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Drainage sub-basin 2017 wetland habitat extents

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2017 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 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 3,429 434,829 583,358 460,743 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 37 267,517 12,935 157,084 10,589 123,466 159,239 15,965 45 3,462 960 746 4,435,147
Albert River 78,190 3 35 < 1 62 223 323
Alice River 1,292,574 18,285 1,092 275 3,194 22,846
Archer River 1,068,849 3,412 11,309 14,030 169 9,699 1,836 2,141 42,596
Baffle Creek 407,766 525 8,286 4,796 13 3,591 467 53 5,962 330 713 24,735
Balonne River 3,823,383 9 13 1,678 195 43 945 2,492 384 2,743 171 29 1,875 2,428 164 13,167
Barcoo River 5,301,482 43 41 1,039 759 48 1,256 283 695 2 11 4,176
Barker & Barambah Creeks 591,904 5 32 511 548
Barratta Creek 184,660 8,792 2,156 474 62 58 154 59 9,507 21,261
Barron River 208,639 967 23 111 118 162 32 3 26 83 1,525
Black River 105,519 762 203 361 9 3 91 2 1,433
Bohle River 36,891 617 576 5 15 754 1,967
Bowen River 944,748 113 58 80 18 3 272
Boyne & Auburn Rivers 1,303,251 10 429 48 48 536
Boyne River 249,301 2 829 835 3 37 1,706
Bremer River 202,824 577 1 410 711 1,699
Brisbane River 701,500 47 517 193 14 850 160 1,781
Bulloo River 5,203,638 20,357 506 7,401 66,408 19,204 1,173 18,438 36,281 169,768
Burrum River 119,898 93 649 556 624 411 123 2,106 22 333 4,916
Caboolture River 46,673 127 639 379 28 2,200 34 8 3,415
Calliope River 224,863 4,036 691 22 4 52 15 12 4,832
Cliffdale Creek 622,991 4,860 28,697 2 3,678 3,369 509 354 41,469
Cloncurry River 4,733,390 2,420 714 4,671 4,522 173 12,500
Coen River 311,186 628 353 22 1,003
Coleman River 521,726 1,080 3,515 4,491 446 59 2,864 12,455
Comet River 1,727,489 3,037 821 523 66 1,974 1,163 7,584
Condamine River 3,051,741 353 810 32 1,390 1,465 253 < 1 4,304
Coomera & Nerang Rivers 130,572 508 2,123 647 84 27 19 1,843 281 < 1 5,534
Cooper Creek 9,575,241 142,973 1,075 9,822 392,651 17,145 4 5,711 29,039 598,420
Curtis Island 57,804 27 6,363 8,038 196 21 728 15,373
Daintree River 210,458 3,256 36 721 84 < 1 818 5 674 5,595
Dawson River 5,068,741 2,428 2,463 656 1,061 4,395 2,363 13,367
Diamantina River 11,911,000 109,354 12,164 4,096 586,515 19,384 2 25,747 27,252 784,513
Don River 374,512 8,177 2,138 10 84 18 6 4,154 14,587
Ducie River 357,911 10,958 942 4,503 3,566 30 2 20,001
Dumaresq River 431,196 6 52 17 6 272 354
Edward River 756,724 2,052 12,823 36,208 1,551 24 2,906 55,564
Eight Mile Creek 162,505 490 4,908 2,792 759 27 144 9,121
Einasleigh River 2,435,365 129 11 333 10,523 2,601 1,464 896 1,420 2,282 150 380 20,189
Elliott River 74,063 22 664 388 552 559 210 1,061 94 1,825 5,375
Embley River 191,482 10,042 4,092 866 342 < 1 15,343
Endeavour River 218,630 2,390 296 81 654 1,455 255 31 5,161
Eyre Creek 7,155,781 159,671 18,696 18,756 296,528 330 19,033 7,282 520,296
Fitzroy River 1,143,110 9,248 1,128 658 55 333 88 620 8,925 7,133 28,187
Flinders River 5,187,311 10,852 29,966 589 2,280 172 1,969 4,978 4,038 1,486 1,832 38 64 1,749 60,013
Fraser Island 165,949 2,925 516 2,074 750 3,555 28 8,506 27 18,381
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 77 123 115 125 1,382 4,237 2,115 14,724 73,989
Gregory River 91,049 9 233 108 28 468 70 437 < 1 263 1,615
Hann River 966,394 5,489 14,711 9,536 6,808 2,464 4,497 43,504
Haughton River 222,395 5,959 2,288 165 47 23 676 35 222 2,169 11,584
Hay 279,520 5,797 63 5,860
Herbert River 987,310 11,164 2,577 543 3,028 1,550 483 100 2,763 5,153 11 6 12 161 27,552
Hinchinbrook Island 39,692 7,735 358 167 12 299 11 8,582
Holroyd River 532,582 992 1,876 6,843 93 1,971 29 868 12,671
Isaac River 2,232,467 440 598 551 1,918 1,017 141 4,665
Isis River 50,091 2 39 16 47 1 15 120
Jacky Jacky Creek 297,162 22,203 3,168 2,151 255 13,268 135 1,327 42,508
Jardine River 327,317 1,410 812 1,995 16,503 337 328 21,385
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 93 1,229 194 208 144 91 77 2,037
L Creek 195,863 975 43,283 71 129 601 366 318 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 23,343 143 10,051 6,073 11,335 2,006 143 367 120 185 63,461
