Drainage basin 2017 wetland system extents
Definition of drainage basin
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2017 wetland system extent by drainage basin Download this table in .CSV format
Drainage 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
172,970,898
312,504
1,138,427
4,197
514,431
37,568
2,829,549
80,643
2,429,067
7,346,387
Arafura Sea
26,297
8,637
251
8,888
Archer
1,380,035
98
14,757
10
29,055
10,380
54,300
Baffle
407,766
1,011
13,600
13
140
10,382
294
6,805
32,245
Balonne-Condamine
13,664,954
63,413
3,931
2,645
113,121
7,286
47,104
237,500
Barron
219,333
4,701
976
< 1
111
69
279
141
4,037
10,316
Black
105,519
761
1,038
13
375
45
3,421
5,653
Border Rivers
2,381,978
18,165
197
634
4,014
1,312
27,095
51,418
Boyne
249,301
2,081
1,638
5
4,218
4
36
3,809
11,791
Brisbane
1,354,920
21,087
655
119
534
3,483
611
21,751
48,240
Bulloo
5,203,638
414
20,125
126
149,967
253
16,667
187,551
Burdekin
13,010,930
41,016
2,251
5,032
4,528
50,183
2,472
310,257
415,739
Burnett
3,320,998
14,182
1,057
8
1,060
1,497
242
34,144
52,190
Burrum
335,101
3,289
2,755
8
84
8,926
182
10,864
26,109
Calliope
224,863
861
7,673
28
22
160
49
34
946
9,774
Coleman
1,278,450
82
18,792
4
49,311
11,161
79,351
Cooper Creek
24,386,792
4,148
164,534
1,957
504,440
1,019
223,827
899,925
Coral Sea
140,549
39
50,835
70
16
42
1,114
8
73
52,198
Curtis Island
57,804
10
14,427
748
174
15,359
Daintree
210,458
8
3,275
3
2,274
2,011
7,571
Diamantina
11,911,000
1,646
111,814
873
674,945
125
272,372
1,061,775
Don
374,512
1,293
17,007
1,884
98
677
3,599
9,041
33,598
Ducie
674,551
7
25,198
26,899
1,860
53,963
Embley
458,378
1,225
36,795
141
16,729
248
502
55,641
Endeavour
218,630
143
2,685
81
11
2,568
32
4,132
9,652
Fitzroy
14,248,292
58,795
28,641
30
6,778
6,544
31,686
11,909
147,895
292,279
Flinders
10,929,807
4,072
40,903
741
604
37,955
475
201,176
285,926
Fraser Island
165,949
3,442
2,821
13,110
1
19,374
Georgina
14,401,525
2,094
160,921
409
414,604
226
159,834
738,087
Gilbert
4,636,998
2,695
51,153
655
530
42,603
300
173,278
271,215
Haughton
407,055
1,888
31,695
365
92
1,002
4,394
8,445
13,597
61,479
Hay
279,520
5,797
63
5,860
Herbert
987,310
1,344
13,787
2
462
205
12,120
1,198
27,322
56,439
Hinchinbrook Island
39,692
8,096
529
178
8,803
Holroyd
1,030,690
22
5,578
< 1
21,410
5,092
32,104
Jacky Jacky
297,162
25,385
2,511
15,458
785
44,138
Jardine
327,317
< 1
2,346
17,783
1,518
21,648
Jeannie
362,572
11
16,716
1,605
7,090
11
3,116
28,549
Johnstone
231,781
347
3,518
12
4
3
4,407
43
1,673
10,007
Kolan
290,501
6,441
1,476
231
469
36
4,693
13,347
Lake Frome
15,184
1,535
3
1,538
Leichhardt
3,288,217
5,743
33,045
199
2,206
29,490
675
87,561
158,919
Lockhart
288,360
4
12,277
57
2,232
6,915
21,485
Logan-Albert
413,866
3,285
2,057
< 1
164
3,193
136
3,520
12,355
Maroochy
153,905
1,992
4,040
282
37
371
16,144
960
3,776
27,603
Mary
947,833
3,544
4,198
391
6,409
347
14,730
29,620
Mitchell
7,162,243
2,356
37,111
1,299
4,140
87,212
114
162,057
294,288
Moonie
1,465,738
5,419
10
718
1,084
359
4,935
12,526
Moreton Bay Islands
57,057
223
7,365
485
20
6,296
31
14,420
Morning
368,867
366
77,886
1,259
167
2,515
18
6,695
88,905
Mornington Island
99,830
45
11,807
1,075
4
12,931
Mossman
46,574
62
1,634
9
11
165
1
402
2,284
Mulgrave-Russell
198,740
1,653
4,837
164
38
8,257
5
1,980
16,933
Murray
110,739
327
8,250
2
2
5,213
36
488
14,318
Nicholson
3,574,411
868
113,958
457
30,258
204
101,780
247,525
Noosa
195,578
126
8,844
249
27
33,669
11
1,596
44,523
Norman
5,066,736
387
65,683
105
141
86,305
533
75,622
228,777
Normanby
2,438,587
651
28,193
78
17
40,262
14
23,213
92,428
O'Connell
238,873
912
12,982
20
48
1,056
178
3,059
18,256
Olive-Pascoe
417,294
4,652
1,073
4,506
6,076
16,307
Paroo
3,523,770
200
18,918
99
65,379
578
19,806
104,980
Pine
148,279
3,204
4,271
146
343
3,380
343
1,575
13,263
Pioneer
157,452
1,754
755
437
3,665
6,610
Plane
254,423
1,896
18,244
53
13
45
7,191
1,549
4,028
33,019
Proserpine
250,002
5,107
12,471
11
2
10
6,809
1,649
2,843
28,902
Ross
170,598
6,095
13,757
114
172
851
1,321
5,171
27,481
Settlement
1,188,868
4
58,810
5
16,762
8,561
84,142
Shoalwater
359,579
1,231
29,213
288
20,334
5,445
56,510
South Coast
130,572
2,317
3,318
407
1,730
524
1,315
9,611
Staaten
2,570,527
78
18,794
247
6
28,288
29
49,271
96,712
Stewart
275,475
10
6,440
2,149
5,403
14,001
Styx
301,068
1,325
26,512
828
26
88
863
7,306
5,037
41,986
Torres Strait Islands
57,023
92
5,329
2
618
664
6,704
Tully
167,593
1,598
1,891
8
15
4,368
83
1,547
9,511
Warrego
5,216,183
2,106
525
566
18,396
438
36,171
58,202
Waterpark
182,282
116
25,281
33
57
8,862
2,284
5,523
42,156
Watson
469,442
11
6,837
5,435
2,259
14,542
Wenlock
755,519
6
10,321
17,407
3,783
31,517
Whitsunday Island
10,687
578
16
< 1
594
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 (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 basin 2017 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2017/basin.html