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Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment pre-clear wetland system extents

Definition of Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment

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Pre-clear wetland system extent by Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment metadata
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WQIP catchment Total area
(ha)
Wetland area by system Total
wetland area
(ha)
intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) lacustrine (natural) palustrine (natural) riverine
Total 42,620,437 456,428 18,609 377,025 * n/a * n/a
Abbot Bay catchments (Burdekin) 118,919 6,488 189 4,937 11,613
Alligator Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 20,918 1,032 3,436 392 4,860
Allingham Creek (Burdekin) 109,324 72 2,196 3,911 6,180
Andromache River (Mackay Whitsunday) 40,599 207 927 1,134
Annan River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 1,883 742 205 156 1,103
Annan River - lower, outside National Park (incl. Esk River, Hardwicke Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 18,005 47 24 678 749
Annan River - upper (above gorge) outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 35,739 12 655 667
Annie River, Saltwater Creek and Fifteen Mile Creek (Eastern Cape York) 269,719 68 6,866 1,935 8,869
Baffle (Burnett Mary) 408,475 13,532 13 13,865 8,723 36,133
Bakers Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,822 1,073 2,888 216 4,177
Balclutha Creek (Eastern Cape York) 42,008 30 410 433 873
Barratta Creek (Burdekin) 116,808 3,615 22 1,790 4,865 10,292
Barron (Wet Tropics) 218,801 1,322 56 1,291 5,874 8,542
Basalt River (Burdekin) 286,199 2,827 6,288 9,115
Bathurst and Ninian Bays (Eastern Cape York) 24,974 7 < 1 7
Bathurst Bay draining creeks (incl. Muck River) (Eastern Cape York) 53,352 1,825 240 306 2,372
Belyando floodplain (Burdekin) 203,024 3,094 3,241 6,335
Black River (Burdekin) 147,723 3,574 1,123 5,374 10,072
Blackrock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 23,930 1,618 249 326 2,193
Blacks Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 71,090 2,190 2,190
Bogie River (Burdekin) 227,541 12 45 11,241 11,298
Bowen River (Burdekin) 113,792 20 7,191 7,211
Boyne River (Fitzroy) 249,748 2,613 145 4,837 7,595
Broken River (Burdekin) 228,731 6,977 6,977
Burdekin Delta (Burdekin) 113,151 17,720 4,567 7,780 30,067
Burdekin River (below Dam) (Burdekin) 146,880 366 8,519 8,885
Burdekin River (Blue Range) (Burdekin) 272,356 314 10,386 10,699
Burdekin River (Dam) (Burdekin) 370,188 < 1 300 28,855 29,155
Burnett (Burnett Mary) 3,319,539 1,356 4,014 57,688 63,057
Burrum (Burnett Mary) 337,174 2,780 11,436 12,227 26,443
Callide Creek (Fitzroy) 766,479 67 748 * n/a * n/a
Calliope River (Fitzroy) 217,716 5,165 22 48 1,219 6,455
Camel Creek (Burdekin) 157,869 772 133 4,339 5,244
Campaspe River (Burdekin) 674,667 490 1,256 26,711 28,456
Cape Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 15,032 4,882 1,085 25 5,992
Cape Flattery dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 25,028 394 743 2,063 12 3,212
Cape River (Burdekin) 913,940 504 1,916 23,288 25,708
Carmichael River (Burdekin) 978,227 1,940 12,090 14,030
Carmilla Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 12,734 565 550 292 1,406
Chester River (incl. Scrubby Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 27,577 2 46 111 947 1,106
Clarke River (Burdekin) 646,961 47 2,404 18,863 21,314
Claudie River (incl. Deep, Swamp creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 15,927 165 71 630 866
Coastal creeks and dunes (north of Nesbit) (Eastern Cape York) 44,836 828 1,115 * n/a * n/a
Coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 48,061 401 60 2,942 47 3,449
Coastal dunes north shore of Endeavour River (Eastern Cape York) 5,863 21 151 < 1 172
Comet River (Fitzroy) 1,729,049 3,282 6,932 16,226 26,440
