Drainage sub-basin pre-clear wetland system extents

Definition of drainage sub-basin

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

Pre-clear 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)
		intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)	lacustrine (natural)	palustrine (natural)	riverine
Total	172,799,332	1,134,308	517,738	3,034,250	* n/a	* n/a
Albert River	78,190	50		561	1,682	2,293
Alice River	1,292,574		113	22,705	8,143	30,961
Archer River	1,068,849	14,759		28,135	7,462	50,356
Baffle Creek	407,766	13,698	13	13,255	8,669	35,635
Balonne River	3,823,383		1,403	11,001	* n/a	* n/a
Barcoo River	5,301,482		43	4,614	54,848	59,505
Barker & Barambah Creeks	591,904			732	5,997	6,728
Barratta Creek	184,660	20,841	22	4,944	5,877	31,685
Barron River	208,639	1,307	111	1,311	5,335	8,065
Black River	105,519	1,074		468	3,975	5,516
Bohle River	36,891	2,982		920	1,525	5,427
Bowen River	944,748		64	970	* n/a	* n/a
Boyne & Auburn Rivers	1,303,251			651	23,751	24,402
Boyne River	249,301	2,589		145	4,837	7,571
Bremer River	202,824			3,751	2,424	6,175
Brisbane River	701,500	1,427		2,703	20,144	24,274
Bulloo River	5,203,638		20,123	150,149	16,764	187,036
Burrum River	119,898	1,367		5,025	3,026	9,418
Caboolture River	46,673	1,242		6,513	711	8,465
Calliope River	224,863	8,762	22	48	1,202	10,034
Cliffdale Creek	622,991	33,985		7,942	2,897	44,824
Cloncurry River	4,733,390			11,791	127,999	139,789
Coen River	311,186			1,031	2,931	3,963
Coleman River	521,726	4,099		8,050	8,245	20,393
Comet River	1,727,489		3,282	6,846	16,226	26,354
Condamine River	3,051,741		438	3,729	21,129	25,295
Coomera & Nerang Rivers	130,572	4,820		13,072	3,281	21,173
Cooper Creek	9,575,241		143,397	454,374	89,347	687,118
Curtis Island	57,804	14,641		758	174	15,573
Daintree River	210,458	3,332		2,855	3,556	9,743
Dawson River	5,068,741		2,480	11,095	* n/a	* n/a
Diamantina River	11,911,000		111,959	675,154	273,126	1,060,239
Don River	374,512	21,324		3,695	10,378	35,397
Ducie River	357,911	11,899		8,152	935	20,986
Dumaresq River	431,196			377	14,594	14,970
Edward River	756,724	15,317		41,432	2,930	59,680
Eight Mile Creek	162,505	5,440		3,728	473	9,641
Einasleigh River	2,435,365		408	20,043	80,186	100,636
Elliott River	74,063	1,099		5,003	410	6,512
Embley River	191,482	14,134		1,197	54	15,385
Endeavour River	218,630	2,757	81	2,637	4,232	9,708
Eyre Creek	7,155,781		160,104	361,077	69,834	591,016
Fitzroy River	1,143,110	32,927	683	16,711	15,150	65,471
Flinders River	5,187,311	40,901	767	18,752	63,111	123,532
Fraser Island	165,949	3,431	2,821	13,219	1	19,473
Freshwater Creek	10,693			< 1	548	548
Georgina River	7,245,744		894	53,582	90,065	144,542
Gilbert River	2,201,634	51,176	249	23,315	97,182	171,922
Gregory River	91,049	350		1,376	4,701	6,427
Hann River	966,394	20,171		23,490	7,146	50,806
Haughton River	222,395	15,232	162	3,180	10,500	29,074
Hay	279,520		5,797	63		5,860
Herbert River	987,310	15,281	462	27,826	34,745	78,314
Hinchinbrook Island	39,692	8,089		532	179	8,799
Holroyd River	532,582	2,880	< 1	9,919	3,366	16,165
Isaac River	2,232,467		453	4,937	55,645	61,034
Isis River	50,091	57		70	4,081	4,208
Jacky Jacky Creek	297,162	25,383	2,532	15,466	* n/a	* n/a
Jardine River	327,317	2,346		17,795	1,519	21,660
Jeannie River	362,572	16,722	1,644	7,097	3,118	28,581
Kendall River	498,108	2,698		11,536	1,732	15,966
Kolan River	290,501	1,787		3,106	8,460	13,353
