Drainage sub-basin 2013 wetland habitat extents
Definition of drainage sub-basin
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2013 wetland habitat extent by drainage sub-basin Download this table in .CSV format
Drainage sub-basin
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
172,799,332
3,173
432,076
571,075
466,825
21,198
38
179
8,395
156
7,620
998
1,172
83,811
107,233
1,374,943
82,548
157,016
142,277
207,223
3,034
28
266,447
12,923
143,257
10,178
118,956
155,967
16,102
44
3,333
3,272
4,732
4,406,231
Albert River
78,190
3
36
< 1
61
219
319
Alice River
1,292,574
18,513
1,108
275
2,494
22,390
Archer River
1,068,849
3,412
11,309
14,030
169
9,689
1,836
2,141
42,586
Baffle Creek
407,766
509
8,287
4,807
13
3,446
466
53
5,768
325
699
24,374
Balonne River
3,823,383
15
29
1,506
195
43
872
2,492
215
2,730
163
1,809
1,507
166
169
29
11,940
Barcoo River
5,301,482
43
378
1,040
753
92
1,239
283
679
2
11
4,520
Barker & Barambah Creeks
591,904
5
32
519
556
Barratta Creek
184,660
8,800
2,109
415
62
117
89
57
9,159
2
20,810
Barron River
208,639
951
20
111
115
155
31
3
18
99
1,503
Black River
105,519
749
216
320
10
3
87
2
1,385
Bohle River
36,891
615
595
5
15
821
2,051
Bowen River
944,748
130
52
18
3
80
283
Boyne & Auburn Rivers
1,303,251
10
428
48
48
534
Boyne River
249,301
2
817
826
3
37
1,686
Bremer River
202,824
577
1
410
711
1,699
Brisbane River
701,500
48
537
202
14
851
162
1,814
Bulloo River
5,203,638
20,086
483
6,609
66,733
18,947
1,173
18,183
37,399
169,613
Burrum River
119,898
92
643
553
625
414
120
2,028
23
334
4,832
Caboolture River
46,673
127
639
379
28
2,166
19
8
3,365
Calliope River
224,863
4,038
692
22
52
15
12
4
4,835
Cliffdale Creek
622,991
4,860
28,697
4
3,678
3,369
507
354
41,469
Cloncurry River
4,733,390
2,425
714
3,975
4,473
141
11,729
Coen River
311,186
628
353
22
1,003
Coleman River
521,726
995
3,102
4,491
446
59
2,862
11,955
Comet River
1,727,489
3,037
829
66
1,905
1,163
523
7,522
Condamine River
3,051,741
407
698
1,365
1,291
253
< 1
32
4,046
Coomera & Nerang Rivers
130,572
521
2,193
595
74
27
20
1,833
282
< 1
5,546
Cooper Creek
9,575,241
143,099
845
11,365
391,565
14,974
5,276
29,378
596,502
Curtis Island
57,804
27
6,360
8,038
21
728
15,173
Daintree River
210,458
3,239
36
718
82
< 1
810
6
660
5,551
Dawson River
5,068,741
2,406
2,456
7
1,046
4,216
2,366
668
13,165
Diamantina River
11,911,000
111,344
12,164
3,862
586,354
19,369
2
24,141
26,917
784,152
Don River
374,512
8,177
2,085
10
53
2
6
4,122
37
14,492
Ducie River
357,911
10,958
942
4,502
3,563
30
2
19,997
Dumaresq River
431,196
52
9
6
272
6
345
Edward River
756,724
2,049
12,643
36,208
1,551
24
2,898
55,373
Eight Mile Creek
162,505
490
4,908
2,792
759
27
144
9,121
Einasleigh River
2,435,365
129
11
333
10,373
2,550
1,265
920
1,382
2,330
377
145
19,815
Elliott River
74,063
22
665
381
553
559
210
1,044
94
1,801
5,329
Embley River
191,482
10,042
4,092
846
342
< 1
15,322
Endeavour River
218,630
2,389
296
81
652
1,455
254
31
5,158
Eyre Creek
7,155,781
159,649
18,696
18,756
296,509
330
19,048
7,270
520,259
Fitzroy River
1,143,110
9,246
1,128
653
55
333
146
570
8,833
7,101
81
28,147
Flinders River
5,187,311
10,852
29,966
585
2,271
172
2,011
5,001
4,038
1,496
1,831
38
49
1,706
60,016
Fraser Island
165,949
2,925
516
2,071
750
4,551
28
8,505
27
19,372
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
127
115
125
1,383
4,237
2,180
14,469
73,802
Gregory River
91,049
9
233
108
28
468
70
434
261
1,609
Hann River
966,394
5,485
14,681
9,529
6,815
2,464
4,497
43,471
Haughton River
222,395
5,955
2,158
165
47
146
27
155
2,416
311
11,378
Hay
279,520
5,797
63
5,860
Herbert River
987,310
11,061
2,642
544
3,045
1,475
456
80
2,658
4,887
4
6
11
157
27,024
Hinchinbrook Island
39,692
7,735
354
158
13
322
11
8,593
Holroyd River
532,582
992
1,876
6,843
93
1,971
29
868
12,671
Isaac River
2,232,467
440
592
9
1,840
974
141
542
4,538
Isis River
50,091
2
39
16
48
1
15
121
Jacky Jacky Creek
297,162
22,205
3,168
2,209
257
13,324
135
1,179
42,477
Jardine River
327,317
1,149
1,198
1,725
15,322
225
328
19,946
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
83
1,220
173
202
138
91
80
1,987
L Creek
195,863
975
43,283
71
146
601
366
300
