Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment 2019 wetland system extents
Definition of Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2019 wetland system extent by Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment Download this table in .CSV format
WQIP catchment
Total areaha )
Wetland area by system
Totalha )
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
42,620,437
163,682
400,169
3,577
17,478
19,220
253,561
63,338
684,008
1,605,034
Abbot Bay catchments (Burdekin) 118,919
321
3,716
1,736
17
39
968
2,545
9,342
Alligator Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 20,918
105
1,000
32
2
237
84
279
1,739
Allingham Creek (Burdekin) 109,324
3
72
2,196
3,966
6,238
Andromache River (Mackay Whitsunday) 40,599
84
1
92
2
836
1,016
Annan River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 1,883
48
732
205
5
152
1,142
Annan River - lower, outside National Park (incl. Esk River, Hardwicke Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 18,005
13
32
8
24
25
673
775
Annan River - upper (above gorge) outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 35,739
42
2
12
653
709
Annie River, Saltwater Creek and Fifteen Mile Creek (Eastern Cape York) 269,719
7
67
< 1
6,849
2
1,930
8,856
Baffle (Burnett Mary) 408,475
1,018
13,426
13
140
10,339
293
6,805
32,033
Bakers Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,822
155
968
1
5
355
43
112
1,639
Balclutha Creek (Eastern Cape York) 42,008
1
30
409
433
873
Barratta Creek (Burdekin) 116,808
718
3,475
22
70
1,119
1,239
3,548
10,191
Barron (Wet Tropics) 218,801
4,696
956
< 1
56
69
272
141
4,031
10,221
Basalt River (Burdekin) 286,199
81
28
3,113
4
8,613
11,840
Bathurst and Ninian Bays (Eastern Cape York) 24,974
7
< 1
7
Bathurst Bay draining creeks (incl. Muck River) (Eastern Cape York) 53,352
1,825
240
306
2,371
Belyando floodplain (Burdekin) 203,024
197
13
3,080
111
2,922
6,322
Black River (Burdekin) 147,723
1,128
3,203
3
29
690
608
4,418
10,078
Blackrock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 23,930
169
1,622
4
30
2
226
2,054
Blacks Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 71,090
1,099
1,232
2,331
Bogie River (Burdekin) 227,541
1,132
12
125
32
14
6,518
7,834
Bowen River (Burdekin) 113,792
451
21
20
12
6,669
7,174
Boyne River (Fitzroy) 249,748
2,081
1,640
5
4,218
4
36
3,808
11,793
Broken River (Burdekin) 228,731
844
6,888
7,731
Burdekin Delta (Burdekin) 113,151
804
14,135
167
877
1,887
5,908
5,267
29,044
Burdekin River (below Dam) (Burdekin) 146,880
349
448
200
206
7,575
8,778
Burdekin River (Blue Range) (Burdekin) 272,356
288
98
211
79
10,851
11,527
Burdekin River (Dam) (Burdekin) 370,188
6,985
< 1
80
300
2
26,811
34,179
Burnett (Burnett Mary) 3,319,539
14,182
1,058
8
1,060
1,485
242
34,098
52,134
Burrum (Burnett Mary) 337,174
3,307
2,662
8
84
8,944
182
10,859
26,046
Callide Creek (Fitzroy) 766,479
2,941
25
30
729
53
3,719
7,497
Calliope River (Fitzroy) 217,716
633
4,089
26
22
160
49
34
945
5,958
Camel Creek (Burdekin) 157,869
79
772
26
118
6
4,649
5,650
Campaspe River (Burdekin) 674,667
379
490
138
2,330
216
26,028
29,580
Cape Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 15,032
21
4,827
< 1
1,077
56
24
6,005
Cape Flattery dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 25,028
393
741
2,060
12
3,207
Cape River (Burdekin) 913,940
258
40
49
4,106
40
23,233
27,725
Carmichael River (Burdekin) 978,227
761
25
2,466
133
11,603
14,988
Carmilla Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 12,734
43
553
64
17
226
902
Chester River (incl. Scrubby Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 27,577
2
46
111
946
1,106
Clarke River (Burdekin) 646,961
155
47
92
2,078
19,350
21,722
Claudie River (incl. Deep, Swamp creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 15,927
< 1
165
70
628
864
Coastal creeks and dunes (north of Nesbit) (Eastern Cape York) 44,836
2
828
1,200
1,657
3,687
Coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 48,061
394
60
2,859
47
3,359
Coastal dunes north shore of Endeavour River (Eastern Cape York) 5,863
21
151
< 1
172
Comet River (Fitzroy) 1,729,049
6,163
3,025
846
4,212
311
14,998
29,554
Connors River (Fitzroy) 952,700
1,151
73
57
1,143
110
24,669
27,202
Constant Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,516