L Creek	195,863	44,294	170	1,491	3,267	49,222
Lagoon Creek	296,688	12,485		2,077	2,275	16,837
Lake Frome	15,184		1,535	3		1,538
Leichhardt River	3,288,217	33,051	517	29,881	88,966	152,413
Lockhart River	288,360	12,276	57	2,151	6,918	21,401
Lockyer Creek	296,991			2,950	8,720	11,671
Logan River	335,676	2,513		8,048	5,271	15,832
Lower Burdekin River	1,048,562	1,853	32	1,262	60,812	63,959
Lower Burnett River	566,660	1,301		1,545	18,285	21,132
Lower Mary River	677,690	4,367		13,474	15,736	33,578
Macintyre Brook	432,482			373	14,544	14,917
Macintyre & Weir Rivers	1,518,300		238	4,498	* n/a	* n/a
Mackenzie River	1,305,897		141	5,825	22,986	28,952
Maranoa River	2,003,528		5	1,853	6,120	7,979
Maroochy River	153,905	4,698	37	39,362	9,212	53,310
Mcdonald River	273,439	8,666		16,408	840	25,914
Mission River	266,896	22,664		15,849	450	38,963
Mitchell River	4,131,477	37,106	1,062	61,466	120,870	220,503
Moonie River	1,465,738		10	1,635	6,982	8,627
Moreton Island	17,858	102	175	1,257		1,534
Morning Inlet	173,004	33,590	1,109	1,032	3,474	39,205
Mornington Island	99,830	11,832		1,076	4	12,912
Mossman River	46,574	1,781		449	896	3,125
Mulgrave River	131,677	5,072	38	5,143	4,108	14,362
Murray River	110,739	8,268	2	10,782	636	19,687
Nicholson River	3,574,411	113,963		30,389	102,080	246,432
Nogoa River	2,770,589		205	3,141	34,473	37,819
Noosa River	195,578	8,946	249	42,151	* n/a	* n/a
Norman River	5,066,736	65,741	106	86,861	75,678	228,386
Normanby River	1,472,192	8,019	78	16,943	16,109	41,148
North Johnstone River	103,100	7	4	699	865	1,575
North Pine River	57,693	2,633		2,156	838	5,627
O'connell River	238,873	13,293		4,202	4,667	22,162
Olive river	205,474	3,922	1,075	4,429	* n/a	* n/a
Palmer River	842,363		108	3,478	14,359	17,946
Paroo River	3,523,770		18,920	66,185	20,073	105,178
Pascoe River	211,820	730		82	4,700	5,512
Pioneer River	157,452	971		4,432	5,742	11,145
Plane Creek	254,423	19,272	13	29,970	5,327	54,582
Proserpine River	250,002	12,929	2	12,584	* n/a	* n/a
Ross River	133,707	12,122		546	6,156	18,824
Russell River	67,063	628		9,722	583	10,932
Saxby River	1,009,107			7,840	10,998	18,839
Settlement River	106,685	6,896		3,046	2,924	12,867
Shoalwater	359,579	51,031		1,099	6,445	58,575
Skardon River	43,201	4,630		2,361	86	7,077
South Johnstone River	128,680	3,773		9,288	884	13,946
South Pine River	43,913	2,494		2,281	998	5,772
Staaten River	2,570,527	18,791	249	28,353	49,292	96,685
Stanley River	153,605			376	3,504	3,880
Stewart River	275,475	6,448		2,151	5,403	14,002
Stradbroke Islands	29,106	1,033	313	4,699		6,045
Styx River	301,068	35,188	26	613	5,588	41,414
Suttor River	7,394,868		541	16,843	127,402	144,785
Thomson River	9,510,070		21,267	47,428	84,142	152,837
Torres Strait Islands	57,023	5,337	2	631	673	6,642
Tully River	167,593	1,907	9	11,779	1,743	15,438
Upper Burdekin River	3,622,752		4,396	34,793	112,459	151,648
Upper Burnett River	859,183			600	9,692	10,292
Upper Mary River	270,143			164	9,829	9,993
Wallam Creeks	4,786,303		3,592	105,554	* n/a	* n/a
Walsh River	895,828		29	485	19,527	20,040
Warrego River	5,216,183		899	19,265	40,289	60,453
Waterpark Creek	182,282	27,542		9,230	8,000	44,773
Watson River	469,442	6,851		5,441	2,262	14,554
Wenlock River	755,519	10,321		17,443	3,785	31,548
Whitsunday Island	16,059	594		16	< 1	611

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of drainage sub-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.