Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment 2009 wetland habitat extents
Definition of Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2009 wetland habitat extent by Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment Download this table in .CSV format
WQIP catchment
Total areaha )
Wetland area by habitat
Totalha )
INT01a
INT01b
INT02
LA15
LC06
LC07
LC08a
LC09
PA10
PA11a
PA11c
PA12a
PA12c
PA12d
PA13
PC02a
PC02b
PC02c
PC02d
PC04a
PC04c
PC04d
PC04e
PC05
XX99-P-A
XX99-P-C
Total
42,620,437
957
230,676
108,920
1,057
7,598
156
5,011
164
2,428
7,905
2,980
16,663
19,884
260
28
53,629
3,259
42,928
5,163
64,745
77,670
7,468
33
3,324
2,693
4,084
669,683
Abbot Bay catchments (Burdekin) 118,919
1,675
1,121
10
6
999
3,810
Alligator Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 20,918
902
118
206
69
48
1,344
Allingham Creek (Burdekin) 109,324
72
90
1,884
223
2,269
Andromache River (Mackay Whitsunday) 40,599
66
2
14
82
Annan River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 1,883
536
196
5
< 1
738
Annan River - lower, outside National Park (incl. Esk River, Hardwicke Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 18,005
24
8
44
6
81
Annan River - upper (above gorge) outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 35,739
< 1
2
10
12
Annie River, Saltwater Creek and Fifteen Mile Creek (Eastern Cape York) 269,719
2
61
3,665
572
1,753
846
6,900
Baffle (Burnett Mary) 408,475
509
8,142
4,781
13
3,433
466
53
5,767
322
699
24,187
Bakers Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,822
792
166
18
100
120
163
1,358
Balclutha Creek (Eastern Cape York) 42,008
8
21
141
135
133
438
Barratta Creek (Burdekin) 116,808
1,376
398
22
57
70
20
2,155
2
4,100
Barron (Wet Tropics) 218,801
931
20
56
112
155
27
3
16
99
1,418
Basalt River (Burdekin) 286,199
228
2,551
326
3,105
Bathurst and Ninian Bays (Eastern Cape York) 24,974
3
4
7
Bathurst Bay draining creeks (incl. Muck River) (Eastern Cape York) 53,352
747
1,077
240
2,065
Belyando floodplain (Burdekin) 203,024
2,285
8
86
6
800
3,185
Black River (Burdekin) 147,723
1,347
627
414
10
3
121
756
2
1
3,280
Blackrock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 23,930
1,324
298
18
11
3
1,655
Blacks Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 71,090
0
Bogie River (Burdekin) 227,541
12
2
5
41
59
Bowen River (Burdekin) 113,792
14
3
14
31
Boyne River (Fitzroy) 249,748
2
819
828
3
37
1,688
Broken River (Burdekin) 228,731
0
Burdekin Delta (Burdekin) 113,151
7,181
1,759
393
62
92
20
38
7,583
4
17,133
Burdekin River (below Dam) (Burdekin) 146,880
16
3
2
16
330
367
Burdekin River (Blue Range) (Burdekin) 272,356
278
13
290
Burdekin River (Dam) (Burdekin) 370,188
122
172
294
Burnett (Burnett Mary) 3,319,539
2
961
109
13
207
< 1
23
499
243
690
44
2,794
Burrum (Burnett Mary) 337,174
124
1,493
1,051
1,206
1,447
400
3,564
118
2,421
11,826
Callide Creek (Fitzroy) 766,479
25
12
160
565
2
44
807
Calliope River (Fitzroy) 217,716
2,449
942
22
52
15
12
4
3,496
Camel Creek (Burdekin) 157,869
25
3
84
13
124
Campaspe River (Burdekin) 674,667
644
2
1,094
647
161
2,548
Cape Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 15,032
2,764
2,064
1,026
91
16
5,960
Cape Flattery dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 25,028
106
288
741
523
1,365
3,022
Cape River (Burdekin) 913,940
992
1,145
1,088
746
167
4,139
Carmichael River (Burdekin) 978,227
727
874
163
733
28
88
2,613
Carmilla Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 12,734
363
190
49
18
14
634
Chester River (incl. Scrubby Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 27,577
< 1
2
46
92
19
159
Clarke River (Burdekin) 646,961
5
1,899
174
2,077
Claudie River (incl. Deep, Swamp creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 15,927
155
11
60
225
Coastal creeks and dunes (north of Nesbit) (Eastern Cape York) 44,836
489
289
400
722
1,900
Coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 48,061
394
22
19
2,815
20
3,271
Coastal dunes north shore of Endeavour River (Eastern Cape York) 5,863
21
1
148
171
Comet River (Fitzroy) 1,729,049
3,037
962
66
1,905
1,163
523
7,655
Connors River (Fitzroy) 952,700
73
9
618
400
134
93
1,327
Constant Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,516
2,592
518
47
119
