Sub-basin (herb) 2001 wetland habitat extents
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2001 wetland habitat extent by sub-basin (herb) Download this table in .CSV format
Sub-basin (herb)
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
176,636,006
3,551
488,208
600,481
460,745
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
269,466
12,831
157,121
10,745
126,153
159,809
16,185
45
3,470
960
747
4,511,866
Albert River
78,130
3
41
< 1
52
222
317
Alice River
1,294,283
18,311
1,092
272
3,190
22,865
Archer River
1,061,508
3,319
11,309
14,046
166
9,733
1,839
2,151
42,563
Baffle Creek
409,127
527
8,548
4,802
13
3,657
467
53
6,010
333
721
25,132
Balonne River
3,829,295
9
12
1,671
195
953
2,492
346
2,203
177
27
1,875
2,592
163
12,716
Barcoo River
5,324,188
43
41
1,043
759
48
1,256
413
710
2
11
4,325
Barker & Barambah Creeks
593,055
5
32
526
563
Barratta Creek
183,314
8,670
2,135
474
62
58
159
59
9,522
21,138
Barron River
218,831
977
23
56
116
162
28
3
23
83
1,470
Black River
105,751
773
206
407
10
3
91
1
1,492
Bohle River
36,934
621
595
5
17
785
2,023
Bowen River
945,679
123
59
80
18
3
283
Boyne & Auburn Rivers
1,300,064
10
429
48
48
536
Boyne River
249,689
2
823
832
3
37
1,697
Bremer River
202,941
605
1
413
726
1,746
Brisbane River
696,983
51
522
214
14
849
169
1,819
Bulloo River
5,186,255
20,357
506
7,401
66,408
19,204
1,176
18,310
36,339
169,701
Burrum River
121,185
93
688
570
643
420
123
2,155
25
353
5,070
Caboolture River
46,771
130
647
379
32
2,289
34
10
3,521
Calliope River
224,417
4,147
950
22
4
52
15
12
5,202
Cliffdale Creek
621,608
4,922
28,271
2
3,669
3,371
509
359
41,103
Cloncurry River
4,734,362
2,411
714
4,637
4,522
173
12,458
Coen River
320,884
643
333
22
998
Coleman River
534,071
1,071
3,388
4,989
413
59
2,889
12,808
Comet River
1,729,682
3,037
975
523
66
1,998
1,163
7,762
Condamine River
3,042,115
353
818
32
1,481
1,522
325
< 1
4,532
Coomera & Nerang Rivers
130,448
481
2,128
681
85
28
19
1,909
285
5
5,620
Cooper Creek
9,578,213
142,975
1,075
9,845
392,652
17,157
4
5,712
29,050
598,469
Daintree River
210,703
3,240
36
722
84
< 1
807
7
674
5,570
Dawson River
5,077,521
2,429
2,539
658
1,058
4,730
2,416
13,829
Diamantina River
11,916,978
109,333
12,164
4,212
586,559
19,384
2
25,725
27,248
784,626
Don River
373,879
7,803
2,150
10
83
18
6
4,159
14,229
Ducie River
358,320
10,909
942
4,441
3,563
30
2
19,888
Dumaresq River
432,562
6
52
17
6
272
354
Edward River
752,483
2,088
12,827
35,840
1,538
24
2,903
55,219
Eight Mile Creek
164,179
489
5,518
2,798
753
26
136
9,720
Einasleigh River
2,436,599
129
11
333
10,609
2,544
1,464
896
1,410
2,317
150
381
20,244
Elloitt River
72,818
22
668
389
500
563
213
1,107
94
1,835
5,391
Embley River
192,878
10,116
4,092
852
342
< 1
15,402
Endeavour River
218,373
2,410
296
21
612
1,288
271
31
4,930
Eyre Creek
7,179,213
159,734
18,696
18,756
298,763
330
18,992
7,286
522,557
Fitzroy River
1,143,490
9,273
1,128
658
55
333
88
620
9,422
7,184
28,761
Flinders River
5,202,845
10,895
30,126
589
2,299
172
2,001
5,100
4,038
1,494
1,831
38
64
1,749
60,396
Georgina River
7,210,414
867
2,481
27,942
7
227
17,466
3,354
52,346
Gilbert River
2,204,708
8,705
42,587
77
123
115
125
1,414
4,288
2,208
14,824
74,466
Gregory River
90,841
9
236
111
80
475
68
289
< 1
170
1,438
Hann River
955,765
5,538
14,705
9,428
6,318
2,440
4,146
42,575
Haughton River
222,052
5,935
2,254
165
47
13
453
36
202
2,042
11,148
Hay
278,335
5,798
63
5,860
Herbert River
984,532
11,082
2,556
548
3,025
1,523
482
100
2,827
5,220
13
6
12
161
27,554
Holroyd River
543,786
1,721
2,999
7,365
93
1,984
27
929
15,117
Isaac River
2,236,630
440
602
559
1,923
1,030
141
4,696
Isis River
52,633
2
42
15
155
1
111
326
Islands
4,348,785
463
79,149
32,951
2,359
988
10,057
1,206
12,720
4,482
40
28
12
144,456
Jacky Jacky Creek
296,826
22,293
3,168
2,214
255
13,175
135
1,322
42,563
Jardine River
328,218
1,418
805
2,098
16,490
337
333
21,482
Jeannie River
364,142
9,028
7,753
1,649
2,374
4,625
25,429
Kendall River
485,063
778
95
7,887
1,604
97
1,312
11,773
Kolan River
290,510
93
1,247
194
225
154
94
95
2,102