76
3,106
< 1
126
115
151
3,575
Curtis Island (Fitzroy) 58,456
10
14,568
749
174
15,500
Daintree (Wet Tropics) 210,670
8
3,257
3
2,256
1,999
7,523
Deighton River (Eastern Cape York) 67,273
10
91
617
718
Diamond Creek (Burdekin) 213,725
315
62
29
15
1,352
1,774
Don River (Burdekin) 120,812
399
1,703
14
15
60
45
3,301
5,537
Douglas Creek (Burdekin) 122,846
132
30
6
2,801
2,968
Dry River (Burdekin) 202,310
43
2
29
3,655
5,312
9,040
Eden Lassie Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,000
262
2,242
11
2
66
747
3,330
Endeavour River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 2,257
1,295
90
204
1,588
Endeavour River - lower (incl. Cameron, Poison creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 24,037
26
57
< 1
490
3
356
932
Endeavour River - north branch (incl. Isabella, Mango Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 18,019
5
88
253
345
Endeavour River - right branch (Eastern Cape York) 38,771
4
1,054
630
1,689
Endeavour River - south branch (Eastern Cape York) 14,720
0
Escape River (Eastern Cape York) 32,685
457
256
3,445
< 1
4,159
Estuaries draining into Temple Bay, Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York) 4,110
3,467
7
4
3,479
Estuaries (incl. Jacky Jacky, Escape, Harmer) (Eastern Cape York) 26,482
24,044
182
< 1
24,227
Estuaries (incl. Stewart, Rocky, other estuaries) (Eastern Cape York) 9,927
6,404
76
13
6,493
Fanning River (Burdekin) 110,772
31
20
195
1
6,423
6,670
Fitzroy River (Fitzroy) 1,133,947
8,765
24,303
30
676
494
8,141
8,126
13,490
64,025
Flaggy Rock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,893
58
635
1
128
153
974
Fox Creek (Burdekin) 320,794
659
63
279
384
1,760
3,144
Gillinbin Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 13,107
30
425
2
1,431
399
2,286
Glenmore Creek (Burdekin) 160,911
40
54
5,049
5,143
Glennie Creek (Eastern Cape York) 36,334
244
244
Goanna, Breakfast, Whiphandle creeks (Eastern Cape York) 56,201
1
15
272
1,038
1,327
Gorge, Running creeks (Eastern Cape York) 41,345
20
992
582
1,594
Gray Creek (Burdekin) 169,505
129
18
62
5
3,963
4,178
Gregory River (Mackay Whitsunday) 31,028
364
2,150
133
50
563
3,261
Hann Creek (Burdekin) 185,299
86
34
25
1
6,925
7,070
Hann Creek (Eastern Cape York) 28,672
2
2
Harmer, Little Harmer Creeks (Eastern Cape York) 108,898
161
359
1,778
312
2,610
Haughton River (Burdekin) 232,550
630
15,907
281
70
331
2,066
2,080
9,145
30,510
Herbert (Wet Tropics) 984,235
1,331
13,624
2
98
205
12,060
1,210
27,258
55,788
Hinchinbrook Island (Wet Tropics) 39,543
7,941
528
177
8,646
Indian Bay (Eastern Cape York) 863
0
Jack River and Beattie Creek (Eastern Cape York) 148,352
1,963
1,958
3,921
Jacky Jacky Creek (Eastern Cape York) 31,041
46
5,753
135
5,934
Jeannie estuaries (incl. Horwick, Starcke, Dead Dog and other estuaries) (Eastern Cape York) 9,543
8,530
0
< 1
3
8,533
Jeannie River (Eastern Cape York) 46,942
100
28
710
838
Johnstone (Wet Tropics) 232,153
347
3,516
12
4
3
4,452
43
1,673
10,050
Kangaroo River and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 28,105
13
290
997
1,299
Keelbottom Creek (Burdekin) 164,284
86
51
98
6
7,518
7,760
Kennedy Inlet / Newcastle Bay (Eastern Cape York) 24,824
408
16
75
500
Kennedy River and Little Kennedy Creek (Eastern Cape York) 253,270
24
14
3,286
1,766
5,089
Kirk River (Burdekin) 135,590
175
47
8,452
8,674
Kolan (Burnett Mary) 290,449
6,430
1,479
231
488
36
4,691
13,356
Landers Creek (Burdekin) 106,730
46
20
25
83
3,542
3,716
Laura River (incl. Mosman River, Kennedy Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 203,164
319
657
863
1,839
Lethebrook (Mackay Whitsunday) 37,352
204
694
4
2,519
94
492
4,006
Little Bowen River (Burdekin) 147,193
25
64
10
47
2,477
2,623
Little Laura River (incl. Shepherd, Pine Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 89,372
59
682
11
990
1,743
Lloyd Bay (Eastern Cape York) 5,422
518
518
Lockhart, Claudie and adjacent estuaries (Eastern Cape York) 9,537
7,782
11
26
7,819
Lockhart River (incl. Eden, Arroto and Scrubby creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 82,829
6
9
343
2,875
3,233
Lockhart town and surrounds (incl. dunes) (Eastern Cape York) 4,018
69
< 1
370
440
Logan Creek (Burdekin) 403,627
1,130
