Drainage sub-basin 2019 wetland system extents

Definition of drainage sub-basin

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2019 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 natural)	lacustrine (natural)	lacustrine (slightly modified natural)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified natural)	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.