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Drainage sub-basin 2009 wetland habitat extents

Definition of drainage sub-basin

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2009 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 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 3,202 434,893 583,699 460,743 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 37 267,637 12,952 156,838 10,702 124,114 159,530 15,996 45 3,467 960 746 4,436,586
Albert River 78,190 3 36 < 1 61 223 322
Alice River 1,292,574 18,285 1,092 275 3,194 22,846
Archer River 1,068,849 3,412 11,309 14,030 169 9,699 1,836 2,141 42,596
Baffle Creek 407,766 527 8,292 4,797 13 3,622 467 53 5,994 330 713 24,809
Balonne River 3,823,383 9 13 1,678 195 43 953 2,492 384 2,765 171 29 1,875 2,471 164 13,240
Barcoo River 5,301,482 43 41 1,041 759 48 1,256 283 698 2 11 4,180
Barker & Barambah Creeks 591,904 5 32 521 558
Barratta Creek 184,660 8,806 2,156 474 62 58 154 59 9,490 21,258
Barron River 208,639 968 23 111 118 162 33 3 27 83 1,527
Black River 105,519 762 204 364 9 3 91 2 1,436
Bohle River 36,891 618 578 5 15 760 1,975
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 202,824 580 1 410 716 1,707
Brisbane River 701,500 48 514 194 14 850 162 1,782
Bulloo River 5,203,638 20,357 506 7,401 66,408 19,204 1,173 18,439 36,296 169,784
Burrum River 119,898 93 649 556 626 411 123 2,112 24 340 4,935
Caboolture River 46,673 127 639 379 29 2,202 34 8 3,418
Calliope River 224,863 4,058 943 22 4 52 15 12 5,106
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 1,460 1,505 325 < 1 4,494
Coomera & Nerang Rivers 130,572 479 2,141 663 74 27 19 1,842 282 < 1 5,530
Cooper Creek 9,575,241 142,974 1,075 9,822 392,651 17,145 4 5,711 29,039 598,420
Curtis Island 57,804 27 6,368 8,071 196 21 728 15,411
Daintree River 210,458 3,256 36 722 84 < 1 820 5 674 5,597
Dawson River 5,068,741 2,429 2,463 656 1,055 4,525 2,363 13,490
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 2,140 10 84 18 6 4,143 14,577
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 2,330 150 380 20,279
Elliott River 74,063 22 664 388 553 566 211 1,061 94 1,825 5,383
Embley River 191,482 10,042 4,092 866 342 < 1 15,343
Endeavour River 218,630 2,390 296 81 654 1,455 255 31 5,161
Eyre Creek 7,155,781 159,671 18,696 18,756 296,528 330 19,033 7,282 520,296
Fitzroy River 1,143,110 9,248 1,128 658 55 333 88 620 9,058 7,177 28,364
Flinders River 5,187,311 10,852 29,966 589 2,280 172 1,969 4,982 4,038 1,486 1,832 38 64 1,749 60,017
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 2,190 14,815 74,154
Gregory River 91,049 9 233 108 28 468 70 440 < 1 263 1,618
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 11,165 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 River 532,582 992 1,876 6,843 93 1,971 29 868 12,671
Isaac River 2,232,467 440 603 551 1,925 1,017 141 4,677
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 1,233 194 209 145 91 86 2,051
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 6,073 11,337 2,006 143 367 120 185 63,466
Lockhart River 288,360 8,750 3,457 54 853 1,273 14,387
Lockyer Creek 296,991 143 < 1 54 898 1,096
Logan River 335,676 260 1,266 501 136 5 2,506 414 5 5,095
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 3,081 918 1,719 < 1 4,491 379 362 11,170
Macintyre Brook 432,482 1 64 179 23 266
Macintyre & Weir Rivers 1,518,300 348 156 1,347 4,772 60 9 6,692
Mackenzie River 1,305,897 150 1,605 504 616 1,884 62 4,822
Maranoa River 2,003,528 21 6 258 149 7 237 53 531 7 1,271
Maroochy River 153,905 716 2,313 1,010 37 3,833 1,058 294 9,768 157 1,296 20,483
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 21,513 794 3,276 32,164 11 12 8 113,532
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 1,430 218 171 2 < 1 1,822
Mulgrave River 131,677 4,269 369 38 514 103 1,169 306 349 3 697 7,818
Murray River 110,739 7,239 925 1,671 422 1 2,625 268 74 4 266 13,494
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 2,770,589 223 223 526 54 1,604 72 2,701
Noosa River 195,578 305 5,335 3,196 239 10 7,715 7,543 790 10,986 65 6,279 42,463
Norman River 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 River 1,472,192 2,473 5,510 4,508 5,059 2,522 4,709 71 2 24,854
North Johnstone River 103,100 7 4 104 49 5 14 182
North Pine River 57,693 86 1,322 741 877 47 3,073
O'connell River 238,854 10,326 2,642 755 245 200 89 14,256
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 14,341 819 19,680 84,595
Pascoe River 211,820 563 162 20 61 2 808
Pioneer River 157,470 713 31 200 104 103 70 1,220
Plane Creek 254,423 11,738 6,599 6,273 1,185 1,417 189 27,401
Proserpine River 250,002 9,551 2,760 1,439 2,641 1,235 3,189 20,815
Ross River 133,707 3,227 2,795 3 51 243 208 849 7,376
Russell River 67,063 608 1 114 57 2 3,830 372 19 18 907 5,927
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 12,027 41 3,920 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 3,460 64 1,990 816 23 1,423 8 1 213 7,997
South Pine River 43,913 150 681 320 1 513 118 1,782
Staaten River 2,570,527 2,969 15,699 17,685 2,623 1,133 6,417 46,526
Stanley River 153,605 181 148 330
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 2,508 1 5,939
Styx River 301,068 5,669 10,349 26 345 101 19 36 7,723 24,269
Suttor River 7,394,868 476 34 5,555 214 3,251 2,292 258 37 4 < 1 69 159 12,350
Thomson River 9,510,070 1,076 20,840 30,443 5,582 1,154 858 2,729 22 3,384 66,088
Torres Strait Islands 57,023 4,713 614 2 429 3 185 5,946
Tully River 167,593 1,885 1 4 336 232 123 3,057 44 53 < 1 601 6,337
Upper Burdekin River 3,622,752 206 1,084 2,185 248 13,306 12,803 780 3,479 553 206 796 107 35,754
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 2,477 9,013 45,653 45,862 5 6 3 106,674
Walsh River 895,828 246 103 132 5 485
Warrego River 5,216,183 516 374 1,567 1 662 9,290 4,633 2,725 63 1 8 328 20,168
Waterpark Creek 182,282 19,967 2,916 4,416 1,345 706 < 1 3,579 1,103 34,034
Watson River 469,442 3,132 3,681 3,522 1,283 481 98 12,197
Wenlock River 755,519 10,084 237 16,461 709 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 2009 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2009/sub-basin.html

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