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Drainage basin 2021 wetland system extents

Definition of drainage basin

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2021 wetland system extent by drainage basin metadata
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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) lacustrine (unknown degree of modification) palustrine (natural) palustrine (slightly modified) riverine
Total 172,970,898 319,550 1,152,871 4,463 513,915 39,194 61 2,839,983 84,039 2,573,961 7,528,038
Arafura Sea 26,297 8,637 251 8,888
Archer 1,380,035 98 14,757 10 29,065 10,380 54,310
Baffle 407,766 1,016 13,612 13 144 3 10,759 334 7,189 33,069
Balonne-Condamine 13,664,954 64,787 3,905 2,735 < 1 114,737 7,620 47,729 241,515
Barron 219,333 4,722 995 < 1 111 109 < 1 307 116 4,122 10,483
Black 105,519 791 1,040 14 421 45 3,437 5,749
Border Rivers 2,381,978 20,724 212 710 5,197 1,992 27,239 56,074
Boyne 249,301 2,083 1,657 8 4,226 4 36 3,998 12,013
Brisbane 1,354,920 21,131 643 116 571 6 3,488 642 22,161 48,758
Bulloo 5,203,638 418 20,392 128 149,866 272 23,339 194,415
Burdekin 13,010,930 41,824 2,255 5,534 4,571 2 45,839 2,426 310,110 412,560
Burnett 3,320,998 14,213 1,082 8 1,061 1,731 242 35,238 53,575
Burrum 335,101 3,289 2,772 8 83 2 9,061 182 11,035 26,431
Calliope 224,863 861 7,674 29 22 160 < 1 49 34 976 9,805
Coleman 1,278,450 88 19,476 49,312 11,161 80,038
Cooper Creek 24,386,792 4,137 165,434 2,012 2 503,991 1,102 275,866 952,545
Coral Sea 140,549 41 50,828 77 16 43 1,105 8 73 52,192
Curtis Island 57,804 10 14,317 112 941 4 174 15,558
Daintree 210,458 8 3,291 3 < 1 2,300 2,063 7,666
Diamantina 11,911,000 1,745 110,002 890 677,302 134 339,228 1,129,300
Don 374,512 1,453 17,052 1,897 89 < 1 604 3,702 15,668 40,464
Ducie 674,551 7 25,177 27,922 1,876 54,982
Embley 458,378 1,131 36,795 141 17,074 248 502 55,891
Endeavour 218,630 119 2,684 81 25 2,571 32 4,100 9,613
Fitzroy 14,248,292 59,547 28,619 46 6,508 7,305 6 31,935 12,072 150,872 296,909
Flinders 10,929,807 4,157 40,903 743 621 4 38,037 1,143 202,915 288,523
Fraser Island 165,949 3,442 2,824 12,115 1 18,382
Georgina 14,401,525 2,137 160,953 424 414,619 226 162,216 740,576
Gilbert 4,636,998 2,754 51,153 655 814 < 1 42,969 621 173,036 272,002
Haughton 407,055 1,940 31,735 365 92 1,086 1 4,348 8,681 13,928 62,177
Hay 279,520 5,797 63 5,860
Herbert 987,310 1,438 13,824 2 462 206 7 12,588 1,249 27,768 57,543
Hinchinbrook Island 39,692 8,100 515 180 8,795
Holroyd 1,030,690 26 5,578 < 1 21,410 5,092 32,108
Jacky Jacky 297,162 25,383 2,468 15,552 784 44,188
Jardine 327,317 < 1 2,222 19,296 1,522 23,041
Jeannie 362,572 11 16,716 1,605 7,091 11 3,195 28,629
Johnstone 231,781 359 3,553 12 4 5 4,596 43 1,707 10,279
Kolan 290,501 6,443 1,517 238 481 34 5,009 13,722
Lake Frome 15,184 1,535 3 1,538
Leichhardt 3,288,217 5,754 33,045 182 2,206 29,697 676 87,570 159,131
Lockhart 288,360 4 12,277 57 2,232 6,915 21,485
Logan-Albert 413,866 3,288 2,043 27 170 2 3,148 189 3,743 12,611
Maroochy 153,905 1,952 4,042 282 37 383 4 15,794 1,039 3,755 27,290
Mary 947,833 3,594 4,220 393 7 6,666 403 15,525 30,807
Mitchell 7,162,243 2,462 50,934 1,298 4,140 91,330 461 163,554 314,179
Moonie 1,465,738 5,246 10 726 1,260 384 4,884 12,510
Moreton Bay Islands 57,057 216 7,295 485 35 < 1 6,328 19 14,378
Morning 368,867 374 77,886 1,226 178 2,548 18 6,695 88,924
Mornington Island 99,830 45 11,807 1,075 4 12,931
Mossman 46,574 85 1,639 9 12 < 1 171 1 408 2,326
Mulgrave-Russell 198,740 1,660 5,114 164 38 < 1 8,448 5 2,048 17,477
Murray 110,739 350 8,180 2 2 5,306 36 540 14,417
Nicholson 3,574,411 868 113,965 465 30,249 204 101,774 247,525
Noosa 195,578 127 8,838 249 28 33,301 11 1,594 44,149
Norman 5,066,736 406 65,677 105 136 5 86,315 533 75,222 228,400
Normanby 2,438,587 788 28,238 78 18 40,261 14 23,220 92,617
O'Connell 238,854 918 12,948 20 53 1 1,052 230 3,083 18,306
Olive-Pascoe 417,294 4,652 1,073 4,504 6,076 16,305
Paroo 3,523,770 254 18,896 100 65,543 683 18,119 103,595
Pine 148,279 3,205 4,264 146 339 2 3,376 348 1,607 13,287
Pioneer 157,470 1,793 744 < 1 439 4,316 7,292
Plane 254,423 1,935 18,317 53 13 48 7,567 1,437 4,028 33,398
Proserpine 250,002 5,295 12,475 11 2 8 2 6,836 1,660 3,349 29,638
Ross 170,598 6,103 13,723 114 172 848 1,321 5,197 27,479
Settlement 1,188,868 4 58,810 5 16,762 8,561 84,142
Shoalwater 359,579 1,235 29,235 297 20,319 5,450 56,536
South Coast 130,572 2,295 3,325 414 < 1 1,707 526 1,311 9,580
Staaten 2,570,527 85 18,794 247 6 28,325 31 49,271 96,759
Stewart 275,475 10 6,262 2,276 5,403 13,950
Styx 301,068 1,341 26,299 919 26 92 < 1 860 7,433 5,031 42,002
Torres Strait Islands 57,023 93 5,328 2 618 663 6,704
Tully 167,593 1,617 1,946 8 19 4,359 83 1,635 9,669
Warrego 5,216,183 2,128 509 566 19,075 438 35,680 58,395
Waterpark 182,282 116 25,320 33 57 8,862 2,284 5,512 42,184
Watson 469,442 390 6,839 5,442 2,548 15,219
Wenlock 755,519 6 10,321 3 17,574 3,783 31,686
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 2021 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent/basin.html

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