EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary) 2021 wetland system extents
Definition of EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary)
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2021 wetland system extent by EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary) Download this table in .CSV format
EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary)
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
81,568,762
272,001
460,325
4,455
65,568
25,859
45
675,473
78,034
847,520
2,429,282
Albert River (WQ1455)
78,090
296
38
55
225
46
1,057
1,717
Barron River Basin (WQ1101)
218,832
4,711
987
< 1
56
109
< 1
297
116
4,116
10,394
Black River Basin; Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1183)
177,757
72
< 1
73
Black River Basin (WQ1171)
105,881
791
1,043
14
459
44
3,498
5,850
Bremer River (WQ1436)
202,824
1,559
58
1,542
153
1,685
4,997
Brisbane Creeks—Bramble Bay (WQ1423)
20,910
81
913
135
19
384
188
174
1,894
Brisbane River Estuary (WQ1431)
56,853
443
761
107
61
1
375
149
1,012
2,910
Broadwater (WQ1463)
7,369
9
270
3
136
418
Burdekin River (lower) and Bowen River Sub-Basins (WQ1205)
1,172,373
3,358
76
452
279
26
38,158
42,349
Burdekin River (lower) and Bowen River Sub-Basins (WQ1206)
376,014
642
2,255
20
763
443
633
20,363
25,119
Burdekin River (upper) Sub-Basin (WQ1201)
4,050,894
8,687
4,433
693
1
33,913
550
132,736
181,012
Burrum, Gregory, Isis, Cherwell and Elliott Rivers (WQ1371)
337,435
3,301
2,885
8
83
2
9,083
182
11,035
26,579
Caboolture River (WQ1422)
46,673
388
1,150
227
< 1
2,124
115
470
4,475
Callide Creek Catchment (WQ1306)
812,565
3,066
68
88
765
163
3,930
8,080
Comet River Sub-basin (WQ1307)
1,729,722
6,203
3,026
854
2
4,272
311
14,973
29,639
Condamine River Basin (WQ4223)
3,052,097
16,881
288
742
< 1
3,242
750
11,986
33,890
Coomera River (WQ1462)
44,098
156
1,600
151
< 1
818
7
621
3,352
Currumbin and Tallebudgera Creeks (WQ1464)
24,017
62
109
44
95
4
213
528
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1272)
294,651
4
6,106
15
1
17
8
6,151
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1311)
282,167
871
22,268
131
22
160
< 1
990
39
1,150
25,630
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1331)
249,574
2,083
1,649
4
4,226
4
36
3,998
12,000
Daintree, Mossman, Barron, Mulgrave Russell, Johnstone, Tully, Murray, Hinchinbrook, Herbert Basins (WQ1082)
896,022
15
2,158
9
77
18
2,278
Daintree and Mossman River Basins (WQ1081)
257,005
96
4,914
12
12
< 1
2,463
1
2,466
9,965
Dawson River Sub-basin (WQ1308, WQ1309)
4,261,489
7,643
2,204
1,855
8,994
1,113
25,228
47,037
Don River Basin (WQ1211)
374,512
1,453
17,052
1,897
89
< 1
604
3,702
15,668
40,464
Fitzroy River Sub-basin (WQ1305)
1,145,362
9,047
28,683
46
503
1,064
8,484
8,693
14,184
70,703
Fraser Island Waters (WQ1391)
243,579
3,755
2,824
12,121
1
18,701
Great Sandy Strait and Coastal Creeks (WQ1402)
176,694
18
12,140
22
13,438
< 1
< 1
25,619
Haughton, Lower Burdekin/Bowen and Don (WQ1190)
261,005
478
9
< 1
0
488
Haughton River Basin (WQ1191)
417,158
1,979
33,778
446
92
1,087
1
4,862
9,073
13,948
65,265
Herbert River Basin (WQ1161)
987,202
1,438
13,763
2
462
206
7
12,549
1,249
27,707
57,383
Hervey Bay (WQ1372)
419,567
3
< 1
3
Isaac River Sub-basin (WQ1301)
2,234,727
7,187
440
1,270
3
3,739
477
48,429
61,545
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1011)
297,162
25,383
2,468
15,552
784
44,188
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1021)
417,294
4,652
1,073
4,504
6,076
16,305
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1031)
288,360
4
12,277
57
2,232
6,915
21,485
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1041)
275,475
10
6,262
2,276
5,403
13,950
Jeannie and Endeavour River Basins (WQ1061)
362,572
11
16,716
1,605
7,091
11
3,195
28,629
Jeannie and Endeavour River Basins (WQ1071)
219,033
119
2,699
81
25
2,586
32
4,111
9,654
Johnstone River Basin (WQ1121)
232,070
359
3,552
12
4
5
4,613
43
1,707
10,295
Lockyer Creek (WQ1437)
296,991
1,642
431
1
810
280
7,325
10,490
Logan River (WQ1454)
308,598
2,489
1,250
26
67
2
1,636
125
2,646
8,242
Mackenzie River Sub-basin (WQ1304)
1,298,488
4,341
140
1,069
< 1
3,498
1,024
14,868
24,942
Maranoa-Balonne Rivers Basin (WQ4222)
5,826,909
47,208
49
1,354
10,336
4,367
32,748
96,062
Maroochy River (WQ1411)
72,491
1,227
804
282
141
2,829
756
2,346
8,385
Mary River (WQ1381)
948,654
3,577
4,393
394
7
6,690
403
15,525
30,989
Mid Brisbane River (WQ1433)
55,583
681
< 1
< 1
6
11
1,365
2,064
Mitchell River Basin (part) and Walsh River sub-basin (WQ9190)
209,545
888
155
175
2
4,072
5,293
Mooloolah River (WQ1412)
30,926
499
102
3
107
1
1,884
< 1
1,208
3,805
Mulgrave - Russell Rivers Basin (WQ1111)
198,287
1,660
5,092
164
94
< 1
8,426
5
2,047
17,486
Nerang River (WQ1461)
58,503
1,878
< 1
204
< 1
125
504
393
3,106
Nogoa River Sub-basin (WQ1302, WQ1303)
2,769,437
22,060
126
1,106
2,185
292
29,265
55,034
Noosa River (WQ1401)
135,237
101
627
227
24
19,230
26
1,440
21,676
Normanby River Basin (WQ1051)
2,438,587
788
28,238
78
18
40,261
14
23,220
92,617
Oxley Creek (WQ1434)
25,822
249
54
8
14
365
2
242
934
Pimpama River (WQ1465)
17,028
190
1,612
13
533
11
84
2,443
Pine Rivers and Redcliffe Creeks (WQ1421)
81,581
2,745
2,237
12
93
2
869
45
963
6,966
Pioneer River and Plane Creek Basins; Proserpine River, Whitsunday Island and O'Connell River Basins (WQ1222)
1,888,078
18
1,473
3
23
< 1
129
4
1,650
Pioneer River and Plane Creek Basins (WQ1251)
416,817
3,750
20,227
53
13
55
8,204
1,512
8,341
42,153
Proserpine River, Whitsunday Island and O'Connell River Basins (WQ1221)
483,673
6,191
24,864
28
2
55
3
7,689
1,815
6,421
47,069
Pumicestone Passage (WQ1413)
148,488
237
3,601
< 1
35
137
3
11,929
268
354
16,563
Quandamooka (Moreton Bay) (WQ1441)
308,962
95
6,555
485
30
< 1
6,303
19
13,486
Queensland Border Rivers and Moonie River basins (WQ4161)
2,383,361
20,735
212
714
5,199
1,992
27,610
56,462
Queensland Border Rivers and Moonie River basins (WQ4171)
1,465,743
5,246
10
726
1,260
384
4,884
12,510
Redland Creeks (WQ1453)
27,861
503
1,066
< 1
49
1,287
18
41
2,963
Refer to schedule adjacent to Coastal Waters (WQ1010)
3,147,303
3,231
16
84
4
3,335
Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1181)
160,581
6,063
11,659
34
171
335
931
5,179
24,371
Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1182)
5,078
255
28
37
320
Sandy, Six Mile, Wolston, Woogaroo and Goodna Creeks (WQ1435)
15,846
79
2
76
< 1
157
316
Stanley River (WQ1439)
153,407
4,456
6
4
283
39
1,983
6,771
Styx River, Shoalwater Creek and Water Park Creek Basins (WQ1271)
843,730
2,691
81,902
952
26
149
< 1
10,017
30,037
15,992
141,767
Styx River, Shoalwater Creek and Water Park Creek Basins (WQ1272)
1,234,616
4
11,909
77
378
12
12,380
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1202)
2,045,793
7,972
1,005
232
< 1
3,130
342
60,075
72,757
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1203)
3,543,900
4,501
1,759
6,844
765
29,730
43,598
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1204)
1,822,016
16,664
673
1,231
109
29,048
47,724
Tully River, Murray River and Hinchinbrook Island Basins (WQ1131)
319,485
1,967
18,802
10
21
10,179
119
2,354
33,454
Upper Brisbane River (WQ1438)
548,262
12,132
2
31
6
8,392
20,562
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ0111)
5,201,398
418
20,245
128
149,589
272
23,339
193,989
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4221)
4,785,942
698
3,568
639
101,159
2,503
2,995
111,563
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4231)
5,215,915
2,128
509
566
19,075
438
35,680
58,395
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4241)
3,522,754
254
18,891
100
65,530
683
18,119
103,577
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundaries).
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 the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary) 2021 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 15 December 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent/epp-water-plan.html