Drainage sub-basin 2017 wetland system extents

Definition of drainage sub-basin

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2017 wetland system extent by 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	312,344	1,072,720	4,127	514,415	37,521	2,827,768	80,634	2,428,994	7,278,522
Albert River	78,190	299	38			49	247	38	1,055	1,726
Alice River	1,292,574	65			112	13	22,566		8,123	30,880
Archer River	1,068,849	52	14,757			7	28,029		7,453	50,298
Baffle Creek	407,766	1,011	13,600		13	140	10,382	294	6,805	32,245
Balonne River	3,823,383	45,048			39	1,021	7,902	4,080	27,506	85,596
Barcoo River	5,301,482	1,169			43	678	4,398	107	52,501	58,896
Barker & Barambah Creeks	591,904	3,794				20	519	36	3,980	8,349
Barratta Creek	184,660	1,296	17,762	167	22	673	2,770	6,761	4,459	33,910
Barron River	208,639	4,351	976	< 1	111	69	279	141	3,909	9,839
Black River	105,519	761	1,038			13	375	45	3,421	5,653
Bohle River	36,891	155	2,511	3		7	262	577	939	4,454
Bowen River	944,748	2,185			64	305	273	12	24,961	27,800
Boyne & Auburn Rivers	1,303,251	2,859				146	434	100	13,852	17,391
Boyne River	249,301	2,081	1,638	5		4,218	4	36	3,809	11,791
Bremer River	202,824	1,555				54	1,557	134	1,499	4,799
Brisbane River	701,500	13,274	655	119		77	856	170	10,996	26,147
Bulloo River	5,203,638	414			20,125	126	149,967	253	16,667	187,551
Burrum River	119,898	1,195	1,288			50	3,398	132	2,734	8,797
Caboolture River	46,673	385	1,150			228	2,119	115	467	4,464
Calliope River	224,863	861	7,673	28	22	160	49	34	946	9,774
Cliffdale Creek	622,991	4	33,987			2	7,928		2,893	44,814
Cloncurry River	4,733,390	2,281				309	11,758	76	127,325	141,749
Coen River	311,186	46				3	1,026		2,926	4,002
Coleman River	521,726	14	4,099			4	8,020		8,240	20,378
Comet River	1,727,489	6,215			3,026	846	4,214	311	15,058	29,669
Condamine River	3,051,741	16,263			319	660	2,965	720	12,737	33,665
Coomera & Nerang Rivers	130,572	2,317	3,318			407	1,730	524	1,315	9,611
Cooper Creek	9,575,241	823			143,226	220	453,887	451	89,288	687,895
Curtis Island	57,804	10	14,427				748		174	15,359
Daintree River	210,458	8	3,275	3			2,274		2,011	7,571
Dawson River	5,068,741	9,831			2,371	1,769	9,571	1,179	27,831	52,552
Diamantina River	11,911,000	1,646			111,814	873	674,945	125	272,372	1,061,775
Don River	374,512	1,293	17,007	1,884		98	677	3,599	9,041	33,598
Ducie River	357,911	7	11,900				8,136		934	20,978
Dumaresq River	431,196	2,856				1	331	15	7,310	10,513
Edward River	756,724	68	14,693				41,291		2,922	58,974
Eight Mile Creek	162,505		5,441			2	3,722		473	9,638
Einasleigh River	2,435,365	1,334			408	193	19,628	65	79,948	101,576
Elliott River	74,063	1,181	1,060	8		33	4,209	48	332	6,871
Embley River	191,482	293	14,135				1,195		54	15,677
Endeavour River	218,630	143	2,685		81	11	2,568	32	4,132	9,652
Eyre Creek	7,155,781	809			160,027	162	361,056	70	69,814	591,938
Fitzroy River	1,143,110	9,470	28,641	30	676	494	8,283	8,711	13,471	69,776
Flinders River	5,187,311	1,721	40,903		741	295	18,549	201	62,893	125,302
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	1,285			894	247	53,548	156	90,020	146,148
Gilbert River	2,201,634	1,361	51,153		247	337	22,976	235	93,330	169,639
Gregory River	91,049	819	349			1	1,255	2	4,053	6,480
Hann River	966,394	9	20,173			2	23,378	3	7,133	50,698
Haughton River	222,395	592	13,933	198	70	330	1,624	1,684	9,138	27,569
Hay	279,520				5,797		63			5,860
Herbert River	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 River	532,582	20	2,879		< 1		9,895		3,361	16,156
Isaac River	2,232,467	7,145			440	1,272	3,688	410	47,918	60,873
Isis River	50,091	94	57			< 1	64		3,745	3,961
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	2	2,699				11,516		1,732	15,948
Kolan River	290,501	6,441	1,476			231	469	36	4,693	13,347
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	5,743	33,045		199	2,206	29,490	675	87,561	158,919
