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Drainage sub-basin 2005 wetland habitat extents

Definition of drainage sub-basin

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2005 wetland habitat extent by drainage sub-basin metadata
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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 3,150 432,038 571,487 466,826 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 28 267,016 12,977 143,252 10,187 119,224 156,058 16,185 40 3,323 3,276 4,698 4,408,351
Albert River 78,190 3 36 < 1 61 221 320
Alice River 1,292,574 18,516 1,108 275 2,494 22,393
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 8,287 4,807 13 3,499 467 53 5,786 331 706 24,460
Balonne River 3,823,383 15 29 1,506 195 43 873 2,492 215 2,747 163 1,809 1,570 166 169 29 12,020
Barcoo River 5,301,482 43 378 1,041 753 92 1,239 283 690 2 11 4,532
Barker & Barambah Creeks 591,904 5 32 521 558
Barratta Creek 184,660 8,800 2,109 415 62 117 89 57 9,156 2 20,807
Barron River 208,639 949 20 111 115 155 31 3 20 99 1,503
Black River 105,519 751 216 329 10 3 87 2 1,397
Bohle River 36,891 615 601 5 15 838 2,074
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 202,824 583 1 410 723 1,717
Brisbane River 701,500 51 513 203 14 848 169 1,798
Bulloo River 5,203,638 20,086 483 6,609 66,733 18,947 1,175 18,184 37,441 169,659
Burrum River 119,898 92 643 553 634 414 120 2,038 24 334 4,853
Caboolture River 46,673 127 639 379 30 2,197 19 8 3,399
Calliope River 224,863 4,059 942 22 52 15 12 4 5,107
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 3,037 962 66 1,905 1,163 523 7,655
Condamine River 3,051,741 407 706 1,380 1,291 325 < 1 32 4,142
Coomera & Nerang Rivers 130,572 526 2,193 595 74 27 20 1,845 284 1 5,564
Cooper Creek 9,575,241 143,100 845 11,388 391,566 14,974 5,277 29,378 596,528
Curtis Island 57,804 27 6,364 8,073 21 728 15,212
Daintree River 210,458 3,238 36 718 82 < 1 810 6 657 5,548
Dawson River 5,068,741 2,406 2,456 7 1,046 4,240 2,367 668 13,190
Diamantina River 11,911,000 111,344 12,164 3,862 586,355 19,369 2 24,141 26,917 784,154
Don River 374,512 8,177 2,086 10 53 2 6 4,120 37 14,492
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 10,373 2,550 1,265 920 1,390 2,330 377 146 19,823
Elliott River 74,063 22 665 381 553 571 210 1,045 94 1,800 5,340
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 18,756 296,509 330 19,048 7,270 520,259
Fitzroy River 1,143,110 9,246 1,128 640 55 333 146 570 8,825 7,121 81 28,146
Flinders River 5,187,311 10,852 29,966 585 2,274 172 2,011 5,005 4,038 1,496 1,831 38 49 1,706 60,023
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 70 435 263 1,613
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 11,059 2,630 544 3,045 1,445 456 80 2,647 4,906 4 3 11 157 26,985
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 2,232,467 440 587 9 1,843 981 141 549 4,550
Isis River 50,091 2 39 16 48 1 15 122
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 1,221 173 204 140 91 84 1,996
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 5,883 11,337 1,994 143 361 119 183 63,273
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 1,274 506 136 5 2,507 397 5 5,070
Lower Burdekin River 1,048,562 1,963 106 48 9 13 10 581 445 3,177
Lower Burnett River 566,660 2 960 109 143 < 1 87 117 44 1,463
Lower Mary River 677,690 209 3,071 916 1,716 < 1 4,220 346 353 10,833
Macintyre Brook 432,482 87 107 23 1 218
Macintyre & Weir Rivers 1,518,300 333 1,316 3,272 47 9 111 5,087
Mackenzie River 1,305,897 150 1,722 616 2,079 59 504 5,129
Maranoa River 2,003,528 6 158 149 7 73 531 7 237 1,167
Maroochy River 153,905 699 2,306 1,020 37 3,933 1,074 291 10,033 154 1,339 20,885
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 3,440 26,889 10 12 8 94,905
Moonie River 1,465,738 28 15 465 29 10 44 166 306 359 22 15 1,462
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 1,427 213 164 2 < 1 1,806
Mulgrave River 131,677 4,105 247 38 500 103 1,133 306 349 3 690 7,474
Murray River 110,739 7,311 922 1,463 396 4 2,743 280 74 3 251 13,447
Nicholson River 3,574,411 29,256 84,513 16,603 475 403 555 16 1,903 3,288 3,551 2,443 1,161 14 144,181
Nogoa River 2,770,589 223 224 54 1,554 72 501 2,628
Noosa River 195,578 306 5,338 3,200 239 10 7,724 7,544 796 11,000 65 6,628 42,848
Norman River 5,066,736 14,967 50,497 6,279 1,118 58,999 611 3,278 11,070 893 4,459 152,170
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 38 < 1 3 155
North Pine River 57,693 83 1,320 750 884 44 3,080
O'connell River 238,873 10,330 2,668 753 203 207 77 14,237
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 16,469 7,346 7,261 14,271 818 19,552 84,355
Pascoe River 211,820 563 162 20 61 2 808
Pioneer River 157,452 715 43 202 102 106 69 1,237
Plane Creek 254,423 11,696 6,568 5,971 1,296 1,312 188 27,032
Proserpine River 250,002 9,534 2,771 1,422 2,637 1,217 3,194 20,774
Ross River 133,707 3,228 2,560 3 22 209 208 853 < 1 7,084
Russell River 67,063 608 3 111 57 3,714 367 19 18 883 5,780
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 12,920 12,096 38 10 86 438 19,955 < 1 45,542
Skardon River 43,201 3,057 1,554 1,336 1,024 6,971
South Johnstone River 128,680 3,442 64 2,012 798 23 1,280 6 1 191 7,816
South Pine River 43,913 149 684 325 1 522 120 1,803
Staaten River 2,570,527 2,969 15,699 17,652 2,624 1,133 6,410 46,487
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 2,519 1 5,971
Styx River 301,068 5,673 10,348 26 345 18 19 36 7,628 83 24,176
Suttor River 7,394,868 11 2,406 5,888 2,632 3,145 328 260 28 4 71 142 1,836 < 1 16,749
Thomson River 9,510,070 1,076 20,097 31,966 5,441 1,267 1,008 2,632 22 4,162 67,672
Torres Strait Islands 57,023 4,714 614 2 429 3 185 5,947
Tully River 167,593 1,829 8 4 281 381 3,126 41 53 561 6,282
Upper Burdekin River 3,622,752 206 1,047 58 2,189 350 13,039 16,555 724 21 514 102 858 47 35,709
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 8,630 45,747 45,826 5 3 6 106,300
Walsh River 895,828 246 103 132 5 485
Warrego River 5,216,183 516 374 1,572 1 662 8,563 4,708 2,743 55 1 344 8 19,547
Waterpark Creek 182,282 19,967 2,876 4,414 1,345 706 < 1 3,580 1,103 33,991
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 2005 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2005/sub-basin.html

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