Drainage sub-basin 2019 wetland system extents

Definition of drainage sub-basin

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2019 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)	lacustrine (unknown degree of modification)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified)	riverine
Total	172,799,332	317,856	1,087,304	4,316	513,927	39,062	61	2,839,081	83,947	2,574,977	7,460,530
Albert River	78,190	303	38			55		242	46	1,057	1,740
Alice River	1,292,574	66			112	13		22,944		8,116	31,252
Archer River	1,068,849	52	14,757			7		28,039		7,453	50,308
Baffle Creek	407,766	1,014	13,612		13	144	3	10,774	334	7,197	33,091
Balonne River	3,823,383	45,743			22	1,027		9,069	4,268	27,592	87,722
Barcoo River	5,301,482	1,194			43	678		4,055	107	52,298	58,375
Barker & Barambah Creeks	591,904	3,810				20		519	36	4,199	8,583
Barratta Creek	184,660	1,328	17,809	167	22	758	< 1	2,869	6,993	5,105	35,053
Barron River	208,639	4,364	995	< 1	111	108	< 1	307	116	3,991	9,993
Black River	105,519	766	1,040			14		421	45	3,438	5,724
Bohle River	36,891	156	2,519	3		7		200	577	949	4,410
Bowen River	944,748	2,204			64	310		262	12	28,063	30,915
Boyne & Auburn Rivers	1,303,251	2,864				146		436	100	13,831	17,377
Boyne River	249,301	2,075	1,657	8		4,226		4	36	4,000	12,007
Bremer River	202,824	1,548				58		1,556	139	1,685	4,986
Brisbane River	701,500	13,283	649	116		76	1	855	169	11,179	26,329
Bulloo River	5,203,638	418			20,396	128		149,859	272	23,339	194,411
Burrum River	119,898	1,201	1,298			50		3,485	132	2,775	8,941
Caboolture River	46,673	389	1,150			227	< 1	2,149	115	471	4,502
Calliope River	224,863	861	7,673	29	22	160	< 1	49	34	976	9,804
Cliffdale Creek	622,991	4	33,987			2		7,928		2,893	44,814
Cloncurry River	4,733,390	2,304				328		11,864	742	127,318	142,557
Coen River	311,186	46				3		1,026		2,926	4,002
Coleman River	521,726	19	4,599					8,021		8,240	20,879
Comet River	1,727,489	6,233			3,026	845	2	4,290	311	14,994	29,700
Condamine River	3,051,741	16,864			288	742	< 1	3,243	750	11,991	33,879
Coomera & Nerang Rivers	130,572	2,300	3,296			414	< 1	1,728	524	1,311	9,573
Cooper Creek	9,575,241	826			143,410	247	1	455,695	466	129,392	730,037
Curtis Island	57,804	10	14,318	112				941	4	174	15,558
Daintree River	210,458	8	3,291	3		< 1		2,303		2,063	7,668
Dawson River	5,068,741	10,488			2,277	1,934		9,735	1,276	29,258	54,968
Diamantina River	11,911,000	1,732			109,998	887		677,298	134	339,221	1,129,269
Don River	374,512	1,417	17,052	1,897		89	< 1	607	3,699	15,691	40,451
Ducie River	357,911	7	11,900					8,140		934	20,981
Dumaresq River	431,196	2,900				1		339	15	7,360	10,615
Edward River	756,724	70	14,877					41,292		2,922	59,159
Eight Mile Creek	162,505		5,441			2		3,722		473	9,638
Einasleigh River	2,435,365	1,319			408	401		20,085	65	79,499	101,777
Elliott River	74,063	1,176	1,067	8		31	2	4,253	48	338	6,922
Embley River	191,482	291	14,135					1,233		54	15,713
Endeavour River	218,630	134	2,686		81	12		2,571	32	4,100	9,617
Eyre Creek	7,155,781	821			160,050	177		361,071	70	72,154	594,344
Fitzroy River	1,143,110	9,040	28,619	46	503	1,064		8,485	8,693	14,163	70,613
Flinders River	5,187,311	1,728	40,903		743	293	4	18,533	203	64,922	127,329
Fraser Island	165,949		3,442		2,824			12,115		1	18,382
Freshwater Creek	10,693	350								131	482
Georgina River	7,245,744	1,316			894	247		53,548	156	90,062	146,222
Gilbert River	2,201,634	1,213	51,153		247	412	< 1	22,928	556	93,339	169,850
Gregory River	91,049	822	349			1		1,264	2	4,118	6,556
Hann River	966,394	12	20,207			2		23,377	3	7,133	50,734
Haughton River	222,395	589	13,926	198	70	327	< 1	1,482	1,687	8,839	27,120
Hay	279,520				5,797			63			5,860
Herbert River	987,310	1,438	13,823	2	462	206	7	12,590	1,249	27,768	57,545
Hinchinbrook Island	39,692		8,100					515		180	8,795
Holroyd River	532,582	20	2,879		< 1			9,895		3,361	16,156
Isaac River	2,232,467	7,137			440	1,270	3	3,736	477	48,495	61,557
Isis River	50,091	95	57					63		3,812	4,027
Jacky Jacky Creek	297,162		25,383		2,468			15,552		784	44,188
Jardine River	327,317	< 1	2,222					19,296		1,522	23,041
Jeannie River	362,572	11	16,716		1,605			7,091	11	3,195	28,629
Kendall River	498,108	6	2,699					11,516		1,732	15,952