L Creek
194,943
945
43,498
71
129
601
366
318
45,927
Lagoon Creek
285,475
1,443
10,918
15
34
495
199
274
651
14,028
Lake Frome
15,074
1,535
3
1,538
Leichhardt River
3,288,492
9,600
23,348
166
10,072
6,112
11,320
2,063
143
397
129
187
63,537
Lockhart River
288,624
8,785
3,441
54
858
1,291
14,430
Lockyer Creek
300,516
147
< 1
56
900
1,102
Logan River
337,476
260
1,482
594
137
5
2,545
425
5
5,453
Lower Burdekin River
1,047,312
179
64
48
463
17
10
604
1,386
Lower Burnett River
567,165
21
967
151
145
342
117
44
1,788
Lower Mary River
676,042
221
3,299
992
1,747
< 1
4,502
381
343
11,485
Macintyre Brook
431,745
1
64
179
23
266
Macintyre & Weir Rivers
1,538,547
348
156
1,360
4,963
60
9
6,897
Mackenzie River
1,298,511
150
1,775
510
615
1,866
62
4,979
Maranoa River
2,003,850
21
11
259
149
7
239
53
532
7
1,279
Maroochy River
139,229
632
1,907
681
3
1,736
599
126
7,118
154
1,358
14,314
Mcdonald River
272,577
7,668
980
1,521
15,592
< 1
25,762
Mission River
269,901
18,898
3,805
12,158
3,584
136
145
38,726
Mitchell River
4,143,651
12,539
38,291
3,910
929
21,534
827
3,351
32,152
11
12
8
113,565
Moonie River
1,445,616
28
15
386
72
10
60
44
242
15
306
563
1,743
Morning Inlet
173,369
1,528
31,736
15
1,007
211
51
164
55
55
29
508
35,358
Mossman River
47,363
1,439
218
188
12
5
1,862
Mulgrave River
131,631
4,277
367
94
517
103
1,180
306
349
3
699
7,894
Murray River
110,712
7,713
972
1,712
422
1
2,584
301
74
4
260
14,043
Nicholson River
3,564,991
29,249
84,739
16,407
475
269
572
16
1,812
3,288
3,563
2,597
1,291
14
144,291
Nogoa River
2,769,005
223
225
526
54
1,585
72
2,684
Noosa River
195,516
307
5,259
3,211
239
10
7,723
7,467
797
11,060
65
6,344
42,481
Norman River
5,043,008
15,270
50,463
5,958
1,109
57,433
598
3,278
11,049
1,214
4,485
150,857
Normanby River
1,483,752
2,494
5,510
4,640
5,534
2,547
5,060
71
2
25,859
North Johnstone River
102,981
7
4
113
57
5
14
199
North Pine River
59,871
88
1,406
787
939
51
3,273
Olive River
205,626
3,250
697
1,000
375
1,453
415
2,142
9,332
Palmer River
833,503
2,288
171
67
716
2
3,244
Paroo River
3,654,370
14,192
4,426
16,501
8,812
7,303
14,379
819
19,773
86,205
Pascoe River
212,432
580
163
20
61
2
825
Pioneer River
396,729
11,260
2,701
985
348
308
159
15,761
Plane Creek
254,412
12,051
6,668
6,454
1,185
1,415
189
27,961
Proserpine River
250,161
9,649
2,775
1,443
2,637
1,242
3,191
20,937
Ross River
134,044
3,212
2,852
3
61
243
208
955
7,535
Russell River
66,914
575
1
112
48
2
3,816
372
19
18
905
5,868
Saxby River
1,014,681
466
350
8,317
120
44
9,298
Settlement River
112,666
893
6,936
940
1,456
292
758
11,275
Shoalwater
360,690
13,312
12,241
41
3,837
86
441
16,113
46,071
Skardon River
43,930
3,058
1,567
1,353
1,078
7,056
South Johnstone River
129,419
3,456
64
1,995
816
23
1,422
8
1
212
7,997
South Pine River
41,937
147
637
290
1
491
120
1,687
Staaten River
2,557,193
3,117
15,774
17,635
2,600
1,167
6,409
46,703
Stanley River
153,799
183
143
326
Stewart River
274,339
2,568
3,694
929
407
673
218
8,490
Styx River
301,632
5,874
10,404
26
345
101
19
36
7,707
24,512
Suttor River
7,393,568
476
34
5,692
214
3,257
2,295
259
37
4
< 1
72
156
12,495
Thomson River
9,493,011
1,035
20,840
30,506
5,466
1,152
858
2,736
33
3,385
66,011
Tully River
168,392
1,887
1
4
338
234
123
3,155
41
53
< 1
609
6,446
Upper Burdekin River
3,625,293
206
1,084
2,188
248
13,316
12,918
792
3,481
553
206
796
107
35,895
Upper Burnett River
859,271
13
54
19
74
75
7
242
Upper Mary River
270,782
56
88
144
Wallam Creeks
4,704,750
3,257
7
391
2,478
8,620
44,059
45,161
5
6
3
103,987
Walsh River
895,748
239
103
132
5
478
Warrego River
5,168,746
516
374
107
1
661
9,324
6,720
3,567
63
1
8
345
21,686
Waterpark Creek
184,150
20,206
2,918
4,419
1,345
706
< 1
3,582
1,103
34,280
Watson River
468,252
3,204
3,681
3,494
1,271
481
98
12,229
Wenlock River
752,760
10,106
237
16,302
692
29
40
104
27,510
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of sub-basins (herb).
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) Sub-basin (herb) 2001 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2001/sub-basin-herb.html