Drainage sub-basin 2017 wetland system extents
Definition of drainage sub-basin
based on wetland mapping version 5.0
2017 wetland system extent by drainage sub-basin Download this table in .CSV format
Drainage sub-basin
Total area (km²)
Wetland area by system
Total wetland area (km²)
artificial and highly modified
estuarine
lacustrine
palustrine
riverine
Total
1,727,993.3
3,378.1
10,866.4
5,482.8
31,292.5
24,788.7
75,808.5
Albert River
781.9
2.2
0.4
0.5
3.2
10.6
17.0
Alice River
12,925.7
0.4
0.0
1.4
215.5
80.8
298.1
Archer River
10,688.5
0.4
150.3
0.1
284.8
70.3
505.9
Baffle Creek
4,077.7
8.1
136.8
1.9
107.2
76.7
330.7
Balonne River
38,233.8
459.3
0.0
25.9
93.8
264.8
843.8
Barcoo River
53,014.8
17.2
0.0
17.2
46.1
491.7
572.2
Barker & Barambah Creeks
5,919.0
36.6
0.0
0.1
6.4
23.9
67.0
Barratta Creek
1,846.6
10.9
179.5
5.7
95.8
46.5
338.5
Barron River
2,086.4
45.6
9.8
2.3
4.9
39.4
102.1
Black River
1,055.2
7.5
10.6
0.0
4.0
35.1
57.1
Bohle River
368.9
1.8
25.1
0.0
8.0
9.2
44.2
Bowen River
9,447.5
24.5
0.0
0.0
14.0
228.4
267.1
Boyne & Auburn Rivers
13,032.5
27.6
0.0
1.4
4.7
113.0
146.7
Boyne River
2,493.0
71.8
16.6
0.2
0.3
44.3
133.1
Bremer River
2,028.2
16.1
0.0
0.1
17.5
13.7
47.4
Brisbane River
7,015.0
132.6
7.8
0.3
11.5
107.0
259.3
Bulloo River
52,036.4
4.1
0.0
230.2
2,338.4
69.3
2,642.0
Burrum River
1,199.0
12.4
13.0
0.2
37.0
28.1
90.6
Caboolture River
466.7
4.5
11.5
0.1
21.4
4.3
41.7
Calliope River
2,248.6
7.1
76.9
3.9
1.2
10.7
99.8
Cliffdale Creek
6,229.9
0.0
350.6
0.1
81.4
28.4
460.5
Cloncurry River
47,333.9
22.0
0.0
0.0
114.2
1,304.7
1,440.9
Coen River
3,111.9
0.5
0.0
0.0
10.2
29.3
40.0
Coleman River
5,217.3
0.1
44.0
0.0
73.0
76.6
193.8
Comet River
17,274.9
65.8
0.0
37.2
45.1
157.7
305.8
Condamine River
30,517.4
161.9
0.0
7.0
41.1
122.0
332.1
Coomera & Nerang Rivers
1,305.7
34.6
34.9
5.5
18.0
12.6
105.6
Cooper Creek
95,752.4
9.4
0.0
1,478.1
5,948.3
791.3
8,227.0
Curtis Island
578.0
0.0
144.2
0.0
7.5
1.6
153.2
Daintree River
2,104.6
0.1
33.1
0.0
20.4
22.1
75.6
Dawson River
50,687.4
96.2
0.0
32.9
120.5
302.2
551.9
Diamantina River
119,110.0
23.3
0.0
1,118.8
6,758.4
2,715.3
10,615.8
Don River
3,745.1
11.9
189.5
0.8
43.5
88.9
334.6
Ducie River
3,579.1
0.1
129.3
0.0
79.3
9.1
217.7
Dumaresq River
4,312.0
28.3
0.0
0.3
3.4
68.7
100.7
Edward River
7,567.2
0.1
160.1
0.0
420.8
27.5
608.6
Eight Mile Creek
1,625.0
0.0
57.7
0.0
37.8
4.7
100.2
Einasleigh River
24,353.6
11.3
0.0
12.3
182.8
810.3
1,016.7
Elliott River
740.6
10.2
10.8
1.9
42.6
3.4
68.9
Embley River
1,914.8
2.8
144.3
