin (WQ1051)
2,438,587
557
28,238
78
18
40,264
14
23,282
92,451
Oxley Creek (WQ1434)
25,822
249
54
8
17
367
2
245
942
Pimpama River (WQ1465)
17,028
159
1,613
12
550
89
2,422
Pine Rivers and Redcliffe Creeks (WQ1421)
81,581
2,755
2,244
12
92
2
902
47
960
7,015
Pioneer River and Plane Creek Basins; Proserpine River, Whitsunday Island and O'Connell River Basins (WQ1222)
1,888,078
18
1,473
3
23
< 1
129
4
1,650
Pioneer River and Plane Creek Basins (WQ1251)
416,817
3,713
20,226
53
13
51
8,280
1,512
8,358
42,207
Proserpine River, Whitsunday Island and O'Connell River Basins (WQ1221)
483,673
5,872
24,869
28
2
54
3
7,697
1,805
6,485
46,815
Pumicestone Passage (WQ1413)
148,488
229
3,594
< 1
35
110
3
12,035
273
356
16,636
Quandamooka (Moreton Bay) (WQ1441)
308,962
80
6,552
485
27
< 1
6,304
19
13,466
Queensland Border Rivers and Moonie River basins (WQ4161)
2,383,361
20,260
212
701
5,465
1,962
27,909
56,510
Queensland Border Rivers and Moonie River basins (WQ4171)
1,465,743
5,059
10
724
1,271
384
4,946
12,395
Redland Creeks (WQ1453)
27,861
505
1,066
< 1
49
1,286
18
41
2,966
Refer to schedule adjacent to Coastal Waters (WQ1010)
3,147,303
3,231
16
84
4
3,335
Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1181)
160,581
6,044
11,668
42
171
340
929
5,207
24,400
Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1182)
5,078
255
28
37
320
Sandy, Six Mile, Wolston, Woogaroo and Goodna Creeks (WQ1435)
15,846
74
2
77
< 1
157
310
Stanley River (WQ1439)
153,407
4,448
3
4
284
42
1,986
6,767
Styx River, Shoalwater Creek and Water Park Creek Basins (WQ1271)
843,730
2,603
82,143
881
26
145
10,023
29,871
16,030
141,723
Styx River, Shoalwater Creek and Water Park Creek Basins (WQ1272)
1,234,616
4
11,909
77
378
12
12,380
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1202)
2,045,793
7,959
1,005
232
< 1
3,131
342
60,103
72,773
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1203)
3,543,900
3,857
1,757
6,851
765
30,249
43,479
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1204)
1,822,016
16,472
650
1,233
109
29,149
47,612
Tully River, Murray River and Hinchinbrook Island Basins (WQ1131)
319,485
1,943
18,802
10
21
10,242
113
2,367
33,499
Upper Brisbane River (WQ1438)
548,262
12,119
2
31
6
8,403
20,561
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ0111)
5,201,398
416
20,248
128
149,582
272
23,339
193,984
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4221)
4,785,942
664
3,568
639
101,482
2,503
3,017
111,873
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4231)
5,215,915
2,114
525
566
19,221
438
36,409
59,273
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4241)
3,522,754
224
18,891
100
65,534
683
18,122
103,554
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundaries).
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 the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary) 2013 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 15 December 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2013/epp-water-plan.html