Drainage sub-basin 2005 wetland habitat extents
Definition of drainage sub-basin
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
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
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
3,195
434,890
583,866
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
267,901
12,991
156,778
10,731
124,664
159,604
16,075
45
3,466
960
746
4,438,280
Albert River
78,190
3
36
< 1
61
225
324
Alice River
1,292,574
18,289
1,092
275
3,194
22,850
Archer River
1,068,849
3,412
11,309
14,030
169
9,700
1,836
2,141
42,597
Baffle Creek
407,766
527
8,292
4,797
13
3,657
467
53
6,005
336
720
24,868
Balonne River
3,823,383
9
12
1,678
195
43
953
2,492
384
2,765
171
29
1,875
2,571
164
13,339
Barcoo River
5,301,482
43
41
1,041
759
48
1,256
283
706
2
11
4,189
Barker & Barambah Creeks
591,904
5
32
523
560
Barratta Creek
184,660
8,806
2,156
474
62
58
154
59
9,499
21,268
Barron River
208,639
969
23
111
120
162
33
3
27
83
1,529
Black River
105,519
763
203
369
9
3
92
2
1,442
Bohle River
36,891
618
584
5
15
770
1,992
Bowen River
944,748
123
59
80
18
3
283
Boyne & Auburn Rivers
1,303,251
10
429
48
48
536
Boyne River
249,301
2
829
837
3
37
1,709
Bremer River
202,824
583
1
410
727
1,720
Brisbane River
701,500
51
515
202
14
848
169
1,801
Bulloo River
5,203,638
20,357
506
7,401
66,408
19,204
1,175
18,439
36,323
169,813
Burrum River
119,898
93
649
556
632
411
123
2,125
25
340
4,955
Caboolture River
46,673
127
639
379
30
2,224
34
8
3,441
Calliope River
224,863
4,059
943
22
4
52
15
12
5,107
Cliffdale Creek
622,991
4,860
28,697
2
3,678
3,369
509
354
41,469
Cloncurry River
4,733,390
2,427
714
4,671
4,522
173
12,507
Coen River
311,186
628
353
22
1,003
Coleman River
521,726
1,080
3,515
4,491
446
59
2,864
12,455
Comet River
1,727,489
3,037
954
523
66
1,982
1,163
7,725
Condamine River
3,051,741
353
818
32
1,475
1,522
325
< 1
4,526
Coomera & Nerang Rivers
130,572
480
2,145
667
74
27
19
1,846
284
1
5,543
Cooper Creek
9,575,241
142,974
1,075
9,845
392,652
17,145
4
5,712
29,039
598,445
Curtis Island
57,804
27
6,368
8,072
196
21
728
15,412
Daintree River
210,458
3,255
36
722
84
< 1
820
5
674
5,596
Dawson River
5,068,741
2,429
2,463
656
1,055
4,549
2,364
13,515
Diamantina River
11,911,000
109,354
12,164
4,096
586,520
19,384
2
25,747
27,252
784,519
Don River
374,512
8,177
2,142
10
84
18
6
4,138
14,574
Ducie River
357,911
10,958
942
4,503
3,566
30
2
20,001
Dumaresq River
431,196
6
52
17
6
272
354
Edward River
756,724
2,052
12,823
36,208
1,551
24
2,906
55,564
Eight Mile Creek
162,505
490
4,908
2,792
759
27
144
9,121
Einasleigh River
2,435,365
129
11
333
10,523
2,601
1,464
896
1,461
2,330
150
381
20,280
Elliott River
74,063
22
664
388
553
571
211
1,061
94
1,823
5,388
Embley River
191,482
10,042
4,092
866
342
< 1
15,343
Endeavour River
218,630
2,390
296
81
652
1,455
255
31
5,160
Eyre Creek
7,155,781
159,672
18,696
18,756
296,528
330
19,033
7,282
520,297
Fitzroy River
1,143,110
9,248
1,128
658
55
333
88
620
9,041
7,184
28,354
Flinders River
5,187,311
10,852
29,966
589
2,282
172
1,969
4,982
4,038
1,486
1,831
38
64
1,749
60,020
Fraser Island
165,949
2,925
516
2,074
750
3,555
28
8,506
27
18,381
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
123
115
125
1,382
4,237
2,191
14,815
74,155
Gregory River
91,049
9
233
108
28
468
70
440
< 1
265
1,620
Hann River
966,394
5,489
14,711
9,538
6,808
2,464
4,497
43,507
Haughton River
222,395
5,959
2,304
165
47
23
453
35
202
2,169
11,358
Hay
279,520
5,797
63
5,860
Herbert River
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 River
532,582
992
1,876
6,843
93
1,971
29
868
12,672
Isaac River
2,232,467
440
595
559
1,923
1,023
141
4,682
Isis River
50,091
2
39
16
47
1
15
121
Jacky Jacky Creek
297,162
22,203
3,168
2,151
255
13,268
135
1,327
42,508
Jardine River
327,317
1,410
812
1,995
16,503
337
328
21,385
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
93
1,233
194
211
147
91
86
2,055
L Creek
195,863
975
43,283
71
129
601
366
318
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
143
10,054
6,074
11,337