17
60
3,352
Curtis Island (Fitzroy) 58,456
27
6,459
8,119
21
728
15,354
Daintree (Wet Tropics) 210,670
3,221
36
718
82
< 1
794
6
660
5,517
Deighton River (Eastern Cape York) 67,273
10
64
< 1
16
91
Diamond Creek (Burdekin) 213,725
5
1
11
17
Don River (Burdekin) 120,812
869
271
65
37
1,242
Douglas Creek (Burdekin) 122,846
5
< 1
6
Dry River (Burdekin) 202,310
1
857
2,555
239
3,652
Eden Lassie Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,000
1,318
766
80
8
2,172
Endeavour River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 2,257
1,273
21
85
4
1,384
Endeavour River - lower (incl. Cameron, Poison creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 24,037
52
5
191
226
73
547
Endeavour River - north branch (incl. Isabella, Mango Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 18,019
88
88
Endeavour River - right branch (Eastern Cape York) 38,771
270
784
1,054
Endeavour River - south branch (Eastern Cape York) 14,720
0
Escape River (Eastern Cape York) 32,685
431
25
202
14
3,205
190
4,067
Estuaries draining into Temple Bay, Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York) 4,110
2,790
674
4
3,468
Estuaries (incl. Jacky Jacky, Escape, Harmer) (Eastern Cape York) 26,482
20,956
3,086
< 1
157
18
7
24,225
Estuaries (incl. Stewart, Rocky, other estuaries) (Eastern Cape York) 9,927
2,524
3,856
28
3
12
6,423
Fanning River (Burdekin) 110,772
95
101
196
Fitzroy River (Fitzroy) 1,133,947
8,136
798
640
55
332
143
572
8,845
6,388
81
25,990
Flaggy Rock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,893
343
292
128
762
Fox Creek (Burdekin) 320,794
473
179
2
9
663
Gillinbin Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 13,107
331
93
1,332
13
95
1,865
Glenmore Creek (Burdekin) 160,911
54
54
Glennie Creek (Eastern Cape York) 36,334
10
234
244
Goanna, Breakfast, Whiphandle creeks (Eastern Cape York) 56,201
0
< 1
255
< 1
15
271
Gorge, Running creeks (Eastern Cape York) 41,345
7
13
121
176
528
168
1,012
Gray Creek (Burdekin) 169,505
67
67
Gregory River (Mackay Whitsunday) 31,028
1,478
672
137
47
2,334
Hann Creek (Burdekin) 185,299
13
11
1
26
Hann Creek (Eastern Cape York) 28,672
0
Harmer, Little Harmer Creeks (Eastern Cape York) 108,898
159
< 1
181
22
1,353
397
2,113
Haughton River (Burdekin) 232,550
6,323
3,167
165
47
3
302
26
301
2,933
311
13,578
Herbert (Wet Tropics) 984,235
10,920
2,613
548
3,043
1,392
456
80
2,656
4,901
4
6
11
157
26,787
Hinchinbrook Island (Wet Tropics) 39,543
7,580
354
157
13
322
11
8,436
Indian Bay (Eastern Cape York) 863
0
Jack River and Beattie Creek (Eastern Cape York) 148,352
801
375
617
170
1,963
Jacky Jacky Creek (Eastern Cape York) 31,041
23
23
169
4,738
117
278
5,348
Jeannie estuaries (incl. Horwick, Starcke, Dead Dog and other estuaries) (Eastern Cape York) 9,543
5,248
3,282
0
< 1
0
8,530
Jeannie River (Eastern Cape York) 46,942
35
65
10
18
128
Johnstone (Wet Tropics) 232,153
3,446
64
4
2,007
911
23
1,336
6
1
211
8,009
Kangaroo River and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 28,105
9
4
4
281
297
Keelbottom Creek (Burdekin) 164,284
90
15
104
Kennedy Inlet / Newcastle Bay (Eastern Cape York) 24,824
403
73
476
Kennedy River and Little Kennedy Creek (Eastern Cape York) 253,270
1,236
1,806
103
141
3,286
Kirk River (Burdekin) 135,590
0
Kolan (Burnett Mary) 290,449
84
1,226
170
214
142
94
84
2,015
Landers Creek (Burdekin) 106,730
20
9
3
70
102
Laura River (incl. Mosman River, Kennedy Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 203,164
116
98
11
431
656
Lethebrook (Mackay Whitsunday) 37,352
649
44
693
513
300
1,128
3,328
Little Bowen River (Burdekin) 147,193
44
4
47
Little Laura River (incl. Shepherd, Pine Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 89,372
136
134
33
392
695
Lloyd Bay (Eastern Cape York) 5,422
518
518
Lockhart, Claudie and adjacent estuaries (Eastern Cape York) 9,537
7,017
765
7
7,788
Lockhart River (incl. Eden, Arroto and Scrubby creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 82,829
5
1
6
4
339
355
Lockhart town and surrounds (incl. dunes) (Eastern Cape York) 4,018
68
1
< 1
69
Logan Creek (Burdekin) 403,627
10
5
4
3
22
Lolworth Creek (Burdekin) 350,352
974
44
435
42
3,340
5,049
53
9,938
Lower Cape River (Burdekin) 298,561
11
7
13
241
20
76
368
