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Drainage basin 2019 wetland habitat extents

Definition of drainage basin

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2019 wetland habitat extent by drainage basin metadata
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Drainage 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 172,970,898 3,778 481,738 597,364 460,743 26,863 8,447 156 7,554 998 1,172 79,926 106,229 1,375,769 83,022 158,897 144,523 203,905 3,044 37 268,337 12,982 157,389 10,574 123,788 159,238 15,976 45 3,462 960 746 4,497,663
Arafura Sea 26,297 3,748 4,880 194 47 8 8,877
Archer 1,380,035 3,412 11,309 14,658 169 10,052 1,858 2,141 43,599
Baffle 407,766 524 8,286 4,796 13 3,591 467 53 5,955 330 712 24,727
Balonne-Condamine 13,664,954 3,257 9 387 7 2,047 195 2,517 10,034 48,255 46,155 2,743 986 304 3,322 4,424 423 < 1 125,065
Barron 219,333 967 23 111 118 162 32 3 26 83 1,525
Black 105,519 762 203 360 9 3 91 2 1,432
Border Rivers 2,381,978 348 164 1,408 4,801 89 281 7,090
Boyne 249,301 2 829 835 3 37 1,706
Brisbane 1,354,920 47 511 189 731 1 1,494 1,905 4,879
Bulloo 5,203,638 20,357 506 7,401 66,408 19,204 1,173 18,438 36,281 169,768
Burdekin 13,010,930 1,965 105 206 1,559 48 34 7,736 461 16,661 15,092 257 37 842 4,063 86 741 792 796 107 51,587
Burnett 3,320,998 21 957 114 13 219 23 515 490 684 44 3,080
Burrum 335,101 126 1,585 1,068 1,204 1,437 402 3,649 118 2,436 12,024
Calliope 224,863 4,036 691 22 4 52 15 12 4,832
Coleman 1,278,450 3,132 16,338 40,699 1,997 83 5,770 68,019
Cooper Creek 24,386,792 144,092 20,840 31,598 16,429 394,557 18,050 3,989 6,016 33,110 2 11 668,694
Coral Sea 140,549 185 38,144 8,171 576 82 220 216 15 1 47,609
Curtis Island 57,804 27 6,363 8,038 196 21 728 15,373
Daintree 210,458 3,256 36 721 84 < 1 818 5 674 5,594
Diamantina 11,911,000 109,354 12,164 4,096 586,515 19,384 2 25,747 27,252 784,513
Don 374,512 8,177 2,138 10 84 18 6 4,143 14,575
Ducie 674,551 21,676 3,482 7,477 20,130 31 2 52,798
Embley 458,378 28,897 7,897 12,751 3,909 136 146 53,736
Endeavour 218,630 2,390 296 81 654 1,455 255 31 5,161
Fitzroy 14,248,292 9,248 1,128 6,935 55 5,979 2,833 4,321 19,680 10,934 61,113
Flinders 10,929,807 10,852 29,966 589 5,166 886 6,988 16,360 4,159 1,691 1,832 38 64 1,749 80,341
Fraser Island 165,949 2,925 516 2,074 750 3,555 28 8,506 27 18,381
Georgina 14,401,525 160,538 18,696 21,237 326,733 338 227 36,446 10,638 574,853
Gilbert 4,636,998 8,735 42,355 129 88 457 10,639 2,726 2,847 5,132 3,535 17,006 150 380 94,177
Haughton 407,055 14,751 4,443 639 109 23 734 190 281 11,664 32,834
Hay 279,520 5,797 63 5,860
Herbert 987,310 11,164 2,577 543 3,028 1,546 483 100 2,776 5,153 11 6 12 161 27,561
Hinchinbrook Island 39,692 7,735 358 167 12 299 11 8,582
Holroyd 1,030,690 2,473 3,094 15,257 93 3,574 125 2,206 26,823
Jacky Jacky 297,162 22,203 3,168 2,151 255 13,268 135 1,327 42,508
Jardine 327,317 1,410 812 1,995 16,503 337 328 21,385
Jeannie 362,572 8,966 7,745 1,589 2,334 4,458 25,094
Johnstone 231,781 3,468 64 4 1,988 919 23 1,469 12 1 227 8,175
Kolan 290,501 93 1,229 194 208 144 91 75 2,035
Lake Frome 15,184 1,535 3 1,538
Leichhardt 3,288,217 9,695 23,343 143 10,051 6,073 11,335 2,006 143 367 120 185 63,461
Lockhart 288,360 8,750 3,457 54 853 1,273 14,387
Logan-Albert 413,866 262 1,304 500 136 6 2,569 628 5 5,410
Maroochy 153,905 920 2,359 1,046 37 4,038 1,016 293 10,108 157 1,282 21,256
Mary 947,833 221 3,081 918 1,718 < 1 4,528 467 361 11,294
Mitchell 7,162,243 12,660 38,125 3,984 985 42,453 2,057 3,712 36,220 11 12 15 140,233
Moonie 1,465,738 28 15 380 29 10 22 44 248 15 306 552 1,652
Moreton Bay Islands 57,057 177 6,047 1,038 248 239 1,961 778 3,364 217 28 14,096
Morning 368,867 2,485 75,355 38 1,007 272 178 765 55 55 403 825 81,439
Mornington Island 99,830 3,312 8,419 695 363 17 12,807
Mossman 46,574 1,430 218 170 2 < 1 1,821
Mulgrave-Russell 198,740 4,878 370 38 628 160 2 4,993 679 368 21 1,603 13,738
Murray 110,739 7,239 925 1,664 421 1 2,597 265 74 4 264 13,453
Nicholson 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
Noosa 195,578 305 5,335 3,196 239 10 7,710 7,540 789 10,970 65 6,265 42,424
Norman 5,066,736 14,965 50,490 5,957 1,109 58,988 610 3,278 11,065 1,215 4,484 152,162
Normanby 2,438,587 7,962 20,221 14,043 11,867 4,985 9,206 71 2 68,357
O'Connell 238,854 10,322 2,641 749 241 199 89 14,242
Olive-Pascoe 417,294 3,782 860 1,063 381 1,515 416 2,142 10,158
Paroo 3,523,770 14,192 4,426 16,485 7,351 7,302 14,336 819 19,678 84,588
Pine 148,279 360 2,562 1,423 30 3,522 191 8 8,095
Pioneer 157,470 713 31 197 104 68 69 1,182
Plane 254,423 11,771 6,598 6,226 1,207 1,396 189 27,386
Proserpine 250,002 9,553 2,762 1,382 2,659 1,235 3,189 20,781
Ross 170,598 3,845 3,372 3 87 212 223 1,603 9,344
Settlement 1,188,868 7,626 50,659 17 34 7,901 5,778 1,101 1,905 75,022
Shoalwater 359,579 12,929 12,027 41 3,920 86 444 16,113 45,559
South Coast 130,572 510 2,122 644 82 27 19 1,838 281 < 1 5,525
Staaten 2,570,527 2,969 15,699 17,683 2,623 1,133 6,417 46,524
Stewart 275,475 2,558 3,664 957 390 674 218 8,461
Styx 301,068 5,669 10,321 26 345 101 19 36 7,751 24,269
Torres Strait Islands 57,023 4,713 614 2 429 3 185 5,946
Tully 167,593 1,885 1 4 335 232 123 3,037 44 53 < 1 600 6,314
Warrego 5,216,183 516 374 1,565 1 661 9,262 4,625 2,704 57 1 8 323 20,098
Waterpark 182,282 19,968 2,916 4,412 1,345 706 < 1 3,579 1,103 34,031
Watson 469,442 3,136 3,677 3,522 1,283 481 98 12,197
Wenlock 755,519 10,084 237 16,460 709 29 40 104 27,664
Whitsunday Island 10,687 522 56 16 593

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of drainage 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 basin 2019 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2019/basin.html

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