Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment 2021 wetland habitat extents
Definition of Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2021 wetland habitat extent by Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment Download this table in .CSV format
WQIP catchment
Total areaha )
Wetland area by habitat
Totalha )
INT01a
INT01b
INT02
LA15
LA17
LC06
LC07
LC08a
LC09
PA10
PA11a
PA11c
PA12a
PA12c
PA12d
PA13
PC02a
PC02b
PC02c
PC02d
PC04a
PC04c
PC04d
PC04e
PC05
XX99-P-A
XX99-P-C
Total
42,620,437
1,013
231,105
109,085
1,559
5
7,697
156
4,953
164
34
7,701
461
16,996
18,008
257
37
54,560
3,247
53,986
5,528
65,975
74,383
7,660
34
3,446
796
351
669,200
Abbot Bay catchments (Burdekin) 118,919
1,674
1,119
10
6
999
3,808
Alligator Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 20,918
916
124
204
70
48
1,361
Allingham Creek (Burdekin) 109,324
72
90
1,884
223
2,269
Andromache River (Mackay Whitsunday) 40,599
66
2
26
95
Annan River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 1,883
536
196
5
< 1
738
Annan River - lower, outside National Park (incl. Esk River, Hardwicke Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 18,005
24
8
44
6
81
Annan River - upper (above gorge) outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 35,739
< 1
2
10
12
Annie River, Saltwater Creek and Fifteen Mile Creek (Eastern Cape York) 269,719
2
62
3,671
566
1,753
846
6,901
Baffle (Burnett Mary) 408,475
524
8,139
4,769
13
3,562
465
53
5,937
327
711
24,500
Bakers Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,822
815
153
20
101
113
164
1,366
Balclutha Creek (Eastern Cape York) 42,008
8
21
141
135
133
438
Barratta Creek (Burdekin) 116,808
1,376
398
22
10
132
22
2,308
4,268
Barron (Wet Tropics) 218,801
947
23
56
116
162
28
3
23
83
1,439
Basalt River (Burdekin) 286,199
222
2,551
52
2,825
Bathurst and Ninian Bays (Eastern Cape York) 24,974
3
4
7
Bathurst Bay draining creeks (incl. Muck River) (Eastern Cape York) 53,352
747
1,077
240
2,065
Belyando floodplain (Burdekin) 203,024
2,300
8
86
800
6
3,199
Black River (Burdekin) 147,723
1,366
601
442
11
3
125
704
2
1
3,255
Blackrock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 23,930
1,324
298
19
11
3
1,656
Blacks Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 71,090
0
Bogie River (Burdekin) 227,541
12
41
2
5
59
Bowen River (Burdekin) 113,792
14
14
3
31
Boyne River (Fitzroy) 249,748
2
831
835
3
37
1,708
Broken River (Burdekin) 228,731
0
Burdekin Delta (Burdekin) 113,151
7,175
1,804
452
62
83
24
38
7,780
17,418
Burdekin River (below Dam) (Burdekin) 146,880
16
380
3
2
16
416
Burdekin River (Blue Range) (Burdekin) 272,356
276
13
289
Burdekin River (Dam) (Burdekin) 370,188
120
107
227
Burnett (Burnett Mary) 3,319,539
21
957
114
13
219
23
511
485
684
44
3,071
Burrum (Burnett Mary) 337,174
126
1,499
1,061
1,204
1,436
402
3,655
118
2,448
11,949
Callide Creek (Fitzroy) 766,479
25
18
29
166
572
2
811
Calliope River (Fitzroy) 217,716
2,425
690
22
4
52
15
12
3,220
Camel Creek (Burdekin) 157,869
15
3
84
13
114
Campaspe River (Burdekin) 674,667
33
102
640
279
1,054
Cape Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 15,032
2,765
2,065
1,026
91
16
5,963
Cape Flattery dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 25,028
106
288
741
523
1,365
3,022
Cape River (Burdekin) 913,940
465
897
17
775
136
2,290
Carmichael River (Burdekin) 978,227
34
874
47
803
122
37
1,917
Carmilla Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 12,734
367
181
49
18
14
629
Chester River (incl. Scrubby Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 27,577
< 1
2
46
92
19
159
Clarke River (Burdekin) 646,961
23
2,168
156
2,348
Claudie River (incl. Deep, Swamp creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 15,927
155
11
60
225
Coastal creeks and dunes (north of Nesbit) (Eastern Cape York) 44,836
489
289
400
722
1,900
Coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 48,061
400
22
18
2,903
14
3,358
Coastal dunes north shore of Endeavour River (Eastern Cape York) 5,863
21
1
148
171
Comet River (Fitzroy) 1,729,049
3,037
819
512
66
1,974
1,163
7,572
Connors River (Fitzroy) 952,700
73
102
698
399
134
1,406
Constant Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,516
2,590
518
49