Connors River (Fitzroy) 952,700 73 1,474 27,255 28,802
Constant Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,516 3,241 198 217 3,657
Curtis Island (Fitzroy) 58,456 14,812 949 174 15,935
Daintree (Wet Tropics) 210,670 3,315 2,843 3,542 9,700
Deighton River (Eastern Cape York) 67,273 91 617 708
Diamond Creek (Burdekin) 213,725 55 1,650 1,705
Don River (Burdekin) 120,812 2,304 1,129 7,006 10,439
Douglas Creek (Burdekin) 122,846 6 3,082 3,088
Dry River (Burdekin) 202,310 2 3,670 4,054 7,726
Eden Lassie Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,000 2,323 223 * n/a * n/a
Endeavour River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 2,257 1,298 90 233 1,620
Endeavour River - lower (incl. Cameron, Poison creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 24,037 102 505 369 976
Endeavour River - north branch (incl. Isabella, Mango Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 18,019 88 253 340
Endeavour River - right branch (Eastern Cape York) 38,771 1,054 630 1,685
Endeavour River - south branch (Eastern Cape York) 14,720 0
Escape River (Eastern Cape York) 32,685 457 215 3,455 < 1 4,128
Estuaries draining into Temple Bay, Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York) 4,110 3,467 7 5 3,478
Estuaries (incl. Jacky Jacky, Escape, Harmer) (Eastern Cape York) 26,482 24,034 187 < 1 24,222
Estuaries (incl. Stewart, Rocky, other estuaries) (Eastern Cape York) 9,927 6,234 204 13 6,451
Fanning River (Burdekin) 110,772 207 5,702 5,909
Fitzroy River (Fitzroy) 1,133,947 27,769 628 16,513 15,941 60,851
Flaggy Rock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,893 644 228 * n/a * n/a
Fox Creek (Burdekin) 320,794 298 3,248 3,546
Gillinbin Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 13,107 424 2,387 414 3,225
Glenmore Creek (Burdekin) 160,911 54 6,940 6,994
Glennie Creek (Eastern Cape York) 36,334 244 244
Goanna, Breakfast, Whiphandle creeks (Eastern Cape York) 56,201 15 272 1,038 1,325
Gorge, Running creeks (Eastern Cape York) 41,345 20 993 582 1,595
Gray Creek (Burdekin) 169,505 90 3,606 3,696
Gregory River (Mackay Whitsunday) 31,028 2,227 275 * n/a * n/a
Hann Creek (Burdekin) 185,299 2 7,240 7,242
Hann Creek (Eastern Cape York) 28,672 2 2
Harmer, Little Harmer Creeks (Eastern Cape York) 108,898 161 361 1,781 312 2,615
Haughton River (Burdekin) 232,550 17,830 162 3,259 10,169 31,420
Herbert (Wet Tropics) 984,235 15,057 98 28,317 34,597 78,069
Hinchinbrook Island (Wet Tropics) 39,543 7,937 517 179 8,634
Indian Bay (Eastern Cape York) 863 0
Jack River and Beattie Creek (Eastern Cape York) 148,352 1,968 * n/a * n/a
Jacky Jacky Creek (Eastern Cape York) 31,041 46 5,753 * n/a * n/a
Jeannie estuaries (incl. Horwick, Starcke, Dead Dog and other estuaries) (Eastern Cape York) 9,543 8,533 0 < 1 * n/a * n/a
Jeannie River (Eastern Cape York) 46,942 100 28 * n/a * n/a
Johnstone (Wet Tropics) 232,153 3,766 4 10,184 1,799 15,752
Kangaroo River and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 28,105 13 290 997 1,299
Keelbottom Creek (Burdekin) 164,284 114 5,294 5,407
Kennedy Inlet / Newcastle Bay (Eastern Cape York) 24,824 403 16 62 481
Kennedy River and Little Kennedy Creek (Eastern Cape York) 253,270 3,302 1,766 5,068
Kirk River (Burdekin) 135,590 8,412 8,412
Kolan (Burnett Mary) 290,449 1,832 3,182 8,452 13,466
Landers Creek (Burdekin) 106,730 20 89 5,390 5,498
Laura River (incl. Mosman River, Kennedy Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 203,164 657 938 1,595
Lethebrook (Mackay Whitsunday) 37,352 701 4,078 * n/a * n/a
Little Bowen River (Burdekin) 147,193 64 723 2,641 3,428
Little Laura River (incl. Shepherd, Pine Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 89,372 692 991 1,683
Lloyd Bay (Eastern Cape York) 5,422 518 518
Lockhart, Claudie and adjacent estuaries (Eastern Cape York) 9,537 7,782 11 26 7,819
Lockhart River (incl. Eden, Arroto and Scrubby creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 82,829 6 9 345 2,875 3,235