Lower Dawson River (Fitzroy) 1,991,424
159
2,340
494
3,312
544
540
7,389
Lower Isaac River (Fitzroy) 272,514
413
58
32
8
511
Lower Suttor River (Burdekin) 268,899
41
11
252
304
Mackay City (Mackay Whitsunday) 17,126
1,380
232
244
146
154
61
2,216
Mackenzie River (Fitzroy) 1,297,741
150
1,562
616
2,001
59
504
4,892
Margaret Bay (Eastern Cape York) 833
3
3
Marion Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 11,201
371
320
92
4
44
831
Marrett River, Sandalwood and Birthday creeks (Eastern Cape York) 134,518
7
7
231
485
42
381
1,154
Mary (Burnett Mary) 946,581
209
3,077
977
1,696
< 1
4,261
432
335
10,989
Massy Creek, Rocky River (Eastern Cape York) 48,405
< 1
1
347
2
350
McIvor, Morgan rivers and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 58,801
472
29
321
421
2,577
3,820
Middle and West Claudie Rivers (incl. Gordon, Scrubby creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 17,736
0
Mistake Creek (Burdekin) 587,421
61
226
24
4
8
7
551
881
Morehead River, Healy Creek and Hann River (Eastern Cape York) 425,766
4,258
2,974
281
729
8,242
Mossman (Wet Tropics) 47,285
1,398
213
167
6
4
1,789
Mulgrave-Russell (Wet Tropics) 198,027
4,625
250
94
611
151
4,824
675
368
20
1,555
13,173
Murray Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 46,631
2,358
435
45
< 1
2,839
Murray (Wet Tropics) 110,656
7,753
970
1,459
395
4
2,669
257
74
4
254
13,839
Myrtle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 29,516
1,340
158
60
29
479
150
2,216
Native Companion Creek (Burdekin) 548,474
137
< 1
99
33
10
279
Nesbit, Chester and adjacent estuaries (Eastern Cape York) 4,338
649
2,356
33
3,037
Nesbit River (incl. Leo Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 68,059
< 1
< 1
269
175
444
Nogoa River (Fitzroy) 1,616,991
223
26
1,023
72
423
1,766
Normanby estuarine waters (incl. Bizant, Normanby, Saltwater and others adjacent Princess Charlotte Bay) (Eastern Cape York) 54,162
7,689
20,021
12
172
22
612
28,527
Normanby /lower Laura rivers (incl. Brown, Cabbage Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 205,565
1,528
1,618
510
791
71
4,517
Normanby River - lower and Bizant River (Eastern Cape York) 105,992
317
84
372
1,389
232
3,354
5,749
Normanby - upper (incl. West, East and Granite Normanby Rivers, Bridge Ck) (Eastern Cape York) 290,818
243
21
1,114
1,089
2
2,469
North Jacky Jacky Creek – dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 13,858
137
5
151
32
431
281
1,038
North Jeannie coastal creeks outside National Park (incl. Horwick River, Wakooka Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 110,554
2,319
2,945
31
575
54
5,924
North Kennedy River (Eastern Cape York) 191,510
1,450
2,148
271
254
4,123
Oaky , Wallace, Lyon creeks (Eastern Cape York) 33,909
0
OConnell River (Mackay Whitsunday) 48,766
537
64
246
14
50
26
937
Olive River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 751
448
19
83
8
0
558
Olive River (incl. Horseshoe, Scorpion creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 124,133
< 1
0
275
643
412
2,142
3,472
Pascoe - headwaters (incl. Little Pascoe, Fall creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 64,780
13
61
74
Pascoe - lower, outside National Park (incl. Tin and coastal creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 36,638
457
163
620
Pascoe - mid (incl. Garraway, Brown creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 31,243
0
Pascoe - mid (incl. Hamilton Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 11,269
0
Pascoe River estuary and other estuaries draining into Wemouth Bay (Eastern Cape York) 1,325
110
7
2
118
Pascoe - upper (incl. Yam, One Mile creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 36,658
0
Pelican Creek (Burdekin) 148,083
0
Pioneer River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,788
82
7
12
8
110
Plane Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 15,963
804
146
51
14
3
1,018
Port of Cape Flattery (land side) (Eastern Cape York) 9,437
10
519
121
139
789
Port of Cape Flattery marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 14,707
16
6
22
Port of Cooktown marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 3,067
11
11
Port of Quintell Beach marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 1,364
2
2
Princess Charlotte Bay (Eastern Cape York) 137,329
25
< 1
25
Proserpine River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday) 8,490
0
Reliance Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 10,662
1,070
480
9
14
50
3
1,624
Repulse Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 25,555
1,701
39
2
4
1,745
Rocky Dam Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 51,839
3,500
2,175
1,632
546
754
8,608
Rollston River (Burdekin) 144,919
< 1
< 1
Rosella Creek (Burdekin) 147,410
130
8
4
9
151
Rosetta Creek (Burdekin) 244,047
369
43
18
2
431
Ross River (Burdekin) 131,054
2,450
1,627
3
17
56
2
82
378
< 1
4,614
Running River (Burdekin) 110,538
< 1
< 1
Sandy Creek (Burdekin) 318,941
23
277
300
Sandy Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 49,935
607
224
402
37
99
25
1,393
Sarina Beaches (Mackay Whitsunday) 8,458
500
143
76
124
13
857
Sellheim River (Burdekin) 170,458
26
26
Shelburne Bay dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 49,236
33
29
2,716
820
2
3,600
Shelburne Bay (Eastern Cape York) 25,164
24
24
Shoalwater Creek (Fitzroy) 361,610
13,283
11,948
35
10
86
438
20,037
< 1
45,837
South Annan coastal creeks outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 15,542
493
66
12
44
186
21
822
St Helens Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,566
1,312
145
4
7
1,468
Star River (Burdekin) 199,399
144
1
145
Starcke River (Eastern Cape York) 50,093
8
58
38
484
468
1,056
Stewart River - headwaters outside National Park (incl. Little Stewart, Station creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 38,767
0
Stewart River, Terrible Creek (Eastern Cape York) 37,627
37
37
Stones Creek (Burdekin) 77,525
0
Styx River (Fitzroy) 299,512
5,769
10,319
26
343
18
19
36
7,644
83
24,258
Temple Bay and Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York) 5,735
4
4
Theresa Creek (Fitzroy) 1,149,860
201
28
531
78
838
Thompsons Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,013
2,649
1,045
438
2,037
407
1,890
8,467
Trevethan Creek outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 9,497
1
1
Tully (Wet Tropics) 168,340
1,829
8
4
279
380
3,207
36
53
568
6,363
Upper Belyando River (Burdekin) 583,589
151
< 1
4
96
33
< 1
285
Upper Burdekin River (Burdekin) 448,172
560
280
2,360
7,913
645
14
501
102
565
46
12,987
Upper Cattle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,841
0
Upper Dawson River (Fitzroy) 2,315,530
2,222
103
7
391
373
1,821
84
5,001
Upper Isaac River (Fitzroy) 1,012,469
367
238
1,168
575
7
440
2,795
Upper Proserpine River (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,621
0
Upper Suttor River (Burdekin) 515,807
189
12
13
141
55
28
24
462
Upstart Bay catchments (Burdekin) 129,031
4,744
687
24
2
6
3,046
8,510
Walker Bay (Eastern Cape York) 246
10
10
Walsh Bay (Eastern Cape York) 189
1
1
Waterhole Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 21,131
806
550
197
< 1
20
1,573
Waterpark Creek (Fitzroy) 184,786
20,451
3,010
4,415
1,345
706
< 1
3,578
1,256
34,762
Weary Bay (Eastern Cape York) 540
0
West Hill Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,396
708
685
924
282
106
2,705
Weymouth Bay (Eastern Cape York) 4,352
9
9
Whitsunday Coast (Mackay Whitsunday) 19,560
645
39
7
3
12
705
Wilson Creek, Portland Road coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 13,471
360
13
3
19
396
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments.
Wetland habitat code descriptions
INT01a
Mangroves - Casuarina
INT01b
Mangroves - other
INT02
Salt marsh and salt flats
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
LC09
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
PA10
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp
PA11a
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp
PA11c
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
PA12a
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree 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
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) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment 2009 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 1 February 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2009/wqip.html
— Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation