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Drainage sub-basin 2013 wetland system extents

Definition of drainage sub-basin

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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) palustrine (natural) palustrine (slightly modified) riverine
Total 172,799,332 306,910 1,073,121 3,888 514,415 37,409 2,828,917 79,892 2,434,793 7,279,345
Albert River 78,190 293 38 49 247 38 1,057 1,721
Alice River 1,292,574 60 112 13 22,566 8,123 30,874
Archer River 1,068,849 50 14,757 7 28,029 7,453 50,296
Baffle Creek 407,766 993 13,609 13 139 10,465 294 6,814 32,327
Balonne River 3,823,383 44,498 39 1,021 7,956 4,080 27,586 85,180
Barcoo River 5,301,482 1,154 43 678 4,399 107 52,555 58,936
Barker & Barambah Creeks 591,904 3,765 20 527 36 3,981 8,328
Barratta Creek 184,660 1,286 17,784 167 22 640 2,772 6,755 4,458 33,885
Barron River 208,639 4,331 976 < 1 111 69 279 141 3,914 9,823
Black River 105,519 757 1,038 11 375 45 3,424 5,650
Bohle River 36,891 142 2,522 11 7 267 574 943 4,466
Bowen River 944,748 2,042 64 305 273 12 24,961 27,657
Boyne & Auburn Rivers 1,303,251 2,837 146 434 100 13,872 17,390
Boyne River 249,301 2,077 1,641 5 4,218 4 36 3,812 11,794
Bremer River 202,824 1,565 54 1,564 134 1,501 4,819
Brisbane River 701,500 13,262 686 120 78 858 171 10,992 26,167
Bulloo River 5,203,638 411 20,125 126 149,967 253 16,667 187,549
Burrum River 119,898 1,177 1,288 49 3,412 132 2,735 8,794
Caboolture River 46,673 339 1,150 215 2,141 81 469 4,395
Calliope River 224,863 849 7,677 28 22 173 49 34 947 9,779
Cliffdale Creek 622,991 4 33,987 2 7,928 2,893 44,814
Cloncurry River 4,733,390 2,171 309 11,759 76 127,529 141,844
Coen River 311,186 46 3 1,026 2,926 4,002
Coleman River 521,726 10 4,099 4 8,020 8,240 20,373
Comet River 1,727,489 6,178 3,025 846 4,222 311 15,089 29,672
Condamine River 3,051,741 15,815 319 659 2,968 713 12,767 33,241
Coomera & Nerang Rivers 130,572 2,283 3,317 407 1,728 513 1,312 9,559
Cooper Creek 9,575,241 813 143,226 220 453,887 451 89,288 687,886
Curtis Island 57,804 10 14,427 748 174 15,359
Daintree River 210,458 8 3,275 3 2,276 2,011 7,572
Dawson River 5,068,741 9,182 2,371 1,769 9,674 1,179 27,914 52,088
Diamantina River 11,911,000 1,591 111,814 868 674,949 125 272,372 1,061,719
Don River 374,512 1,216 17,010 1,884 98 677 3,597 9,051 33,533
Ducie River 357,911 5 11,900 8,136 934 20,975
Dumaresq River 431,196 2,845 1 331 15 7,315 10,506
Edward River 756,724 56 14,693 41,291 2,922 58,962
Eight Mile Creek 162,505 5,441 2 3,722 473 9,638
Einasleigh River 2,435,365 1,305 408 200 19,710 65 80,072 101,760
Elliott River 74,063 1,176 1,060 8 29 4,214 48 332 6,867
Embley River 191,482 284 14,135 1,195 54 15,667
Endeavour River 218,630 141 2,685 81 11 2,568 32 4,134 9,652
Eyre Creek 7,155,781 750 160,027 162 361,056 70 69,814 591,879
Fitzroy River 1,143,110 9,381 28,641 30 676 496 8,437 8,712 13,490 69,864
Flinders River 5,187,311 1,681 40,903 741 298 18,543 201 62,897 125,264
Fraser Island 165,949 3,442 2,821 13,110 1 19,374
Freshwater Creek 10,693 350 128 478
Georgina River 7,245,744 1,258 894 247 53,548 156 90,020 146,121
Gilbert River 2,201,634 1,300 51,153 247 328 23,084 214 97,051 173,376
Gregory River 91,049 817 349 1 1,258 2 4,056 6,483
Hann River 966,394 7 20,173 2 23,378 3 7,133 50,696
Haughton River 222,395 542 14,156 198 70 325 1,601 1,457 9,007 27,356
Hay 279,520 5,797 63 5,860
Herbert River 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 River 532,582 18 2,879 < 1 9,895 3,361 16,153
Isaac River 2,232,467 6,407 440 1,272 3,691 410 48,062 60,282
Isis River 50,091 94 57 < 1 64 3,769 3,985
Jacky Jacky Creek 297,162 25,385 2,511 15,458 785 44,138
Jardine River 327,317 < 1 2,346 17,783 1,518 21,648
Jeannie River 362,572 11 16,716 1,605 7,090 11 3,116 28,549
Kendall River 498,108 < 1 2,699 11,516 1,732 15,947
Kolan River 290,501 6,437 1,476 228 475 36 4,700 13,351