119
16
60
3,352
Curtis Island (Fitzroy) 58,456
27
6,457
8,085
196
21
728
15,514
Daintree (Wet Tropics) 210,670
3,238
36
721
84
< 1
803
5
672
5,558
Deighton River (Eastern Cape York) 67,273
10
64
< 1
16
91
Diamond Creek (Burdekin) 213,725
5
1
11
17
Don River (Burdekin) 120,812
869
271
37
65
1,242
Douglas Creek (Burdekin) 122,846
5
< 1
6
Dry River (Burdekin) 202,310
1
857
2,556
239
3,653
Eden Lassie Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,000
1,319
768
59
8
2,153
Endeavour River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 2,257
1,273
20
85
4
1,383
Endeavour River - lower (incl. Cameron, Poison creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 24,037
52
4
193
226
73
547
Endeavour River - north branch (incl. Isabella, Mango Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 18,019
88
88
Endeavour River - right branch (Eastern Cape York) 38,771
270
784
1,054
Endeavour River - south branch (Eastern Cape York) 14,720
0
Escape River (Eastern Cape York) 32,685
431
25
144
14
3,056
345
4,015
Estuaries draining into Temple Bay, Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York) 4,110
2,790
674
4
3,468
Estuaries (incl. Jacky Jacky, Escape, Harmer) (Eastern Cape York) 26,482
20,948
3,086
< 1
161
18
7
24,221
Estuaries (incl. Stewart, Rocky, other estuaries) (Eastern Cape York) 9,927
2,544
3,659
28
95
12
35
6,373
Fanning River (Burdekin) 110,772
95
101
196
Fitzroy River (Fitzroy) 1,133,947
8,135
798
658
55
332
85
621
8,924
6,406
26,015
Flaggy Rock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,893
343
293
128
763
Fox Creek (Burdekin) 320,794
473
178
9
2
663
Gillinbin Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 13,107
331
93
1,581
13
96
2,114
Glenmore Creek (Burdekin) 160,911
54
54
Glennie Creek (Eastern Cape York) 36,334
10
234
244
Goanna, Breakfast, Whiphandle creeks (Eastern Cape York) 56,201
0
< 1
255
< 1
15
271
Gorge, Running creeks (Eastern Cape York) 41,345
7
13
121
175
528
168
1,011
Gray Creek (Burdekin) 169,505
85
7
92
Gregory River (Mackay Whitsunday) 31,028
1,478
672
171
47
2,367
Hann Creek (Burdekin) 185,299
2
1
4
Hann Creek (Eastern Cape York) 28,672
0
Harmer, Little Harmer Creeks (Eastern Cape York) 108,898
159
< 1
181
22
1,353
397
2,113
Haughton River (Burdekin) 232,550
6,341
3,518
165
47
87
834
34
368
2,682
14,077
Herbert (Wet Tropics) 984,235
11,023
2,557
548
3,025
1,497
482
100
2,774
5,153
11
6
12
161
27,349
Hinchinbrook Island (Wet Tropics) 39,543
7,581
358
166
12
299
11
8,426
Indian Bay (Eastern Cape York) 863
0
Jack River and Beattie Creek (Eastern Cape York) 148,352
801
375
617
170
1,963
Jacky Jacky Creek (Eastern Cape York) 31,041
23
23
169
4,738
117
278
5,348
Jeannie estuaries (incl. Horwick, Starcke, Dead Dog and other estuaries) (Eastern Cape York) 9,543
5,248
3,282
0
< 1
0
8,530
Jeannie River (Eastern Cape York) 46,942
35
65
10
18
128
Johnstone (Wet Tropics) 232,153
3,466
64
4
1,987
929
23
1,491
12
1
245
8,221
Kangaroo River and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 28,105
9
4
4
281
297
Keelbottom Creek (Burdekin) 164,284
90
15
104
Kennedy Inlet / Newcastle Bay (Eastern Cape York) 24,824
408
2
58
469
Kennedy River and Little Kennedy Creek (Eastern Cape York) 253,270
1,236
1,806
103
140
3,285
Kirk River (Burdekin) 135,590
0
Kolan (Burnett Mary) 290,449
93
1,235
192
218
151
93
75
2,057
Landers Creek (Burdekin) 106,730
20
70
9
3
101
Laura River (incl. Mosman River, Kennedy Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 203,164
116
98
11
431
656
Lethebrook (Mackay Whitsunday) 37,352
649
44
671
513
300
1,123
3,301
Little Bowen River (Burdekin) 147,193
44
4
47
Little Laura River (incl. Shepherd, Pine Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 89,372
136
133
32
392
693
Lloyd Bay (Eastern Cape York) 5,422
518
518
Lockhart, Claudie and adjacent estuaries (Eastern Cape York) 9,537
7,017
765
7
7,788
Lockhart River (incl. Eden, Arroto and Scrubby creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 82,829
5
1
6
4
339
355
Lockhart town and surrounds (incl. dunes) (Eastern Cape York) 4,018
68
1
< 1
69
Logan Creek (Burdekin) 403,627
10
5
4
3
22
Lolworth Creek (Burdekin) 350,352
1,012
438
36
3,387
5,051
53
9,978
Lower Cape River (Burdekin) 298,561
11
5
16
4
