Sub-basin (herb) 2005 wetland habitat extents
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2005 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
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
176,636,006
3,491
485,562
587,818
466,827
21,198
38
179
8,382
156
7,620
998
1,172
83,908
107,399
1,374,946
82,554
157,168
142,457
207,357
3,050
28
267,982
13,061
143,581
10,190
119,655
156,107
16,211
40
3,324
3,276
4,698
4,480,434
Albert River
78,130
3
42
< 1
53
215
311
Alice River
1,294,283
18,539
1,108
271
2,490
22,408
Archer River
1,061,508
3,319
11,309
14,046
166
9,723
1,839
2,151
42,553
Baffle Creek
409,127
509
8,541
4,810
13
3,487
467
53
5,781
328
706
24,697
Balonne River
3,829,295
15
29
1,500
195
873
2,492
215
2,747
170
1,809
1,570
166
131
28
11,938
Barcoo River
5,324,188
43
378
1,041
753
92
1,239
413
692
2
11
4,664
Barker & Barambah Creeks
593,055
5
32
521
558
Barratta Creek
183,314
8,668
2,092
415
62
117
89
57
9,169
2
20,671
Barron River
218,831
952
20
56
113
155
27
3
16
99
1,441
Black River
105,751
761
216
376
10
3
86
2
1,453
Bohle River
36,934
619
601
5
17
838
2,078
Bowen River
945,679
130
52
18
3
80
283
Boyne & Auburn Rivers
1,300,064
10
428
48
48
534
Boyne River
249,689
2
811
821
3
37
1,674
Bremer River
202,941
583
1
410
723
1,717
Brisbane River
696,983
51
518
202
14
831
167
1,784
Bulloo River
5,186,255
20,086
483
6,609
66,733
18,947
1,175
18,054
37,441
169,528
Burrum River
121,185
92
682
566
634
414
120
2,050
24
344
4,926
Caboolture River
46,771
127
647
379
30
2,194
19
8
3,404
Calliope River
224,417
4,145
943
22
52
15
12
4
5,193
Cliffdale Creek
621,608
4,922
28,271
4
3,669
3,371
507
359
41,103
Cloncurry River
4,734,362
2,409
714
3,941
4,473
141
11,679
Coen River
320,884
643
333
22
998
Coleman River
534,071
979
2,978
4,989
413
59
2,887
12,304
Comet River
1,729,682
3,037
962
66
1,905
1,163
523
7,655
Condamine River
3,042,115
407
706
1,380
1,291
325
< 1
32
4,142
Coomera & Nerang Rivers
130,448
526
2,175
595
74
27
20
1,844
284
1
5,546
Cooper Creek
9,578,213
143,101
845
11,388
391,566
14,974
5,277
29,378
596,528
Daintree River
210,703
3,223
36
718
82
< 1
794
6
657
5,517
Dawson River
5,077,521
2,406
2,456
7
1,046
4,277
2,367
668
13,227
Diamantina River
11,916,978
111,323
12,164
3,977
586,385
19,369
2
24,118
26,914
784,253
Don River
373,879
7,804
2,094
10
41
2
6
4,107
37
14,101
Ducie River
358,320
10,909
942
4,440
3,563
30
2
19,886
Dumaresq River
432,562
52
9
6
272
6
345
Edward River
752,483
2,085
12,646
35,840
1,538
24
2,896
55,028
Eight Mile Creek
164,179
489
5,518
2,798
753
26
136
9,720
Einasleigh River
2,436,599
129
11
333
10,445
2,493
1,265
920
1,338
2,316
377
146
19,774
Elloitt River
72,818
22
668
382
500
563
212
1,087
94
1,806
5,334
Embley River
192,878
10,117
4,092
831
342
< 1
15,382
Endeavour River
218,373
2,410
296
21
612
1,288
270
31
4,928
Eyre Creek
7,179,213
159,712
18,696
18,756
298,744
330
19,008
7,274
522,519
Fitzroy River
1,143,490
9,272
1,128
640
55
333
146
570
8,823
7,121
81
28,169
Flinders River
5,202,845
10,895
30,126
585
2,290
172
2,043
5,123
4,038
1,496
1,831
38
49
1,706
60,392
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
127
115
125
1,414
4,288
2,201
14,475
74,114
Gregory River
90,841
9
236
111
81
475
68
285
164
1,428
Hann River
955,765
5,534
14,675
9,422
6,324
2,440
4,146
42,541
Haughton River
222,052
5,931
2,118
165
47
146
27
155
2,288
311
11,188
Hay
278,335
5,798
63
5,860
Herbert River
984,532
10,976
2,612
548
3,043
1,387
456
80
2,646
4,906
4
3
11
157
26,829
Holroyd River
543,786
1,721
2,999
7,365
93
1,984
27
929
15,117
Isaac River
2,236,630
440
591
9
1,843
981
141
549
4,555
Isis River
52,633
2
42
15
156
1
107
323
Islands
4,348,785
451
79,349
32,873
2,356
988
10,890
1,460
12,730
2
4,559
39
27
12
145,735
Jacky Jacky Creek
296,826
22,294
3,168
2,272
257
13,232
135
1,174
42,533
Jardine River
328,218
1,159
1,189
1,737
15,376
225
333
20,019
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
84
1,234
173
216
145
94
84
2,029
