Skip links and keyboard navigation

Drainage sub-basin 2019 wetland system extents

Definition of drainage sub-basin

based on wetland mapping version 6.0 metadata

Display areas in
2019 wetland system extent by drainage sub-basin metadata
Download this table in .CSV format
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) palustrine (natural) palustrine (slightly modified) riverine
Total 172,799,332 313,083 1,072,704 4,124 514,414 37,530 2,827,298 80,710 2,427,852 7,277,715
Albert River 78,190 299 38 49 247 38 1,055 1,726
Alice River 1,292,574 65 112 13 22,566 8,123 30,880
Archer River 1,068,849 52 14,757 7 28,029 7,453 50,298
Baffle Creek 407,766 1,009 13,599 13 140 10,373 294 6,805 32,233
Balonne River 3,823,383 45,119 39 1,021 7,901 4,080 27,443 85,602
Barcoo River 5,301,482 1,176 43 678 4,398 107 52,494 58,896
Barker & Barambah Creeks 591,904 3,796 20 519 36 3,980 8,350
Barratta Creek 184,660 1,298 17,762 167 22 673 2,758 6,761 4,458 33,900
Barron River 208,639 4,355 976 < 1 111 69 279 141 3,909 9,842
Black River 105,519 761 1,038 13 374 45 3,420 5,652
Bohle River 36,891 155 2,511 3 7 262 577 936 4,451
Bowen River 944,748 2,192 64 305 273 12 24,944 27,790
Boyne & Auburn Rivers 1,303,251 2,859 146 434 100 13,811 17,350
Boyne River 249,301 2,081 1,638 5 4,218 4 36 3,808 11,791
Bremer River 202,824 1,546 55 1,553 134 1,498 4,786
Brisbane River 701,500 13,276 652 116 77 855 169 10,994 26,139
Bulloo River 5,203,638 414 20,125 126 149,967 253 16,667 187,551
Burrum River 119,898 1,195 1,288 50 3,397 132 2,734 8,796
Caboolture River 46,673 387 1,150 227 2,113 116 467 4,461
Calliope River 224,863 861 7,673 28 22 160 49 34 946 9,774
Cliffdale Creek 622,991 4 33,987 2 7,928 2,893 44,814
Cloncurry River 4,733,390 2,295 309 11,758 76 127,320 141,759
Coen River 311,186 46 3 1,026 2,926 4,002
Coleman River 521,726 14 4,099 4 8,020 8,240 20,378
Comet River 1,727,489 6,192 3,025 846 4,212 311 14,998 29,584
Condamine River 3,051,741 16,286 319 660 2,965 720 12,735 33,687
Coomera & Nerang Rivers 130,572 2,318 3,318 408 1,723 524 1,313 9,604
Cooper Creek 9,575,241 823 143,226 220 453,887 451 89,288 687,895
Curtis Island 57,804 10 14,427 748 174 15,359
Daintree River 210,458 8 3,275 3 2,272 2,010 7,568
Dawson River 5,068,741 9,927 2,371 1,769 9,571 1,179 27,788 52,606
Diamantina River 11,911,000 1,653 111,814 873 674,945 125 272,372 1,061,783
Don River 374,512 1,300 17,007 1,884 98 677 3,599 9,028 33,593
Ducie River 357,911 7 11,900 8,136 934 20,978
Dumaresq River 431,196 2,858 1 331 15 7,273 10,478
Edward River 756,724 70 14,693 41,291 2,922 58,975
Eight Mile Creek 162,505 5,441 2 3,722 473 9,638
Einasleigh River 2,435,365 1,337 408 193 19,628 65 79,904 101,534
Elliott River 74,063 1,178 1,060 8 33 4,209 48 332 6,868
Embley River 191,482 291 14,135 1,195 54 15,675
Endeavour River 218,630 143 2,685 81 11 2,568 32 4,132 9,652
Eyre Creek 7,155,781 821 160,027 162 361,056 70 69,814 591,951
Fitzroy River 1,143,110 9,471 28,641 30 676 494 8,282 8,711 13,455 69,760
Flinders River 5,187,311 1,730 40,903 741 295 18,548 201 62,891 125,309
Fraser Island 165,949 3,442 2,821 13,110 1 19,374
Freshwater Creek 10,693 350 128 478
Georgina River 7,245,744 1,316 894 247 53,548 156 90,019 146,179
Gilbert River 2,201,634 1,378 51,153 247 337 22,976 235 93,313 169,639
Gregory River 91,049 824 349 1 1,255 2 4,049 6,481
Hann River 966,394 11 20,173 2 23,378 3 7,133 50,700
Haughton River 222,395 593 13,933 198 70 330 1,624 1,684 9,121 27,552
Hay 279,520 5,797 63 5,860
Herbert River 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 River 532,582 20 2,879 < 1 9,895 3,361 16,156
Isaac River 2,232,467 7,077 440 1,270 3,680 410 47,893 60,770
Isis River 50,091 95 57 < 1 64 3,744 3,961
Jacky Jacky Creek 297,162 25,385 2,511 15,458 785 44,138
Jardine River 327,317 < 1 2,346 17,783 1,518 21,648
Jeannie River 362,572 11 16,716 1,605 7,090 11 3,116 28,549
Kendall River 498,108 6 2,699 11,516 1,732 15,952
Kolan River 290,501 6,439 1,476 231 469 36 4,691 13,342
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 5,743 33,045 199 2,206 29,490 675 87,561 158,919
Lockhart River 288,360 4 12,277 57 2,232 6,915 21,485
Lockyer Creek 296,991 1,630 394 811 267 7,350 10,453
Logan River 335,676 2,990 2,019 < 1 115 2,944 98 2,464 10,631
Lower Burdekin River 1,048,562 11,931 2,251 32 990 523 610 55,346 71,683
Lower Burnett River 566,660 4,935 1,057 8 880 368 32 10,302 17,582
Lower Mary River 677,690 2,081 4,198 390 6,271 341 8,702 21,982
Macintyre Brook 432,482 2,384 102 129 79 8,736 11,431
Macintyre & Weir Rivers 1,518,300 12,966 197 531 3,546 1,218 10,964 29,423
Mackenzie River 1,305,897 4,232 140 1,064 3,781 1,016 15,092 25,325
Maranoa River 2,003,528 1,432 5 326 1,194 99 5,160 8,217
Maroochy River 153,905 1,948 4,038 282 37 387 16,037 1,042 3,765 27,537
Mcdonald River 273,439 8,667 16,403 839 25,909
Mission River 266,896 839 22,660 141 15,534 248 448 39,871
Mitchell River 4,131,477 876 37,111 1,050 3,774 60,717 106 120,640 224,272
Moonie River 1,465,738 5,419 10 719 1,084 359 4,886 12,477
Moreton Island 17,858 117 175 1,255 1,547
Morning Inlet 173,004 302 33,591 1,089 8 1,028 18 3,472 39,508
Mornington Island 99,830 45 11,807 1,075 4 12,931
Mossman River 46,574 85 1,633 9 11 165 1 402 2,307
Mulgrave River 131,677 123 4,209 164 38 3,086 1,470 9,090
Murray River 110,739 327 8,250 2 2 5,208 36 488 14,313
Nicholson River 3,574,411 868 113,958 457 30,258 204 101,780 247,525
Nogoa River 2,770,589 21,926 126 1,100 2,121 282 28,488 54,042
Noosa River 195,578 126 8,844 249 27 33,656 11 1,593 44,507
Norman River 5,066,736 397 65,679 105 141 86,301 533 75,622 228,778
Normanby River 1,472,192 646 8,020 78 15 16,884 11 16,080 41,734
North Johnstone River 103,100 72 7 4 116 28 844 1,070
North Pine River 57,693 2,658 2,131 14 77 852 33 585 6,349
O'connell River 238,873 921 12,981 20 50 1,056 178 3,058 18,263
Olive river 205,474 3,922 1,073 4,424 1,376 10,796
Palmer River 842,363 438 108 146 3,452 14,121 18,265
Paroo River 3,523,770 200 18,918 99 65,379 578 19,803 104,977
Pascoe River 211,820 730 82 4,700 5,511
Pioneer River 157,452 1,754 754 < 1 436 3,665 6,609
Plane Creek 254,423 1,908 18,244 53 13 45 7,181 1,549 4,026 33,020
Proserpine River 250,002 5,113 12,473 11 2 10 6,811 1,629 2,841 28,889
Ross River 133,707 5,943 11,246 112 164 588 745 4,226 23,024
Russell River 67,063 1,537 628 5,170 5 510 7,850
Saxby River 1,009,107 72 7,648 198 10,959 18,876
Settlement River 106,685 6,896 1 3,040 2,921 12,858
Shoalwater 359,579 1,231 29,213 288 20,334 5,444 56,509
Skardon River 43,201 4,630 2,360 86 7,077
South Johnstone River 128,680 275 3,511 12 3 4,290 15 830 8,936
South Pine River 43,913 162 986 132 37 406 195 523 2,441
Staaten River 2,570,527 83 18,794 247 6 28,287 29 49,271 96,717
Stanley River 153,605 4,633 8 259 39 1,899 6,839
Stewart River 275,475 10 6,440 2,149 5,403 14,001
Stradbroke Islands 29,106 95 995 310 16 4,624 31 6,069
Styx River 301,068 1,325 26,512 828 26 88 863 7,306 5,037 41,986
Suttor River 7,394,868 24,918 540 2,668 15,403 1,300 118,530 163,360
Thomson River 9,510,070 2,159 21,265 1,060 46,155 461 82,038 153,137
Torres Strait Islands 57,023 92 5,329 2 618 664 6,704
Tully River 167,593 1,598 1,891 8 15 4,362 83 1,547 9,504
Upper Burdekin River 3,622,752 2,045 4,395 565 33,977 550 111,308 152,841
Upper Burnett River 859,183 2,593 14 164 74 6,006 8,850
Upper Mary River 270,143 1,468 2 137 6 6,026 7,640
Wallam Creeks 4,786,303 680 3,568 637 100,903 2,386 1,681 109,854
Walsh River 895,828 1,023 29 207 477 8 19,144 20,888
Warrego River 5,216,183 2,106 525 566 18,353 438 35,840 57,829
Waterpark Creek 182,282 119 25,281 33 45 8,862 2,284 5,521 42,145
Watson River 469,442 389 6,837 5,435 2,259 14,921
Wenlock River 755,519 6 10,321 2 17,407 3,783 31,519
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.


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) Drainage sub-basin 2019 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent/sub-basin.html

Queensland Government
WetlandInfo   —   Department of Environment, Science and Innovation