Drainage sub-basin pre-clear wetland system extents

Definition of drainage sub-basin

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

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	1,149,189	517,690	3,048,738	* n/a	* n/a
Albert River	78,190	49		562	1,702	2,313
Alice River	1,292,574		113	23,085	8,136	31,334
Archer River	1,068,849	14,759		28,146	7,462	50,366
Baffle Creek	407,766	13,702	13	13,986	8,723	36,423
Balonne River	3,823,383		1,386	12,335	* n/a	* n/a
Barcoo River	5,301,482		43	4,169	54,707	58,919
Barker & Barambah Creeks	591,904			732	5,998	6,729
Barratta Creek	184,660	20,938	22	5,101	6,861	32,922
Barron River	208,639	1,307	111	1,311	5,336	8,065
Black River	105,519	1,071		510	3,939	5,520
Bohle River	36,891	3,273		603	1,452	5,328
Bowen River	944,748		64	970	* n/a	* n/a
Boyne & Auburn Rivers	1,303,251			666	23,769	24,435
Boyne River	249,301	2,601		145	4,837	7,583
Bremer River	202,824			3,753	3,011	6,764
Brisbane River	701,500	1,427		2,703	20,742	24,871
Bulloo River	5,203,638		20,393	150,064	23,430	193,887
Burrum River	119,898	1,367		4,956	3,035	9,358
Caboolture River	46,673	1,241		6,561	730	8,532
Calliope River	224,863	8,743	22	48	1,220	10,034
Cliffdale Creek	622,991	33,985		7,942	2,897	44,824
Cloncurry River	4,733,390			11,903	128,000	139,904
Coen River	311,186			1,031	2,931	3,963
Coleman River	521,726	4,599		8,051	8,245	20,894
Comet River	1,727,489		3,282	6,932	16,227	26,440
Condamine River	3,051,741		407	4,010	19,163	23,579
Coomera & Nerang Rivers	130,572	4,969		12,983	3,273	21,225
Cooper Creek	9,575,241		143,581	456,182	129,491	729,254
Curtis Island	57,804	14,641		949	174	15,765
Daintree River	210,458	3,329		2,860	3,555	9,744
Dawson River	5,068,741		2,609	11,303	* n/a	* n/a
Diamantina River	11,911,000		110,137	677,503	339,997	1,127,637
Don River	374,512	21,508		3,913	17,627	43,048
Ducie River	357,911	11,899		8,152	935	20,986
Dumaresq River	431,196			409	14,872	15,281
Edward River	756,724	15,501		41,432	2,930	59,864
Eight Mile Creek	162,505	5,440		3,728	473	9,641
Einasleigh River	2,435,365		408	20,581	79,761	100,749
Elliott River	74,063	1,099		5,003	410	6,512
Embley River	191,482	14,135		1,235	54	15,424
Endeavour River	218,630	2,757	81	2,637	4,204	9,679
Eyre Creek	7,155,781		160,127	361,088	72,173	593,388
Fitzroy River	1,143,110	32,927	628	16,858	15,878	66,291
Flinders River	5,187,311	40,901	770	18,736	65,143	125,551
Fraser Island	165,949	3,431	2,824	12,236	1	18,493
Freshwater Creek	10,693			< 1	548	548
Georgina River	7,245,744		894	53,582	90,108	144,585
Gilbert River	2,201,634	51,175	249	23,620	97,215	172,260
Gregory River	91,049	350		1,376	4,701	6,427
Hann River	966,394	20,205		23,489	7,146	50,839
Haughton River	222,395	15,254	162	2,839	10,145	28,399
Hay	279,520		5,797	63		5,860
Herbert River	987,310	15,218	462	28,365	34,673	78,718
Hinchinbrook Island	39,692	8,092		518	181	8,791
Holroyd River	532,582	2,880	< 1	9,919	3,366	16,165
Isaac River	2,232,467		453	5,006	56,271	61,730
Isis River	50,091	57		70	4,082	4,209
Jacky Jacky Creek	297,162	25,382	2,490	15,562	* n/a	* n/a
Jardine River	327,317	2,230		19,308	1,523	23,060
Jeannie River	362,572	16,722	1,644	7,097	3,197	28,660
