Drainage basin 2019 wetland system extents
Definition of drainage basin
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2019 wetland system extent by drainage basin Download this table in .CSV format
Drainage basin
Total area (ha )
Wetland area by system
Total wetland area (ha )
artificial and highly modified
intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)
intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified)
lacustrine (natural)
lacustrine (slightly modified)
palustrine (natural)
palustrine (slightly modified)
riverine
Total
172,970,898
313,243
1,138,408
4,194
514,431
37,577
2,829,079
80,718
2,427,926
7,345,576
Arafura Sea
26,297
8,637
251
8,888
Archer
1,380,035
98
14,757
10
29,055
10,380
54,300
Baffle
407,766
1,009
13,599
13
140
10,373
294
6,805
32,233
Balonne-Condamine
13,664,954
63,517
3,931
2,645
112,963
7,286
47,019
237,361
Barron
219,333
4,705
976
< 1
111
69
279
141
4,037
10,320
Black
105,519
761
1,038
13
374
45
3,420
5,652
Border Rivers
2,381,978
18,208
197
635
4,006
1,312
26,973
51,331
Boyne
249,301
2,081
1,638
5
4,218
4
36
3,808
11,791
Brisbane
1,354,920
21,085
652
116
534
3,479
610
21,740
48,216
Bulloo
5,203,638
414
20,125
126
149,967
253
16,667
187,551
Burdekin
13,010,930
41,086
2,251
5,032
4,528
50,177
2,472
310,128
415,674
Burnett
3,320,998
14,182
1,057
8
1,060
1,485
242
34,098
52,132
Burrum
335,101
3,292
2,755
8
84
8,924
182
10,859
26,105
Calliope
224,863
861
7,673
28
22
160
49
34
946
9,774
Coleman
1,278,450
84
18,792
4
49,311
11,161
79,353
Cooper Creek
24,386,792
4,158
164,534
1,957
504,440
1,019
223,820
899,927
Coral Sea
140,549
39
50,831
70
16
42
1,114
8
73
52,194
Curtis Island
57,804
10
14,427
748
174
15,359
Daintree
210,458
8
3,275
3
2,272
2,010
7,568
Diamantina
11,911,000
1,653
111,814
873
674,945
125
272,372
1,061,783
Don
374,512
1,300
17,007
1,884
98
677
3,599
9,028
33,593
Ducie
674,551
7
25,198
26,899
1,860
53,963
Embley
458,378
1,131
36,795
141
16,729
248
502
55,546
Endeavour
218,630
143
2,685
81
11
2,568
32
4,132
9,652
Fitzroy
14,248,292
58,825
28,641
30
6,778
6,544
31,646
11,909
147,714
292,087
Flinders
10,929,807
4,098
40,903
741
604
37,955
475
201,170
285,945
Fraser Island
165,949
3,442
2,821
13,110
1
19,374
Georgina
14,401,525
2,137
160,921
409
414,604
226
159,833
738,130
Gilbert
4,636,998
2,715
51,153
655
530
42,603
300
173,216
271,172
Haughton
407,055
1,891
31,695
365
92
1,002
4,382
8,445
13,579
61,452
Hay
279,520
5,797
63
5,860
Herbert
987,310
1,331
13,787
2
462
205
12,116
1,210
27,320
56,432
Hinchinbrook Island
39,692
8,096
529
178
8,803
Holroyd
1,030,690
26
5,578
< 1
21,410
5,092
32,108
Jacky Jacky
297,162
25,385
2,511
15,458
785
44,138
Jardine
327,317
< 1
2,346
17,783
1,518
21,648
Jeannie
362,572
11
16,716
1,605
7,090
11
3,116
28,549
Johnstone
231,781
347
3,518
12
4
3
4,407
43
1,673
10,006
Kolan
290,501
6,439
1,476
231
469
36
4,691
13,342
Lake Frome
15,184
1,535
3
1,538
Leichhardt
3,288,217
5,743
33,045
199
2,206
29,490
675
87,561
158,919
Lockhart
288,360
4
12,277
57
2,232
6,915
21,485
Logan-Albert
413,866
3,289
2,057
< 1
164
3,191
136
3,519
12,357
Maroochy
153,905
1,948
4,038
282
37
387
16,037
1,042
3,765
27,537
Mary
947,833
3,549
4,198
391
6,408
347
14,728
29,622
Mitchell
7,162,243
2,402
37,111
1,299
4,140
87,211
114
162,028
294,305
Moonie
1,465,738
5,419
10
719
1,084
359
4,886
12,477
Moreton Bay Islands
57,057
216
7,364
485
20
6,295
31
14,412
Morning
368,867
373
77,886
1,259
167
2,515
18
6,695
88,912
Mornington Island
99,830
45
11,807
1,075
4
12,931
Mossman
46,574
85
1,633
9
11
165
1
402
2,307
Mulgrave-Russell
198,740
1,660
4,837
164
38
8,256
5
1,980
16,940
Murray
110,739
327
8,250
2
2
5,208
36
488
14,313
Nicholson
3,574,411
868
113,958
457
30,258
204
101,780
247,525
Noosa
195,578
126
8,844
249
27
33,656
11
1,593
44,507
Norman
5,066,736
397
65,679
105
141
86,301
533
75,622
228,778
Normanby
2,438,587
657
28,193
78
17
40,262
14
23,213
92,434
O'Connell
238,873
921
12,981
20
50
1,056
178
3,058
18,263
Olive-Pascoe
417,294
4,652
1,073
4,506
6,076
16,307
Paroo
3,523,770
200
18,918
99
65,379
578
19,803
104,977
Pine
148,279
3,207
4,267
146
341
3,370
345
1,575
13,251
Pioneer
157,452
1,754
754
< 1
436
3,665
6,609
Plane
254,423
1,908
18,244
53
13
45
7,181
1,549
4,026
33,020
Proserpine
250,002
5,113
12,473
11
2
10
6,811
1,629
2,841
28,889
Ross
170,598
6,098
13,757
114
172
851
1,321
5,162
27,475
Settlement
1,188,868
4
58,810
5
16,762
8,561
84,142
Shoalwater
359,579
1,231
29,213
288
20,334
5,444
56,509
South Coast
130,572
2,318
3,318
408
1,723
524
1,313
9,604
Staaten
2,570,527
83
18,794
247
6
28,287
29
49,271
96,717
Stewart
275,475
10
6,440
2,149
5,403
14,001
Styx
301,068
1,325
26,512
828
26
88
863
7,306
5,037
41,986
Torres Strait Islands
57,023
92
5,329
2
618
664
6,704
Tully
167,593
1,598
1,891
8
15
4,362
83
1,547
9,504
Warrego
5,216,183
2,106
525
566
18,353
438
35,840
57,829
Waterpark
182,282
119
25,281
33
45
8,862
2,284
5,521
42,145
Watson
469,442
389
6,837
5,435
2,259
14,921
Wenlock
755,519
6
10,321
2
17,407
3,783
31,519
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.
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) Drainage basin 2019 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent/basin.html