Lockhart River 288,360 8,750 3,457 54 853 1,273 14,387
Lockyer Creek 296,991 140 < 1 54 897 1,092
Logan River 335,676 260 1,269 500 136 5 2,509 406 5 5,090
Lower Burdekin River 1,048,562 1,965 105 48 503 17 10 582 3,230
Lower Burnett River 566,660 21 957 114 167 337 117 44 1,758
Lower Mary River 677,690 221 3,081 918 1,718 < 1 4,476 379 361 11,154
Macintyre Brook 432,482 1 64 179 23 266
Macintyre & Weir Rivers 1,518,300 348 157 1,292 4,644 60 9 6,510
Mackenzie River 1,305,897 150 1,547 493 616 1,847 62 4,715
Maranoa River 2,003,528 21 6 259 149 7 237 53 531 7 1,271
Maroochy River 153,905 922 2,359 1,047 37 4,070 1,051 294 10,059 157 1,289 21,284
Mcdonald River 273,439 7,660 986 1,640 15,540 < 1 25,827
Mission River 266,896 18,855 3,805 11,896 3,567 136 145 38,404
Mitchell River 4,131,477 12,660 38,125 3,984 985 21,513 794 3,201 32,164 11 12 8 113,456
Moonie River 1,465,738 28 15 380 29 10 22 44 248 15 306 552 1,652
Moreton Island 17,858 117 161 14 422 833 1,547
Morning Inlet 173,004 1,510 32,072 38 1,007 202 49 164 55 55 37 508 35,696
Mornington Island 99,830 3,312 8,419 695 363 17 12,807
Mossman River 46,574 1,430 218 170 2 < 1 1,821
Mulgrave River 131,677 4,270 369 38 514 103 1,165 306 349 3 697 7,815
Murray River 110,739 7,239 925 1,666 421 1 2,600 265 74 4 264 13,458
Nicholson River 3,574,411 29,256 84,513 16,434 475 271 555 16 1,869 3,288 3,586 2,603 1,293 14 144,173
Nogoa River 2,770,589 223 223 526 54 1,592 72 2,688
Noosa River 195,578 305 5,335 3,196 239 10 7,712 7,540 789 10,979 65 6,273 42,443
Norman River 5,066,736 14,965 50,494 5,957 1,109 58,993 610 3,278 11,065 1,215 4,484 152,170
Normanby River 1,472,192 2,473 5,510 4,508 5,059 2,521 4,709 71 2 24,853
North Johnstone River 103,100 7 4 104 49 5 14 182
North Pine River 57,693 83 1,321 737 843 47 3,030
O'connell River 238,854 10,322 2,642 750 241 199 89 14,243
Olive river 205,474 3,218 697 1,063 361 1,454 415 2,142 9,350
Palmer River 842,363 2,409 171 134 730 2 3,445
Paroo River 3,523,770 14,192 4,426 16,485 7,351 7,302 14,336 819 19,678 84,588
Pascoe River 211,820 563 162 20 61 2 808
Pioneer River 157,470 714 31 197 104 68 69 1,184
Plane Creek 254,423 11,771 6,599 6,238 1,207 1,397 189 27,400
Proserpine River 250,002 9,553 2,760 1,399 2,641 1,235 3,189 20,778
Ross River 133,707 3,227 2,796 3 82 212 208 849 7,377
Russell River 67,063 608 1 114 57 2 3,827 372 19 18 907 5,924
Saxby River 1,009,107 467 348 6,861 120 32 7,828
Settlement River 106,685 893 5,964 776 1,389 278 595 9,894
Shoalwater 359,579 12,929 12,027 41 3,920 86 444 16,113 45,559
Skardon River 43,201 3,057 1,554 1,335 1,024 6,970
South Johnstone River 128,680 3,461 64 1,988 816 23 1,421 8 1 213 7,994
South Pine River 43,913 151 605 307 1 491 110 1,665
Staaten River 2,570,527 2,969 15,699 17,684 2,623 1,133 6,417 46,525
Stanley River 153,605 181 141 323
Stewart River 275,475 2,558 3,664 957 390 674 218 8,461
Stradbroke Islands 29,106 11 885 66 87 225 1,380 777 2,509 1 5,940
Styx River 301,068 5,669 10,326 26 345 101 19 36 7,747 24,270
Suttor River 7,394,868 476 34 5,551 214 3,249 2,289 257 37 4 < 1 69 159 12,338
Thomson River 9,510,070 1,076 20,840 30,483 5,568 1,152 858 2,729 22 3,376 66,104
Torres Strait Islands 57,023 4,713 614 2 429 3 185 5,946
Tully River 167,593 1,885 1 4 335 232 123 3,043 44 53 < 1 600 6,321
Upper Burdekin River 3,622,752 206 1,084 2,186 248 13,305 12,803 780 3,479 553 206 796 107 35,754
Upper Burnett River 859,183 13 54 19 85 75 7 253
Upper Mary River 270,143 56 88 144
Wallam Creeks 4,786,303 3,257 7 391 2,474 8,930 45,634 45,805 5 6 3 106,510
Walsh River 895,828 246 103 132 5 485
Warrego River 5,216,183 516 374 1,565 1 662 9,275 4,628 2,720 63 1 8 328 20,140
Waterpark Creek 182,282 19,968 2,916 4,415 1,345 706 < 1 3,579 1,103 34,034
Watson River 469,442 3,136 3,677 3,522 1,283 481 98 12,197
Wenlock River 755,519 10,084 237 16,460 709 29 40 104 27,664
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
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 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2017/sub-basin.html

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