152
59
13
1,969
3,323
Lolworth Creek (Burdekin) 350,352
19
1,043
19
8,940
31
4,803
14,855
Lower Cape River (Burdekin) 298,561
6,983
11
9
228
146
5,321
12,698
Lower Dawson River (Fitzroy) 1,991,424
5,145
159
784
6,304
910
9,731
23,034
Lower Isaac River (Fitzroy) 272,514
533
170
495
21
4,247
5,465
Lower Suttor River (Burdekin) 268,899
4,026
81
294
8
7,165
11,574
Mackay City (Mackay Whitsunday) 17,126
49
1,616
5
544
23
213
2,450
Mackenzie River (Fitzroy) 1,297,741
4,275
140
1,062
3,681
1,008
15,064
25,230
Margaret Bay (Eastern Cape York) 833
3
3
Marion Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 11,201
84
672
20
134
347
1,258
Marrett River, Sandalwood and Birthday creeks (Eastern Cape York) 134,518
1
14
1,159
157
1,332
Mary (Burnett Mary) 946,581
3,535
4,264
391
6,363
347
14,728
29,628
Massy Creek, Rocky River (Eastern Cape York) 48,405
< 1
1
349
2,621
2,972
McIvor, Morgan rivers and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 58,801
501
321
2,998
637
4,457
Middle and West Claudie Rivers (incl. Gordon, Scrubby creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 17,736
0
Mistake Creek (Burdekin) 587,421
1,438
1,399
867
15
7,246
10,964
Morehead River, Healy Creek and Hann River (Eastern Cape York) 425,766
3
8,242
2,864
11,109
Mossman (Wet Tropics) 47,285
87
1,602
9
11
172
1
408
2,291
Mulgrave-Russell (Wet Tropics) 198,027
1,660
4,741
164
94
8,207
5
1,979
16,850
Murray Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 46,631
128
2,793
< 1
45
656
3,624
Murray (Wet Tropics) 110,656
327
8,737
2
2
5,118
40
492
14,718
Myrtle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 29,516
20
1,502
705
13
295
2,534
Native Companion Creek (Burdekin) 548,474
446
48
271
8
2,898
3,671
Nesbit, Chester and adjacent estuaries (Eastern Cape York) 4,338
3,026
37
84
3,147
Nesbit River (incl. Leo Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 68,059
< 1
444
121
565
Nogoa River (Fitzroy) 1,616,991
17,866
126
578
1,419
137
15,198
35,324
Normanby estuarine waters (incl. Bizant, Normanby, Saltwater and others adjacent Princess Charlotte Bay) (Eastern Cape York) 54,162
27,761
866
82
28,709
Normanby /lower Laura rivers (incl. Brown, Cabbage Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 205,565
7
78
4,519
986
5,590
Normanby River - lower and Bizant River (Eastern Cape York) 105,992
401
5,365
2,730
8,496
Normanby - upper (incl. West, East and Granite Normanby Rivers, Bridge Ck) (Eastern Cape York) 290,818
224
< 1
2,469
6,832
9,526
North Jacky Jacky Creek – dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 13,858
142
154
745
289
1,330
North Jeannie coastal creeks outside National Park (incl. Horwick River, Wakooka Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 110,554
5,269
44
628
979
6,921
North Kennedy River (Eastern Cape York) 191,510
2
1
4,122
1
1,438
5,565
Oaky , Wallace, Lyon creeks (Eastern Cape York) 33,909
5
575
580
OConnell River (Mackay Whitsunday) 48,766
361
589
15
22
302
29
789
2,107
Olive River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 751
470
101
571
Olive River (incl. Horseshoe, Scorpion creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 124,133
< 1
< 1
3,506
374
3,880
Pascoe - headwaters (incl. Little Pascoe, Fall creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 64,780
74
3,274
3,348
Pascoe - lower, outside National Park (incl. Tin and coastal creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 36,638
622
832
1,454
Pascoe - mid (incl. Garraway, Brown creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 31,243
266
266
Pascoe - mid (incl. Hamilton Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 11,269
206
206
Pascoe River estuary and other estuaries draining into Wemouth Bay (Eastern Cape York) 1,325
112
8
4
124
Pascoe - upper (incl. Yam, One Mile creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 36,658
115
115
Pelican Creek (Burdekin) 148,083
520
6
1
2,030
2,556
Pioneer River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,788
618
< 1
107
1,782
2,507
Plane Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 15,963
42
950
54
14
178
1,238
Port of Cape Flattery (land side) (Eastern Cape York) 9,437
10
10
521
348
11
5
904
Port of Cape Flattery marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 14,707
