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Drainage sub-basin 2013 wetland habitat extents

Definition of drainage sub-basin

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2013 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 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 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2013/sub-basin.html

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