0.0
11.7
0.5
159.3
Endeavour River
2,186.3
0.7
27.3
1.1
20.7
24.7
74.6
Eyre Creek
71,557.8
8.3
0.0
1,626.7
4,232.7
728.7
6,596.3
Fitzroy River
11,431.1
107.5
288.7
5.6
161.3
154.8
717.9
Flinders River
51,873.1
20.6
400.9
49.9
94.9
678.5
1,244.8
Fraser Island
1,659.5
0.0
34.4
11.1
151.0
0.0
196.6
Freshwater Creek
106.9
3.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.2
4.7
Georgina River
72,457.4
14.7
0.0
12.2
544.7
1,448.6
2,020.2
Gilbert River
22,016.3
13.6
464.1
3.8
245.0
1,218.3
1,944.7
Gregory River
910.5
8.2
3.5
0.0
12.7
41.4
65.8
Hann River
9,663.9
0.2
225.9
0.6
162.5
62.8
452.0
Haughton River
2,224.0
7.0
143.4
1.2
31.7
88.9
272.2
Hay
2,795.2
0.0
0.0
57.6
0.6
0.0
58.3
Herbert River
9,873.1
16.3
142.0
5.7
131.1
263.7
558.7
Hinchinbrook Island
396.9
0.0
81.2
0.0
5.0
1.7
87.9
Holroyd River
5,325.8
0.2
29.9
0.0
80.1
36.0
146.2
Isaac River
22,324.7
84.5
0.0
3.4
43.8
480.4
612.1
Isis River
500.9
1.0
0.6
0.0
0.6
38.1
40.3
Jacky Jacky Creek
2,971.6
0.0
256.7
26.8
153.7
8.5
445.8
Jardine River
3,273.2
0.0
23.7
0.0
181.4
12.9
217.9
Jeannie River
3,625.7
0.0
174.2
15.6
71.2
29.9
290.9
Kendall River
4,981.1
0.0
29.0
0.0
119.0
17.3
165.3
Kolan River
2,905.0
73.1
15.2
0.0
5.1
52.6
146.0
L Creek
1,958.6
2.2
438.4
4.3
12.5
32.2
489.6
Lagoon Creek
2,966.9
0.0
127.7
0.1
21.3
22.5
171.7
Lake Frome
151.8
0.0
0.0
15.1
0.0
0.0
15.1
Leichhardt River
32,882.2
71.9
322.0
1.6
307.9
875.9
1,579.2
Lockhart River
2,883.6
0.0
135.1
0.7
18.2
67.5
221.5
Lockyer Creek
2,969.9
15.8
0.0
4.7
10.4
77.3
108.2
Logan River
3,356.8
29.0
20.3
1.3
31.3
22.1
104.1
Lower Burdekin River
10,485.6
129.5
22.5
0.2
11.6
533.0
696.7
Lower Burnett River
5,666.6
56.3
11.0
0.3
4.5
88.3
160.3
Lower Mary River
6,776.9
16.4
42.4
0.0
72.5
104.4
235.8
Macintyre Brook
4,324.8
23.4
0.0
1.3
1.8
78.8
105.4
Macintyre & Weir Rivers
15,183.0
138.0
0.0
4.0
52.9
130.8
325.7
Mackenzie River
13,059.0
47.1
0.0
0.3
50.5
175.7
273.6
Maranoa River
20,035.3
16.7
0.0
0.0
14.2
46.4
77.4
Maroochy River
1,539.1
20.9
41.1
2.6
166.0
41.5
272.2
Mcdonald River
2,734.4
0.0
105.2
0.0
161.3
8.4
274.9
Mission River
2,669.0
8.4
226.7
0.0
152.8
3.9
391.8
Mitchell River
41,314.8
44.3
435.6
14.1
595.7
1,248.3
2,338.1
Moonie River
14,657.4
59.0
0.0
1.7
14.7
44.7
120.1
Moreton Island
178.6
0.0
0.8
0.4
14.8
0.0
16.0
Morning Inlet
1,730.0
2.6
332.4
10.5
9.7
34.6
389.8
Mornington Island
998.3
0.0
112.8
0.4
11.2
0.0
124.4
Mossman River
465.7
0.9
16.7
0.2
2.0
4.3
24.0
Mulgrave River
1,316.8
1.4
44.1
0.4
33.3
14.8
93.9
Murray River
1,107.4
3.6
83.8
0.0
