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Drainage basin 2013 wetland habitat extents

Definition of drainage basin

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2013 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 3,573 481,844 597,440 460,743 26,863 8,448 156 7,554 998 1,172 79,887 106,285 1,375,778 83,027 159,068 144,563 204,006 3,052 37 268,298 13,020 157,155 10,629 124,491 159,270 16,011 45 3,465 960 746 4,498,583
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 8,291 4,797 13 3,613 467 53 5,985 330 713 24,791
Balonne-Condamine 13,664,954 3,257 9 387 7 2,074 195 2,520 10,158 48,290 46,235 2,749 986 304 3,317 4,466 424 < 1 125,379
Barron 219,333 967 23 111 118 162 32 3 26 83 1,525
Black 105,519 762 204 362 9 3 91 2 1,433
Border Rivers 2,381,978 348 163 1,458 4,967 89 281 7,306
Boyne 249,301 2 829 837 3 37 1,709
Brisbane 1,354,920 48 540 202 734 1 1,496 1,920 4,941
Bulloo 5,203,638 20,357 506 7,401 66,408 19,204 1,173 18,438 36,281 169,768
Burdekin 13,010,930 1,965 108 206 1,559 48 34 7,741 461 16,669 15,092 258 37 842 4,063 86 741 791 796 107 51,605
Burnett 3,320,998 21 960 114 13 225 23 515 493 691 44 3,099
Burrum 335,101 126 1,585 1,068 1,206 1,438 404 3,656 120 2,442 12,046
Calliope 224,863 4,038 693 22 4 52 15 12 4,836
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 16,443 394,562 18,050 3,989 6,016 33,115 2 11 668,679
Coral Sea 140,549 185 38,151 8,171 576 82 220 216 15 1 47,616
Curtis Island 57,804 27 6,363 8,038 196 21 728 15,373
Daintree 210,458 3,256 36 721 84 < 1 820 5 674 5,597
Diamantina 11,911,000 109,354 12,164 4,096 586,519 19,384 2 25,747 27,252 784,517
Don 374,512 8,177 2,140 10 84 18 6 4,140 14,575
Ducie 674,551 21,676 3,482 7,478 20,130 31 2 52,799
Embley 458,378 28,897 7,897 12,762 3,909 136 146 53,747
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 6,045 2,836 4,329 20,045 10,965 61,586
Flinders 10,929,807 10,852 29,966 589 5,173 886 6,989 16,367 4,159 1,691 1,832 38 64 1,749 80,355
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 3,641 17,070 150 380 94,347
Haughton 407,055 14,764 4,460 639 109 23 511 190 261 11,671 32,628
Hay 279,520 5,797 63 5,860
Herbert 987,310 11,165 2,577 543 3,028 1,552 483 100 2,763 5,177 11 6 12 161 27,580
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 3,468 64 4 1,988 919 23 1,472 12 1 227 8,177
Kolan 290,501 93 1,232 194 209 144 91 81 2,045
Lake Frome 15,184 1,535 3 1,538
Leichhardt 3,288,217 9,695 23,343 143 10,051 6,073 11,337 2,006 143 367 120 185 63,464
Lockhart 288,360 8,750 3,457 54 853 1,273 14,387
Logan-Albert 413,866 263 1,303 501 136 6 2,571 628 5 5,413
Maroochy 153,905 738 2,320 1,011 37 3,816 1,051 294 9,907 157 1,293 20,623
Mary 947,833 221 3,081 918 1,718 < 1 4,537 467 361 11,303
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 15 306 562 1,662
Moreton Bay Islands 57,057 177 6,047 1,037 248 239 1,962 778 3,364 217 28 14,096
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 4,878 370 38 628 160 2 4,997 678 368 21 1,604 13,744
Murray 110,739 7,239 925 1,666 422 1 2,624 267 74 4 266 13,488
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 7,713 7,542 789 10,980 65 6,274 42,448
Norman 5,066,736 14,965 50,497 5,957 1,109 58,993 610 3,278 11,068 1,215 4,484 152,176
Normanby 2,438,587 7,962 20,221 14,046 11,867 4,985 9,206 71 2 68,359
O'Connell 238,854 10,325 2,642 750 241 199 89 14,246
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 14,338 819 19,677 84,590
Pine 148,279 363 2,626 1,444 30 3,568 192 8 8,230
Pioneer 157,470 712 31 200 104 68 70 1,185
Plane 254,423 11,768 6,601 6,247 1,207 1,398 189 27,410
Proserpine 250,002 9,549 2,760 1,407 2,641 1,236 3,189 20,782
Ross 170,598 3,844 3,372 3 87 212 223 1,606 9,347
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 130,572 480 2,141 664 74 27 19 1,834 282 < 1 5,523
Staaten 2,570,527 2,969 15,699 17,684 2,623 1,133 6,417 46,525
Stewart 275,475 2,558 3,664 957 390 674 218 8,461
Styx 301,068 5,669 10,341 26 345 101 19 36 7,629 24,166
Torres Strait Islands 57,023 4,713 614 2 429 3 185 5,946
Tully 167,593 1,885 1 4 335 232 123 3,055 44 53 < 1 600 6,334
Warrego 5,216,183 516 374 1,567 1 662 9,284 4,631 2,721 63 1 8 328 20,156
Waterpark 182,282 19,973 2,916 4,416 1,345 706 < 1 3,579 1,103 34,040
Watson 469,442 3,136 3,677 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 2013 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2013/basin.html

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