Kolan River	290,501	6,437	1,516			238		484	34	5,018	13,729
L Creek	195,863	70	44,295		170	159		1,487		3,223	49,404
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	5,754	33,045		182	2,206		29,698	676	87,576	159,138
Lockhart River	288,360	4	12,277		57			2,232		6,915	21,485
Lockyer Creek	296,991	1,638				431	1	811	280	7,332	10,494
Logan River	335,676	2,976	2,004	27		114	2	2,914	145	2,687	10,868
Lower Burdekin River	1,048,562	12,032	2,255		32	996		484	648	60,835	77,282
Lower Burnett River	566,660	4,936	1,084	8		881		619	32	11,150	18,710
Lower Mary River	677,690	2,115	4,220			391	7	6,534	397	9,480	23,144
Macintyre Brook	432,482	2,392				105		188	78	9,010	11,773
Macintyre & Weir Rivers	1,518,300	15,376			212	604		4,680	1,900	10,940	33,712
Mackenzie River	1,305,897	4,302			140	1,066	< 1	3,587	1,028	14,954	25,078
Maranoa River	2,003,528	1,454			26	326		1,276	99	5,175	8,357
Maroochy River	153,905	1,948	4,043	282	37	382	4	15,851	1,042	3,763	27,353
Mcdonald River	273,439		8,647					17,423		856	26,925
Mission River	266,896	839	22,660			141		15,841	248	448	40,178
Mitchell River	4,131,477	881	50,934		1,049	3,775		64,444	453	122,071	243,608
Moonie River	1,465,738	5,228			10	726		1,260	384	4,893	12,501
Moreton Island	17,858		117		175			1,255			1,547
Morning Inlet	173,004	304	33,591		1,056	19		1,061	18	3,472	39,520
Mornington Island	99,830	45	11,807					1,075		4	12,931
Mossman River	46,574	85	1,639	9		12	< 1	172	1	413	2,332
Mulgrave River	131,677	122	4,489	164	38		< 1	3,137		1,525	9,476
Murray River	110,739	327	8,180		2	2		5,307	36	540	14,395
Nicholson River	3,574,411	868	113,965			465		30,249	204	101,774	247,525
Nogoa River	2,770,589	21,943			126	1,104		2,185	292	29,294	54,944
Noosa River	195,578	125	8,838		249	28		33,328	11	1,595	44,175
Norman River	5,066,736	406	65,677		105	136	5	86,315	533	75,222	228,400
Normanby River	1,472,192	657	8,031		78	16		16,884	11	16,149	41,826
North Johnstone River	103,100	75	7		4	1		143	28	872	1,131
North Pine River	57,693	2,658	2,127	14		75	2	849	38	578	6,341
O'connell River	238,854	918	12,948	20		53	1	1,052	230	3,084	18,306
Olive river	205,474		3,922		1,073			4,422		1,376	10,794
Palmer River	842,363	433			108	146		3,472		14,151	18,310
Paroo River	3,523,770	254			18,896	100		65,545	683	18,119	103,596
Pascoe River	211,820		730					82		4,700	5,511
Pioneer River	157,470	1,793	744			< 1		439		4,319	7,295
Plane Creek	254,423	1,935	18,317	53	13	48		7,618	1,437	4,029	33,450
Proserpine River	250,002	5,152	12,483	11	2	8	2	6,836	1,630	3,352	29,476
Ross River	133,707	5,943	11,204	112		164		649	745	4,261	23,077
Russell River	67,063	1,537	625					5,311	5	523	8,000
Saxby River	1,009,107	72						7,640	198	10,788	18,698
Settlement River	106,685		6,896			1		3,040		2,921	12,858
Shoalwater	359,579	1,235	29,235					297	20,319	5,461	56,546
Skardon River	43,201		4,630					2,359		86	7,076
South Johnstone River	128,680	284	3,546	12		4		4,453	15	835	9,149
South Pine River	43,913	162	986	132		37		407	195	552	2,471
Staaten River	2,570,527	83	18,794		247	6		28,325	31	49,271	96,757
Stanley River	153,605	4,632				6	4	283	39	1,984	6,948
Stewart River	275,475	10	6,262					2,276		5,403	13,950
Stradbroke Islands	29,106	95	962		310	30	< 1	4,646	19		6,062
Styx River	301,068	1,326	26,411	849	26	91	< 1	860	7,392	5,043	41,998
Suttor River	7,394,868	25,248			1,005	2,643	< 1	11,206	1,216	118,795	160,115
Thomson River	9,510,070	2,117			21,998	1,084	< 1	44,449	529	94,289	164,467
Torres Strait Islands	57,023	93	5,328		2			618		663	6,704
Tully River	167,593	1,617	1,946		8	19		4,360	83	1,636	9,670
Upper Burdekin River	3,622,752	2,088			4,433	585	1	33,973	550	102,605	144,234
Upper Burnett River	859,183	2,598				14		166	74	6,150	9,002
Upper Mary River	270,143	1,477				2		138	6	6,069	7,692
Wallam Creeks	4,786,303	698			3,568	639		101,248	2,503	2,995	111,652
Walsh River	895,828	1,033			29	204		477	8	19,224	20,974
Warrego River	5,216,183	2,128			525	566		19,163	438	35,833	58,652
Waterpark Creek	182,282	116	25,320	33		57		8,862	2,284	5,518	42,190
Watson River	469,442	390	6,839					5,442		2,548	15,219
Wenlock River	755,519	6	10,321			3		17,574		3,783	31,686
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.