Lockhart town and surrounds (incl. dunes) (Eastern Cape York) 4,018 69 < 1 371 440
Logan Creek (Burdekin) 403,627 59 2,267 2,326
Lolworth Creek (Burdekin) 350,352 1,081 8,986 5,096 15,163
Lower Cape River (Burdekin) 298,561 11 215 6,025 6,251
Lower Dawson River (Fitzroy) 1,991,424 159 7,312 12,273 19,745
Lower Isaac River (Fitzroy) 272,514 598 5,888 6,486
Lower Suttor River (Burdekin) 268,899 424 8,100 8,524
Mackay City (Mackay Whitsunday) 17,126 1,863 2,977 408 5,248
Mackenzie River (Fitzroy) 1,297,741 141 5,847 22,929 28,916
Margaret Bay (Eastern Cape York) 833 3 3
Marion Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 11,201 710 941 409 2,061
Marrett River, Sandalwood and Birthday creeks (Eastern Cape York) 134,518 14 1,167 * n/a * n/a
Mary (Burnett Mary) 946,581 4,433 13,728 25,896 44,057
Massy Creek, Rocky River (Eastern Cape York) 48,405 1 349 2,621 2,971
McIvor, Morgan rivers and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 58,801 501 321 3,000 639 4,461
Middle and West Claudie Rivers (incl. Gordon, Scrubby creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 17,736 0
Mistake Creek (Burdekin) 587,421 911 9,299 10,210
Morehead River, Healy Creek and Hann River (Eastern Cape York) 425,766 8,294 2,869 11,162
Mossman (Wet Tropics) 47,285 1,770 494 906 3,170
Mulgrave-Russell (Wet Tropics) 198,027 5,644 94 14,895 4,690 25,323
Murray Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 46,631 2,816 183 1,193 4,191
Murray (Wet Tropics) 110,656 8,690 10,459 682 19,831
Myrtle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 29,516 1,526 1,490 365 3,381
Native Companion Creek (Burdekin) 548,474 311 * n/a * n/a
Nesbit, Chester and adjacent estuaries (Eastern Cape York) 4,338 3,022 39 85 3,146
Nesbit River (incl. Leo Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 68,059 < 1 444 121 565
Nogoa River (Fitzroy) 1,616,991 205 1,740 19,052 20,997
Normanby estuarine waters (incl. Bizant, Normanby, Saltwater and others adjacent Princess Charlotte Bay) (Eastern Cape York) 54,162 27,802 874 82 28,758
Normanby /lower Laura rivers (incl. Brown, Cabbage Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 205,565 78 4,528 986 5,592
Normanby River - lower and Bizant River (Eastern Cape York) 105,992 402 5,391 2,734 8,526
Normanby - upper (incl. West, East and Granite Normanby Rivers, Bridge Ck) (Eastern Cape York) 290,818 2,471 6,854 9,326
North Jacky Jacky Creek – dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 13,858 142 155 746 289 1,332
North Jeannie coastal creeks outside National Park (incl. Horwick River, Wakooka Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 110,554 5,269 45 628 1,059 7,002
North Kennedy River (Eastern Cape York) 191,510 4,139 1,439 5,578
Oaky , Wallace, Lyon creeks (Eastern Cape York) 33,909 584 584
OConnell River (Mackay Whitsunday) 48,766 613 753 992 2,358
Olive River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 751 470 101 571
Olive River (incl. Horseshoe, Scorpion creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 124,133 < 1 < 1 3,508 * n/a * n/a
Pascoe - headwaters (incl. Little Pascoe, Fall creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 64,780 74 3,274 3,348
Pascoe - lower, outside National Park (incl. Tin and coastal creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 36,638 622 832 1,454
Pascoe - mid (incl. Garraway, Brown creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 31,243 266 266
Pascoe - mid (incl. Hamilton Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 11,269 206 206
Pascoe River estuary and other estuaries draining into Wemouth Bay (Eastern Cape York) 1,325 112 8 4 124
Pascoe - upper (incl. Yam, One Mile creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 36,658 115 115
Pelican Creek (Burdekin) 148,083 1 3,494 3,495
Pioneer River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,788 2,135 3,255 5,390