2,006
143
367
120
185
63,467
Lockhart River
288,360
8,750
3,457
54
853
1,273
14,387
Lockyer Creek
296,991
147
< 1
54
900
1,101
Logan River
335,676
259
1,266
501
136
5
2,506
416
5
5,096
Lower Burdekin River
1,048,562
1,965
109
48
449
17
10
581
3,180
Lower Burnett River
566,660
21
965
114
146
338
117
44
1,746
Lower Mary River
677,690
221
3,080
918
1,721
< 1
4,496
380
362
11,178
Macintyre Brook
432,482
1
64
179
23
266
Macintyre & Weir Rivers
1,518,300
348
156
1,359
4,944
60
9
6,877
Mackenzie River
1,305,897
150
1,729
504
616
1,894
62
4,955
Maranoa River
2,003,528
21
6
258
149
7
237
53
531
7
1,271
Maroochy River
153,905
706
2,313
1,011
37
3,878
1,090
297
9,885
154
1,341
20,712
Mcdonald River
273,439
7,660
986
1,640
15,540
< 1
25,827
Mission River
266,896
18,855
3,805
11,956
3,567
136
145
38,464
Mitchell River
4,131,477
12,660
38,125
3,984
985
21,519
794
3,277
32,164
11
12
8
113,537
Moonie River
1,465,738
28
15
380
29
10
22
44
249
15
306
563
1,663
Moreton Island
17,858
117
161
14
422
833
1,547
Morning Inlet
173,004
1,510
32,072
38
1,007
202
49
164
55
55
37
508
35,696
Mornington Island
99,830
3,312
8,419
695
363
17
12,807
Mossman River
46,574
1,430
218
172
2
< 1
1,823
Mulgrave River
131,677
4,269
369
38
516
103
1,169
306
349
3
697
7,819
Murray River
110,739
7,239
925
1,673
422
1
2,628
294
74
4
265
13,524
Nicholson River
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
Nogoa River
2,770,589
223
224
526
54
1,604
72
2,702
Noosa River
195,578
305
5,337
3,196
239
10
7,726
7,544
796
11,003
65
6,305
42,525
Norman River
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 River
1,472,192
2,473
5,510
4,508
5,062
2,522
4,709
71
2
24,857
North Johnstone River
103,100
7
4
104
49
5
14
182
North Pine River
57,693
86
1,322
748
883
47
3,086
O'connell River
238,854
10,326
2,643
765
245
200
89
14,268
Olive river
205,474
3,218
697
1,063
361
1,454
415
2,142
9,350
Palmer River
842,363
2,409
171
134
730
2
3,445
Paroo River
3,523,770
14,192
4,426
16,485
7,351
7,302
14,351
819
19,680
84,606
Pascoe River
211,820
563
162
20
61
2
808
Pioneer River
157,470
717
36
202
104
106
70
1,236
Plane Creek
254,423
11,739
6,610
6,278
1,183
1,417
189
27,416
Proserpine River
250,002
9,533
2,774
1,429
2,637
1,242
3,189
20,803
Ross River
133,707
3,227
2,795
3
51
243
208
849
7,376
Russell River
67,063
608
1
114
57
2
3,832
372
19
18
907
5,929
Saxby River
1,009,107
467
348
6,867
120
32
7,835
Settlement River
106,685
893
5,964
776
1,389
278
595
9,894
Shoalwater
359,579
12,929
12,110
41
3,837
86
444
16,113
45,559
Skardon River
43,201
3,057
1,554
1,336
1,024
6,971
South Johnstone River
128,680
3,456
64
1,994
816
23
1,423
8
1
213
7,997
South Pine River
43,913
149
684
325
1
521
123
1,804
Staaten River
2,570,527
2,969
15,699
17,685
2,623
1,133
6,417
46,526
Stanley River
153,605
183
143
326
Stewart River
275,475
2,558
3,664
957
390
674
218
8,461
Stradbroke Islands
29,106
11
885
66
87
225
1,380
777
2,516
1
5,949
Styx River
301,068
5,673
10,370
26
345
101
19
36
7,707
24,277
Suttor River
7,394,868
476
34
5,692
214
3,254
2,293
258
37
4
< 1
72
156
12,490
Thomson River
9,510,070
1,076
20,840
30,502
5,581
1,154
858
2,729
22
3,384
66,147
Torres Strait Islands
57,023
4,713
614
2
429
3
185
5,946
Tully River
167,593
1,885
1
4
337
232
123
3,062
45
53
< 1
601
6,344
Upper Burdekin River
3,622,752
206
1,084
2,188
248
13,306
12,803
780
3,479
553
206
796
107
35,756
Upper Burnett River
859,183
13
54
19
74
75
7
242
Upper Mary River
270,143
56
88
144
Wallam Creeks
4,786,303
3,257
7
391
2,478
9,022
45,731
45,878
5
6
3
106,777
Walsh River
895,828
246
103
132
5
485
Warrego River
5,216,183
516
374
1,567
1
662
9,331
4,728
2,762
63
1
8
343
20,356
Waterpark Creek
182,282
19,967
2,916
4,417
1,345
706
< 1
3,580
1,103
34,035
Watson River
469,442
3,132
3,681
3,522
1,283
481
98
12,197
Wenlock River
755,519
10,084
237
16,462
709
29
40
104
27,665
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
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 8 May 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2005/sub-basin.html