Drainage sub-basin 2001 wetland habitat extents
Definition of drainage sub-basin
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2001 wetland habitat extent by drainage sub-basin Download this table in .CSV format
Drainage sub-basin
Total area (ha )
Wetland area by habitat
Total wetland area (ha )
INT01a
INT01b
INT02
LA14
LA15
LA16a
LA16b
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
172,799,332
3,153
432,081
571,671
466,826
21,192
38
179
8,382
156
7,620
998
1,172
83,951
107,406
1,374,956
82,605
156,878
142,778
207,583
2,489
28
267,606
12,734
143,263
10,200
120,281
156,228
16,282
40
3,328
3,276
4,717
4,410,100
Albert River
78,190
3
35
< 1
60
224
322
Alice River
1,292,574
18,516
1,108
277
2,494
22,395
Archer River
1,068,849
3,412
11,309
14,030
169
9,690
1,836
2,141
42,587
Baffle Creek
407,766
509
8,288
4,808
13
3,512
467
53
5,800
331
707
24,490
Balonne River
3,823,383
9
29
1,506
195
43
873
2,492
215
2,185
163
1,809
1,591
166
169
29
11,473
Barcoo River
5,301,482
43
378
1,043
753
92
1,239
283
692
2
11
4,536
Barker & Barambah Creeks
591,904
5
32
524
561
Barratta Creek
184,660
8,801
2,109
415
62
117
94
57
9,166
2
20,822
Barron River
208,639
953
20
111
115
155
31
3
20
99
1,508
Black River
105,519
752
220
329
10
3
87
1
1,402
Bohle River
36,891
615
610
5
15
857
2,102
Bowen River
944,748
130
52
18
3
80
283
Boyne & Auburn Rivers
1,303,251
10
428
48
48
534
Boyne River
249,301
2
817
827
3
37
1,686
Bremer River
202,824
606
1
413
722
1,742
Brisbane River
701,500
51
513
215
14
867
171
1,831
Bulloo River
5,203,638
20,086
483
6,609
66,733
18,947
1,176
18,185
37,456
169,676
Burrum River
119,898
92
643
554
649
422
121
2,058
24
334
4,898
Caboolture River
46,673
130
639
379
32
2,263
19
10
3,473
Calliope River
224,863
4,061
948
22
52
15
12
4
5,115
Cliffdale Creek
622,991
4,860
28,697
4
3,678
3,369
507
354
41,469
Cloncurry River
4,733,390
2,425
714
3,975
4,473
141
11,729
Coen River
311,186
628
353
22
1,003
Coleman River
521,726
995
3,102
4,491
446
59
2,862
11,955
Comet River
1,727,489
3,037
983
66
1,921
1,163
523
7,692
Condamine River
3,051,741
407
706
1,386
1,291
325
< 1
32
4,148
Coomera & Nerang Rivers
130,572
525
2,197
606
85
28
20
1,908
285
5
5,659
Cooper Creek
9,575,241
143,100
845
11,388
391,566
14,986
5,277
29,389
596,550
Curtis Island
57,804
27
6,364
8,073
21
728
15,212
Daintree River
210,458
3,235
36
718
81
< 1
813
7
657
5,548
Dawson River
5,068,741
2,406
2,532
7
1,049
4,385
2,420
670
13,468
Diamantina River
11,911,000
111,344
12,164
3,862
586,365
19,369
2
24,141
26,917
784,163
Don River
374,512
8,177
2,086
10
53
2
6
4,155
47
14,537
Ducie River
357,911
10,958
942
4,502
3,563
30
2
19,997
Dumaresq River
431,196
52
9
6
272
6
345
Edward River
756,724
2,049
12,643
36,208
1,551
24
2,898
55,373
Eight Mile Creek
162,505
490
4,908
2,792
759
27
144
9,121
Einasleigh River
2,435,365
129
11
333
10,439
2,556
1,265
920
1,390
2,330
377
146
19,895
Elliott River
74,063
22
665
381
553
571
210
1,048
94
1,808
5,351
Embley River
191,482
10,042