Plane Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 15,963 987 454 299 1,740
Port of Cape Flattery (land side) (Eastern Cape York) 9,437 10 557 349 5 921
Port of Cape Flattery marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 14,707 22 22
Port of Cooktown marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 3,067 11 11
Port of Quintell Beach marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 1,364 2 2
Princess Charlotte Bay (Eastern Cape York) 137,329 25 25
Proserpine River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday) 8,490 147 788 935
Reliance Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 10,662 1,592 756 150 2,499
Repulse Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 25,555 1,740 2 6 72 1,819
Rocky Dam Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 51,839 5,983 9,984 1,727 17,694
Rollston River (Burdekin) 144,919 52 6,108 6,160
Rosella Creek (Burdekin) 147,410 171 * n/a * n/a
Rosetta Creek (Burdekin) 244,047 458 5,530 5,989
Ross River (Burdekin) 131,054 9,609 262 6,263 16,134
Running River (Burdekin) 110,538 1 3,612 3,614
Sandy Creek (Burdekin) 318,941 301 1,282 1,583
Sandy Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 49,935 842 4,943 1,218 7,003
Sarina Beaches (Mackay Whitsunday) 8,458 787 396 * n/a * n/a
Sellheim River (Burdekin) 170,458 26 4,904 4,929
Shelburne Bay dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 49,236 69 2,773 891 1 3,735
Shelburne Bay (Eastern Cape York) 25,164 24 < 1 24
Shoalwater Creek (Fitzroy) 361,610 51,609 1,093 6,395 59,097
South Annan coastal creeks outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 15,542 559 318 207 1,084
St Helens Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,566 1,473 56 802 2,332
Star River (Burdekin) 199,399 163 7,268 7,431
Starcke River (Eastern Cape York) 50,093 66 38 991 * n/a * n/a
Stewart River - headwaters outside National Park (incl. Little Stewart, Station creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 38,767 364 364
Stewart River, Terrible Creek (Eastern Cape York) 37,627 37 344 381
Stones Creek (Burdekin) 77,525 2,920 2,920
Styx River (Fitzroy) 299,512 34,991 26 611 5,602 41,230
Temple Bay and Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York) 5,735 4 4
Theresa Creek (Fitzroy) 1,149,860 1,142 16,372 17,514
Thompsons Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,013 3,936 6,125 94 10,156
Trevethan Creek outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 9,497 1 451 452
Tully (Wet Tropics) 168,340 1,920 2 12,171 1,831 15,922
Upper Belyando River (Burdekin) 583,589 175 * n/a * n/a
Upper Burdekin River (Burdekin) 448,172 2,276 13,245 9,873 25,393
Upper Cattle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,841 525 525
Upper Dawson River (Fitzroy) 2,315,530 2,383 3,275 * n/a * n/a
Upper Isaac River (Fitzroy) 1,012,469 380 3,036 23,127 26,543
Upper Proserpine River (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,621 * n/a * n/a
Upper Suttor River (Burdekin) 515,807 582 10,780 11,362
Upstart Bay catchments (Burdekin) 129,031 12,054 2,521 5,672 20,247
Walker Bay (Eastern Cape York) 246 10 10
Walsh Bay (Eastern Cape York) 189 1 1
Waterhole Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 21,131 1,375 1,109 * n/a * n/a
Waterpark Creek (Fitzroy) 184,786 28,317 9,179 7,988 45,484
Weary Bay (Eastern Cape York) 540 0
West Hill Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,396 1,606 2,958 237 4,802
Weymouth Bay (Eastern Cape York) 4,352 9 9
Whitsunday Coast (Mackay Whitsunday) 19,560 711 66 47 824
Wilson Creek, Portland Road coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 13,471 375 3 27 215 620

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments.

* 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.


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment pre-clear wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-pre-clear/wqip.html

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