EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary) 2019 wetland system extents
Definition of EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary)
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2019 wetland system extent by EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary) Download this table in .CSV format
EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary)
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
81,568,762
270,813
460,419
4,385
65,592
25,781
45
676,070
77,951
848,468
2,429,523
Albert River (WQ1455)
78,090
290
38
55
225
46
1,057
1,711
Barron River Basin (WQ1101)
218,832
4,704
987
< 1
56
108
< 1
297
116
4,116
10,386
Black River Basin; Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1183)
177,757
72
< 1
73
Black River Basin (WQ1171)
105,881
766
1,043
14
459
44
3,499
5,824
Bremer River (WQ1436)
202,824
1,548
58
1,556
139
1,685
4,986
Brisbane Creeks—Bramble Bay (WQ1423)
20,910
82
913
135
20
386
188
174
1,898
Brisbane River Estuary (WQ1431)
56,853
443
766
107
62
1
376
149
1,012
2,917
Broadwater (WQ1463)
7,369
9
269
3
136
417
Burdekin River (lower) and Bowen River Sub-Basins (WQ1205)
1,172,373
3,338
76
441
294
26
38,213
42,388
Burdekin River (lower) and Bowen River Sub-Basins (WQ1206)
376,014
639
2,255
20
762
443
633
20,364
25,116
Burdekin River (upper) Sub-Basin (WQ1201)
4,050,894
8,682
4,433
688
1
33,981
550
132,795
181,130
Burrum, Gregory, Isis, Cherwell and Elliott Rivers (WQ1371)
337,435
3,308
2,885
8
83
2
9,086
182
11,042
26,595
Caboolture River (WQ1422)
46,673
389
1,150
227
< 1
2,149
115
471
4,502
Callide Creek Catchment (WQ1306)
812,565
3,060
68
88
767
163
3,988
8,133
Comet River Sub-basin (WQ1307)
1,729,722
6,181
3,026
845
2
4,290
311
14,989
29,643
Condamine River Basin (WQ4223)
3,052,097
16,864
288
742
< 1
3,243
750
11,991
33,879
Coomera River (WQ1462)
44,098
157
1,572
150
< 1
831
7
621
3,337
Currumbin and Tallebudgera Creeks (WQ1464)
24,017
64
109
44
100
4
213
534
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1272)
294,651
4
6,106
15
1
17
8
6,151
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1311)
282,167
871
22,267
131
22
160
< 1
990
39
1,150
25,629
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1331)
249,574
2,075
1,649
4
4,226
4
36
4,000
11,994
Daintree, Mossman, Barron, Mulgrave Russell, Johnstone, Tully, Murray, Hinchinbrook, Herbert Basins (WQ1082)
896,022
15
2,158
9
77
18
2,278
Daintree and Mossman River Basins (WQ1081)
257,005
96
4,915
12
12
< 1
2,467
1
2,470
9,973
Dawson River Sub-basin (WQ1308, WQ1309)
4,261,489
7,429
2,209
1,850
9,005
1,113
25,274
46,879
Don River Basin (WQ1211)
374,512
1,417
17,052
1,897
89
< 1
607
3,699
15,691
40,451
Fitzroy River Sub-basin (WQ1305)
1,145,362
9,040
28,683
46
503
1,064
8,487
8,693
14,203
70,718
Fraser Island Waters (WQ1391)
243,579
3,755
2,824
12,121
1
18,701
Great Sandy Strait and Coastal Creeks (WQ1402)
176,694
18
12,140
22
13,451
< 1
< 1
25,632
Haughton, Lower Burdekin/Bowen and Don (WQ1190)
261,005
478
9
< 1
0
488
Haughton River Basin (WQ1191)
417,158
1,956
33,777
446
92
1,087
1
4,865
9,073
13,964
65,261
Herbert River Basin (WQ1161)
987,202
1,438
13,763
2
462
206
7
12,551
1,249
27,708
57,386
Hervey Bay (WQ1372)
419,567
3
< 1
3
Isaac River Sub-basin (WQ1301)
2,234,727
7,136
440
1,270
3
3,741
477
48,499
61,565
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1011)
297,162
25,383
2,468
15,552
784
44,188
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1021)
417,294
4,652
1,073
4,504
6,076
16,305
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1031)
288,360
4
12,277
57
2,232
6,915
21,485
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1041)
275,475
10
6,262
2,276
5,403
13,950
Jeannie and Endeavour River Basins (WQ1061)
362,572
11
16,716
1,605
7,091
11
3,195
28,629
Jeannie and Endeavour River Basins (WQ1071)
219,033
134
2,701
81
12
2,586
32
4,111
9,658
Johnstone River Basin (WQ1121)
232,070
359
3,552
12
4
5
4,613
43
1,707
10,295
Lockyer Creek (WQ1437)
296,991
1,638
431
1