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 5,572 33,045 199 2,206 29,493 675 87,563 158,753
Lockhart River 288,360 4 12,277 57 2,232 6,915 21,485
Lockyer Creek 296,991 1,585 394 814 267 7,368 10,429
Logan River 335,676 2,971 2,018 < 1 115 2,943 102 2,465 10,615
Lower Burdekin River 1,048,562 11,880 2,255 32 990 523 610 55,419 71,709
Lower Burnett River 566,660 4,925 1,059 8 880 375 32 10,312 17,590
Lower Mary River 677,690 2,053 4,198 390 6,273 341 8,719 21,974
Macintyre Brook 432,482 2,384 102 138 79 8,838 11,541
Macintyre & Weir Rivers 1,518,300 12,711 197 530 3,598 1,231 11,063 29,330
Mackenzie River 1,305,897 3,647 140 1,056 3,891 1,030 15,265 25,029
Maranoa River 2,003,528 1,426 5 326 1,195 99 5,184 8,236
Maroochy River 153,905 2,682 4,032 31 37 330 16,194 510 3,790 27,605
Mcdonald River 273,439 8,667 16,403 839 25,909
Mission River 266,896 831 22,660 141 15,534 248 448 39,863
Mitchell River 4,131,477 858 37,111 1,050 3,774 60,792 106 120,616 224,306
Moonie River 1,465,738 5,256 10 718 1,095 359 4,937 12,376
Moreton Island 17,858 117 175 1,255 1,547
Morning Inlet 173,004 275 33,591 1,089 8 1,028 18 3,472 39,480
Mornington Island 99,830 45 11,807 1,075 4 12,931
Mossman River 46,574 62 1,634 9 11 165 1 404 2,287
Mulgrave River 131,677 123 4,210 164 38 3,090 1,470 9,094
Murray River 110,739 327 8,250 2 2 5,249 30 490 14,350
Nicholson River 3,574,411 868 113,958 457 30,258 204 101,780 247,525
Nogoa River 2,770,589 21,726 126 1,098 2,121 282 28,524 53,877
Noosa River 195,578 126 8,844 249 27 33,674 11 1,597 44,528
Norman River 5,066,736 363 65,686 105 141 86,308 533 75,625 228,762
Normanby River 1,472,192 541 8,020 78 15 16,884 11 16,080 41,629
North Johnstone River 103,100 72 7 4 116 28 844 1,070
North Pine River 57,693 2,662 2,138 14 75 883 36 587 6,396
O'connell River 238,873 871 12,981 20 48 1,056 178 3,086 18,240
Olive river 205,474 3,922 1,073 4,424 1,376 10,796
Palmer River 842,363 383 108 146 3,452 14,180 18,270
Paroo River 3,523,770 178 18,918 99 65,381 578 19,806 104,960
Pascoe River 211,820 730 82 4,700 5,511
Pioneer River 157,452 1,745 753 439 3,667 6,603
Plane Creek 254,423 1,882 18,244 53 13 45 7,200 1,549 4,037 33,022
Proserpine River 250,002 4,985 12,467 11 2 10 6,818 1,649 2,874 28,815
Ross River 133,707 5,936 11,243 112 164 588 745 4,234 23,022
Russell River 67,063 1,531 628 5,171 5 510 7,845
Saxby River 1,009,107 52 7,654 198 10,980 18,884
Settlement River 106,685 6,896 1 3,040 2,921 12,858
Shoalwater 359,579 1,211 29,213 288 20,334 5,446 56,491
Skardon River 43,201 4,630 2,360 86 7,077
South Johnstone River 128,680 275 3,511 12 3 4,294 15 830 8,941
South Pine River 43,913 162 1,069 135 36 415 200 522 2,540
Staaten River 2,570,527 67 18,794 247 6 28,288 29 49,271 96,701
Stanley River 153,605 4,633 6 260 42 1,899 6,840
Stewart River 275,475 9 6,440 2,149 5,403 14,000
Stradbroke Islands 29,106 80 994 310 12 4,625 31 6,052
Styx River 301,068 1,292 26,527 828 26 88 863 7,288 5,038 41,951
Suttor River 7,394,868 24,469 540 2,668 15,424 1,300 119,007 163,409
Thomson River 9,510,070 2,127 21,265 1,060 46,132 461 82,188 153,232
Torres Strait Islands 57,023 92 5,329 2 618 664 6,704
Tully River 167,593 1,592 1,891 8 15 4,379 83 1,557 9,525
Upper Burdekin River 3,622,752 2,027 4,395 565 33,971 550 111,238 152,746
Upper Burnett River 859,183 2,578 14 164 74 6,067 8,896
Upper Mary River 270,143 1,459 2 137 6 6,028 7,632
Wallam Creeks 4,786,303 648 3,568 637 101,135 2,386 1,703 110,076
Walsh River 895,828 969 29 207 477 8 19,168 20,857
Warrego River 5,216,183 2,094 525 566 18,412 438 36,417 58,452
Waterpark Creek 182,282 100 25,288 33 57 8,863 2,284 5,527 42,151
Watson River 469,442 5 6,837 5,435 2,259 14,537
Wenlock River 755,519 3 10,321 17,407 3,783 31,515
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 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2013/sub-basin.html

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