Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment pre-clear wetland system extents

Definition of Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

Pre-clear wetland system extent by Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment
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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	456,108	18,098	378,416	* n/a	* n/a
Abbot Bay catchments (Burdekin)	118,919	6,488		189	2,851	9,527
Alligator Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)	20,918	1,033		3,436	392	4,861
Allingham Creek (Burdekin)	109,324		72	2,196	3,967	6,236
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	701	773
Annan River - upper (above gorge) outside National Park (Eastern Cape York)	35,739			12	660	672
Annie River, Saltwater Creek and Fifteen Mile Creek (Eastern Cape York)	269,719	67		6,866	1,935	8,868
Baffle (Burnett Mary)	408,475	13,528	13	13,135	8,669	35,345
Bakers Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)	18,822	1,072		2,890	216	4,178
Balclutha Creek (Eastern Cape York)	42,008	30		410	433	873
Barratta Creek (Burdekin)	116,808	3,609	22	1,763	3,813	9,208
Barron (Wet Tropics)	218,801	1,322	56	1,291	5,873	8,542
Basalt River (Burdekin)	286,199			3,119	8,701	11,820
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			3,080	3,241	6,321
Black River (Burdekin)	147,723	3,369		1,386	5,476	10,232
Blackrock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)	23,930	1,618		249	326	2,193
Blacks Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)	71,090				1,486	1,486
Bogie River (Burdekin)	227,541		12	45	6,689	6,747
Bowen River (Burdekin)	113,792			20	7,065	7,085
Boyne River (Fitzroy)	249,748	2,601		145	4,837	7,583
Broken River (Burdekin)	228,731				6,901	6,901
Burdekin Delta (Burdekin)	113,151	17,618		3,987	7,639	29,244
Burdekin River (below Dam) (Burdekin)	146,880			366	8,363	8,729
Burdekin River (Blue Range) (Burdekin)	272,356			307	10,880	11,187
Burdekin River (Dam) (Burdekin)	370,188		< 1	300	29,253	29,554
Burnett (Burnett Mary)	3,319,539	1,307		3,528	57,724	62,560
Burrum (Burnett Mary)	337,174	2,780		11,507	12,218	26,505
Callide Creek (Fitzroy)	766,479		25	755	* n/a	* n/a
Calliope River (Fitzroy)	217,716	5,183	22	48	1,201	6,454
Camel Creek (Burdekin)	157,869		772	133	4,654	5,559
Campaspe River (Burdekin)	674,667		490	2,641	26,796	29,927
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		40	4,287	23,616	27,943
Carmichael River (Burdekin)	978,227			2,701	12,739	15,440
Carmilla Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)	12,734	570		542	292	1,404
Chester River (incl. Scrubby Creek) (Eastern Cape York)	27,577	2	46	111	947	1,106
Clarke River (Burdekin)	646,961		47	2,107	19,380	21,533
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	394	60	2,860	47	3,360
Coastal dunes north shore of Endeavour River (Eastern Cape York)	5,863		21	151	< 1	172
Comet River (Fitzroy)	1,729,049		3,282	6,846	16,226	26,354
Connors River (Fitzroy)	952,700		73	1,461	26,403	27,936
Constant Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)	26,516	3,241		198	217	3,657
Curtis Island (Fitzroy)	58,456	14,812		758	174	15,744
Daintree (Wet Tropics)	210,670	3,318		2,838	3,544	9,699
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	3,769	7,202
Douglas Creek (Burdekin)	122,846			6	2,892	2,898
Dry River (Burdekin)	202,310		2	3,670	5,375	9,046
Eden Lassie Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)	54,000	2,319		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	257	3,446	< 1	4,160
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	24,042		183	< 1	24,226
Estuaries (incl. Stewart, Rocky, other estuaries) (Eastern Cape York)	9,927	6,411		76	13	6,501
Fanning River (Burdekin)	110,772			207	6,461	6,667
Fitzroy River (Fitzroy)	1,133,947	27,769	683	16,366	15,236	60,055
Flaggy Rock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)	18,893	644		228	* n/a	* n/a
Fox Creek (Burdekin)	320,794			298	3,129	3,427
Gillinbin Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)	13,107	424		2,387	414	3,225
Glenmore Creek (Burdekin)	160,911			54	5,090	5,145
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		994	582	1,596
Gray Creek (Burdekin)	169,505			65	3,984	4,050
Gregory River (Mackay Whitsunday)	31,028	2,227		275	* n/a	* n/a
Hann Creek (Burdekin)	185,299			25	7,256	7,280
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	17,828	162	3,576	10,528	32,094
