Drainage basin 2017 wetland system extents

Definition of drainage basin

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2017 wetland system extent by drainage basin
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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)	lacustrine (unknown degree of modification)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified)	riverine
Total	172,970,898	316,745	1,153,002	4,396	513,943	39,064	61	2,841,581	83,794	2,576,354	7,528,939
Arafura Sea	26,297		8,637					251			8,888
Archer	1,380,035	98	14,757			10		29,065		10,380	54,310
Baffle	407,766	1,015	13,613		13	144	3	10,782	334	7,198	33,101
Balonne-Condamine	13,664,954	64,512			3,905	2,732	< 1	115,025	7,620	47,857	241,651
Barron	219,333	4,700	995	< 1	111	112	< 1	307	116	4,123	10,465
Black	105,519	761	1,040			14		422	45	3,438	5,720
Border Rivers	2,381,978	20,578			212	699		5,278	1,961	27,422	56,150
Boyne	249,301	2,075	1,657	8		4,226		4	36	4,001	12,007
Brisbane	1,354,920	21,102	656	119		572	6	3,510	628	22,196	48,790
Bulloo	5,203,638	418			20,396	128		149,859	272	23,339	194,411
Burdekin	13,010,930	41,364	2,255		5,534	4,529	2	45,931	2,426	310,478	412,518
Burnett	3,320,998	14,191	1,084	8		1,061		1,754	242	35,379	53,719
Burrum	335,101	3,284	2,772	8		83	2	9,066	182	11,052	26,448
Calliope	224,863	861	7,673	29	22	160	< 1	49	34	976	9,804
Coleman	1,278,450	87	19,476					49,313		11,161	80,036
Cooper Creek	24,386,792	4,125			165,451	2,009	2	504,205	1,102	275,987	952,880
Coral Sea	140,549	41	50,832	77	16	43		1,105	8	73	52,195
Curtis Island	57,804	10	14,318	112				941	4	174	15,558
Daintree	210,458	8	3,291	3		< 1		2,303		2,064	7,670
Diamantina	11,911,000	1,724			109,998	887		677,306	125	339,221	1,129,261
Don	374,512	1,399	17,052	1,897		89	< 1	607	3,710	15,740	40,493
Ducie	674,551	7	25,177					27,922		1,876	54,982
Embley	458,378	1,225	36,795			141		17,085	248	502	55,996
Endeavour	218,630	134	2,686		81	12		2,571	32	4,101	9,617
Fitzroy	14,248,292	59,016	28,619	46	6,512	7,281	6	32,167	12,021	151,354	297,022
Flinders	10,929,807	4,074	40,903		743	621	4	38,039	1,143	203,036	288,562
Fraser Island	165,949		3,442		2,824			12,115		1	18,382
Georgina	14,401,525	2,094			160,944	424		414,619	226	162,216	740,523
Gilbert	4,636,998	2,508	51,153		655	813	< 1	43,013	621	172,906	271,669
Haughton	407,055	1,914	31,735	365	92	1,086	1	4,363	8,681	13,952	62,189
Hay	279,520				5,797			63			5,860
Herbert	987,310	1,451	13,823	2	462	206	7	12,594	1,236	27,770	57,551
Hinchinbrook Island	39,692		8,100					515		180	8,795
Holroyd	1,030,690	22	5,578		< 1			21,410		5,092	32,104
Jacky Jacky	297,162		25,383		2,468			15,552		784	44,188
Jardine	327,317	< 1	2,222					19,296		1,522	23,041
Jeannie	362,572	11	16,716		1,605			7,091	11	3,195	28,629
Johnstone	231,781	359	3,553	12	4	5		4,597	43	1,707	10,279
Kolan	290,501	6,442	1,516			238		486	34	5,022	13,739
Lake Frome	15,184				1,535			3			1,538
Leichhardt	3,288,217	5,754	33,045		182	2,206		29,698	676	87,576	159,138
Lockhart	288,360	4	12,277		57			2,232		6,915	21,485
Logan-Albert	413,866	3,274	2,042	27		169	2	3,158	191	3,745	12,608
Maroochy	153,905	1,993	4,045	282	37	367	4	15,959	960	3,775	27,423
Mary	947,833	3,548	4,220			393	7	6,676	403	15,587	30,833
Mitchell	7,162,243	2,359	50,934		1,298	4,137		91,338	461	163,590	314,117
Moonie	1,465,738	5,224			10	724		1,261	384	4,942	12,544
Moreton Bay Islands	57,057	223	7,298		485	35	< 1	6,330	19		14,389
Morning	368,867	367	77,886		1,226	178		2,548	18	6,695	88,918
Mornington Island	99,830	45	11,807					1,075		4	12,931
Mossman	46,574	62	1,640	9		12	< 1	172	1	413	2,309
Mulgrave-Russell	198,740	1,653	5,114	164	38		< 1	8,448	5	2,048	17,471
Murray	110,739	327	8,180		2	2		5,312	36	540	14,400
Nicholson	3,574,411	868	113,965			465		30,249	204	101,774	247,525
Noosa	195,578	125	8,838		249	28		33,347	11	1,598	44,196
Norman	5,066,736	397	65,681		105	136	5	86,319	533	75,222	228,399
Normanby	2,438,587	661	28,238		78	18		40,261	14	23,282	92,552
O'Connell	238,854	910	12,949	20		52	1	1,052	230	3,085	18,299
Olive-Pascoe	417,294		4,652		1,073			4,504		6,076	16,305
Paroo	3,523,770	246			18,896	100		65,545	683	18,122	103,592
Pine	148,279	3,206	4,268	146		341	2	3,418	347	1,604	13,330
Pioneer	157,470	1,792	745					439		4,320	7,295
Plane	254,423	1,925	18,317	53	13	45		7,631	1,437	4,031	33,453
Proserpine	250,002	5,145	12,482	11	2	8	2	6,835	1,650	3,354	29,488
Ross	170,598	6,096	13,723	114		172		848	1,321	5,219	27,494
Settlement	1,188,868	4	58,810			5		16,762		8,561	84,142
Shoalwater	359,579	1,243	29,235					297	20,319	5,461	56,555
South Coast	130,572	2,298	3,298			413	< 1	1,735	524	1,313	9,582
Staaten	2,570,527	78	18,794		247	6		28,326	31	49,271	96,753
Stewart	275,475	10	6,262					2,276		5,403	13,950
Styx	301,068	1,326	26,416	849	26	88		860	7,388	5,043	41,997
Torres Strait Islands	57,023	93	5,328		2			618		663	6,704
Tully	167,593	1,617	1,946		8	19		4,367	83	1,636	9,677
Warrego	5,216,183	2,128			525	566		19,205	438	36,163	59,025
Waterpark	182,282	116	25,320	33		57		8,866	2,284	5,520	42,195
Watson	469,442	11	6,839					5,442		2,548	14,840
Wenlock	755,519	6	10,321			< 1		17,574		3,783	31,684
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.