Drainage sub-basin 2021 wetland system extents

Definition of drainage sub-basin

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2021 wetland system extent by drainage sub-basin
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Drainage sub-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	172,799,332	319,387	1,087,204	4,386	513,899	39,147	61	2,838,199	84,030	2,573,888	7,460,203
Albert River	78,190	309	38			55		242	46	1,057	1,746
Alice River	1,292,574	66			112	13		22,944		8,116	31,252
Archer River	1,068,849	52	14,757			7		28,039		7,453	50,308
Baffle Creek	407,766	1,016	13,612		13	144	3	10,759	334	7,189	33,069
Balonne River	3,823,383	45,754			22	1,028		9,060	4,268	27,566	87,697
Barcoo River	5,301,482	1,194			43	678		4,001	107	52,239	58,261
Barker & Barambah Creeks	591,904	3,821				20		519	36	4,195	8,591
Barratta Creek	184,660	1,331	17,809	167	22	758	< 1	2,866	6,993	5,104	35,052
Barron River	208,639	4,371	995	< 1	111	109	< 1	307	116	3,991	10,001
Black River	105,519	791	1,040			14		421	45	3,437	5,749
Bohle River	36,891	160	2,519	3		7		200	577	949	4,414
Bowen River	944,748	2,215			64	319		247	12	28,030	30,887
Boyne & Auburn Rivers	1,303,251	2,864				146		432	100	13,779	17,322
Boyne River	249,301	2,083	1,657	8		4,226		4	36	3,998	12,013
Bremer River	202,824	1,559				58		1,542	153	1,685	4,997
Brisbane River	701,500	13,290	643	116		75	1	853	169	11,168	26,317
Bulloo River	5,203,638	418			20,392	128		149,866	272	23,339	194,415
Burrum River	119,898	1,200	1,299			50		3,483	132	2,773	8,937
Caboolture River	46,673	388	1,150			227	< 1	2,124	115	470	4,475
Calliope River	224,863	861	7,674	29	22	160	< 1	49	34	976	9,805
Cliffdale Creek	622,991	4	33,987			2		7,928		2,893	44,814
Cloncurry River	4,733,390	2,304				328		11,864	742	127,208	142,447
Coen River	311,186	46				3		1,026		2,926	4,002
Coleman River	521,726	19	4,599					8,021		8,240	20,879
Comet River	1,727,489	6,255			3,026	854	2	4,272	311	14,978	29,696
Condamine River	3,051,741	16,881			288	742	< 1	3,242	750	11,986	33,890
Coomera & Nerang Rivers	130,572	2,295	3,325			414	< 1	1,707	526	1,311	9,580
Cooper Creek	9,575,241	826			143,394	250	1	455,693	466	129,392	730,022
Curtis Island	57,804	10	14,317	112				941	4	174	15,558
Daintree River	210,458	8	3,291	3		< 1		2,300		2,063	7,666
Dawson River	5,068,741	10,708			2,273	1,939		9,722	1,276	29,155	55,072
Diamantina River	11,911,000	1,745			110,002	890		677,302	134	339,228	1,129,300
Don River	374,512	1,453	17,052	1,897		89	< 1	604	3,702	15,668	40,464
Ducie River	357,911	7	11,900					8,140		934	20,981
Dumaresq River	431,196	2,900				1		339	15	7,341	10,596
Edward River	756,724	70	14,877					41,291		2,922	59,159
Eight Mile Creek	162,505		5,441			2		3,722		473	9,638
Einasleigh River	2,435,365	1,535			408	401		20,041	65	79,469	101,918
Elliott River	74,063	1,173	1,067	8		31	2	4,251	48	338	6,917
Embley River	191,482	291	14,135					1,233		54	15,713
Endeavour River	218,630	119	2,684		81	25		2,571	32	4,100	9,613
Eyre Creek	7,155,781	821			160,059	177		361,072	70	72,154	594,353
Fitzroy River	1,143,110	9,046	28,619	46	503	1,064		8,483	8,693	14,144	70,598
Flinders River	5,187,311	1,781	40,903		743	293	4	18,533	203	64,919	127,378
Fraser Island	165,949		3,442		2,824			12,115		1	18,382
Freshwater Creek	10,693	350								131	482
Georgina River	7,245,744	1,316			894	247		53,548	156	90,062	146,222
Gilbert River	2,201,634	1,219	51,153		247	412	< 1	22,928	556	93,567	170,083
Gregory River	91,049	822	349			1		1,264	2	4,112	6,550
Hann River	966,394	12	20,207			2		23,377	3	7,133	50,734
Haughton River	222,395	609	13,926	198	70	328	< 1	1,482	1,687	8,825	27,125
Hay	279,520				5,797			63			5,860
Herbert River	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 River	532,582	20	2,879		< 1			9,895		3,361	16,156
Isaac River	2,232,467	7,188			440	1,270	3	3,734	477	48,425	61,537
Isis River	50,091	95	57					63		3,812	4,027
Jacky Jacky Creek	297,162		25,383		2,468			15,552		784	44,188
Jardine River	327,317	< 1	2,222					19,296		1,522	23,041
Jeannie River	362,572	11	16,716		1,605			7,091	11	3,195	28,629
Kendall River	498,108	6	2,699					11,516		1,732	15,952
Kolan River	290,501	6,443	1,517			238		481	34	5,009	13,722
L Creek	195,863	70	44,295		170	159		1,487		3,223	49,404
Lagoon Creek	296,688		12,487					2,071		2,274	16,832
Lake Frome	15,184				1,535			3			1,538
Leichhardt River	3,288,217	5,754	33,045		182	2,206		29,697	676	87,570	159,131
Lockhart River	288,360	4	12,277		57			2,232		6,915	21,485
Lockyer Creek	296,991	1,642				431	1	810	280	7,325	10,490
Logan River	335,676	2,979	2,006	27		116	2	2,906	143	2,686	10,865
Lower Burdekin River	1,048,562	12,047	2,255		32	999		484	648	60,779	77,243
Lower Burnett River	566,660	4,929	1,082	8		881		614	32	11,131	18,677
Lower Mary River	677,690	2,115	4,220			391	7	6,528	397	9,461	23,119
Macintyre Brook	432,482	2,392				105		188	78	8,962	11,726
Macintyre & Weir Rivers	1,518,300	15,432			212	604		4,670	1,900	10,935	33,752
Mackenzie River	1,305,897	4,346			140	1,072	< 1	3,540	1,024	14,900	25,022
Maranoa River	2,003,528	1,454			26	326		1,276	99	5,182	8,364
Maroochy River	153,905	1,952	4,042	282	37	383	4	15,794	1,039	3,755	27,290
Mcdonald River	273,439		8,647					17,423		856	26,925
Mission River	266,896	839	22,660			141		15,841	248	448	40,178
Mitchell River	4,131,477	918	50,934		1,049	3,776		64,437	453	122,071	243,638
Moonie River	1,465,738	5,246			10	726		1,260	384	4,884	12,510
Moreton Island	17,858		117		175			1,255			1,547
Morning Inlet	173,004	304	33,591		1,056	19		1,061	18	3,472	39,520
Mornington Island	99,830	45	11,807					1,075		4	12,931
Mossman River	46,574	85	1,639	9		12	< 1	171	1	408	2,326
Mulgrave River	131,677	122	4,489	164	38		< 1	3,137		1,525	9,476
Murray River	110,739	350	8,180		2	2		5,306	36	540	14,417
Nicholson River	3,574,411	868	113,965			465		30,249	204	101,774	247,525
Nogoa River	2,770,589	22,003			126	1,106		2,185	292	29,271	54,983
Noosa River	195,578	127	8,838		249	28		33,301	11	1,594	44,149
Norman River	5,066,736	406	65,677		105	136	5	86,315	533	75,222	228,400
Normanby River	1,472,192	777	8,031		78	16		16,884	11	16,087	41,883
North Johnstone River	103,100	75	7		4	1		143	28	872	1,131
North Pine River	57,693	2,655	2,127	14		76	2	848	38	585	6,345
O'connell River	238,854	918	12,948	20		53	1	1,052	230	3,083	18,306
Olive river	205,474		3,922		1,073			4,422		1,376	10,794
Palmer River	842,363	433			108	146		3,472		14,151	18,310
Paroo River	3,523,770	254			18,896	100		65,543	683	18,119	103,595
Pascoe River	211,820		730					82		4,700	5,511
Pioneer River	157,470	1,793	744			< 1		439		4,316	7,292
Plane Creek	254,423	1,935	18,317	53	13	48		7,567	1,437	4,028	33,398
Proserpine River	250,002	5,295	12,475	11	2	8	2	6,836	1,660	3,349	29,638
Ross River	133,707	5,943	11,204	112		164		649	745	4,248	23,065
Russell River	67,063	1,537	625					5,311	5	523	8,000
Saxby River	1,009,107	72						7,640	198	10,788	18,698
Settlement River	106,685		6,896			1		3,040		2,921	12,858
Shoalwater	359,579	1,235	29,235					297	20,319	5,450	56,536
Skardon River	43,201		4,630					2,359		86	7,076
South Johnstone River	128,680	284	3,546	12		4		4,453	15	835	9,148
South Pine River	43,913	161	986	132		36		404	195	552	2,467
Staaten River	2,570,527	85	18,794		247	6		28,325	31	49,271	96,759
Stanley River	153,605	4,640				6	4	283	39	1,983	6,955
Stewart River	275,475	10	6,262					2,276		5,403	13,950
Stradbroke Islands	29,106	95	960		310	30	< 1	4,646	19		6,059
Styx River	301,068	1,341	26,299	919	26	92	< 1	860	7,433	5,031	42,002
Suttor River	7,394,868	25,471			1,005	2,663	< 1	11,204	1,216	118,722	160,282
Thomson River	9,510,070	2,117			21,998	1,084	< 1	44,297	529	94,235	164,262
Torres Strait Islands	57,023	93	5,328		2			618		663	6,704
Tully River	167,593	1,617	1,946		8	19		4,359	83	1,635	9,669
Upper Burdekin River	3,622,752	2,092			4,433	589	1	33,905	550	102,578	144,148
Upper Burnett River	859,183	2,598				14		166	74	6,133	8,985
Upper Mary River	270,143	1,478				2		138	6	6,064	7,688
Wallam Creeks	4,786,303	698			3,568	639		101,159	2,503	2,995	111,563
Walsh River	895,828	1,046			29	205		477	8	19,215	20,979
Warrego River	5,216,183	2,128			509	566		19,075	438	35,680	58,395
Waterpark Creek	182,282	116	25,320	33		57		8,862	2,284	5,512	42,184
Watson River	469,442	390	6,839					5,442		2,548	15,219
Wenlock River	755,519	6	10,321			3		17,574		3,783	31,686
Whitsunday Island	16,059		595					16		< 1	611

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of drainage sub-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.