Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment 2013 wetland system extents
Definition of Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2013 wetland system extent by Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment Download this table in .CSV format
WQIP catchment
Total areaha )
Wetland area by system
Totalha )
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
42,620,437
160,661
400,909
3,750
17,758
20,065
36
253,387
63,481
701,867
1,621,913
Abbot Bay catchments (Burdekin) 118,919
319
3,719
1,736
17
39
968
4,426
11,222
Alligator Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 20,918
105
1,007
32
2
240
84
280
1,750
Allingham Creek (Burdekin) 109,324
3
72
2,196
3,911
6,183
Andromache River (Mackay Whitsunday) 40,599
84
1
92
2
836
1,016
Annan River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 1,883
48
732
205
5
152
1,142
Annan River - lower, outside National Park (incl. Esk River, Hardwicke Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 18,005
13
32
8
24
25
653
756
Annan River - upper (above gorge) outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 35,739
33
2
12
647
693
Annie River, Saltwater Creek and Fifteen Mile Creek (Eastern Cape York) 269,719
4
68
< 1
6,852
2
1,930
8,857
Baffle (Burnett Mary) 408,475
1,006
13,449
13
144
3
10,791
333
7,206
32,944
Bakers Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,822
155
971
2
5
349
49
114
1,644
Balclutha Creek (Eastern Cape York) 42,008
30
409
433
872
Barratta Creek (Burdekin) 116,808
726
3,482
22
38
5
1,226
1,346
4,267
11,112
Barron (Wet Tropics) 218,801
4,670
974
< 1
56
112
< 1
297
116
4,121
10,347
Basalt River (Burdekin) 286,199
80
28
2,821
4
6,253
9,186
Bathurst and Ninian Bays (Eastern Cape York) 24,974
7
< 1
7
Bathurst Bay draining creeks (incl. Muck River) (Eastern Cape York) 53,352
1,825
240
306
2,371
Belyando floodplain (Burdekin) 203,024
191
13
3,094
111
2,922
6,331
Black River (Burdekin) 147,723
1,116
3,219
11
28
689
606
4,464
10,133
Blackrock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 23,930
162
1,622
4
31
2
231
2,052
Blacks Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 71,090
1,131
1,881
3,012
Bogie River (Burdekin) 227,541
1,104
12
131
33
14
10,151
11,444
Bowen River (Burdekin) 113,792
441
21
20
12
6,828
7,323
Boyne River (Fitzroy) 249,748
2,069
1,662
8
4,226
4
36
4,003
12,009
Broken River (Burdekin) 228,731
844
6,961
7,805
Burdekin Delta (Burdekin) 113,151
817
14,205
167
964
< 1
1,878
6,069
5,306
29,406
Burdekin River (below Dam) (Burdekin) 146,880
351
448
196
206
7,730
8,930
Burdekin River (Blue Range) (Burdekin) 272,356
305
98
209
79
10,369
11,061
Burdekin River (Dam) (Burdekin) 370,188
7,026
< 1
80
300
2
26,567
33,974
Burnett (Burnett Mary) 3,319,539
14,114
1,088
8
1,061
1,756
242
35,467
53,736
Burrum (Burnett Mary) 337,174
3,277
2,679
8
77
2
9,106
182
11,077
26,408
Callide Creek (Fitzroy) 766,479
2,979
67
30
719
61
3,760
7,616
Calliope River (Fitzroy) 217,716
620
4,093
26
22
173
< 1
49
34
975
5,993
Camel Creek (Burdekin) 157,869
90
772
28
108
6
4,336
5,340
Campaspe River (Burdekin) 674,667
376
490
138
< 1
1,029
164
25,803
28,000
Cape Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 15,032
21
4,830
< 1
1,078
56
24
6,008
Cape Flattery dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 25,028
393
741
2,060
12
3,207
Cape River (Burdekin) 913,940
253
505
49
1,895
36
22,882
25,620
Carmichael River (Burdekin) 978,227
753
25
1,827
108
11,301
14,015
Carmilla Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 12,734
45
548
65
17
229
903
Chester River (incl. Scrubby Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 27,577
2
46
111
946
1,106
Clarke River (Burdekin) 646,961
153
47
92
2,349
18,833
21,473
Claudie River (incl. Deep, Swamp creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 15,927
< 1
165
70
628
864
Coastal creeks and dunes (north of Nesbit) (Eastern Cape York) 44,836
2
828
1,200
1,657
3,687
Coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 48,061
401
60
2,939
47
3,446
Coastal dunes north shore of Endeavour River (Eastern Cape York) 5,863
21
151
< 1
172
Comet River (Fitzroy) 1,729,049
6,189
3,026
845
2
4,300
311
15,093
29,764
Connors River (Fitzroy) 952,700
1,025
73
57
