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Drainage basin 2021 wetland habitat extents

Definition of drainage basin

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2021 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 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 3,813 482,445 596,644 460,712 26,863 1,239 8,446 156 7,554 998 1,172 79,796 106,194 1,375,767 83,024 158,797 144,439 203,736 3,044 37 268,283 12,978 157,317 10,565 123,633 159,240 15,964 45 3,459 960 746 4,498,067
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 3,584 465 53 5,949 330 711 24,712
Balonne-Condamine 13,664,954 3,257 9 387 7 2,047 195 2,517 10,011 48,210 46,126 2,743 986 304 3,321 4,423 423 < 1 124,965
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 4,790 89 281 7,080
Boyne 249,301 2 829 834 3 37 1,706
Brisbane 1,354,920 47 522 173 731 1 1,491 1,904 4,870
Bulloo 5,203,638 20,354 504 7,401 66,405 19,204 1,173 18,447 36,282 169,771
Burdekin 13,010,930 1,965 105 206 1,559 5 48 34 7,736 461 16,648 15,025 257 37 836 4,063 86 741 792 796 107 51,508
Burnett 3,320,998 21 956 114 13 219 23 511 485 684 44 3,070
Burrum 335,101 126 1,585 1,068 1,203 1,436 402 3,646 118 2,437 12,022
Calliope 224,863 4,037 691 22 4 52 15 12 4,833
Coleman 1,278,450 3,132 16,338 40,698 1,997 83 5,770 68,019
Cooper Creek 24,386,792 144,075 20,840 31,476 16,394 394,557 18,050 3,935 6,017 33,111 2 11 668,469
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 5 672 5,592
Diamantina 11,911,000 109,355 12,162 4,096 586,512 19,385 2 25,748 27,256 784,517
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 2,390 294 81 654 1,455 255 31 5,159
Fitzroy 14,248,292 9,248 1,128 6,935 55 5,975 2,775 4,319 19,666 10,933 61,033
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 80,340
Fraser Island 165,949 2,925 516 2,074 750 3,555 28 8,506 27 18,381
Georgina 14,401,525 160,542 18,691 21,237 326,735 338 227 36,446 10,640 574,858
Gilbert 4,636,998 8,735 42,355 129 88 457 10,631 2,689 2,847 5,132 3,535 17,006 150 380 94,133
Haughton 407,055 14,751 4,443 639 109 23 734 187 281 11,664 32,831
Hay 279,520 5,797 63 5,860
Herbert 987,310 11,164 2,577 543 3,028 1,545 483 100 2,775 5,153 11 6 12 161 27,559
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 1 226 8,175
Kolan 290,501 93 1,229 194 206 144 90 75 2,032
Lake Frome 15,184 1,535 3 1,538
Leichhardt 3,288,217 9,695 23,343 143 1,118 10,051 6,073 11,333 2,006 143 367 120 185 64,578
Lockhart 288,360 8,750 3,457 54 853 1,273 14,387
Logan-Albert 413,866 269 1,348 449 136 6 2,559 628 5 5,400
Maroochy 153,905 920 2,359 1,045 37 4,033 1,015 293 10,066 157 1,270 21,195
Mary 947,833 221 3,081 918 1,717 < 1 4,523 466 361 11,288
Mitchell 7,162,243 12,660 38,125 3,982 981 42,453 2,057 3,712 36,220 11 12 15 140,226
Moonie 1,465,738 28 15 380 29 10 22 44 248 15 306 551 1,651
Moreton Bay Islands 57,057 188 6,430 635 248 239 1,961 777 3,364 217 28 14,087
Morning 368,867 2,485 75,355 38 116 1,007 272 178 765 55 55 403 825 81,555
Mornington Island 99,830 3,312 8,419 695 363 17 12,807
Mossman 46,574 1,430 218 169 2 < 1 1,819
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 1,663 421 1 2,596 265 74 4 264 13,452
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 7,706 7,540 789 10,949 65 6,263 42,397
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 19,676 84,586
Pine 148,279 360 2,562 1,423 30 3,494 191 8 8,067
Pioneer 157,470 713 31 197 104 68 69 1,182
Plane 254,423 11,770 6,598 6,175 1,207 1,396 189 27,335
Proserpine 250,002 9,553 2,762 1,412 2,659 1,235 3,189 20,810
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 130,572 527 2,392 387 82 27 7 1,832 281 < 1 5,536
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 10,331 26 344 101 19 36 7,757 24,285
Torres Strait Islands 57,023 4,713 614 2 429 3 185 5,946
Tully 167,593 1,885 1 4 335 232 123 3,036 44 53 < 1 600 6,313
Warrego 5,216,183 500 374 1,565 1 661 9,262 4,576 2,665 57 1 8 323 19,994
Waterpark 182,282 19,968 2,916 4,412 1,345 706 < 1 3,579 1,103 34,030
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
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 2021 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat/basin.html

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