L Creek
194,943
945
43,498
71
146
601
366
300
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
17
165
10,080
5,884
11,320
2,056
143
386
122
185
63,306
Lockhart River
288,624
8,785
3,441
54
858
1,291
14,430
Lockyer Creek
300,516
147
< 1
56
862
1,064
Logan River
337,476
239
1,516
573
136
5
2,532
405
5
5,412
Lower Burdekin River
1,047,312
173
58
48
21
13
10
604
445
1,373
Lower Burnett River
567,165
2
962
109
143
< 1
87
117
44
1,465
Lower Mary River
676,042
209
3,290
990
1,699
< 1
4,212
346
335
11,082
Macintyre Brook
431,745
87
107
23
1
218
Macintyre & Weir Rivers
1,538,547
333
1,317
3,273
47
9
111
5,089
Mackenzie River
1,298,511
150
1,717
616
2,042
59
504
5,088
Maranoa River
2,003,850
11
158
149
7
73
531
7
239
1,174
Maroochy River
139,229
625
1,899
689
3
1,675
582
125
7,186
154
1,339
14,277
Mcdonald River
272,577
7,630
1,042
1,441
14,748
24,861
Mission River
269,901
18,898
3,805
11,849
3,584
136
145
38,417
Mitchell River
4,143,651
10,491
26,583
3,908
928
22,020
588
3,511
26,873
10
12
8
94,931
Moonie River
1,445,616
28
15
467
72
10
44
160
306
359
60
15
1,537
Morning Inlet
173,369
1,528
31,736
21
15
12
1,007
211
51
181
34
38
5
508
35,346
Mossman River
47,363
1,435
213
167
6
4
1,826
Mulgrave River
131,631
4,111
247
94
501
103
1,144
306
349
3
692
7,549
Murray River
110,712
7,785
968
1,464
394
4
2,664
284
74
3
244
13,884
Nicholson River
3,564,991
29,249
84,739
16,570
475
401
572
16
1,841
3,288
3,533
2,439
1,159
14
144,297
Nogoa River
2,769,005
223
224
54
1,554
72
501
2,628
Noosa River
195,516
306
5,259
3,214
239
10
7,694
7,465
794
10,980
65
6,637
42,663
Norman River
5,043,008
15,272
50,463
6,279
1,118
57,432
599
3,278
11,046
893
4,459
150,838
Normanby River
1,483,752
2,494
5,499
4,640
5,534
2,547
5,061
71
2
25,848
North Johnstone River
102,981
7
4
113
44
< 1
3
171
North Pine River
59,871
86
1,404
785
925
46
3,246
Olive River
205,626
3,250
697
1,000
376
1,453
415
2,142
9,334
Palmer River
833,503
2,289
171
67
696
2
3,224
Paroo River
3,654,370
18,636
16,469
8,807
7,262
14,288
818
19,586
85,867
Pascoe River
212,432
580
163
20
61
2
825
Pioneer River
396,729
11,263
2,725
957
305
313
146
15,709
Plane Creek
254,412
11,999
6,622
5,971
1,296
1,312
188
27,388
Proserpine River
250,161
9,649
2,772
1,421
2,637
1,216
3,194
20,888
Ross River
134,044
3,214
2,605
3
22
209
208
958
< 1
7,219
Russell River
66,914
576
3
109
48
3,696
367
19
18
881
5,717
Saxby River
1,014,681
466
350
8,324
120
44
9,306
Settlement River
112,666
893
6,936
940
1,456
292
758
11,275
Shoalwater
360,690
13,302
12,227
38
10
86
438
19,955
< 1
46,055
Skardon River
43,930
3,058
1,567
1,353
1,078
7,056
South Johnstone River
129,419
3,442
64
2,012
798
23
1,280
6
1
191
7,816
South Pine River
41,937
147
637
291
1
480
118
1,675
Staaten River
2,557,193
3,117
15,774
17,600
2,601
1,167
6,408
46,668
Stanley River
153,799
178
124
302
Stewart River
274,339
2,549
3,891
929
317
673
183
8,541
Styx River
301,632
5,874
10,373
26
345
18
19
36
7,628
83
24,402
Suttor River
7,393,568
11
2,406
5,888
2,632
3,147
328
260
28
4
71
142
1,836
< 1
16,751
Thomson River
9,493,011
1,035
20,097
31,966
5,325
1,265
1,008
2,630
33
4,164
67,524
Tully River
168,392
1,830
8
4
281
380
3,205
37
53
569
6,366
Upper Burdekin River
3,625,293
206
1,047
58
2,189
350
13,036
16,668
735
21
514
102
858
47
35,831
Upper Burnett River
859,271
13
54
19
71
75
7
239
Upper Mary River
270,782
55
88
143
Wallam Creeks
4,704,750
3,257
7
365
2,455
8,630
43,935
45,017
5
3
6
103,679
Walsh River
895,748
239
103
132
5
478
Warrego River
5,168,746
516
374
111
1
661
8,546
6,520
3,516
55
1
344
8
20,653
Waterpark Creek
184,150
20,206
2,839
4,415
1,345
706
< 1
3,582
1,103
34,197
Watson River
468,252
3,204
3,679
3,525
1,271
480
98
12,257
Wenlock River
752,760
10,106
237
16,165
692
29
40
104
27,373
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
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) Sub-basin (herb) 2005 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2005/sub-basin-herb.html