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
17
141
10,054
5,882
11,337
1,994
143
361
119
183
63,270
Lockhart River
288,360
8,750
3,457
54
853
1,273
14,387
Lockyer Creek
296,991
143
< 1
54
860
1,058
Logan River
335,676
239
1,273
505
136
5
2,511
388
5
5,062
Lower Burdekin River
1,048,562
1,963
106
48
9
13
10
581
499
3,231
Lower Burnett River
566,660
2
956
109
158
< 1
87
117
44
1,474
Lower Mary River
677,690
209
3,072
916
1,712
< 1
4,210
340
351
10,811
Macintyre Brook
432,482
87
107
23
1
218
Macintyre & Weir Rivers
1,518,300
333
1,315
3,273
47
9
111
5,087
Mackenzie River
1,305,897
150
1,598
616
2,074
59
493
4,988
Maranoa River
2,003,528
6
158
149
7
73
531
7
237
1,168
Maroochy River
153,905
731
2,313
1,020
37
3,870
1,035
288
10,061
157
1,292
20,803
Mcdonald River
273,439
7,622
1,044
1,467
14,764
24,898
Mission River
266,896
18,855
3,805
11,577
3,566
136
145
38,084
Mitchell River
4,131,477
10,604
26,417
3,982
984
21,999
555
3,440
26,889
10
12
8
94,900
Moonie River
1,465,738
28
15
465
29
10
44
166
306
359
22
15
1,462
Moreton Island
17,858
117
161
14
422
833
1,547
Morning Inlet
173,004
1,510
32,072
21
38
12
1,007
202
49
181
34
38
13
508
35,684
Mornington Island
99,830
3,312
8,419
695
363
17
12,807
Mossman River
46,574
1,429
213
163
2
< 1
1,808
Mulgrave River
131,677
4,112
247
38
501
103
1,137
306
349
3
691
7,487
Murray River
110,739
7,310
924
1,457
396
4
2,749
252
74
4
262
13,432
Nicholson River
3,574,411
29,256
84,513
16,603
475
403
555
16
1,903
3,288
3,551
2,443
1,161
14
144,181
Nogoa River
2,770,589
223
223
54
1,542
72
501
2,614
Noosa River
195,578
306
5,336
3,200
239
10
7,705
7,542
789
10,978
65
6,607
42,775
Norman River
5,066,736
14,967
50,497
6,279
1,118
58,993
611
3,278
11,070
893
4,459
152,164
Normanby River
1,472,192
2,473
5,499
4,508
5,059
2,521
4,709
71
2
24,841
North Johnstone River
103,100
7
4
104
38
< 1
3
155
North Pine River
57,693
83
1,320
748
875
44
3,070
O'connell River
238,873
10,329
2,666
738
200
205
89
14,227
Olive river
205,474
3,218
697
1,063
364
1,454
415
2,142
9,352
Palmer River
842,363
2,409
171
134
709
2
3,425
Paroo River
3,523,770
18,636
16,469
7,346
7,261
14,257
818
19,550
84,338
Pascoe River
211,820
563
162
20
61
2
808
Pioneer River
157,452
710
43
200
102
68
69
1,192
Plane Creek
254,423
11,727
6,569
5,909
1,321
1,293
188
27,007
Proserpine River
250,002
9,549
2,757
1,400
2,641
1,211
3,194
20,752
Ross River
133,707
3,227
2,560
3
22
209
208
852
< 1
7,083
Russell River
67,063
609
3
111
57
3,720
369
19
18
883
5,788
Saxby River
1,009,107
467
348
6,874
120
32
7,842
Settlement River
106,685
893
5,964
776
1,389
278
595
9,894
Shoalwater
359,579
12,920
12,014
38
10
86
438
20,037
< 1
45,542
Skardon River
43,201
3,057
1,554
1,336
1,024
6,971
South Johnstone River
128,680
3,441
64
2,008
798
23
1,279
6
1
191
7,811
South Pine River
43,913
151
665
325
1
502
108
1,753
Staaten River
2,570,527
2,969
15,699
17,651
2,624
1,133
6,410
46,486
Stanley River
153,605
177
125
302
Stewart River
275,475
2,538
3,861
957
298
674
183
8,512
Stradbroke Islands
29,106
10
883
102
87
225
1,367
777
2,511
1
5,961
Styx River
301,068
5,669
10,317
26
345
18
19
36
7,650
83
24,164
Suttor River
7,394,868
11
2,370
5,751
2,627
3,143
328
260
28
4
68
144
1,832
< 1
16,566
Thomson River
9,510,070
1,076
20,097
31,905
5,441
1,267
1,008
2,632
22
4,160
67,608
Torres Strait Islands
57,023
4,714
614
2
429
3
185
5,947
Tully River
167,593
1,829
8
4
279
380
3,127
40
53
560
6,279
Upper Burdekin River
3,622,752
206
1,047
58
2,189
350
13,038
16,555
724
21
514
102
858
47
35,708
Upper Burnett River
859,183
13
54
19
83
75
7
251
Upper Mary River
270,143
55
88
143
Wallam Creeks
4,786,303
3,257
7
365
2,454
8,556
45,664
45,792
5
3
6
106,109
Walsh River
895,828
246
103
132
5
485
Warrego River
5,216,183
516
374
1,572
1
662
8,515
4,612
2,702
55
1
329
8
19,347
Waterpark Creek
182,282
19,973
2,876
4,412
1,345
706
< 1
3,579
1,103
33,996
Watson River
469,442
3,135
3,675
3,553
1,283
480
98
12,224
Wenlock River
755,519
10,084
237
16,322
709
29
40
104
27,525
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
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) Drainage sub-basin 2013 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2013/sub-basin.html