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
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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	* n/a	* n/a
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	* n/a	* n/a
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	* n/a	* n/a
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	* n/a	* n/a
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.

* Pre-clear riverine wetland statistics are not available in this area. A comprehensive evaluation is currently underway of the effect of identified limitations on the statistical analysis process used to monitor wetland extent change. During this time, selected riverine wetland statistics will be temporarily unavailable as they may be disproportionately impacted. It is expected that this evaluation will be completed in late 2024.

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.