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Sub-basin (herb) 2001 wetland habitat extents

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2001 wetland habitat extent by sub-basin (herb) metadata
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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

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