4,092
846
342
< 1
15,322
Endeavour River
218,630
2,389
296
81
652
1,455
254
31
5,158
Eyre Creek
7,155,781
159,650
18,696
18,756
296,510
330
19,048
7,270
520,260
Fitzroy River
1,143,110
9,246
1,128
640
55
333
146
570
9,204
7,121
81
28,524
Flinders River
5,187,311
10,852
29,966
585
2,274
172
2,011
5,005
4,038
1,504
1,831
38
49
1,706
60,031
Fraser Island
165,949
2,925
516
2,071
750
4,551
28
8,505
27
19,372
Freshwater Creek
10,693
0
Georgina River
7,245,744
867
2,481
30,205
7
227
17,414
3,356
54,557
Gilbert River
2,201,634
8,735
42,355
77
127
115
125
1,383
4,237
2,184
14,468
73,805
Gregory River
91,049
9
233
108
28
468
70
435
269
1,619
Hann River
966,394
5,485
14,681
9,532
6,815
2,464
4,497
43,473
Haughton River
222,395
5,955
2,158
165
47
146
27
155
2,416
311
11,378
Hay
279,520
5,797
63
5,860
Herbert River
987,310
11,061
2,644
544
3,045
1,466
456
80
2,718
4,944
6
3
11
157
27,134
Hinchinbrook Island
39,692
7,735
354
158
13
322
11
8,593
Holroyd River
532,582
992
1,876
6,843
93
1,971
29
868
12,672
Isaac River
2,232,467
440
589
9
1,843
989
141
549
4,560
Isis River
50,091
2
39
16
48
1
15
121
Jacky Jacky Creek
297,162
22,205
3,168
2,209
257
13,324
135
1,179
42,477
Jardine River
327,317
1,149
1,198
1,725
15,322
225
328
19,946
Jeannie River
362,572
8,966
7,745
1,589
2,334
4,458
25,094
Kendall River
498,108
1,481
1,217
8,415
1,604
97
1,338
14,152
Kolan River
290,501
83
1,221
173
206
140
91
94
2,007
L Creek
195,863
975
43,283
71
146
601
366
300
45,743
Lagoon Creek
296,688
1,384
11,090
15
34
655
261
287
812
14,538
Lake Frome
15,184
1,535
3
1,538
Leichhardt River
3,288,217
9,695
23,343
17
141
10,057
5,921
11,337
1,994
143
361
119
183
63,311
Lockhart River
288,360
8,750
3,457
54
853
1,273
14,387
Lockyer Creek
296,991
147
< 1
54
862
1,063
Logan River
335,676
239
1,274
506
137
5
2,520
397
5
5,084
Lower Burdekin River
1,048,562
1,963
106
48
9
13
10
581
445
3,177
Lower Burnett River
566,660
2
960
146
142
< 1
91
117
44
1,502
Lower Mary River
677,690
209
3,071
916
1,760
< 1
4,232
346
357
10,892
Macintyre Brook
432,482
89
107
23
1
220
Macintyre & Weir Rivers
1,518,300
333
1,315
3,277
47
9
111
5,092
Mackenzie River
1,305,897
150
1,736
615
2,088
59
510
5,157
Maranoa River
2,003,528
6
158
149
7
73
532
7
237
1,169
Maroochy River
153,905
699
2,307
1,021
37
3,987
819
291
10,052
154
1,354
20,720
Mcdonald River
273,439
7,622
1,044
1,467
14,764
24,898
Mission River
266,896
18,855
3,805
11,630
3,566
136
145
38,137
Mitchell River
4,131,477
10,604
26,417
3,982
984
22,004
555
3,443
26,889
10
12
8
94,908
Moonie River
1,465,738
28
15
470
29
10
44
166
306
359
22
15
1,466
Moreton Island
17,858
117
161
14
422
833
1,547
Morning Inlet
173,004
1,510
32,072
21
38
12
1,007
202
49
181
34
38
13
508
35,684
Mornington Island
99,830
3,312
8,419
695
363
17
12,807
Mossman River
46,574
1,427
213
175
7
< 1
1,822
Mulgrave River
131,677
4,120
249
38
500
103
1,139
306
349
3
690
7,497
Murray River
110,739
7,311
922
1,503
397
4
2,781
281
74
3
254
13,530
Nicholson River
3,574,411
29,256