22
22
Port of Cooktown marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 3,067
11
11
Port of Quintell Beach marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 1,364
2
2
Princess Charlotte Bay (Eastern Cape York) 137,329
25
25
Proserpine River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday) 8,490
26
431
457
Reliance Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 10,662
12
1,545
5
< 1
65
10
92
1,729
Repulse Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 25,555
1,740
2
6
72
1,819
Rocky Dam Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 51,839
94
5,677
26
2,034
911
1,393
10,135
Rollston River (Burdekin) 144,919
108
36
52
6,037
6,232
Rosella Creek (Burdekin) 147,410
317
268
151
1,779
2,514
Rosetta Creek (Burdekin) 244,047
299
5
424
8
4,762
5,497
Ross River (Burdekin) 131,054
5,924
8,882
29
163
213
353
4,241
19,806
Running River (Burdekin) 110,538
19
1
3,435
3,455
Sandy Creek (Burdekin) 318,941
232
29
291
9
1,223
1,784
Sandy Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 49,935
1,202
846
13
< 1
541
27
714
3,343
Sarina Beaches (Mackay Whitsunday) 8,458
66
643
8
98
115
14
945
Sellheim River (Burdekin) 170,458
9,498
32
26
3,809
13,365
Shelburne Bay dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 49,236
70
2,754
889
1
3,714
Shelburne Bay (Eastern Cape York) 25,164
24
< 1
24
Shoalwater Creek (Fitzroy) 361,610
1,239
29,760
5
285
20,334
5,395
57,018
South Annan coastal creeks outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 15,542
560
263
205
1,027
St Helens Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,566
40
1,457
13
11
228
1,749
Star River (Burdekin) 199,399
58
14
145
7,734
7,951
Starcke River (Eastern Cape York) 50,093
< 1
66
38
990
462
1,557
Stewart River - headwaters outside National Park (incl. Little Stewart, Station creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 38,767
6
364
370
Stewart River, Terrible Creek (Eastern Cape York) 37,627
37
344
381
Stones Creek (Burdekin) 77,525
11
14
2,918
2,944
Styx River (Fitzroy) 299,512
1,325
26,311
828
26
83
861
7,306
5,037
41,779
Temple Bay and Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York) 5,735
4
4
Theresa Creek (Fitzroy) 1,149,860
4,047
522
681
145
13,290
18,685
Thompsons Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,013
227
3,695
2
3,342
1,437
68
8,771
Trevethan Creek outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 9,497
1
443
445
Tully (Wet Tropics) 168,340
1,599
1,890
8
15
4,448
79
1,542
9,582
Upper Belyando River (Burdekin) 583,589
439
180
156
129
2,025
2,929
Upper Burdekin River (Burdekin) 448,172
227
2,275
83
12,636
399
10,037
25,658
Upper Cattle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,841
417
417
Upper Dawson River (Fitzroy) 2,315,530
1,848
2,186
959
2,570
216
14,341
22,120
Upper Isaac River (Fitzroy) 1,012,469
5,388
367
1,044
2,126
288
18,979
28,192
Upper Proserpine River (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,621
3,946
159
4,106
Upper Suttor River (Burdekin) 515,807
1,125
347
399
66
9,312
11,249
Upstart Bay catchments (Burdekin) 129,031
573
10,657
134
66
538
2,586
3,168
17,722
Walker Bay (Eastern Cape York) 246
10
10
Walsh Bay (Eastern Cape York) 189
1
1
Waterhole Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 21,131
46
1,356
3
195
24
78
1,700
Waterpark Creek (Fitzroy) 184,786
115
25,909
33
45
8,884
2,416
5,560
42,961
Weary Bay (Eastern Cape York) 540
0
West Hill Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,396
19
1,393
< 1
1,030
282
209
2,932
Weymouth Bay (Eastern Cape York) 4,352
9
9
Whitsunday Coast (Mackay Whitsunday) 19,560
37
684
2
15
8
14
759
Wilson Creek, Portland Road coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 13,471
1
373
3
27
215
619
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments.
Disclaimer
Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
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.
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Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment 2019 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 1 February 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent/wqip.html
— Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation