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Drainage basin 2009 wetland habitat extents

Definition of drainage basin

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2009 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 3,551 481,820 597,728 460,743 26,863 8,447 156 7,554 998 1,172 79,887 106,289 1,375,782 83,027 159,157 144,570 204,054 3,068 37 268,567 13,035 157,128 10,702 124,546 159,553 16,024 45 3,468 960 746 4,499,677
Arafura Sea 26,297 3,748 4,880 194 47 8 8,877
Archer 1,380,035 3,412 11,309 14,658 169 10,052 1,858 2,141 43,599
Baffle 407,766 527 8,292 4,797 13 3,622 467 53 5,994 330 713 24,809
Balonne-Condamine 13,664,954 3,257 9 387 7 2,074 195 2,520 10,224 48,294 46,253 2,765 994 304 3,391 4,507 496 < 1 125,678
Barron 219,333 968 23 111 118 162 33 3 27 83 1,527
Black 105,519 762 204 364 9 3 91 2 1,436
Border Rivers 2,381,978 348 163 1,463 4,968 89 281 7,312
Boyne 249,301 2 829 837 3 37 1,709
Brisbane 1,354,920 48 514 194 738 1 1,496 1,925 4,915
Bulloo 5,203,638 20,357 506 7,401 66,408 19,204 1,173 18,439 36,296 169,784
Burdekin 13,010,930 1,965 109 206 1,559 48 34 7,741 461 16,680 15,095 258 37 843 4,009 86 741 791 796 107 51,567
Burnett 3,320,998 21 965 114 13 211 23 503 493 693 44 3,081
Burrum 335,101 126 1,585 1,068 1,207 1,445 404 3,659 120 2,443 12,056
Calliope 224,863 4,058 943 22 4 52 15 12 5,106
Coleman 1,278,450 3,132 16,338 40,699 1,997 83 5,770 68,019
Cooper Creek 24,386,792 144,092 20,840 31,559 16,444 394,564 18,050 3,989 6,016 33,121 2 11 668,688
Coral Sea 140,549 185 38,148 8,171 576 82 220 216 15 1 47,613
Curtis Island 57,804 27 6,368 8,071 196 21 728 15,411
Daintree 210,458 3,256 36 722 84 < 1 820 5 674 5,597
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 2,140 10 84 18 6 4,143 14,577
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 81 654 1,455 255 31 5,161
Fitzroy 14,248,292 9,248 1,128 6,935 55 6,180 2,848 4,335 20,071 10,978 61,778
Flinders 10,929,807 10,852 29,966 589 5,173 886 6,989 16,371 4,159 1,691 1,832 38 64 1,749 80,359
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 3,651 17,145 150 380 94,432
Haughton 407,055 14,765 4,460 639 109 23 511 190 261 11,659 32,616
Hay 279,520 5,797 63 5,860
Herbert 987,310 11,165 2,576 543 3,028 1,554 484 100 2,763 5,188 11 6 12 161 27,592
Hinchinbrook Island 39,692 7,735 358 167 12 299 11 8,582
Holroyd 1,030,690 2,473 3,094 15,257 93 3,574 125 2,206 26,823
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 3,467 64 4 1,990 919 23 1,472 12 1 227 8,178
Kolan 290,501 93 1,233 194 209 145 91 86 2,051
Lake Frome 15,184 1,535 3 1,538
Leichhardt 3,288,217 9,695 23,343 143 10,054 6,073 11,337 2,006 143 367 120 185 63,466
Lockhart 288,360 8,750 3,457 54 853 1,273 14,387
Logan-Albert 413,866 262 1,302 501 136 6 2,568 637 5 5,418
Maroochy 153,905 716 2,313 1,010 37 3,833 1,058 294 9,768 157 1,296 20,483
Mary 947,833 221 3,081 918 1,719 < 1 4,547 467 362 11,314
Mitchell 7,162,243 12,660 38,125 3,984 985 42,453 2,057 3,788 36,220 11 12 15 140,308
Moonie 1,465,738 28 15 380 29 10 22 44 249 15 306 563 1,663
Moreton Bay Islands 57,057 176 6,050 1,044 248 239 1,962 778 3,364 217 28 14,105
Morning 368,867 2,485 75,355 38 1,007 272 178 765 55 55 403 825 81,439
Mornington Island 99,830 3,312 8,419 695 363 17 12,807
Mossman 46,574 1,430 218 171 2 < 1 1,822
Mulgrave-Russell 198,740 4,877 370 38 628 160 2 4,999 678 368 21 1,604 13,745
Murray 110,739 7,239 925 1,671 422 1 2,625 268 74 4 266 13,494
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 5,335 3,196 239 10 7,715 7,543 790 10,986 65 6,279 42,463
Norman 5,066,736 14,965 50,497 5,958 1,109 58,993 610 3,278 11,069 1,214 4,484 152,176
Normanby 2,438,587 7,962 20,221 14,046 11,867 4,986 9,206 71 2 68,360
O'Connell 238,854 10,326 2,642 755 245 200 89 14,256
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 14,341 819 19,680 84,595
Pine 148,279 363 2,641 1,440 30 3,593 199 8 8,274
Pioneer 157,470 713 31 200 104 103 70 1,220
Plane 254,423 11,738 6,599 6,273 1,185 1,417 189 27,401
Proserpine 250,002 9,551 2,760 1,439 2,641 1,235 3,189 20,815
Ross 170,598 3,844 3,372 3 56 243 223 1,610 9,351
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 12,027 41 3,920 86 444 16,113 45,559
South Coast 130,572 479 2,141 663 74 27 19 1,842 282 < 1 5,530
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 5,669 10,349 26 345 101 19 36 7,723 24,269
Torres Strait Islands 57,023 4,713 614 2 429 3 185 5,946
Tully 167,593 1,885 1 4 336 232 123 3,057 44 53 < 1 601 6,337
Warrego 5,216,183 516 374 1,567 1 662 9,290 4,633 2,725 63 1 8 328 20,168
Waterpark 182,282 19,967 2,916 4,416 1,345 706 < 1 3,579 1,103 34,034
Watson 469,442 3,132 3,681 3,522 1,283 481 98 12,197
Wenlock 755,519 10,084 237 16,461 709 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 2009 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2009/basin.html

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