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Drainage basin 2019 wetland habitat extents

Definition of drainage basin

based on wetland mapping version 6.0 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 LA16a LA16b LA17 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 3,685 479,120 584,917 466,825 21,198 38 179 1,239 8,392 156 7,620 998 1,172 83,839 107,212 1,374,939 82,544 156,852 142,237 207,134 3,027 28 267,433 12,968 143,793 10,126 118,883 155,852 16,092 44 3,329 3,272 4,730 4,469,872
Arafura Sea 26,297 3,748 4,880 194 47 8 8,877
Archer 1,380,035 3,412 11,309 14,658 169 10,042 1,858 2,141 43,589
Baffle 407,766 506 8,281 4,806 13 3,416 466 53 5,706 325 699 24,273
Balonne-Condamine 13,664,954 3,257 15 436 7 1,877 195 2,494 9,462 48,272 45,934 2,725 866 3,253 3,286 426 < 1 169 304 122,979
Barron 219,333 951 20 111 115 155 31 3 18 99 1,503
Black 105,519 749 216 318 10 3 87 2 1,384
Border Rivers 2,381,978 333 1,405 3,364 75 281 118 5,576
Boyne 249,301 2 817 824 3 37 1,683
Brisbane 1,354,920 47 512 189 731 1 1,489 1,842 4,812
Bulloo 5,203,638 20,086 483 6,609 66,733 18,947 1,173 18,183 37,399 169,613
Burdekin 13,010,930 1,963 102 206 1,057 5 48 2,415 7,937 2,978 16,302 16,895 258 28 780 30 81 687 688 2,690 626 55,776
Burnett 3,320,998 2 954 109 13 216 < 1 23 511 243 683 44 2,799
Burrum 335,101 124 1,580 1,058 1,203 1,440 399 3,548 116 2,401 11,868
Calliope 224,863 4,036 690 22 52 15 12 4 4,832
Coleman 1,278,450 3,045 15,744 40,699 1,997 83 5,760 67,328
Cooper Creek 24,386,792 144,217 20,097 33,170 17,832 393,585 16,075 3,871 5,581 34,211 2 11 668,652
Coral Sea 140,549 183 38,143 8,177 572 81 235 2 216 14 1 47,623
Curtis Island 57,804 27 6,360 8,038 21 728 15,173
Daintree 210,458 3,239 36 718 82 < 1 809 6 658 5,547
Diamantina 11,911,000 111,344 12,164 3,862 586,350 19,369 2 24,141 26,917 784,148
Don 374,512 8,177 2,083 10 53 2 6 4,124 37 14,492
Ducie 674,551 21,638 3,540 7,305 19,351 30 2 51,866
Embley 458,378 28,897 7,897 12,422 3,908 136 146 53,407
Endeavour 218,630 2,389 296 81 652 1,455 254 31 5,158
Fitzroy 14,248,292 9,246 1,128 6,906 55 5,967 162 4,183 19,244 10,871 2,806 60,567
Flinders 10,929,807 10,852 29,966 585 5,163 886 6,334 16,347 4,159 1,669 1,832 38 49 1,706 79,586
Fraser Island 165,949 2,925 516 2,071 750 4,551 28 8,505 27 19,372
Georgina 14,401,525 160,516 18,696 21,237 326,714 338 227 36,462 10,626 574,816
Gilbert 4,636,998 8,735 42,355 129 88 460 10,489 2,675 2,648 5,157 3,456 16,735 377 145 93,447
Haughton 407,055 14,742 4,250 580 109 486 116 239 11,567 312 32,401
Hay 279,520 5,797 63 5,860
Herbert 987,310 11,060 2,642 544 3,045 1,469 456 80 2,670 4,861 4 6 11 157 27,002
Hinchinbrook Island 39,692 7,735 354 158 13 322 11 8,593
Holroyd 1,030,690 2,473 3,094 15,257 93 3,574 125 2,206 26,823
Jacky Jacky 297,162 22,205 3,168 2,209 257 13,324 135 1,179 42,477
Jardine 327,317 1,149 1,198 1,725 15,322 225 328 19,946
Jeannie 362,572 8,966 7,745 1,589 2,334 4,458 25,094
Johnstone 231,781 3,448 64 4 2,008 902 23 1,313 6 1 194 7,962
Kolan 290,501 83 1,220 173 201 137 91 75 1,981
Lake Frome 15,184 1,535 3 1,538
Leichhardt 3,288,217 9,695 23,343 17 141 1,118 10,054 5,882 11,335 1,994 143 361 119 183 64,386
Lockhart 288,360 8,750 3,457 54 853 1,273 14,387
Logan-Albert 413,866 242 1,308 506 136 6 2,570 606 5 5,379
Maroochy 153,905 913 2,352 1,055 37 4,092 1,000 287 10,263 157 1,280 21,437
Mary 947,833 209 3,072 916 1,712 < 1 4,263 428 351 10,952
Mitchell 7,162,243 10,604 26,417 3,982 984 43,166 1,834 3,876 30,224 10 12 15 121,124
Moonie 1,465,738 28 15 465 29 10 44 166 306 349 22 15 1,451
Moreton Bay Islands 57,057 165 6,237 932 248 239 1,947 778 3,366 209 27 14,148
Morning 368,867 2,485 75,355 21 38 116 12 1,007 272 195 782 34 38 379 808 81,543
Mornington Island 99,830 3,312 8,419 695 363 17 12,807
Mossman 46,574 1,429 213 163 2 < 1 1,807
Mulgrave-Russell 198,740 4,721 250 38 612 159 4,853 676 368 20 1,572 13,270
Murray 110,739 7,310 924 1,455 395 4 2,720 252 74 4 259 13,397
Nicholson 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
Noosa 195,578 306 5,336 3,200 239 10 7,702 7,540 789 10,973 65 6,598 42,757
Norman 5,066,736 14,967 50,490 6,279 1,118 58,988 611 3,278 11,067 893 4,459 152,150
Normanby 2,438,587 7,958 20,180 14,037 11,873 4,985 9,206 71 2 68,312
O'Connell 238,873 10,330 2,666 737 200 205 89 14,227
Olive-Pascoe 417,294 3,782 860 1,063 383 1,515 416 2,142 10,160
Paroo 3,523,770 18,636 16,468 7,346 7,261 14,255 818 19,550 84,336
Pine 148,279 357 2,560 1,431 30 3,505 170 8 8,061
Pioneer 157,452 711 43 197 102 68 69 1,190
Plane 254,423 11,730 6,566 5,892 1,321 1,291 188 26,988
Proserpine 250,002 9,554 2,759 1,375 2,659 1,210 3,194 20,751
Ross 170,598 3,844 3,154 3 27 209 223 1,672 < 1 9,132
Settlement 1,188,868 7,626 50,659 19 34 7,901 5,778 1,099 1,905 75,022
Shoalwater 359,579 12,920 12,014 38 10 86 438 20,037 < 1 45,542
South Coast 130,572 519 2,195 596 82 27 16 1,837 281 < 1 5,553
Staaten 2,570,527 2,969 15,699 17,650 2,624 1,133 6,411 46,485
Stewart 275,475 2,538 3,861 957 298 674 183 8,512
Styx 301,068 5,669 10,305 26 345 18 19 36 7,668 83 24,169
Torres Strait Islands 57,023 4,714 614 2 429 3 185 5,947
Tully 167,593 1,829 8 4 278 380 3,111 40 53 560 6,262
Warrego 5,216,183 516 374 1,569 1 661 8,493 4,606 2,685 50 1 324 8 19,288
Waterpark 182,282 19,968 2,875 4,412 1,345 706 < 1 3,579 1,103 33,990
Watson 469,442 3,135 3,675 3,553 1,283 480 98 12,224
Wenlock 755,519 10,084 237 16,322 709 29 40 104 27,525
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
LA16a Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake
LA16b Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake
LA17 Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated 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 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat/basin.html

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