Kendall River	498,108	2,698		11,536	1,732	15,966
Kolan River	290,501	1,820		3,086	8,452	13,358
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	500	30,089	88,966	152,605
Lockhart River	288,360	12,276	57	2,151	6,918	21,401
Lockyer Creek	296,991			3,083	8,715	11,798
Logan River	335,676	2,532		8,034	5,513	16,078
Lower Burdekin River	1,048,562	1,863	32	1,668	67,278	70,841
Lower Burnett River	566,660	1,350		2,016	18,229	21,595
Lower Mary River	677,690	4,369		13,627	15,912	33,908
Macintyre Brook	432,482			427	14,599	15,026
Macintyre & Weir Rivers	1,518,300		283	8,155	* n/a	* n/a
Mackenzie River	1,305,897		141	5,632	22,931	28,704
Maranoa River	2,003,528		134	1,914	6,120	8,168
Maroochy River	153,905	4,705	37	39,296	9,200	53,239
Mcdonald River	273,439	8,646		17,428	856	26,930
Mission River	266,896	22,664		16,175	450	39,289
Mitchell River	4,131,477	50,938	1,063	65,487	122,260	239,747
Moonie River	1,465,738		10	1,756	6,981	8,746
Moreton Island	17,858	102	175	1,257		1,534
Morning Inlet	173,004	33,590	1,064	1,078	3,474	39,205
Mornington Island	99,830	11,832		1,076	4	12,912
Mossman River	46,574	1,765		459	896	3,120
Mulgrave River	131,677	5,071	38	5,150	4,106	14,365
Murray River	110,739	8,197		10,845	681	19,723
Nicholson River	3,574,411	113,969		30,389	102,074	246,432
Nogoa River	2,770,589		205	3,236	35,424	38,864
Noosa River	195,578	8,946	249	41,810	* n/a	* n/a
Norman River	5,066,736	65,739	106	86,876	75,280	228,001
Normanby River	1,472,192	8,030	78	16,942	16,178	41,229
North Johnstone River	103,100	7	4	700	919	1,629
North Pine River	57,693	2,636		2,153	1,330	6,119
O'connell River	238,854	13,293		4,199	4,666	22,159
Olive river	205,474	3,922	1,075	4,427	* n/a	* n/a
Palmer River	842,363		108	3,499	14,376	17,983
Paroo River	3,523,770		18,899	66,427	18,389	103,715
Pascoe River	211,820	730		82	4,700	5,512
Pioneer River	157,470	970		4,437	6,450	11,857
Plane Creek	254,423	19,203		30,062	5,330	54,595
Proserpine River	250,002	12,932	2	12,584	* n/a	* n/a
Ross River	133,707	12,104		585	6,146	18,835
Russell River	67,063	623		9,815	585	11,023
Saxby River	1,009,107			7,832	10,828	18,660
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	3,761		9,435	880	14,076
South Pine River	43,913	2,494		2,283	1,268	6,044
Staaten River	2,570,527	18,791	249	28,394	49,292	96,727
Stanley River	153,605			421	3,715	4,136
Stewart River	275,475	6,270		2,278	5,403	13,952
Stradbroke Islands	29,106	1,039	313	4,688		6,040
Styx River	301,068	35,192	26	613	5,602	41,433
Suttor River	7,394,868		1,005	12,126	128,053	141,184
Thomson River	9,510,070		22,005	45,680	96,194	163,878
Torres Strait Islands	57,023	5,337	2	631	673	6,642
Tully River	167,593	1,920	2	11,785	1,832	15,539
Upper Burdekin River	3,622,752		4,433	34,869	103,435	142,738
Upper Burnett River	859,183			600	9,692	10,292
Upper Mary River	270,143			164	9,984	10,148
Wallam Creeks	4,786,303		3,592	105,473	* n/a	* n/a
Walsh River	895,828		29	485	19,523	20,036
Warrego River	5,216,183		899	20,075	40,292	61,266
Waterpark Creek	182,282	27,543		9,230	8,000	44,773
Watson River	469,442	6,853		5,447	2,551	14,851
Wenlock River	755,519	10,321		17,611	3,785	31,717
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.