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Drainage basin 2001 wetland habitat extents

Definition of drainage basin

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2001 wetland habitat extent by drainage basin metadata
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Drainage basin Total area
(ha)
Wetland area by habitat Total
wetland area
(ha)
INT01a INT01b INT02 LA14 LA15 LC06 LC07 LC08a LC08b LC09 PA10 PA11a PA11b PA11c PA12a PA12b PA12c PA12d PA13 PC02a PC02b PC02c PC02d PC04a PC04c PC04d PC04e PC05 XX99-P-A XX99-P-C
Total 172,970,898 3,549 481,842 598,050 460,744 26,863 8,447 156 7,554 998 1,172 79,966 106,461 1,375,793 83,078 158,887 145,065 204,364 2,506 37 269,426 12,830 157,096 10,744 126,145 159,783 16,185 45 3,470 960 747 4,502,963
Arafura Sea 26,297 3,748 4,880 194 47 8 8,877
Archer 1,380,035 3,412 11,309 14,658 169 10,054 1,858 2,141 43,600
Baffle 407,766 527 8,293 4,798 13 3,669 467 53 6,018 336 721 24,896
Balonne-Condamine 13,664,954 3,257 9 387 7 2,074 195 2,521 9,832 48,513 46,360 2,203 994 304 3,412 4,646 496 < 1 125,211
Barron 219,333 973 23 111 120 162 33 3 27 83 1,534
Black 105,519 764 206 371 9 3 92 1 1,445
Border Rivers 2,381,978 348 163 1,475 5,159 89 281 7,515
Boyne 249,301 2 829 837 3 37 1,709
Brisbane 1,354,920 51 516 214 767 1 1,517 1,940 5,006
Bulloo 5,203,638 20,357 506 7,401 66,408 19,204 1,176 18,440 36,339 169,831
Burdekin 13,010,930 1,965 109 206 1,559 48 34 7,880 462 16,697 15,098 259 37 843 4,010 88 738 791 796 107 51,727
Burnett 3,320,998 21 965 151 13 209 23 503 497 699 44 3,127
Burrum 335,101 126 1,585 1,069 1,223 1,458 404 3,696 121 2,457 12,138
Calliope 224,863 4,061 949 22 4 52 15 12 5,115
Coleman 1,278,450 3,132 16,338 40,699 1,997 83 5,770 68,019
Cooper Creek 24,386,792 144,093 20,840 31,622 16,469 394,564 18,062 3,998 6,017 33,142 2 11 668,821
Coral Sea 140,549 185 38,148 8,171 577 82 220 216 15 1 47,615
Curtis Island 57,804 27 6,368 8,072 196 21 728 15,412
Daintree 210,458 3,255 36 722 84 < 1 823 7 674 5,601
Diamantina 11,911,000 109,354 12,164 4,096 586,529 19,384 2 25,747 27,252 784,528
Don 374,512 8,177 2,142 10 95 18 6 4,172 14,619
Ducie 674,551 21,676 3,482 7,478 20,127 31 2 52,796
Embley 458,378 28,897 7,897 12,805 3,909 136 146 53,789
Endeavour 218,630 2,390 296 81 652 1,455 255 31 5,160
Fitzroy 14,248,292 9,247 1,128 6,935 55 6,449 2,863 4,337 20,631 11,038 62,683
Flinders 10,929,807 10,852 29,966 589 5,176 886 6,989 16,372 4,159 1,699 1,831 38 64 1,749 80,370
Fraser Island 165,949 2,925 516 2,074 750 3,555 28 8,506 27 18,381
Georgina 14,401,525 160,538 18,696 21,237 326,734 338 227 36,446 10,638 574,854
Gilbert 4,636,998 8,735 42,355 129 88 457 10,652 2,726 2,847 5,132 3,653 17,145 150 381 94,448
Haughton 407,055 14,765 4,460 639 109 23 511 195 261 11,678 32,641
Hay 279,520 5,797 63 5,860
Herbert 987,310 11,165 2,574 543 3,028 1,570 483 100 2,827 5,220 13 6 12 161 27,704
Hinchinbrook Island 39,692 7,735 358 167 12 299 11 8,582
Holroyd 1,030,690 2,473 3,094 15,258 93 3,574 125 2,206 26,824
Jacky Jacky 297,162 22,203 3,168 2,151 255 13,268 135 1,327 42,508
Jardine 327,317 1,410 812 1,995 16,503 337 328 21,385
Jeannie 362,572 8,966 7,745 1,589 2,334 4,458 25,094
Johnstone 231,781 3,463 64 4 1,995 919 23 1,471 12 1 227 8,179
Kolan 290,501 93 1,233 194 213 147 91 95 2,066
Lake Frome 15,184 1,535 3 1,538
Leichhardt 3,288,217 9,695 23,343 143 10,054 6,112 11,337 2,006 143 367 120 185 63,505
Lockhart 288,360 8,750 3,457 54 853 1,273 14,387
Logan-Albert 413,866 262 1,301 501 137 6 2,580 645 5 5,436
Maroochy 153,905 706 2,314 1,012 37 3,932 835 297 9,901 154 1,358 20,546
Mary 947,833 221 3,080 918 1,766 < 1 4,567 469 365 11,385
Mitchell 7,162,243 12,660 38,125 3,984 984 42,462 2,057 3,792 36,220 11 12 15 140,321
Moonie 1,465,738 28 15 385 29 10 22 44 249 15 306 563 1,667
Moreton Bay Islands 57,057 176 6,049 1,044 248 239 1,963 778 3,374 217 28 14,115
