Drainage basin pre-clear wetland system extents
Definition of drainage basin
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
Pre-clear 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 )
intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)
lacustrine (natural)
palustrine (natural)
riverine
Total
172,970,898
1,200,308
517,754
3,036,142
2,588,335
7,342,540
Arafura Sea
26,297
8,644
251
8,895
Archer
1,380,035
14,759
29,167
10,393
54,319
Baffle
407,766
13,698
13
13,255
8,669
35,635
Balonne-Condamine
13,664,954
5,438
122,137
49,986
177,561
Barron
219,333
1,307
111
1,312
5,883
8,613
Black
105,519
1,074
468
3,975
5,516
Border Rivers
2,381,978
238
5,248
36,778
42,264
Boyne
249,301
2,589
145
4,837
7,571
Brisbane
1,354,920
1,427
9,780
34,792
46,000
Bulloo
5,203,638
20,123
150,149
16,764
187,036
Burdekin
13,010,930
1,853
5,033
53,867
325,235
385,988
Burnett
3,320,998
1,301
3,528
57,724
62,554
Burrum
335,101
2,874
11,475
12,218
26,566
Calliope
224,863
8,762
22
48
1,202
10,034
Coleman
1,278,450
19,416
49,482
11,175
80,073
Cooper Creek
24,386,792
164,707
506,416
228,338
899,460
Coral Sea
140,549
50,963
16
1,154
79
52,213
Curtis Island
57,804
14,641
758
174
15,573
Daintree
210,458
3,332
2,855
3,556
9,743
Diamantina
11,911,000
111,959
675,154
273,126
1,060,239
Don
374,512
21,324
3,695
10,378
35,397
Ducie
674,551
25,195
26,921
1,861
53,976
Embley
458,378
36,798
17,047
504
54,348
Endeavour
218,630
2,757
81
2,637
4,232
9,708
Fitzroy
14,248,292
32,927
7,243
48,555
162,688
251,412
Flinders
10,929,807
40,901
767
38,383
202,109
282,160
Fraser Island
165,949
3,431
2,821
13,219
1
19,473
Georgina
14,401,525
160,999
414,659
159,899
735,558
Gilbert
4,636,998
51,176
657
43,358
177,368
272,558
Haughton
407,055
36,073
184
8,124
16,377
60,758
Hay
279,520
5,797
63
5,860
Herbert
987,310
15,281
462
27,826
34,745
78,314
Hinchinbrook Island
39,692
8,089
532
179
8,799
Holroyd
1,030,690
5,578
< 1
21,455
5,098
32,132
Jacky Jacky
297,162
25,383
2,532
15,466
784
44,166
Jardine
327,317
2,346
17,795
1,519
21,660
Jeannie
362,572
16,722
1,644
7,097
3,118
28,581
Johnstone
231,781
3,780
4
9,987
1,750
15,521
Kolan
290,501
1,787
3,106
8,460
13,353
Lake Frome
15,184
1,535
3
1,538
Leichhardt
3,288,217
33,051
517
29,881
88,966
152,413
Lockhart
288,360
12,276
57
2,151
6,918
21,401
Logan-Albert
413,866
2,563
8,609
6,953
18,125
Maroochy
153,905
4,698
37
39,362
9,212
53,310
Mary
947,833
4,367
13,639
25,565
43,571
Mitchell
7,162,243
37,106
1,312
88,133
162,899
289,450
Moonie
1,465,738
10
1,635
6,982
8,627
Moreton Bay Islands
57,057
7,545
488
6,443
14,475
Morning
368,867
77,884
1,280
2,523
6,742
88,428
Mornington Island
99,830
11,832
1,076
4
12,912
Mossman
46,574
1,781
449
896
3,125
Mulgrave-Russell
198,740
5,700
38
14,865
4,691
25,294
Murray
110,739
8,268
2
10,782
636
19,687
Nicholson
3,574,411
113,963
30,389
102,080
246,432
Noosa
195,578
8,946
249
42,151
1,215
52,562
Norman
5,066,736
65,741
106
86,861
75,678
228,386
Normanby
2,438,587
28,190
78
40,432
23,255
91,955
O'Connell
238,873
13,293
4,202
4,667
22,162
Olive-Pascoe
417,294
4,651
1,075
4,511
6,076
16,313
Paroo
3,523,770
18,920
66,185
20,073
105,178
Pine
148,279
6,368
10,949
2,547
19,865
Pioneer
157,452
971
4,432
5,742
11,145
Plane
254,423
19,272
13
29,970
5,327
54,582
Proserpine
250,002
12,929
2
12,584
2,228
27,743
Ross
170,598
15,104
1,465
7,681
24,251
Settlement
1,188,868
58,806
16,794
8,568
84,168
Shoalwater
359,579
51,031
1,099
6,445
58,575
South Coast
130,572
4,820
13,072
3,281
21,173
Staaten
2,570,527
18,791
249
28,353
49,292
96,685
Stewart
275,475
6,448
2,151
5,403
14,002
Styx
301,068
35,188
26
613
5,588
41,414
Torres Strait Islands
57,023
5,337
2
631
673
6,642
Tully
167,593
1,907
9
11,779
1,743
15,438
Warrego
5,216,183
899
19,265
40,289
60,453
Waterpark
182,282
27,542
9,230
8,000
44,773
Watson
469,442
6,851
5,441
2,262
14,554
Wenlock
755,519
10,321
17,443
3,785
31,548
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 pre-clear wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-pre-clear/basin.html