Drainage sub-basin 2005 wetland habitat extents
Definition of drainage sub-basin
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2005 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
3,150
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 30 August 2024 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2005/sub-basin.html