811
280
7,332
10,494
Logan River (WQ1454)
308,598
2,482
1,249
26
65
2
1,644
127
2,646
8,241
Mackenzie River Sub-basin (WQ1304)
1,298,488
4,298
140
1,063
< 1
3,546
1,028
14,923
24,998
Maranoa-Balonne Rivers Basin (WQ4222)
5,826,909
47,197
49
1,354
10,346
4,367
32,767
96,079
Maroochy River (WQ1411)
72,491
1,227
804
282
141
2,845
756
2,352
8,407
Mary River (WQ1381)
948,654
3,577
4,393
394
7
6,696
403
15,549
31,018
Mid Brisbane River (WQ1433)
55,583
675
< 1
< 1
6
11
1,365
2,058
Mitchell River Basin (part) and Walsh River sub-basin (WQ9190)
209,545
878
154
175
2
4,076
5,286
Mooloolah River (WQ1412)
30,926
494
102
3
114
1
1,889
< 1
1,210
3,814
Mulgrave - Russell Rivers Basin (WQ1111)
198,287
1,660
5,092
164
94
< 1
8,426
5
2,047
17,487
Nerang River (WQ1461)
58,503
1,880
< 1
204
< 1
128
502
393
3,108
Nogoa River Sub-basin (WQ1302, WQ1303)
2,769,437
21,999
126
1,104
2,185
292
29,288
54,995
Noosa River (WQ1401)
135,237
99
627
227
24
19,231
26
1,440
21,675
Normanby River Basin (WQ1051)
2,438,587
668
28,238
78
18
40,261
14
23,282
92,560
Oxley Creek (WQ1434)
25,822
249
54
8
15
366
2
245
939
Pimpama River (WQ1465)
17,028
190
1,610
13
533
11
84
2,441
Pine Rivers and Redcliffe Creeks (WQ1421)
81,581
2,749
2,237
12
93
2
870
45
955
6,963
Pioneer River and Plane Creek Basins; Proserpine River, Whitsunday Island and O'Connell River Basins (WQ1222)
1,888,078
18
1,473
3
23
< 1
129
4
1,650
Pioneer River and Plane Creek Basins (WQ1251)
416,817
3,750
20,227
53
13
54
8,255
1,512
8,345
42,208
Proserpine River, Whitsunday Island and O'Connell River Basins (WQ1221)
483,673
6,048
24,872
28
2
55
3
7,690
1,785
6,424
46,907
Pumicestone Passage (WQ1413)
148,488
238
3,602
< 1
35
129
3
11,977
271
355
16,609
Quandamooka (Moreton Bay) (WQ1441)
308,962
95
6,552
485
30
< 1
6,303
19
13,484
Queensland Border Rivers and Moonie River basins (WQ4161)
2,383,361
20,679
212
714
5,210
1,992
27,682
56,488
Queensland Border Rivers and Moonie River basins (WQ4171)
1,465,743
5,228
10
726
1,260
384
4,893
12,501
Redland Creeks (WQ1453)
27,861
506
1,066
< 1
49
1,287
18
41
2,967
Refer to schedule adjacent to Coastal Waters (WQ1010)
3,147,303
3,231
16
84
4
3,335
Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1181)
160,581
6,059
11,659
34
171
335
931
5,192
24,380
Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1182)
5,078
255
28
37
320
Sandy, Six Mile, Wolston, Woogaroo and Goodna Creeks (WQ1435)
15,846
79
2
76
< 1
157
316
Stanley River (WQ1439)
153,407
4,448
6
4
283
39
1,984
6,764
Styx River, Shoalwater Creek and Water Park Creek Basins (WQ1271)
843,730
2,676
82,015
881
26
148
< 1
10,018
29,995
16,020
141,780
Styx River, Shoalwater Creek and Water Park Creek Basins (WQ1272)
1,234,616
4
11,909
77
378
12
12,380
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1202)
2,045,793
7,972
1,005
232
< 1
3,131
342
60,093
72,776
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1203)
3,543,900
4,374
1,759
6,844
765
29,755
43,497
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1204)
1,822,016
16,566
653
1,231
109
29,079
47,638
Tully River, Murray River and Hinchinbrook Island Basins (WQ1131)
319,485
1,945
18,802
10
21
10,182
119
2,355
33,434
Upper Brisbane River (WQ1438)
548,262
12,131
2
31
6
8,399
20,569
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ0111)
5,201,398
418
20,248
128
149,582
272
23,339
193,986
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4221)
4,785,942
698
3,568
639
101,248
2,503
2,995
111,652
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4231)
5,215,915
2,128
525
566
19,163
438
35,833
58,652
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4241)
3,522,754
254
18,891
100
65,532
683
18,119
103,578
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundaries).
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 the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary) 2019 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 15 December 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2019/epp-water-plan.html