Morning 368,867 2,485 75,355 38 1,007 273 178 765 55 55 403 825 81,439
Mornington Island 99,830 3,312 8,419 695 363 17 12,807
Mossman 46,574 1,430 218 183 7 < 1 1,838
Mulgrave-Russell 198,740 4,880 368 38 629 160 2 5,004 678 368 21 1,604 13,752
Murray 110,739 7,239 926 1,712 424 1 2,665 297 74 4 268 13,609
Nicholson 3,574,411 29,256 84,513 16,434 475 271 555 16 1,869 3,288 3,586 2,606 1,293 14 144,176
Noosa 195,578 307 5,337 3,196 239 10 7,753 7,546 799 11,079 65 6,335 42,665
Norman 5,066,736 14,965 50,497 5,958 1,109 59,001 610 3,278 11,073 1,214 4,484 152,188
Normanby 2,438,587 7,962 20,221 14,046 11,870 4,986 9,206 71 2 68,364
O'Connell 238,854 10,323 2,646 780 244 201 89 14,283
Olive-Pascoe 417,294 3,782 860 1,063 381 1,515 416 2,142 10,158
Paroo 3,523,770 14,192 4,426 16,501 7,351 7,302 14,362 819 19,737 84,690
Pine 148,279 365 2,644 1,456 33 3,722 206 10 8,436
Pioneer 157,470 720 41 203 104 106 70 1,244
Plane 254,423 11,743 6,615 6,455 1,184 1,415 189 27,600
Proserpine 250,002 9,544 2,774 1,444 2,637 1,243 3,191 20,833
Ross 170,598 3,845 3,393 3 56 243 223 1,636 9,398
Settlement 1,188,868 7,626 50,659 17 34 7,901 5,778 1,101 1,905 75,022
Shoalwater 359,579 12,930 12,111 41 3,837 86 445 16,113 45,562
South Coast 130,572 481 2,147 680 85 28 19 1,910 285 5 5,640
Staaten 2,570,527 2,969 15,699 17,686 2,623 1,133 6,417 46,528
Stewart 275,475 2,558 3,664 957 390 674 218 8,461
Styx 301,068 5,673 10,379 26 345 101 19 36 7,707 24,286
Torres Strait Islands 57,023 4,709 618 2 429 3 185 5,947
Tully 167,593 1,885 1 4 338 234 123 3,074 45 53 < 1 601 6,360
Warrego 5,216,183 516 374 1,567 1 662 9,341 4,908 2,796 63 1 8 345 20,582
Waterpark 182,282 19,967 2,955 4,418 1,345 706 < 1 3,580 1,103 34,074
Watson 469,442 3,132 3,681 3,522 1,283 481 98 12,197
Wenlock 755,519 10,084 237 16,462 709 29 40 104 27,665
Whitsunday Island 10,687 522 56 16 593

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

Wetland habitat code descriptions
INT01a Mangroves - Casuarina
INT01b Mangroves - other
INT02 Salt marsh and salt flats
LA14 Arid and semi-arid saline lake
LA15 Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake
LC06 Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake
LC07 Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake
LC08a Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake
LC08b Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake
LC09 Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
PA10 Arid and semi-arid saline swamp
PA11a Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp
PA11b Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp
PA11c Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
PA12a Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp
PA12b Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp
PA12c Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
PA12d Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp
PA13 Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp
PC02a Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
PC02b Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp
PC02c Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
PC02d Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp
PC04a Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
PC04c Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
PC04d Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp
PC04e Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp
PC05 Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp
XX99-P-A Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid
XX99-P-C Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal

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 basin 2001 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2001/basin.html

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