50.0
4.9
142.3
Nicholson River
35,744.1
14.4
1,113.0
0.4
303.2
1,034.1
2,465.1
Nogoa River
27,705.9
223.2
0.0
2.7
24.4
271.2
521.5
Noosa River
1,955.8
1.4
89.2
2.3
332.8
20.1
445.8
Norman River
50,667.4
3.6
579.7
6.4
864.9
806.4
2,261.0
Normanby River
14,721.9
5.3
130.9
0.8
110.8
144.7
392.5
North Johnstone River
1,031.0
0.7
0.1
0.0
1.2
7.9
10.0
North Pine River
576.9
29.5
21.9
0.1
9.0
8.4
68.9
O'connell River
2,388.7
8.7
129.4
0.5
6.5
28.2
173.3
Olive river
2,054.7
0.0
39.8
12.9
45.0
13.6
111.4
Palmer River
8,423.6
5.0
0.0
1.1
33.3
138.7
178.2
Paroo River
35,237.7
2.5
0.0
215.3
546.7
65.9
830.4
Pascoe River
2,118.2
0.0
7.5
0.0
0.8
46.5
54.8
Pioneer River
1,574.5
16.1
7.8
0.0
2.0
41.8
67.7
Plane Creek
2,544.2
17.1
183.4
0.2
27.8
46.8
275.2
Proserpine River
2,500.0
48.2
124.0
1.5
67.1
36.4
277.2
Ross River
1,337.1
57.2
113.9
0.1
12.9
43.1
227.2
Russell River
670.6
10.4
6.3
0.3
48.1
5.0
70.1
Saxby River
10,091.1
0.5
0.0
0.0
90.2
129.5
220.3
Settlement River
1,066.9
0.0
67.8
0.1
30.6
28.9
127.4
Shoalwater
3,595.8
11.5
320.6
0.4
177.9
55.9
566.4
Skardon River
432.0
0.0
46.8
0.0
23.6
0.9
71.3
South Johnstone River
1,286.8
2.7
35.8
0.0
39.4
7.6
85.4
South Pine River
439.1
3.3
11.0
0.2
7.0
6.2
27.6
Staaten River
25,705.3
0.3
171.5
2.6
292.0
495.5
961.9
Stanley River
1,536.1
45.3
0.0
0.2
3.4
12.3
61.2
Stewart River
2,754.8
0.1
79.6
0.0
19.9
60.8
160.2
Stradbroke Islands
291.1
1.1
10.1
2.1
47.4
0.0
60.7
Styx River
3,010.7
13.7
265.4
0.2
89.8
52.1
421.2
Suttor River
73,948.7
277.9
0.0
15.9
161.8
1,119.4
1,575.1
Thomson River
95,100.7
31.1
0.0
203.6
573.3
620.8
1,428.7
Torres Strait Islands
570.2
0.9
53.4
0.0
6.1
5.0
65.6
Tully River
1,675.9
17.1
19.8
0.1
42.3
16.5
95.9
Upper Burdekin River
36,227.5
23.0
0.0
65.0
300.7
1,079.0
1,467.7
Upper Burnett River
8,591.8
25.6
0.0
0.0
2.5
57.1
85.2
Upper Mary River
2,701.4
13.8
0.0
0.0
1.5
78.6
93.9
Wallam Creeks
47,863.0
12.0
0.0
35.7
851.8
112.1
1,011.7
Walsh River
8,958.3
11.3
0.0
0.3
4.8
220.8
237.2
Warrego River
52,161.8
25.8
0.0
38.9
118.3
362.4
545.5
Waterpark Creek
1,822.8
1.1
253.5
0.8
101.8
55.9
413.1
Watson River
4,694.4
0.1
73.7
0.0
49.4
20.8
143.9
Wenlock River
7,555.2
0.0
108.8
0.0
174.4
37.8
320.9
Whitsunday Island
160.6
0.0
6.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
6.1
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 and Science, Queensland (2015) Drainage sub-basin 2017 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 13 April 2023 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent/sub-basin.html