Sub-basin (herb) 2009 wetland habitat extents
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2009 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
485,572
587,682
466,827
21,198
38
179
8,381
156
7,620
998
1,172
83,813
107,237
1,374,945
82,551
157,095
142,284
207,268
3,050
28
267,674
13,021
143,569
10,174
119,364
156,115
16,144
44
3,336
3,275
4,690
4,478,989
Albert River
78,130
3
42
< 1
53
213
311
Alice River
1,294,283
18,536
1,108
271
2,490
22,405
Archer River
1,061,508
3,319
11,309
14,046
166
9,721
1,839
2,151
42,551
Baffle Creek
409,127
509
8,541
4,810
13
3,443
466
53
5,772
322
699
24,631
Balonne River
3,829,295
15
29
1,500
195
873
2,492
215
2,747
170
1,809
1,507
166
131
28
11,875
Barcoo River
5,324,188
43
378
1,041
753
92
1,239
413
683
2
11
4,655
Barker & Barambah Creeks
593,055
5
32
519
556
Barratta Creek
183,314
8,668
2,091
415
62
117
89
57
9,159
2
20,661
Barron River
218,831
956
20
56
112
155
27
3
16
99
1,443
Black River
105,751
758
216
369
10
3
86
2
1,444
Bohle River
36,934
618
595
5
17
825
2,060
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
580
1
410
711
1,702
Brisbane River
696,983
48
517
193
14
832
160
1,764
Bulloo River
5,186,255
20,086
483
6,609
66,733
18,947
1,173
18,054
37,414
169,499
Burrum River
121,185
92
682
566
626
414
120
2,040
23
344
4,906
Caboolture River
46,771
127
647
379
29
2,173
19
8
3,381
Calliope River
224,417
4,144
943
22
52
15
12
4
5,192
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
1,365
1,291
325
< 1
32
4,127
Coomera & Nerang Rivers
130,448
519
2,175
595
74
27
20
1,840
282
< 1
5,533
Cooper Creek
9,578,213
143,100
845
11,365
391,565
14,974
5,276
29,378
596,503
Daintree River
210,703
3,224
36
718
82
< 1
794
6
660
5,520
Dawson River
5,077,521
2,406
2,456
7
1,046
4,253
2,366
668
13,202
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
2,093
10
41
2
6
4,111
37
14,104
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
145
19,773
Elloitt River
72,818
22
668
382
500
558
212
1,087
94
1,808
5,331
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
159,711
18,696
18,756
298,744
330
19,008
7,274
522,518
Fitzroy River
1,143,490
9,272
1,128
640
55
333
146
570
8,840
7,115
81
28,179
Flinders River
5,202,845
10,895
30,126
585
2,288
172
2,043
5,122
4,038
1,496
1,831
38
49
1,706
60,388
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
2,200
14,475
74,112
Gregory River
90,841
9
236
111
81
475
68
282
164
1,425
Hann River
955,765
5,534
14,675
9,419
6,324
2,440
4,146
42,538
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
10,977
2,615
548
3,043
1,392
456
80
2,656
4,901
4
6
11
157
26,846
Holroyd River
543,786
1,721
2,999
7,365
93
1,984
27
929
15,117
Isaac River
2,236,630
440
599
9
1,844
975
141
542
4,550
Isis River
52,633
2
42
15
156
1
106
322
Islands
4,348,785
451
79,349
32,871
2,355
988
10,889
1,460
12,722
2
4,559
39
27
12
145,725
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
214
142
94
84
2,025
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
5,883
11,320
2,056
143
386
122
185
63,305
Lockhart River
288,624
8,785
3,441
54
858
1,291
14,430
Lockyer Creek
300,516
143
< 1
56
860
1,059
Logan River
337,476
239
1,514
573
136
5
2,534
404
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
3,291
990
1,696
< 1
4,207
344
335
11,074
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
1,593
616
2,033
59
504
4,955
Maranoa River
2,003,850
11
158
149
7
73
531
7
239
1,174
Maroochy River
139,229
635
1,899
688
3
1,629
550
123
7,075
157
1,295
14,054
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
1,438
213
168
6
4
1,830
Mulgrave River
131,631
4,116
247
94
502
103
1,144
306
349
3
692
7,556
Murray River
110,712
7,784
971
1,462
395
4
2,669
257
74
4
254
13,874
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
223
54
1,554
72
501
2,626
Noosa River
195,516
306
5,257
3,214
239
10
7,677
7,464
788
10,962
65
6,621
42,604
Norman River
5,043,008
15,272
50,463
6,279
1,118
57,426
599
3,278
11,046
893
4,459
150,833
Normanby River
1,483,752
2,494
5,499
4,640
5,531
2,547
5,061
71
2
25,844
North Johnstone River
102,981
7
4
113
44
< 1
3
171
North Pine River
59,871
86
1,404
784
913
46
3,234
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
14,277
818
19,586
85,856
Pascoe River
212,432
580
163
20
61
2
825
Pioneer River
396,729
11,258
2,724
944
305
310
146
15,687
Plane Creek
254,412
11,997
6,620
5,934
1,299
1,312
188
27,350
Proserpine River
250,161
9,667
2,758
1,430
2,641
1,210
3,194
20,900
Ross River
134,044
3,214
2,605
3
22
209
208
958
< 1
7,219
Russell River
66,914
576
3
109
48
3,695
369
19
18
881
5,718
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
12,145
38
10
86
438
20,037
< 1
46,055
Skardon River
43,930
3,058
1,567
1,353
1,078
7,056
South Johnstone River
129,419
3,441
64
2,008
798
23
1,278
6
1
191
7,810
South Pine River
41,937
147
633
286
1
479
113
1,659
Staaten River
2,557,193
3,117
15,774
17,594
2,601
1,167
6,408
46,662
Stanley River
153,799
177
129
306
Stewart River
274,339
2,549
3,891
929
317
673
183
8,541
Styx River
301,632
5,871
10,352
26
345
18
19
36
7,644
83
24,394
Suttor River
7,393,568
11
2,370
5,751
2,630
3,144
328
260
28
4
68
144
1,835
< 1
16,573
Thomson River
9,493,011
1,035
20,097
31,907
5,326
1,265
1,008
2,630
33
4,164
67,465
Tully River
168,392
1,831
8
4
279
380
3,207
36
53
568
6,365
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
2,454
8,621
43,857
45,001
5
3
6
103,576
Walsh River
895,748
239
103
132
5
478
Warrego River
5,168,746
516
374
111
1
661
8,504
6,426
3,479
55
1
329
8
20,464
Waterpark Creek
184,150
20,206
2,839
4,414
1,345
706
< 1
3,582
1,103
34,196
Watson River
468,252
3,204
3,679
3,525
1,271
480
98
12,257
Wenlock River
752,760
10,106
237
16,164
692
29
40
104
27,372
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) 2009 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2009/sub-basin-herb.html