84,513
16,603
475
403
555
16
1,903
3,288
3,551
2,446
1,161
14
144,184
Nogoa River
2,770,589
223
225
54
1,535
72
501
2,609
Noosa River
195,578
307
5,338
3,200
239
10
7,751
7,546
799
11,075
65
6,673
43,002
Norman River
5,066,736
14,967
50,497
6,279
1,118
59,001
611
3,278
11,073
893
4,459
152,176
Normanby River
1,472,192
2,473
5,499
4,508
5,062
2,522
4,709
71
2
24,846
North Johnstone River
103,100
7
4
104
39
< 1
3
156
North Pine River
57,693
83
1,320
754
898
44
3,099
O'connell River
238,873
10,327
2,670
768
202
207
77
14,252
Olive river
205,474
3,218
697
1,063
364
1,454
415
2,142
9,352
Palmer River
842,363
2,409
171
134
709
2
3,425
Paroo River
3,523,770
18,636
16,494
7,346
7,261
14,282
818
19,610
84,448
Pascoe River
211,820
563
162
20
61
2
808
Pioneer River
157,452
714
43
203
102
106
69
1,238
Plane Creek
254,423
11,700
6,575
6,150
1,296
1,310
188
27,219
Proserpine River
250,002
9,544
2,771
1,438
2,637
1,218
3,196
20,805
Ross River
133,707
3,228
2,562
3
22
209
208
854
< 1
7,087
Russell River
67,063
608
3
111
57
3,730
367
19
18
885
5,798
Saxby River
1,009,107
467
348
6,875
120
32
7,843
Settlement River
106,685
893
5,964
776
1,389
278
595
9,894
Shoalwater
359,579
12,929
12,096
38
10
86
441
19,955
< 1
45,555
Skardon River
43,201
3,057
1,554
1,336
1,024
6,971
South Johnstone River
128,680
3,441
64
2,012
798
21
1,278
6
1
191
7,812
South Pine River
43,913
149
683
323
1
534
123
1,814
Staaten River
2,570,527
2,969
15,699
17,653
2,624
1,133
6,410
46,488
Stanley River
153,605
178
124
302
Stewart River
275,475
2,538
3,861
957
298
674
183
8,512
Stradbroke Islands
29,106
10
883
102
87
225
1,368
777
2,520
1
5,973
Styx River
301,068
5,673
10,356
26
345
18
19
36
7,628
83
24,185
Suttor River
7,394,868
11
2,424
5,888
2,632
3,147
328
260
28
4
71
142
1,836
< 1
16,770
Thomson River
9,510,070
1,076
20,097
31,967
5,441
1,267
1,009
2,641
22
4,162
67,682
Torres Strait Islands
57,023
4,710
618
2
429
3
185
5,948
Tully River
167,593
1,829
8
4
282
381
3,134
41
53
561
6,292
Upper Burdekin River
3,622,752
206
1,047
58
2,189
350
13,052
16,555
724
21
514
102
858
47
35,722
Upper Burnett River
859,183
13
54
19
71
75
7
239
Upper Mary River
270,143
55
88
143
Wallam Creeks
4,786,303
3,257
7
365
2,455
8,228
45,887
45,917
5
3
6
106,130
Walsh River
895,828
246
103
132
5
485
Warrego River
5,216,183
516
374
1,572
1
662
8,572
4,888
2,778
55
1
346
8
19,773
Waterpark Creek
182,282
19,967
2,931
4,414
1,345
706
< 1
3,580
1,103
34,047
Watson River
469,442
3,132
3,679
3,553
1,283
480
98
12,224
Wenlock River
755,519
10,084
237
16,322
709
29
40
104
27,526
Whitsunday Island
16,059
538
56
16
610
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of drainage sub-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
LA16a
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake
LA16b
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan 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 sub-basin 2001 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2001/sub-basin.html