1,157
177
25,562
28,050
Constant Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,516
74
3,108
< 1
128
115
162
3,589
Curtis Island (Fitzroy) 58,456
10
14,459
112
941
4
174
15,700
Daintree (Wet Tropics) 210,670
8
3,273
3
< 1
2,289
2,053
7,627
Deighton River (Eastern Cape York) 67,273
10
91
617
718
Diamond Creek (Burdekin) 213,725
318
62
29
15
1,339
1,764
Don River (Burdekin) 120,812
393
1,702
14
15
< 1
60
45
6,354
8,583
Douglas Creek (Burdekin) 122,846
129
30
6
3,027
3,191
Dry River (Burdekin) 202,310
43
2
36
3,656
4,008
7,745
Eden Lassie Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,000
248
2,252
11
2
90
1,268
3,871
Endeavour River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 2,257
1,295
90
202
1,587
Endeavour River - lower (incl. Cameron, Poison creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 24,037
24
57
2
491
3
355
931
Endeavour River - north branch (incl. Isabella, Mango Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 18,019
6
88
253
346
Endeavour River - right branch (Eastern Cape York) 38,771
4
1,054
630
1,689
Endeavour River - south branch (Eastern Cape York) 14,720
0
Escape River (Eastern Cape York) 32,685
457
214
3,455
4,126
Estuaries draining into Temple Bay, Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York) 4,110
3,467
7
4
3,479
Estuaries (incl. Jacky Jacky, Escape, Harmer) (Eastern Cape York) 26,482
24,035
187
< 1
24,223
Estuaries (incl. Stewart, Rocky, other estuaries) (Eastern Cape York) 9,927
6,227
203
13
6,443
Fanning River (Burdekin) 110,772
31
20
195
1
5,680
5,927
Fitzroy River (Fitzroy) 1,133,947
8,237
24,281
46
503
1,066
8,506
8,109
14,210
64,959
Flaggy Rock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,893
62
635
< 1
128
164
990
Fox Creek (Burdekin) 320,794
547
63
278
384
1,881
3,154
Gillinbin Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 13,107
32
425
2
1,690
398
2,547
Glenmore Creek (Burdekin) 160,911
40
54
6,847
6,941
Glennie Creek (Eastern Cape York) 36,334
244
244
Goanna, Breakfast, Whiphandle creeks (Eastern Cape York) 56,201
1
15
272
1,038
1,327
Gorge, Running creeks (Eastern Cape York) 41,345
20
991
582
1,594
Gray Creek (Burdekin) 169,505
127
29
87
5
3,599
3,847
Gregory River (Mackay Whitsunday) 31,028
305
2,150
137
51
584
3,227
Hann Creek (Burdekin) 185,299
86
34
2
1
7,002
7,126
Hann Creek (Eastern Cape York) 28,672
2
2
Harmer, Little Harmer Creeks (Eastern Cape York) 108,898
161
359
1,778
312
2,610
Haughton River (Burdekin) 232,550
569
16,081
281
70
324
< 1
1,960
1,853
8,868
30,006
Herbert (Wet Tropics) 984,235
1,445
13,660
2
98
201
7
12,573
1,236
27,714
56,936
Hinchinbrook Island (Wet Tropics) 39,543
7,945
514
178
8,637
Indian Bay (Eastern Cape York) 863
0
Jack River and Beattie Creek (Eastern Cape York) 148,352
1,963
1,958
3,921
Jacky Jacky Creek (Eastern Cape York) 31,041
46
5,753
135
5,934
Jeannie estuaries (incl. Horwick, Starcke, Dead Dog and other estuaries) (Eastern Cape York) 9,543
8,530
0
< 1
3
8,533
Jeannie River (Eastern Cape York) 46,942
100
28
710
838
Johnstone (Wet Tropics) 232,153
358
3,551
12
4
5
4,647
43
1,708
10,328
Kangaroo River and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 28,105
13
290
997
1,299
Keelbottom Creek (Burdekin) 164,284
90
51
98
6
5,258
5,504
Kennedy Inlet / Newcastle Bay (Eastern Cape York) 24,824
410
16
62
488
Kennedy River and Little Kennedy Creek (Eastern Cape York) 253,270
22
14
3,285
1,766
5,087
Kirk River (Burdekin) 135,590
162
47
8,227
8,436
Kolan (Burnett Mary) 290,449
6,430
1,523
235
513
35
5,029
13,765
Landers Creek (Burdekin) 106,730
50
20
25
82
5,292
5,469
Laura River (incl. Mosman River, Kennedy Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 203,164
274
< 1
657
925
1,857
Lethebrook (Mackay Whitsunday) 37,352
190
694
4
2,515
94
494
3,991
Little Bowen River (Burdekin) 147,193
25
64
10
47
2,478
2,623
Little Laura River (incl. Shepherd, Pine Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 89,372
53
682
11
990
1,737
Lloyd Bay (Eastern Cape York) 5,422
518
518
Lockhart, Claudie and adjacent estuaries (Eastern Cape York) 9,537
7,782
11
26
7,819
Lockhart River (incl. Eden, Arroto and Scrubby creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 82,829
6
9
343
2,875
3,233
