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Drainage basin 2005 wetland habitat extents

Definition of drainage basin

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2005 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 3,545 481,816 597,895 460,744 26,863 8,447 156 7,554 998 1,172 79,946 106,454 1,375,783 83,028 159,230 144,743 204,144 3,068 37 268,831 13,073 157,067 10,731 125,096 159,628 16,103 45 3,467 960 746 4,501,371
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 8,292 4,797 13 3,657 467 53 6,005 336 720 24,868
Balonne-Condamine 13,664,954 3,257 9 387 7 2,074 195 2,521 10,233 48,372 46,269 2,765 994 304 3,406 4,623 496 < 1 125,913
Barron 219,333 969 23 111 120 162 33 3 27 83 1,529
Black 105,519 763 203 369 9 3 92 2 1,442
Border Rivers 2,381,978 348 163 1,475 5,140 89 281 7,496
Boyne 249,301 2 829 837 3 37 1,709
Brisbane 1,354,920 51 515 202 744 1 1,495 1,939 4,948
Bulloo 5,203,638 20,357 506 7,401 66,408 19,204 1,175 18,439 36,323 169,813
Burdekin 13,010,930 1,965 109 206 1,559 48 34 7,880 462 16,683 15,096 258 37 843 4,009 88 738 791 796 107 51,710
Burnett 3,320,998 21 965 114 13 211 23 503 493 696 44 3,084
Burrum 335,101 126 1,585 1,068 1,212 1,450 404 3,674 121 2,443 12,083
Calliope 224,863 4,059 943 22 4 52 15 12 5,107
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 31,618 16,467 394,564 18,050 3,989 6,017 33,129 2 11 668,781
Coral Sea 140,549 185 38,148 8,171 576 82 220 216 15 1 47,613
Curtis Island 57,804 27 6,368 8,072 196 21 728 15,412
Daintree 210,458 3,255 36 722 84 < 1 820 5 674 5,596
Diamantina 11,911,000 109,354 12,164 4,096 586,520 19,384 2 25,747 27,252 784,519
Don 374,512 8,177 2,142 10 84 18 6 4,138 14,574
Ducie 674,551 21,676 3,482 7,478 20,130 31 2 52,799
Embley 458,378 28,897 7,897 12,822 3,909 136 146 53,807
Endeavour 218,630 2,390 296 81 652 1,455 255 31 5,160
Fitzroy 14,248,292 9,248 1,128 6,935 55 6,299 2,855 4,334 20,094 10,986 61,933
Flinders 10,929,807 10,852 29,966 589 5,176 886 6,989 16,372 4,159 1,691 1,831 38 64 1,749 80,362
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 21,237 326,733 338 227 36,446 10,638 574,853
Gilbert 4,636,998 8,735 42,355 129 88 457 10,639 2,726 2,847 5,132 3,653 17,145 150 381 94,435
Haughton 407,055 14,765 4,460 639 109 23 511 190 261 11,668 32,626
Hay 279,520 5,797 63 5,860
Herbert 987,310 11,162 2,575 543 3,028 1,558 484 100 2,763 5,196 11 6 12 161 27,599
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 1,994 919 23 1,472 12 1 227 8,178
Kolan 290,501 93 1,233 194 211 147 91 86 2,055
Lake Frome 15,184 1,535 3 1,538
Leichhardt 3,288,217 9,695 23,343 143 10,054 6,074 11,337 2,006 143 367 120 185 63,467
Lockhart 288,360 8,750 3,457 54 853 1,273 14,387
Logan-Albert 413,866 262 1,302 501 136 6 2,567 641 5 5,420
Maroochy 153,905 706 2,313 1,011 37 3,878 1,090 297 9,885 154 1,341 20,712
Mary 947,833 221 3,080 918 1,721 < 1 4,552 468 362 11,322
Mitchell 7,162,243 12,660 38,125 3,984 985 42,462 2,057 3,788 36,220 11 12 15 140,318
Moonie 1,465,738 28 15 380 29 10 22 44 249 15 306 563 1,663
Moreton Bay Islands 57,057 176 6,049 1,044 248 239 1,963 778 3,372 217 28 14,113
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 1,430 218 172 2 < 1 1,823
Mulgrave-Russell 198,740 4,876 370 38 629 160 2 5,001 678 368 21 1,605 13,748
Murray 110,739 7,239 925 1,673 422 1 2,628 294 74 4 265 13,524
Nicholson 3,574,411 29,256 84,513 16,434 475 271 555 16 1,869 3,288 3,586 2,603 1,293 14 144,173
Noosa 195,578 305 5,337 3,196 239 10 7,726 7,544 796 11,003 65 6,305 42,525
Norman 5,066,736 14,965 50,497 5,958 1,109 58,999 610 3,278 11,069 1,214 4,484 152,182
Normanby 2,438,587 7,962 20,221 14,046 11,870 4,986 9,206 71 2 68,364
O'Connell 238,854 10,326 2,643 765 245 200 89 14,268
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 16,485 7,351 7,302 14,351 819 19,680 84,606
Pine 148,279 363 2,645 1,452 31 3,628 204 8 8,331
Pioneer 157,470 717 36 202 104 106 70 1,236
Plane 254,423 11,739 6,610 6,278 1,183 1,417 189 27,416
Proserpine 250,002 9,533 2,774 1,429 2,637 1,242 3,189 20,803
Ross 170,598 3,845 3,379 3 56 243 223 1,619 9,368
Settlement 1,188,868 7,626 50,659 17 34 7,901 5,778 1,101 1,905 75,022
Shoalwater 359,579 12,929 12,110 41 3,837 86 444 16,113 45,559
South Coast 130,572 480 2,145 667 74 27 19 1,846 284 1 5,543
Staaten 2,570,527 2,969 15,699 17,685 2,623 1,133 6,417 46,526
Stewart 275,475 2,558 3,664 957 390 674 218 8,461
Styx 301,068 5,673 10,370 26 345 101 19 36 7,707 24,277
Torres Strait Islands 57,023 4,713 614 2 429 3 185 5,946
Tully 167,593 1,885 1 4 337 232 123 3,062 45 53 < 1 601 6,344
Warrego 5,216,183 516 374 1,567 1 662 9,331 4,728 2,762 63 1 8 343 20,356
Waterpark 182,282 19,967 2,916 4,417 1,345 706 < 1 3,580 1,103 34,035
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 2005 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2005/basin.html

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