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Sub-basin (herb) 2017 wetland habitat extents

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2017 wetland habitat extent by sub-basin (herb) metadata
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Sub-basin (herb) 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 176,636,006 3,781 488,123 599,810 460,744 26,863 8,448 156 7,554 998 1,172 79,926 106,257 1,375,774 83,023 159,022 144,545 203,961 3,044 37 268,487 13,019 157,398 10,591 123,906 159,289 15,993 45 3,463 960 746 4,507,134
Albert River 78,130 3 41 < 1 54 217 314
Alice River 1,294,283 18,308 1,092 270 3,190 22,860
Archer River 1,061,508 3,319 11,309 14,046 166 9,732 1,839 2,151 42,561
Baffle Creek 409,127 525 8,537 4,798 13 3,579 467 53 5,954 327 713 24,967
Balonne River 3,829,295 9 13 1,671 195 945 2,492 346 2,743 177 27 1,875 2,429 164 13,085
Barcoo River 5,324,188 43 41 1,039 759 48 1,256 413 697 2 11 4,308
Barker & Barambah Creeks 593,055 5 32 511 548
Barratta Creek 183,314 8,670 2,134 474 62 58 154 59 9,505 21,116
Barron River 218,831 972 23 56 116 162 28 3 23 83 1,464
Black River 105,751 772 204 398 10 3 90 2 1,479
Bohle River 36,934 620 576 5 17 754 1,972
Bowen River 945,679 113 58 80 18 3 272
Boyne & Auburn Rivers 1,300,064 10 429 48 48 536
Boyne River 249,689 2 823 829 3 37 1,694
Bremer River 202,941 577 1 410 711 1,699
Brisbane River 696,983 47 522 192 14 832 158 1,767
Bulloo River 5,186,255 20,357 506 7,401 66,408 19,204 1,173 18,308 36,281 169,638
Burrum River 121,185 93 688 569 624 411 123 2,117 22 344 4,991
Caboolture River 46,771 127 646 379 28 2,197 34 8 3,420
Calliope River 224,417 4,119 691 22 4 52 15 12 4,916
Cliffdale Creek 621,608 4,922 28,271 2 3,669 3,371 509 359 41,103
Cloncurry River 4,734,362 2,404 714 4,637 4,522 173 12,451
Coen River 320,884 643 333 22 998
Coleman River 534,071 1,071 3,388 4,989 413 59 2,889 12,808
Comet River 1,729,682 3,037 821 523 66 1,974 1,163 7,584
Condamine River 3,042,115 353 810 32 1,390 1,465 253 < 1 4,304
Coomera & Nerang Rivers 130,448 508 2,104 647 84 27 19 1,843 281 < 1 5,513
Cooper Creek 9,578,213 142,974 1,075 9,822 392,651 17,145 4 5,711 29,039 598,420
Daintree River 210,703 3,240 36 721 84 < 1 803 5 674 5,564
Dawson River 5,077,521 2,428 2,463 656 1,061 4,431 2,363 13,404
Diamantina River 11,916,978 109,333 12,164 4,212 586,545 19,384 2 25,725 27,248 784,611
Don River 373,879 7,803 2,146 10 72 18 6 4,141 14,196
Ducie River 358,320 10,909 942 4,441 3,566 30 2 19,891
Dumaresq River 432,562 6 52 17 6 272 354
Edward River 752,483 2,088 12,827 35,840 1,538 24 2,903 55,219
Eight Mile Creek 164,179 489 5,518 2,798 753 26 136 9,720
Einasleigh River 2,436,599 129 11 333 10,595 2,544 1,464 896 1,372 2,269 150 380 20,143
Elloitt River 72,818 22 668 389 500 551 212 1,105 94 1,830 5,370
Embley River 192,878 10,116 4,092 852 342 < 1 15,402
Endeavour River 218,373 2,410 296 21 614 1,288 271 31 4,931
Eyre Creek 7,179,213 159,734 18,696 18,756 298,762 330 18,992 7,286 522,556
Fitzroy River 1,143,490 9,273 1,128 658 55 333 88 620 8,927 7,133 28,214
Flinders River 5,202,845 10,895 30,126 589 2,296 172 2,001 5,096 4,038 1,486 1,832 38 64 1,749 60,382
Georgina River 7,210,414 867 2,481 27,942 7 227 17,466 3,354 52,346
Gilbert River 2,204,708 8,705 42,587 77 123 115 125 1,414 4,288 2,129 14,734 74,297
Gregory River 90,841 9 236 111 80 475 68 284 < 1 165 1,428
Hann River 955,765 5,538 14,705 9,426 6,318 2,440 4,146 42,572
Haughton River 222,052 5,935 2,238 165 47 13 676 35 222 2,042 11,373
Hay 278,335 5,798 63 5,860
Herbert River 984,532 11,081 2,559 548 3,025 1,502 482 100 2,762 5,153 11 6 12 161 27,402
Holroyd River 543,786 1,721 2,999 7,365 93 1,984 27 929 15,117
Isaac River 2,236,630 440 603 551 1,918 1,017 141 4,670
Isis River 52,633 2 42 15 155 1 108 323
Islands 4,348,785 463 79,164 32,906 2,359 988 10,059 1,474 12,712 4,482 40 28 12 144,688
Jacky Jacky Creek 296,826 22,293 3,168 2,214 255 13,175 135 1,322 42,563
Jardine River 328,218 1,418 805 2,098 16,490 337 333 21,482
Jeannie River 364,142 9,028 7,753 1,649 2,374 4,625 25,430
Kendall River 485,063 778 95 7,887 1,604 97 1,312 11,773
Kolan River 290,510 93 1,243 194 220 152 94 77 2,073
L Creek 194,943 945 43,498 71 129 601 366 318 45,927
Lagoon Creek 285,475 1,443 10,918 15 34 495 199 274 651 14,028
Lake Frome 15,074 1,535 3 1,538
Leichhardt River 3,288,492 9,600 23,348 166 10,069 6,074 11,318 2,063 143 397 129 187 63,494
Lockhart River 288,624 8,785 3,441 54 858 1,291 14,430
Lockyer Creek 300,516 140 < 1 56 897 1,093
Logan River 337,476 260 1,485 593 136 5 2,535 413 5 5,434
Lower Burdekin River 1,047,312 165 60 48 515 17 10 619 1,435
Lower Burnett River 567,165 21 959 114 167 337 117 44 1,759
Lower Mary River 676,042 221 3,300 992 1,699 < 1 4,467 379 341 11,400
Macintyre Brook 431,745 1 64 179 23 266
Macintyre & Weir Rivers 1,538,547 348 157 1,294 4,644 60 9 6,511
Mackenzie River 1,298,511 150 1,543 493 616 1,811 62 4,674
Maranoa River 2,003,850 21 11 259 149 7 239 53 531 7 1,278
Maroochy River 139,229 848 1,952 716 3 1,868 547 122 7,276 157 1,289 14,777
Mcdonald River 272,577 7,668 980 1,521 15,592 < 1 25,762
Mission River 269,901 18,898 3,805 12,115 3,584 136 145 38,683
Mitchell River 4,143,651 12,539 38,291 3,910 930 21,534 827 3,273 32,152 11 12 8 113,488
Moonie River 1,445,616 28 15 382 72 10 60 44 242 15 306 552 1,727
Morning Inlet 173,369 1,528 31,736 15 1,007 211 51 164 55 55 29 508 35,358
Mossman River 47,363 1,439 218 174 7 3 1,841
Mulgrave River 131,631 4,275 369 94 515 103 1,176 306 349 3 698 7,888
Murray River 110,712 7,713 972 1,666 419 1 2,519 269 74 4 257 13,892
Nicholson River 3,564,991 29,249 84,739 16,407 475 269 572 16 1,812 3,288 3,563 2,594 1,291 14 144,288
Nogoa River 2,769,005 223 223 526 54 1,592 72 2,688
Noosa River 195,516 305 5,256 3,211 239 10 7,683 7,462 788 10,960 65 6,282 42,260
Norman River 5,043,008 15,270 50,460 5,957 1,109 57,426 598 3,278 11,041 1,215 4,485 150,839
Normanby River 1,483,752 2,494 5,510 4,640 5,531 2,547 5,060 71 2 25,854
North Johnstone River 102,981 7 4 113 57 5 14 199
North Pine River 59,871 85 1,411 772 878 51 3,198
Olive River 205,626 3,250 697 1,000 375 1,453 415 2,142 9,332
Palmer River 833,503 2,288 171 67 716 2 3,244
Paroo River 3,654,370 14,192 4,426 16,485 8,809 7,303 14,353 819 19,711 86,098
Pascoe River 212,432 580 163 20 61 2 825
Pioneer River 396,729 11,251 2,687 949 346 267 159 15,658
Plane Creek 254,412 12,067 6,652 6,238 1,207 1,397 189 27,750
Proserpine River 250,161 9,669 2,761 1,397 2,641 1,235 3,189 20,891
Ross River 134,044 3,213 2,851 3 93 212 208 953 7,532
Russell River 66,914 575 1 112 48 2 3,808 372 19 18 906 5,861
Saxby River 1,014,681 466 350 8,310 120 44 9,291
Settlement River 112,666 893 6,936 940 1,456 292 758 11,275
Shoalwater 360,690 13,311 12,158 41 3,920 86 440 16,113 46,068
Skardon River 43,930 3,058 1,567 1,352 1,078 7,055
South Johnstone River 129,419 3,462 64 1,988 816 23 1,421 8 1 212 7,994
South Pine River 41,937 148 552 273 1 455 105 1,535
Staaten River 2,557,193 3,117 15,774 17,627 2,600 1,167 6,409 46,695
Stanley River 153,799 181 141 323
Stewart River 274,339 2,568 3,694 929 407 673 218 8,490
Styx River 301,632 5,871 10,351 26 345 101 19 36 7,747 24,496
Suttor River 7,393,568 476 34 5,551 214 3,251 2,289 257 37 4 < 1 69 159 12,340
Thomson River 9,493,011 1,035 20,840 30,483 5,452 1,150 858 2,727 33 3,377 65,955
Tully River 168,392 1,886 1 4 335 232 123 3,124 40 53 < 1 608 6,407
Upper Burdekin River 3,625,293 206 1,084 2,186 248 13,302 12,918 792 3,481 553 206 796 107 35,879
Upper Burnett River 859,271 13 54 19 85 75 7 253
Upper Mary River 270,782 56 88 144
Wallam Creeks 4,704,750 3,257 7 391 2,474 8,930 43,821 44,999 5 6 3 103,892
Walsh River 895,748 239 103 132 5 478
Warrego River 5,168,746 516 374 107 1 661 9,258 6,440 3,491 63 1 8 328 21,247
Waterpark Creek 184,150 20,208 2,878 4,416 1,345 706 < 1 3,582 1,103 34,239
Watson River 468,252 3,208 3,677 3,494 1,271 481 98 12,229
Wenlock River 752,760 10,106 237 16,300 692 29 40 104 27,508

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of sub-basins (herb).

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) Sub-basin (herb) 2017 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2017/sub-basin-herb.html

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