Lockhart town and surrounds (incl. dunes) (Eastern Cape York) 4,018
69
< 1
370
440
Logan Creek (Burdekin) 403,627
1,127
152
59
13
1,967
3,318
Lolworth Creek (Burdekin) 350,352
19
1,081
19
8,955
31
5,090
15,195
Lower Cape River (Burdekin) 298,561
6,980
11
9
154
142
5,380
12,676
Lower Dawson River (Fitzroy) 1,991,424
5,031
159
777
6,532
914
11,104
24,517
Lower Isaac River (Fitzroy) 272,514
473
170
491
21
4,236
5,390
Lower Suttor River (Burdekin) 268,899
4,025
81
294
8
7,195
11,604
Mackay City (Mackay Whitsunday) 17,126
44
1,579
6
531
74
213
2,447
Mackenzie River (Fitzroy) 1,297,741
3,697
140
1,048
< 1
3,610
1,033
15,127
24,657
Margaret Bay (Eastern Cape York) 833
3
3
Marion Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 11,201
84
674
20
138
348
1,263
Marrett River, Sandalwood and Birthday creeks (Eastern Cape York) 134,518
1
14
1,159
157
1,332
Mary (Burnett Mary) 946,581
3,501
4,286
392
7
6,634
402
15,599
30,821
Massy Creek, Rocky River (Eastern Cape York) 48,405
< 1
1
349
2,621
2,972
McIvor, Morgan rivers and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 58,801
501
321
2,999
637
4,458
Middle and West Claudie Rivers (incl. Gordon, Scrubby creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 17,736
0
Mistake Creek (Burdekin) 587,421
1,321
1,399
867
15
7,414
11,016
Morehead River, Healy Creek and Hann River (Eastern Cape York) 425,766
3
8,242
2,864
11,108
Mossman (Wet Tropics) 47,285
64
1,608
9
12
< 1
183
1
422
2,300
Mulgrave-Russell (Wet Tropics) 198,027
1,653
5,019
164
94
< 1
8,399
5
2,047
17,380
Murray Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 46,631
118
2,793
45
659
3,616
Murray (Wet Tropics) 110,656
327
8,667
2
2
5,257
34
547
14,836
Myrtle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 29,516
18
1,498
705
13
295
2,528
Native Companion Creek (Burdekin) 548,474
412
48
287
8
2,923
3,678
Nesbit, Chester and adjacent estuaries (Eastern Cape York) 4,338
3,026
37
84
3,147
Nesbit River (incl. Leo Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 68,059
< 1
444
121
565
Nogoa River (Fitzroy) 1,616,991
17,822
126
579
1,484
137
16,080
36,227
Normanby estuarine waters (incl. Bizant, Normanby, Saltwater and others adjacent Princess Charlotte Bay) (Eastern Cape York) 54,162
27,805
866
82
28,753
Normanby /lower Laura rivers (incl. Brown, Cabbage Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 205,565
7
78
4,519
986
5,590
Normanby River - lower and Bizant River (Eastern Cape York) 105,992
401
5,365
2,730
8,496
Normanby - upper (incl. West, East and Granite Normanby Rivers, Bridge Ck) (Eastern Cape York) 290,818
182
1
2,469
6,838
9,490
North Jacky Jacky Creek – dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 13,858
142
154
745
289
1,330
North Jeannie coastal creeks outside National Park (incl. Horwick River, Wakooka Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 110,554
5,269
44
628
1,058
7,000
North Kennedy River (Eastern Cape York) 191,510
< 1
1
4,122
1
1,438
5,564
Oaky , Wallace, Lyon creeks (Eastern Cape York) 33,909
5
574
579
OConnell River (Mackay Whitsunday) 48,766
341
592
15
25
2
311
29
807
2,121
Olive River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 751
470
101
571
Olive River (incl. Horseshoe, Scorpion creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 124,133
< 1
< 1
3,504
374
3,879
Pascoe - headwaters (incl. Little Pascoe, Fall creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 64,780
74
3,274
3,348
Pascoe - lower, outside National Park (incl. Tin and coastal creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 36,638
622
832
1,454
Pascoe - mid (incl. Garraway, Brown creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 31,243
266
266
Pascoe - mid (incl. Hamilton Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 11,269
206
206
Pascoe River estuary and other estuaries draining into Wemouth Bay (Eastern Cape York) 1,325
112
8
4
124
Pascoe - upper (incl. Yam, One Mile creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 36,658
115
115
Pelican Creek (Burdekin) 148,083
430
6
1
3,175
3,612
Pioneer River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,788
618
110
1,786
2,514
Plane Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 15,963
42
966
68