9
84
20
148
Lower Dawson River (Fitzroy) 1,991,424
159
2,341
535
489
3,276
548
7,349
Lower Isaac River (Fitzroy) 272,514
417
8
58
32
515
Lower Suttor River (Burdekin) 268,899
41
11
249
301
Mackay City (Mackay Whitsunday) 17,126
1,373
204
246
186
112
61
2,182
Mackenzie River (Fitzroy) 1,297,741
150
1,504
443
616
1,748
62
4,524
Margaret Bay (Eastern Cape York) 833
3
3
Marion Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 11,201
372
321
87
4
43
827
Marrett River, Sandalwood and Birthday creeks (Eastern Cape York) 134,518
7
7
231
485
42
381
1,154
Mary (Burnett Mary) 946,581
221
3,086
979
1,699
< 1
4,513
466
341
11,305
Massy Creek, Rocky River (Eastern Cape York) 48,405
< 1
1
347
2
350
McIvor, Morgan rivers and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 58,801
472
29
321
421
2,578
3,820
Middle and West Claudie Rivers (incl. Gordon, Scrubby creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 17,736
0
Mistake Creek (Burdekin) 587,421
61
226
551
24
4
8
7
881
Morehead River, Healy Creek and Hann River (Eastern Cape York) 425,766
4,258
2,974
281
729
8,242
Mossman (Wet Tropics) 47,285
1,398
218
172
7
3
1,798
Mulgrave-Russell (Wet Tropics) 198,027
4,783
370
94
626
151
< 1
4,969
679
368
21
1,584
13,644
Murray Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 46,631
2,358
435
45
< 1
2,839
Murray (Wet Tropics) 110,656
7,681
971
1,663
419
1
2,515
269
74
4
256
13,854
Myrtle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 29,516
1,343
158
59
29
480
150
2,219
Native Companion Creek (Burdekin) 548,474
153
< 1
99
33
10
295
Nesbit, Chester and adjacent estuaries (Eastern Cape York) 4,338
649
2,356
33
3,037
Nesbit River (incl. Leo Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 68,059
< 1
< 1
269
175
444
Nogoa River (Fitzroy) 1,616,991
223
448
26
1,063
72
1,832
Normanby estuarine waters (incl. Bizant, Normanby, Saltwater and others adjacent Princess Charlotte Bay) (Eastern Cape York) 54,162
7,693
20,062
12
172
22
612
28,571
Normanby /lower Laura rivers (incl. Brown, Cabbage Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 205,565
1,528
1,618
510
791
71
4,517
Normanby River - lower and Bizant River (Eastern Cape York) 105,992
317
84
372
1,389
232
3,354
5,749
Normanby - upper (incl. West, East and Granite Normanby Rivers, Bridge Ck) (Eastern Cape York) 290,818
243
21
1,114
1,089
2
2,469
North Jacky Jacky Creek – dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 13,858
137
5
151
32
431
281
1,038
North Jeannie coastal creeks outside National Park (incl. Horwick River, Wakooka Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 110,554
2,319
2,945
31
575
54
5,924
North Kennedy River (Eastern Cape York) 191,510
1,450
2,148
271
254
4,123
Oaky , Wallace, Lyon creeks (Eastern Cape York) 33,909
0
OConnell River (Mackay Whitsunday) 48,766
539
64
249
14
51
26
943
Olive River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 751
448
19
83
8
0
558
Olive River (incl. Horseshoe, Scorpion creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 124,133
< 1
0
273
643
412
2,142
3,470
Pascoe - headwaters (incl. Little Pascoe, Fall creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 64,780
13
61
74
Pascoe - lower, outside National Park (incl. Tin and coastal creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 36,638
457
163
620
Pascoe - mid (incl. Garraway, Brown creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 31,243
0
Pascoe - mid (incl. Hamilton Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 11,269
0
Pascoe River estuary and other estuaries draining into Wemouth Bay (Eastern Cape York) 1,325
110
7
2
118
Pascoe - upper (incl. Yam, One Mile creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 36,658
0
Pelican Creek (Burdekin) 148,083
0
Pioneer River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,788
79
7
12
9
107
Plane Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 15,963
808
159
62
14
3
1,045
Port of Cape Flattery (land side) (Eastern Cape York) 9,437
10
519
121
139
789
Port of Cape Flattery marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 14,707
16
6
22
Port of Cooktown marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 3,067
11
11
Port of Quintell Beach marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 1,364
2
2
Princess Charlotte Bay (Eastern Cape York) 137,329
25
25
Proserpine River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday) 8,490
0
Reliance Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 10,662
1,069
479
9
14
50
3
1,624
Repulse Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 25,555
1,701
39
2
4
1,745
Rocky Dam Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 51,839
3,508
2,196
1,616
569
735
8,624
Rollston River (Burdekin) 144,919
< 1
< 1
Rosella Creek (Burdekin) 147,410
103
8
9
4
124
Rosetta Creek (Burdekin) 244,047
369
43
2
18
431
Ross River (Burdekin) 131,054
2,436
1,652
3
16
56
82
364
4,609
Running River (Burdekin) 110,538
< 1
< 1
Sandy Creek (Burdekin) 318,941
23
277
300
Sandy Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 49,935
621
225
398
37
104
25
1,411
Sarina Beaches (Mackay Whitsunday) 8,458
502
143
77
124
13
859
Sellheim River (Burdekin) 170,458
26
26
Shelburne Bay dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 49,236
33
29
2,716
820
2
3,600
Shelburne Bay (Eastern Cape York) 25,164
24
24
Shoalwater Creek (Fitzroy) 361,610
13,292
11,961
39
3,920
86
440
16,113
45,851
South Annan coastal creeks outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 15,542
494
66
12
44
187
21
824
St Helens Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,566
1,312
145
4
7
1,468
Star River (Burdekin) 199,399
156
1
157
Starcke River (Eastern Cape York) 50,093
8
58
38
484
468
1,056
Stewart River - headwaters outside National Park (incl. Little Stewart, Station creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 38,767
0
Stewart River, Terrible Creek (Eastern Cape York) 37,627
37
37
Stones Creek (Burdekin) 77,525
0
Styx River (Fitzroy) 299,512
5,769
10,323
26
343
101
19
36
7,757
24,374
Temple Bay and Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York) 5,735
4
4
Theresa Creek (Fitzroy) 1,149,860
201
78
28
529
835
Thompsons Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,013
2,648
1,047
427
2,056
431
1,890
8,499
Trevethan Creek outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 9,497
1
1
Tully (Wet Tropics) 168,340
1,884
1
4
335
232
123
3,117
40
53
< 1
608
6,397
Upper Belyando River (Burdekin) 583,589
151
33
< 1
< 1
4
96
285
Upper Burdekin River (Burdekin) 448,172
534
176
2,302
4,449
701
3,473
540
206
504
106
12,991
Upper Cattle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,841
0
Upper Dawson River (Fitzroy) 2,315,530
2,244
103
92
403
535
1,812
5,188
Upper Isaac River (Fitzroy) 1,012,469
367
240
440
1,148
618
7
2,820
Upper Proserpine River (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,621
0
Upper Suttor River (Burdekin) 515,807
173
12
13
24
138
56
43
459
Upstart Bay catchments (Burdekin) 129,031
4,744
743
19
18
6
3,064
8,594
Walker Bay (Eastern Cape York) 246
10
10
Walsh Bay (Eastern Cape York) 189
1
1
Waterhole Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 21,131
806
542
195
< 1
20
1,563
Waterpark Creek (Fitzroy) 184,786
20,455
3,049
4,414
1,345
706
< 1
3,578
1,256
34,804
Weary Bay (Eastern Cape York) 540
0
West Hill Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,396
717
696
927
165
211
2,717
Weymouth Bay (Eastern Cape York) 4,352
9
9
Whitsunday Coast (Mackay Whitsunday) 19,560
645
39
8
3
12
706
Wilson Creek, Portland Road coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 13,471
360
13
3
19
396
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments.
Wetland habitat code descriptions
INT01a
Mangroves - Casuarina
INT01b
Mangroves - other
INT02
Salt marsh and salt flats
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
LC09
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
PA10
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp
PA11a
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp
PA11c
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
PA12a
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree 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
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) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment 2021 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat/wqip.html
— Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation