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Drainage sub-basin 2013 wetland system extents

Definition of drainage sub-basin

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2013 wetland system extent by drainage sub-basin metadata
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Drainage sub-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) lacustrine (unknown degree of modification) palustrine (natural) palustrine (slightly modified) riverine
Total 172,799,332 310,768 1,087,846 4,080 514,012 38,881 64 2,841,447 82,558 2,582,360 7,462,016
Albert River 78,190 296 38 53 242 46 1,061 1,735
Alice River 1,292,574 60 112 13 22,944 8,116 31,246
Archer River 1,068,849 50 14,757 7 28,039 7,453 50,306
Baffle Creek 407,766 997 13,622 13 144 3 10,828 334 7,206 33,146
Balonne River 3,823,383 45,056 22 1,024 9,153 4,268 27,802 87,325
Barcoo River 5,301,482 1,172 43 678 4,056 107 52,337 58,392
Barker & Barambah Creeks 591,904 3,768 20 526 36 4,201 8,551
Barratta Creek 184,660 1,311 17,831 167 22 726 5 2,883 6,988 5,105 35,038
Barron River 208,639 4,328 995 < 1 111 112 < 1 307 116 3,996 9,967
Black River 105,519 758 1,040 12 422 45 3,442 5,719
Bohle River 36,891 142 2,530 11 7 205 574 956 4,426
Bowen River 944,748 2,043 64 305 262 12 28,115 30,800
Boyne & Auburn Rivers 1,303,251 2,840 146 436 100 13,892 17,414
Boyne River 249,301 2,069 1,660 8 4,226 4 36 4,003 12,007
Bremer River 202,824 1,571 58 1,565 139 1,689 5,022
Brisbane River 701,500 13,264 687 120 78 1 858 171 11,179 26,359
Bulloo River 5,203,638 416 20,396 128 149,859 272 23,339 194,409
Burrum River 119,898 1,181 1,298 49 3,502 132 2,776 8,938
Caboolture River 46,673 338 1,150 215 < 1 2,182 81 473 4,440
Calliope River 224,863 849 7,677 29 22 173 < 1 49 34 976 9,809
Cliffdale Creek 622,991 4 33,987 2 7,928 2,893 44,814
Cloncurry River 4,733,390 2,175 321 11,872 742 127,526 142,636
Coen River 311,186 46 3 1,026 2,926 4,002
Coleman River 521,726 14 4,599 8,021 8,240 20,874
Comet River 1,727,489 6,218 3,026 845 2 4,300 311 15,092 29,793
Condamine River 3,051,741 16,262 288 742 3,246 742 12,040 33,321
Coomera & Nerang Rivers 130,572 2,276 3,302 407 < 1 1,729 513 1,310 9,537
Cooper Creek 9,575,241 817 143,410 247 1 455,695 466 129,393 730,029
Curtis Island 57,804 10 14,318 112 941 4 174 15,558
Daintree River 210,458 8 3,291 3 < 1 2,305 2,064 7,672
Dawson River 5,068,741 9,613 2,362 1,934 9,958 1,205 29,309 54,382
Diamantina River 11,911,000 1,657 109,998 881 677,310 125 339,225 1,129,196
Don River 374,512 1,304 17,054 1,897 89 < 1 617 3,685 15,751 40,397
Ducie River 357,911 5 11,900 8,140 934 20,979
Dumaresq River 431,196 2,862 1 339 15 7,403 10,619
Edward River 756,724 56 14,877 41,292 2,922 59,146
Eight Mile Creek 162,505 5,441 2 3,722 473 9,638
Einasleigh River 2,435,365 1,284 408 409 20,167 65 79,667 102,000
Elliott River 74,063 1,172 1,067 8 27 2 4,255 48 338 6,916
Embley River 191,482 284 14,135 1,233 54 15,705
Endeavour River 218,630 132 2,686 81 12 2,571 32 4,103 9,617
Eyre Creek 7,155,781 750 160,050 177 361,071 70 72,154 594,272
Fitzroy River 1,143,110 8,937 28,619 46 503 1,066 8,644 8,694 14,198 70,709
Flinders River 5,187,311 1,679 40,903 743 296 4 18,534 203 64,929 127,292
Fraser Island 165,949 3,442 2,824 12,115 1 18,382
Freshwater Creek 10,693 350 131 482
Georgina River 7,245,744 1,258 894 247 53,548 156 90,063 146,164
Gilbert River 2,201,634 1,133 51,153 247 403 < 1 23,357 214 97,083 173,591
Gregory River 91,049 815 349 1 1,266 2 4,125 6,559
Hann River 966,394 7 20,207 2 23,380 3 7,133 50,732
Haughton River 222,395 538 14,149 198 70 323 < 1 1,467 1,460 8,844 27,050
Hay 279,520 5,797 63 5,860
Herbert River 987,310 1,445 13,824 2 462 201 7 12,621 1,236 27,774 57,572
Hinchinbrook Island 39,692 8,100 515 180 8,795
Holroyd River 532,582 18 2,879 < 1 9,895 3,361 16,153
Isaac River 2,232,467 6,444 440 1,272 3 3,754 477 48,677 61,068
Isis River 50,091 94 57 63 3,838 4,052
Jacky Jacky Creek 297,162 25,383 2,468 15,552 784 44,188
Jardine River 327,317 < 1 2,222 19,296 1,522 23,041
Jeannie River 362,572 11 16,716 1,605 7,091 11 3,195 28,629
Kendall River 498,108 < 1 2,699 11,516 1,732 15,947
Kolan River 290,501 6,438 1,519 235 491 34 5,029 13,747
L Creek 195,863 63 44,295 170 159 1,487 3,223 49,398
Lagoon Creek 296,688 12,487 2,071 2,274 16,832
Lake Frome 15,184 1,535 3 1,538
Leichhardt River 3,288,217 5,583 33,045 182 2,206 29,700 676 87,578 158,972
Lockhart River 288,360 4 12,277 57 2,232 6,915 21,485
Lockyer Creek 296,991 1,591 431 1 814 280 7,353 10,472
Logan River 335,676 2,958 2,004 27 114 2 2,913 149 2,688 10,855
Lower Burdekin River 1,048,562 11,980 2,259 32 996 483 647 60,923 77,320
Lower Burnett River 566,660 4,928 1,087 8 881 628 32 11,163 18,727
Lower Mary River 677,690 2,056 4,220 391 7 6,544 396 9,528 23,141
Macintyre Brook 432,482 2,386 105 189 78 9,112 11,870
Macintyre & Weir Rivers 1,518,300 15,001 212 591 4,936 1,870 11,023 33,634
Mackenzie River 1,305,897 3,660 140 1,051 < 1 3,706 1,042 15,133 24,732
Maranoa River 2,003,528 1,445 26 326 1,277 99 5,199 8,374
Maroochy River 153,905 2,682 4,037 31 37 326 4 16,008 510 3,788 27,423
Mcdonald River 273,439 8,647 17,423 856 26,925
Mission River 266,896 831 22,660 141 15,852 248 448 40,181
Mitchell River 4,131,477 861 50,934 1,049 3,774 64,520 453 122,039 243,630
Moonie River 1,465,738 5,059 10 724 1,271 384 4,946 12,395
Moreton Island 17,858 117 175 1,255 1,547
Morning Inlet 173,004 276 33,591 1,056 19 1,061 18 3,472 39,492
Mornington Island 99,830 45 11,807 1,075 4 12,931
Mossman River 46,574 62 1,640 9 12 < 1 173 1 415 2,312
Mulgrave River 131,677 122 4,490 164 38 < 1 3,141 1,526 9,481
Murray River 110,739 327 8,180 2 2 5,348 30 542 14,431
Nicholson River 3,574,411 868 113,965 465 30,249 204 101,774 247,525
Nogoa River 2,770,589 21,732 126 1,102 2,195 283 29,381 54,819
Noosa River 195,578 125 8,838 249 28 33,352 11 1,599 44,202
Norman River 5,066,736 373 65,684 105 136 5 86,322 533 75,225 228,384
Normanby River 1,472,192 550 8,031 78 16 16,884 11 16,149 41,719
North Johnstone River 103,100 75 7 4 < 1 143 28 872 1,130
North Pine River 57,693 2,667 2,135 14 75 2 881 41 582 6,396
O'connell River 238,854 868 12,952 20 52 1 1,052 230 3,112 18,287
Olive river 205,474 3,922 1,073 4,422 1,376 10,794
Palmer River 842,363 378 108 146 3,472 14,212 18,317
Paroo River 3,523,770 224 18,896 100 65,547 683 18,122 103,572
Pascoe River 211,820 730 82 4,700 5,511
Pioneer River 157,470 1,782 743 442 4,321 7,288
Plane Creek 254,423 1,910 18,317 53 13 45 7,641 1,438 4,039 33,457
Proserpine River 250,002 5,024 12,477 11 2 8 2 6,843 1,650 3,385 29,402
Ross River 133,707 5,936 11,202 112 164 649 745 4,269 23,076
Russell River 67,063 1,531 625 5,312 5 523 7,995
Saxby River 1,009,107 52 7,647 198 10,809 18,706
Settlement River 106,685 6,896 1 3,040 2,921 12,858
Shoalwater 359,579 1,211 29,235 297 20,319 5,462 56,524
Skardon River 43,201 4,630 2,360 86 7,077
South Johnstone River 128,680 283 3,546 12 4 4,456 15 836 9,151
South Pine River 43,913 162 1,069 135 36 416 200 551 2,570
Staaten River 2,570,527 67 18,794 247 6 28,329 28 49,271 96,742
Stanley River 153,605 4,632 3 4 284 42 1,986 6,951
Stewart River 275,475 9 6,262 2,276 5,403 13,949
Stradbroke Islands 29,106 80 962 310 27 < 1 4,647 19 6,044
Styx River 301,068 1,293 26,531 849 26 88 862 7,268 5,045 41,961
Suttor River 7,394,868 24,623 1,005 2,639 < 1 11,215 1,216 119,370 160,069
Thomson River 9,510,070 2,083 21,998 1,084 < 1 44,433 529 94,411 164,540
Torres Strait Islands 57,023 93 5,328 2 618 663 6,704
Tully River 167,593 1,616 1,946 8 19 4,380 83 1,646 9,699
Upper Burdekin River 3,622,752 2,072 4,433 585 1 33,978 550 102,614 144,234
Upper Burnett River 859,183 2,578 14 166 74 6,211 9,043
Upper Mary River 270,143 1,460 2 138 6 6,071 7,677
Wallam Creeks 4,786,303 664 3,568 639 101,482 2,503 3,017 111,873
Walsh River 895,828 973 29 204 477 8 19,224 20,915
Warrego River 5,216,183 2,114 525 566 19,221 438 36,409 59,273
Waterpark Creek 182,282 100 25,327 33 57 8,866 2,284 5,524 42,190
Watson River 469,442 5 6,839 5,442 2,548 14,835
Wenlock River 755,519 3 10,321 < 1 17,575 3,783 31,683
Whitsunday Island 16,059 595 16 < 1 611

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of drainage sub-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 sub-basin 2013 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2013/sub-basin.html

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