Lockhart River	288,360	4	12,277		57		2,232		6,915	21,485
Lockyer Creek	296,991	1,625				394	811	267	7,357	10,455
Logan River	335,676	2,986	2,019	< 1		115	2,946	98	2,465	10,629
Lower Burdekin River	1,048,562	11,928	2,251		32	990	523	610	55,348	71,683
Lower Burnett River	566,660	4,936	1,057	8		880	380	32	10,302	17,596
Lower Mary River	677,690	2,081	4,198			390	6,272	341	8,703	21,985
Macintyre Brook	432,482	2,384				102	138	79	8,788	11,491
Macintyre & Weir Rivers	1,518,300	12,926			197	531	3,545	1,218	10,997	29,414
Mackenzie River	1,305,897	4,224			140	1,062	3,810	1,016	15,119	25,372
Maranoa River	2,003,528	1,429			5	326	1,195	99	5,168	8,223
Maroochy River	153,905	1,992	4,040	282	37	371	16,144	960	3,776	27,603
Mcdonald River	273,439		8,667				16,403		839	25,909
Mission River	266,896	933	22,660			141	15,534	248	448	39,964
Mitchell River	4,131,477	875	37,111		1,050	3,774	60,717	106	120,641	224,273
Moonie River	1,465,738	5,419			10	718	1,084	359	4,935	12,526
Moreton Island	17,858		117		175		1,255			1,547
Morning Inlet	173,004	302	33,591		1,089	8	1,028	18	3,472	39,508
Mornington Island	99,830	45	11,807				1,075		4	12,931
Mossman River	46,574	62	1,634	9		11	165	1	402	2,284
Mulgrave River	131,677	123	4,209	164	38		3,086		1,470	9,090
Murray River	110,739	327	8,250		2	2	5,213	36	488	14,318
Nicholson River	3,574,411	868	113,958			457	30,258	204	101,780	247,525
Nogoa River	2,770,589	21,910			126	1,100	2,121	282	28,498	54,036
Noosa River	195,578	126	8,844		249	27	33,669	11	1,596	44,523
Norman River	5,066,736	387	65,683		105	141	86,305	533	75,622	228,777
Normanby River	1,472,192	642	8,020		78	15	16,884	11	16,080	41,730
North Johnstone River	103,100	72	7		4		116	28	844	1,070
North Pine River	57,693	2,658	2,132	14		77	854	33	585	6,353
O'connell River	238,873	912	12,982	20		48	1,056	178	3,059	18,256
Olive river	205,474		3,922		1,073		4,424		1,376	10,796
Palmer River	842,363	410			108	146	3,452		14,149	18,264
Paroo River	3,523,770	200			18,918	99	65,379	578	19,806	104,980
Pascoe River	211,820		730				82		4,700	5,511
Pioneer River	157,452	1,754	755				437		3,665	6,610
Plane Creek	254,423	1,896	18,244	53	13	45	7,191	1,549	4,028	33,019
Proserpine River	250,002	5,107	12,471	11	2	10	6,809	1,649	2,843	28,902
Ross River	133,707	5,940	11,246	112		164	588	745	4,232	23,027
Russell River	67,063	1,531	628				5,170	5	510	7,843
Saxby River	1,009,107	70					7,648	198	10,959	18,875
Settlement River	106,685		6,896			1	3,040		2,921	12,858
Shoalwater	359,579	1,231	29,213				288	20,334	5,445	56,510
Skardon River	43,201		4,630				2,360		86	7,077
South Johnstone River	128,680	275	3,511	12		3	4,291	15	830	8,936
South Pine River	43,913	161	989	132		38	406	195	523	2,446
Staaten River	2,570,527	78	18,794		247	6	28,288	29	49,271	96,712
Stanley River	153,605	4,633				8	259	39	1,899	6,839
Stewart River	275,475	10	6,440				2,149		5,403	14,001
Stradbroke Islands	29,106	102	995		310	16	4,625	31		6,078
Styx River	301,068	1,325	26,512	828	26	88	863	7,306	5,037	41,986
Suttor River	7,394,868	24,863			540	2,668	15,403	1,300	118,640	163,414
Thomson River	9,510,070	2,156			21,265	1,060	46,155	461	82,038	153,134
Torres Strait Islands	57,023	92	5,329		2		618		664	6,704
Tully River	167,593	1,598	1,891		8	15	4,368	83	1,547	9,511
Upper Burdekin River	3,622,752	2,040			4,395	565	33,984	550	111,308	152,842
Upper Burnett River	859,183	2,593				14	164	74	6,010	8,854
Upper Mary River	270,143	1,463				2	137	6	6,027	7,635
Wallam Creeks	4,786,303	672			3,568	637	101,059	2,386	1,693	110,016
Walsh River	895,828	1,006			29	207	477	8	19,144	20,871
Warrego River	5,216,183	2,106			525	566	18,396	438	36,171	58,202
Waterpark Creek	182,282	116	25,281	33		57	8,862	2,284	5,523	42,156
Watson River	469,442	11	6,837				5,435		2,259	14,542
Wenlock River	755,519	6	10,321				17,407		3,783	31,517
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.