Herbert (Wet Tropics)	984,235	15,118	98	27,770	34,669	77,655
Hinchinbrook Island (Wet Tropics)	39,543	7,933		531	178	8,642
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	3,779	4	10,036	1,750	15,568
Kangaroo River and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York)	28,105	13		290	997	1,299
Keelbottom Creek (Burdekin)	164,284			114	7,574	7,688
Kennedy Inlet / Newcastle Bay (Eastern Cape York)	24,824	401	16	75		492
Kennedy River and Little Kennedy Creek (Eastern Cape York)	253,270			3,302	1,766	5,069
Kirk River (Burdekin)	135,590				8,686	8,686
Kolan (Burnett Mary)	290,449	1,799		3,201	8,460	13,460
Landers Creek (Burdekin)	106,730		20	89	3,565	3,673
Laura River (incl. Mosman River, Kennedy Creek) (Eastern Cape York)	203,164			657	876	1,533
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		1,044	8,974	4,812	14,829
Lower Cape River (Burdekin)	298,561		11	450	5,958	6,419
Lower Dawson River (Fitzroy)	1,991,424		159	7,189	10,651	17,999
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	1,865		2,975	408	5,247
Mackenzie River (Fitzroy)	1,297,741		141	6,039	22,959	29,139
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	4,432		13,574	25,565	43,570
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	2,999	639	4,461
Middle and West Claudie Rivers (incl. Gordon, Scrubby creeks) (Eastern Cape York)	17,736					0
Mistake Creek (Burdekin)	587,421			911	9,292	10,203
Morehead River, Healy Creek and Hann River (Eastern Cape York)	425,766			8,294	2,869	11,162
Mossman (Wet Tropics)	47,285	1,786		483	905	3,174
Mulgrave-Russell (Wet Tropics)	198,027	5,650	94	14,799	4,691	25,232
Murray Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)	46,631	2,816		183	1,193	4,191
Murray (Wet Tropics)	110,656	8,761	2	10,386	636	19,785
Myrtle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)	29,516	1,526		1,490	365	3,381
Native Companion Creek (Burdekin)	548,474			295	* 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	1,654	18,103	19,962
Normanby estuarine waters (incl. Bizant, Normanby, Saltwater and others adjacent Princess Charlotte Bay) (Eastern Cape York)	54,162	27,758		874	82	28,714
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	6,847	9,319
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	980	6,923
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	3,509	* 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				* n/a	* n/a
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	2,079	2,080
Pioneer River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday)	54,788			2,135	3,255	5,390
Plane Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)	15,963	972		465	299	1,736
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	5,973		9,993	1,728	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	4,862	5,321
Ross River (Burdekin)	131,054	9,535		272	6,276	16,083
Running River (Burdekin)	110,538			1	3,470	3,471
Sandy Creek (Burdekin)	318,941			301	1,282	1,583
Sandy Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)	49,935	844	13	4,940	1,209	7,005
Sarina Beaches (Mackay Whitsunday)	8,458	787		396	* n/a	* n/a
Sellheim River (Burdekin)	170,458			26	4,885	4,911
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	51,602		1,093	6,395	59,091
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			145	7,775	7,921
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	34,987	26	611	5,588	41,212
Temple Bay and Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York)	5,735	4				4
Theresa Creek (Fitzroy)	1,149,860			1,133	16,370	17,503
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	1,906	9	12,171	1,743	15,829
Upper Belyando River (Burdekin)	583,589			175	* n/a	* n/a
Upper Burdekin River (Burdekin)	448,172		2,276	13,211	10,056	25,542
Upper Cattle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)	18,841				525	525
Upper Dawson River (Fitzroy)	2,315,530		2,296	3,183	* n/a	* n/a
Upper Isaac River (Fitzroy)	1,012,469		380	2,981	23,354	26,714
Upper Proserpine River (Mackay Whitsunday)	26,621				* n/a	* n/a
Upper Suttor River (Burdekin)	515,807			582	10,769	11,351
Upstart Bay catchments (Burdekin)	129,031	11,870		2,332	3,746	17,949
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	28,310		9,179	7,988	45,477
Weary Bay (Eastern Cape York)	540					0
West Hill Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)	18,396	1,693		2,855	243	4,791
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.