Sub-basin (herb) 2017 wetland habitat extents
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2017 wetland habitat extent by sub-basin (herb) Download this table in .CSV format
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