Drainage sub-basin 2017 wetland habitat extents
Definition of drainage sub-basin
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2017 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
3,350
432,015
571,037
466,825
21,198
38
179
8,392
156
7,620
998
1,172
83,840
107,212
1,374,939
82,545
156,975
142,259
207,190
3,027
28
266,595
12,921
143,471
10,141
118,474
155,846
16,080
44
3,330
3,272
4,732
4,405,901
Albert River
78,190
3
36
< 1
62
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
507
8,281
4,806
13
3,417
466
53
5,715
325
699
24,283
Balonne River
3,823,383
15
29
1,506
195
43
865
2,492
215
2,725
163
1,809
1,465
166
169
29
11,885
Barcoo River
5,301,482
43
378
1,039
753
92
1,239
283
679
2
11
4,519
Barker & Barambah Creeks
591,904
5
32
512
549
Barratta Creek
184,660
8,787
2,109
415
62
117
89
57
9,163
2
20,801
Barron River
208,639
951
20
111
115
155
31
3
18
99
1,503
Black River
105,519
749
216
319
10
3
87
2
1,384
Bohle River
36,891
615
594
5
15
819
2,047
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
824
3
37
1,683
Bremer River
202,824
577
1
410
704
1,691
Brisbane River
701,500
47
514
193
14
850
160
1,779
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
623
413
120
2,025
21
327
4,818
Caboolture River
46,673
127
639
379
28
2,178
19
8
3,378
Calliope River
224,863
4,036
690
22
52
15
12
4
4,832
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
3,974
4,473
141
11,728
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
1,897
1,163
523
7,514
Condamine River
3,051,741
407
698
1,369
1,291
253
< 1
32
4,051
Coomera & Nerang Rivers
130,572
519
2,195
596
83
27
16
1,842
281
< 1
5,560
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
809
6
660
5,550
Dawson River
5,068,741
2,406
2,456
7
1,045
4,114
2,366
668
13,062
Diamantina River
11,911,000
111,344
12,164
3,862
586,350
19,369
2
24,141
26,917
784,148
Don River
374,512
8,177
2,083
10
53
2
6
4,124
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
1,348
2,281
377
145
19,732
Elliott River
74,063
22
665
381
552
559
209
1,044
94
1,797
5,324
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
651
55
333
146
570
8,709
7,070
81
27,989
Flinders River
5,187,311
10,852
29,966
585
2,271
172
2,011
5,007
4,038
1,496
1,831
38
49
1,706
60,022
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
2,108
14,454
73,715
Gregory River
91,049
9
233
108
28
468
70
431
261
1,607
Hann River
966,394
5,485
14,681
9,529
6,815
2,464
4,497
43,471
Haughton River
222,395
5,955
2,141
165
47
368
27
182
2,416
311
11,612
Hay
279,520
5,797
63
5,860
Herbert River
987,310
11,060
2,642
544
3,045
1,473
456
80
2,657
4,861
4
6
11
157
26,994
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
589
9
1,839
974
141
542
4,535
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
201
138
91
75
1,981
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
11,335
1,994
143
361
119
183
63,267
Lockhart River
288,360
8,750
3,457
54
853
1,273
14,387
Lockyer Creek
296,991
140
< 1
54
860
1,055
Logan River
335,676
239
1,272
506
136
5
2,510
388
5
5,062
Lower Burdekin River
1,048,562
1,963
102
48
9
13
10
582
499
3,228
Lower Burnett River
566,660
2
954
109
164
< 1
87
117
44
1,478
Lower Mary River
677,690
209
3,072
916
1,712
< 1
4,209
340
351
10,810
Macintyre Brook
432,482
87
107
23
1
218
Macintyre & Weir Rivers
1,518,300
333
1,275
3,248
47
9
111
5,022
Mackenzie River
1,305,897
150
1,539
616
2,037
59
493
4,893
Maranoa River
2,003,528
6
158
149
7
73
531
7
237
1,168
Maroochy River
153,905
915
2,352
1,056
37
4,124
1,034
288
10,214
157
1,287
21,464
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
3,365
26,889
10
12
8
94,824
Moonie River
1,465,738
28
15
465
29
10
44
166
306
349
22
15
1,451
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
1,135
306
349
3
690
7,484
Murray River
110,739
7,310
924
1,457
395
4
2,722
252
74
4
260
13,401
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
1,541
72
501
2,614
Noosa River
195,578
306
5,336
3,200
239
10
7,704
7,540
789
10,976
65
6,606
42,770
Norman River
5,066,736
14,967
50,494
6,279
1,118
58,993
611
3,278
11,067
893
4,459
152,158
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
80
1,319
746
843
44
3,032
O'connell River
238,873
10,330
2,666
738
200
205
89
14,228
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
14,255
818
19,550
84,336
Pascoe River
211,820
563
162
20
61
2
808
Pioneer River
157,452
712
43
197
102
68
69
1,191
Plane Creek
254,423
11,730
6,566
5,901
1,321
1,292
188
26,998
Proserpine River
250,002
9,554
2,757
1,392
2,641
1,210
3,194
20,748
Ross River
133,707
3,230
2,560
3
22
209
208
852
< 1
7,085
Russell River
67,063
609
3
111
57
3,719
369
19
18
883
5,787
Saxby River
1,009,107
467
348
6,868
120
32
7,836
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
1,276
6
1
191
7,808
South Pine River
43,913
151
605
307
1
492
107
1,664
Staaten River
2,570,527
2,969
15,699
17,651
2,624
1,133
6,410
46,486
Stanley River
153,605
177
122
299
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
5,962
Styx River
301,068
5,669
10,305
26
345
18
19
36
7,668
83
24,169
Suttor River
7,394,868
11
2,358
5,747
2,627
3,140
328
258
28
4
68
144
1,832
< 1
16,545
Thomson River
9,510,070
1,076
20,097
31,947
5,428
1,267
1,008
2,632
22
4,154
67,631
Torres Strait Islands
57,023
4,714
614
2
429
3
185
5,947
Tully River
167,593
1,829
8
4
278
380
3,118
40
53
560
6,268
Upper Burdekin River
3,622,752
206
1,047
58
2,190
350
13,038
16,566
724
21
514
102
858
47
35,721
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
2,451
8,538
45,650
45,752
5
3
6
106,033
Walsh River
895,828
246
103
132
5
485
Warrego River
5,216,183
516
374
1,569
1
662
8,506
4,608
2,702
55
1
329
8
19,331
Waterpark Creek
182,282
19,968
2,876
4,412
1,345
706
< 1
3,579
1,103
33,990
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 2017 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2017/sub-basin.html