14
181
1,272
Port of Cape Flattery (land side) (Eastern Cape York) 9,437
10
10
521
348
11
5
904
Port of Cape Flattery marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 14,707
22
22
Port of Cooktown marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 3,067
11
11
Port of Quintell Beach marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 1,364
2
2
Princess Charlotte Bay (Eastern Cape York) 137,329
25
25
Proserpine River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday) 8,490
26
432
458
Reliance Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 10,662
11
1,544
5
66
10
92
1,727
Repulse Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 25,555
1,740
2
6
72
1,819
Rocky Dam Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 51,839
94
5,704
27
2,109
911
1,393
10,237
Rollston River (Burdekin) 144,919
106
36
52
6,039
6,232
Rosella Creek (Burdekin) 147,410
266
268
139
1,775
2,448
Rosetta Creek (Burdekin) 244,047
284
5
424
8
5,414
6,135
Ross River (Burdekin) 131,054
5,923
8,892
29
163
200
353
4,284
19,844
Running River (Burdekin) 110,538
19
1
3,600
3,621
Sandy Creek (Burdekin) 318,941
228
29
291
9
1,223
1,780
Sandy Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 49,935
1,205
845
13
< 1
538
27
712
3,340
Sarina Beaches (Mackay Whitsunday) 8,458
58
644
8
99
115
14
939
Sellheim River (Burdekin) 170,458
9,541
34
26
3,826
13,427
Shelburne Bay dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 49,236
70
2,754
889
1
3,714
Shelburne Bay (Eastern Cape York) 25,164
24
< 1
24
Shoalwater Creek (Fitzroy) 361,610
1,211
29,789
5
291
20,319
5,413
57,028
South Annan coastal creeks outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 15,542
560
264
205
1,029
St Helens Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,566
40
1,457
13
11
243
1,763
Star River (Burdekin) 199,399
59
14
157
7,260
7,492
Starcke River (Eastern Cape York) 50,093
< 1
66
38
990
462
1,557
Stewart River - headwaters outside National Park (incl. Little Stewart, Station creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 38,767
6
364
370
Stewart River, Terrible Creek (Eastern Cape York) 37,627
37
344
381
Stones Creek (Burdekin) 77,525
6
14
2,918
2,939
Styx River (Fitzroy) 299,512
1,293
26,330
849
26
83
861
7,268
5,045
41,754
Temple Bay and Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York) 5,735
4
4
Theresa Creek (Fitzroy) 1,149,860
3,898
523
690
146
13,301
18,558
Thompsons Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,013
218
3,694
< 1
2
3,350
1,457
68
8,789
Trevethan Creek outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 9,497
1
444
445
Tully (Wet Tropics) 168,340
1,616
1,946
8
19
4,470
79
1,641
9,780
Upper Belyando River (Burdekin) 583,589
400
180
156
129
2,585
3,450
Upper Burdekin River (Burdekin) 448,172
232
2,275
81
1
12,640
399
9,860
25,490
Upper Cattle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,841
417
417
Upper Dawson River (Fitzroy) 2,315,530
1,609
2,137
1,131
2,739
229
14,447
22,292
Upper Isaac River (Fitzroy) 1,012,469
4,949
367
1,045
3
2,187
288
18,881
27,720
Upper Proserpine River (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,621
3,946
159
4,106
Upper Suttor River (Burdekin) 515,807
1,174
316
401
66
9,408
11,364
Upstart Bay catchments (Burdekin) 129,031
585
10,702
147
57
478
2,673
4,956
19,598
Walker Bay (Eastern Cape York) 246
10
10
Walsh Bay (Eastern Cape York) 189
1
1
Waterhole Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 21,131
44
1,347
3
195
24
80
1,692
Waterpark Creek (Fitzroy) 184,786
95
25,965
33
57
8,887
2,416
5,563
43,017
Weary Bay (Eastern Cape York) 540
0
West Hill Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,396
19
1,413
< 1
1,139
165
205
2,942
Weymouth Bay (Eastern Cape York) 4,352
9
9
Whitsunday Coast (Mackay Whitsunday) 19,560
36
683
2
16
8
14
759
Wilson Creek, Portland Road coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 13,471
1
373
3
27
215
619
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments.
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, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment 2013 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2013/wqip.html
— Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation