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Drainage sub-basin 2019/pre-clear wetland extent percentages

Definition of drainage sub-basin

based on a comparison of 2019 metadata and pre-clear metadata wetland mapping

2019/pre-clear wetland extent percentage by drainage sub-basin metadata
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Drainage sub-basin Wetland extent percentage 2019/pre-clear by system Total percentage
intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) lacustrine (natural) palustrine (natural) riverine
All 94.6% 99.4% 93.2% * n/a * n/a
Albert River 75.9% - 44.1% 62.7% 62.2%
Alice River - 98.7% 99.4% 99.8% 99.5%
Archer River 100.0% - 99.6% 99.9% 99.8%
Baffle Creek 99.3% 100.0% 78.2% 78.5% 87.6%
Balonne River - 2.8% 71.8% * n/a * n/a
Barcoo River - 100.0% 95.3% 95.7% 97.0%
Barker & Barambah Creeks - - 71.0% 66.4% 67.7%
Barratta Creek 85.2% 100.0% 55.8% 75.9% 102.9%
Barron River 74.7% 100.0% 21.3% 73.3% 68.0%
Black River 96.7% - 80.0% 86.0% 88.7%
Bohle River 84.2% - 28.5% 61.4% 79.1%
Bowen River - 100.0% 28.2% * n/a * n/a
Boyne & Auburn Rivers - - 66.6% 58.1% 59.4%
Boyne River 63.3% - 2.9% 78.7% 128.2%
Bremer River - - 41.4% 61.8% 52.5%
Brisbane River 45.7% - 31.6% 54.6% 53.0%
Bulloo River - 100.0% 99.9% 99.4% 100.0%
Burrum River 94.2% - 67.6% 90.3% 80.7%
Caboolture River 92.6% - 32.4% 65.7% 48.1%
Calliope River 87.6% 100.0% 100.6% 78.8% 88.8%
Cliffdale Creek 100.0% - 99.8% 99.9% 100.0%
Cloncurry River - - 99.7% 99.5% 99.8%
Coen River - - 99.5% 99.8% 99.8%
Coleman River 100.0% - 99.6% 99.9% 99.9%
Comet River - 92.2% 61.5% 92.4% 88.8%
Condamine River - 72.9% 79.5% 60.3% 68.8%
Coomera & Nerang Rivers 68.8% - 13.2% 40.0% 34.4%
Cooper Creek - 99.9% 99.9% 99.9% 100.0%
Curtis Island 98.5% - 98.8% 100.0% 98.6%
Daintree River 98.3% - 79.6% 56.5% 77.6%
Dawson River - 95.6% 86.3% * n/a * n/a
Diamantina River - 99.9% 100.0% 99.7% 100.0%
Don River 79.8% - 18.3% 87.0% 91.2%
Ducie River 100.0% - 99.8% 99.9% 99.9%
Dumaresq River - - 87.7% 49.8% 50.9%
Edward River 95.9% - 99.7% 99.7% 98.7%
Eight Mile Creek 100.0% - 99.8% 99.9% 100.0%
Einasleigh River - 100.0% 97.9% 99.6% 99.6%
Elliott River 96.5% - 84.1% 81.0% 87.4%
Embley River 100.0% - 99.8% 99.6% 100.0%
Endeavour River 97.4% 100.0% 97.4% 97.6% 98.0%
Eyre Creek - 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Fitzroy River 87.0% 98.9% 49.5% 88.8% 92.1%
Flinders River 100.0% 96.6% 98.9% 99.7% 100.0%
Fraser Island 100.3% 100.0% 99.2% 99.2% 99.5%
Freshwater Creek - - 0.0% 23.3% 23.3%
Georgina River - 99.9% 99.9% 99.9% 100.2%
Gilbert River 100.0% 99.1% 98.5% 96.0% 97.9%
Gregory River 99.7% - 91.2% 86.1% 88.0%
Hann River 100.0% - 99.5% 99.8% 99.8%
Haughton River 91.5% 43.2% 51.1% 86.9% 92.7%
Hay - 100.0% 100.0% - 100.0%
Herbert River 90.2% 99.9% 43.5% 78.6% 70.3%
Hinchinbrook Island 100.1% - 99.5% 99.2% 100.0%
Holroyd River 100.0% 100.0% 99.8% 99.9% 99.8%
Isaac River - 97.2% 74.5% 86.1% 88.0%
Isis River 100.9% - 91.5% 91.7% 91.9%
Jacky Jacky Creek 100.0% 99.1% 99.9% * n/a * n/a
Jardine River 100.0% - 99.9% 99.9% 99.9%
Jeannie River 100.0% 97.7% 99.9% 99.9% 99.9%
Kendall River 100.0% - 99.8% 100.0% 99.9%
Kolan River 82.6% - 15.1% 55.4% 51.7%
L Creek 100.0% 100.0% 99.8% 98.6% 100.2%
Lagoon Creek 100.0% - 99.7% 100.0% 100.0%
Lake Frome - 100.0% 100.0% - 100.0%
Leichhardt River 100.0% 38.6% 98.7% 98.4% 100.5%
Lockhart River 100.0% 100.0% 103.8% 100.0% 100.4%
Lockyer Creek - - 27.5% 84.3% 75.6%
Logan River 80.3% - 36.6% 46.8% 48.2%
Lower Burdekin River 121.5% 99.1% 41.5% 91.0% 93.4%
Lower Burnett River 81.2% - 23.8% 56.3% 59.8%
Lower Mary River 96.1% - 46.5% 55.3% 59.3%
Macintyre Brook - - 34.7% 60.1% 60.7%
Macintyre & Weir Rivers - 82.7% 78.8% * n/a * n/a
Mackenzie River - 99.9% 64.9% 65.6% 72.9%
Maranoa River - 100.0% 64.4% 84.3% 85.0%
Maroochy River 85.9% 100.1% 40.7% 40.9% 48.0%
Mcdonald River 100.0% - 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Mission River 100.0% - 98.0% 99.6% 100.2%
Mitchell River 100.0% 98.9% 98.8% 99.8% 101.3%
Moonie River - 100.3% 66.3% 70.0% 81.8%
Moreton Island 115.3% 100.0% 99.8% - 100.9%
Morning Inlet 100.0% 98.2% 99.6% 99.9% 100.0%
Mornington Island 99.8% - 100.0% 100.0% 99.8%
Mossman River 91.7% - 36.7% 44.9% 71.1%
Mulgrave River 83.0% 100.0% 60.0% 35.8% 62.4%
Murray River 99.8% 100.0% 48.3% 76.7% 71.0%
Nicholson River 100.0% - 99.6% 99.7% 100.1%
Nogoa River - 61.4% 67.5% 82.6% 84.9%
Noosa River 98.9% 99.9% 79.8% * n/a * n/a
Norman River 99.9% 99.8% 99.4% 99.9% 100.0%
Normanby River 100.0% 99.9% 99.7% 99.8% 99.9%
North Johnstone River 100.9% 100.0% 16.6% 97.5% 63.4%
North Pine River 80.9% - 39.5% 69.8% 65.6%
O'connell River 97.7% - 25.1% 65.5% 78.2%
Olive river 100.0% 99.8% 99.9% * n/a * n/a
Palmer River - 100.3% 99.2% 98.3% 99.3%
Paroo River - 100.0% 98.8% 98.7% 99.6%
Pascoe River 100.0% - 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Pioneer River 77.6% - 9.8% 63.8% 43.6%
Plane Creek 94.7% 100.0% 24.0% 75.6% 57.0%
Proserpine River 96.5% 100.0% 54.1% * n/a * n/a
Ross River 92.8% - 107.8% 68.7% 90.7%
Russell River 100.0% - 53.2% 87.5% 57.7%
Saxby River - - 97.5% 99.6% 99.8%
Settlement River 100.0% - 99.8% 99.9% 99.9%
Shoalwater 57.2% - 26.2% 84.5% 94.4%
Skardon River 100.0% - 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
South Johnstone River 93.0% - 46.2% 93.8% 62.1%
South Pine River 39.5% - 17.8% 52.4% 39.5%
Staaten River 100.0% 99.3% 99.8% 100.0% 99.9%
Stanley River - - 68.9% 54.2% 56.9%
Stewart River 99.9% - 99.9% 100.0% 99.9%
Stradbroke Islands 96.2% 98.9% 98.4% - 98.8%
Styx River 75.3% 100.1% 140.9% 90.1% 98.2%
Suttor River - 99.9% 91.4% 93.0% 95.6%
Thomson River - 100.0% 97.3% 97.5% 98.8%
Torres Strait Islands 99.9% 100.0% 97.9% 98.7% 99.5%
Tully River 99.2% 97.7% 37.0% 88.7% 51.2%
Upper Burdekin River - 100.0% 97.7% 99.0% 99.4%
Upper Burnett River - - 27.3% 62.0% 60.8%
Upper Mary River - - 83.6% 61.3% 61.8%
Wallam Creeks - 99.3% 95.6% * n/a * n/a
Walsh River - 100.0% 98.4% 98.0% 99.1%
Warrego River - 58.4% 95.3% 88.9% 92.2%
Waterpark Creek 91.8% - 96.0% 69.0% 93.9%
Watson River 99.8% - 99.9% 99.9% 99.8%
Wenlock River 100.0% - 99.8% 99.9% 99.9%
Whitsunday Island 100.0% - 100.0% 91.5% 100.0%

* Pre-clear riverine wetland statistics are not available in this area. A comprehensive evaluation is currently underway of the effect of identified limitations on the statistical analysis process used to monitor wetland extent change. During this time, selected riverine wetland statistics will be temporarily unavailable as they may be disproportionately impacted. It is expected that this evaluation will be completed in late 2024.

Disclaimer

All figures exclude artificial and highly modified wetlands.

The total percentage figure includes slightly modified wetlands.

Figures 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.

Figures may change over time as mapping approaches improve.


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) Drainage sub-basin 2019/pre-clear wetland extent percentages, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-pre-clear-percent/sub-basin.html

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