Brisbane drainage basin
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Based on wetland mapping version 5.0
Brisbane drainage basin wetland area by system 2017
System Area (km²)
% wetlands area
% total area
Total
476.1
100.0%
3.5%
Artificial and highly modified
209.9
44.1%
1.5%
Estuarine
7.8
1.6%
0.1%
Lacustrine
5.2
1.1%
0.0%
Palustrine
42.9
9.0%
0.3%
Riverine
210.3
44.2%
1.6%
Brisbane drainage basin wetland area by habitat 2017
Habitat Area (km²)
% wetlands area
% total area
Total
475.8
100.0%
3.5%
Estuarine - mangroves and related tree communities
5.4
1.1%
0.0%
Estuarine - salt flats and saltmarshes
2.4
0.5%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal saline swamp
0.2
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp.
7.3
1.5%
0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass sedge and herb swamp
0.1
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain spring swamp
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp.
14.0
2.9%
0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp
21.2
4.5%
0.2%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake
1.1
0.2%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
4.2
0.9%
0.0%
(modified natural) Estuarine - mangroves and related tree communities
0.4
0.1%
0.0%
(modified natural) Estuarine - salt flats and saltmarshes
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
Artificial and highly modified wetlands (dams, ring tanks, irrigation channels)
206.3
43.4%
1.5%
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal saline swamp
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp.
0.2
0.0%
0.0%
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp
0.2
0.0%
0.0%
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
0.0
0.0%
0.0%
(modified natural) Riverine
2.4
0.5%
0.0%
Riverine
210.3
44.2%
1.6%
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.
Wetland extent changes
Brisbane drainage basin wetland extent change by system
System 2017 area
2013 area
2009 area
2005 area
2001 area
2017/pre-clear
Total
476.1
476.5
474.0
473.7
473.3
* 56.5%
Artificial and highly modified
209.9
209.4
208.2
206.6
204.8
n/a
Estuarine
7.8
8.1
7.5
7.7
7.8
47.7%
Lacustrine
5.2
5.2
5.2
5.2
5.2
n/a
Palustrine
42.9
43.1
42.8
43.1
43.7
37.7%
Riverine
210.3
210.6
210.4
211.1
211.8
62.7%
* Total 2017/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified
Brisbane drainage basin wetland extent change by habitat
Habitat 2017 area
2013 area
2009 area
2005 area
2001 area
Total
475.8
476.1
473.7
473.3
473.0
Estuarine - mangroves and related tree communities
5.4
5.7
5.2
5.3
5.3
Estuarine - salt flats and saltmarshes
2.4
2.4
2.3
2.4
2.5
Coastal and sub-coastal saline swamp
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp.
7.3
7.4
7.4
7.5
7.7
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass sedge and herb swamp
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain spring swamp
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp.
14.0
14.0
13.7
13.8
14.1
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp
21.2
21.4
21.3
21.5
21.5
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
4.2
4.2
4.1
4.1
4.1
(modified natural) Estuarine - mangroves and related tree communities
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
(modified natural) Estuarine - salt flats and saltmarshes
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Artificial and highly modified wetlands (dams, ring tanks, irrigation channels)
206.3
205.8
204.6
203.0
201.3
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal saline swamp
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp.
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
(modified natural) Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
(modified natural) Riverine
2.4
2.4
2.4
2.4
2.3
Riverine
210.3
210.6
210.4
211.1
211.8
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.
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ANZAC Tree Daisy Management BBC Working together for a Better Bundamba Creek Beating back the boxthorn - Sustainable scrub country Bell's Riparian Re-vegetation at Upper Warrill Biodiversity Enhancement at Underwood Road, Eight Mile Plains BM NLP 06 Western Mary Sub-catchments Grazing Landscapes Project Bremer Healthy Country Gully Restoration: Fuller Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Breen Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Buckham Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Buckham - phase 2 Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Corrie Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Freeman Bremer Healthy Country Riparian restoration - Hayes Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Lamont Bremer Healthy Country Riparian restoration – M. and S. Christensen Bremer Healthy Country riparian restoration - Neale Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Parr Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Thompson Bremer Healthy Country Wetland Reinstatement and Pasture Renovation – Sellars Bridgewater Creek Intertidal Rehabilitation and Riparian Restoration Project Brisbane River Corridor Riparian Project Brisbane River Restoration Project Stage 3 - Colmslie Beach Reserve Restoration Bundamba Creek Urban Wetland Project - David W Coultas Park Bunya Biolink: Improving Condition and Connectivity of Riparian Vegetation Along Little Britain Creek at Coalbank: Nolan CBBC - People and Places Connecting for a Better Bundamba Creek Clean Water for the Condamine Cleaning Up Our Oceans - Monitoring and managing marine debris with the Reef Check volunteer program Community workshops and establishment of model landscaped coastal gardens in the Fraser Coast Regional Council Connecting Lowland Subtropical Rainforest and Other Significant Vegetation near Stanley River at Stanmore: Wegert Connectivity and Biodiversity - Stanley and Pumicestone headwaters - BSES Ltd subcontract CAH-A11 Connectivity and Biodiversity - Stanley and Pumicestone headwaters - Malcolm Lower subcontract CAH-A11 Control of Overland Flow through a Gully, Junction View Creating habitat for threatened and declining species at the University of Queensland, St Lucia D’Andilly’s Irbyana Protection Dennis’s Irbyana Protection Project Enhancing Lowland Subtropical Rainforest Along Ewen Creek at Crohamhurst: Sanders Enhancing Lowland Subtropical Rainforest Along the Upper Stanley River at Peachester: Benjafield Enhancing the sustainability of the native pasture ecosystem in Emu Creek Catchment by control of invasive weeds Establishing Swamp Tea-tree Forest on Tir Na Crann Koala Nature Refuge Everyone’s Ithaca Feral pig control, Great Sandy Strait/Ramsar Site Final Project, National Landcare Program 03, Activity 7: North East Downs Landcare Group and Activity 9: Aubigny Catchment Landcare Group Final Project Report National Landcare Program 06. Millmerran Landcare Group: Implementing Best Management Practice in Grazing Lands in the Condamine Catchment Fish Creek Rescue Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Abraham Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Bell/Zahnow Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Harsant Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Harvey Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Holland Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Lobegeiger Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Rieck Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Wallis Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Bauer Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Crust Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Darvall Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Hagan Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Huston (Stage 1) Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Meagher Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Olm Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Redinger Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Serendipity Farm Animal Centre Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Stock Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Upper Blackfellow Creek Catchment (McCarthy) Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Visagie Flood Recovery - Upper Brisbane: Anabranch, Toogoolawah Flood Recovery - Upper Brisbane: Annan farm, Harlin Flood Recovery - Upper Brisbane: Cressbrook Station (McConnel) Flood Recovery - Upper Brisbane: Hampstead, Pulsford Flood Recovery - Upper Brisbane: Yandilla, Mt. Kilcoy and McCowan Flood-runner Re-establishment for Sediment Control, Mt Sylvia: Redinger and Otto Forest Hill wastewater treatment plant Francis Street Bushland Green lane clean-up GreenWorks Cooyar Creek Rehabilitation - Riparian Weed Control Stage 2: Greening Australia GreenWorks Emu Creek - Enhancing Environmental Values of Golden Gully and Oaky Creek: Rowlings GreenWorks Emu Creek - Enhancing Riparian and Habitat Values Around Oaky Creek: Parton GreenWorks Emu Creek - Enhancing Riparian and Habitat Values at McConnel’s, Oaky and Emu Creeks: Seifert GreenWorks - Improving Riparian Values along Cooyar Creek at Kooralgin: Kruger Harlin Restoration Project Health Waterways clean-up program Healthy Country Program in the Bremer and Pumicestone Passage Catchments: Hall Healthy Country Program in the Bremer and Pumicestone Passage Catchments: Lutter Healthy Waterways Clean Up Program Healthy Waterways Clean Up Program 2014 - 2015 Hemmant-Tingalpa Corridor Confluence Rehab Project Improving biodiversity and sustainable farming outcomes in the upper Condamine catchment Improving connectivity, salinity and social amenity, Black Snake Creek, Marburg Indooroopilly Scout Group Den Landcare Improvement Project Phase 2 Irbyana Enhancement: Smith Irbyana Enhancement: Thorne Jim Donald Constructed Wetland and stormwater irrigation system Kids By The Creek Kids By The Creek - Stages 2, 3 and 4 Koala Kitchen Project Lawson—feral pig control on Eurimbula Creek Management of Overland Flow for Sediment Control, Woodbine: Stephan Managing stock for wetland health and production Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 5 Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 6 Oxbow South Rehabilitation and Re-vegetation project Oxbow Wetland Biodiversity Corridor Pacey Road Sub-Catchment Conservation Project PCE 14/15 - Pig Control at Tandora PCE 14/15 - Revive Our Creeks (Cooloola Cove) PCE 14/15 - Tinnanbar Flower Reserve and Cowra Pine Wildling Control Project PCE - FIDO Weed Management and Environmental Monitoring at Eurong Fraser Island 14/15 PCE - FIDO Weed Management at Happy Valley Fraser Island 14/15 PCE - Pine Wilding Control in High Value Coastal Ecosystems - Crab Creek DNRM PCE - Ravenhills and Maddicks Road - Weed and feral animal control Pest and weed management: managing invasive species in the Burnett Mary Region Pollard Park Creek naturalisation Productive and resilient agricultural landscapes in the Condamine region Protection and Restoration of Swamp Tea-tree Forest at ‘Fairways’, Toogoolawah Protection and Restoration of Swamp Tea-tree Forest at Peak Crossing (Turgeon) Protection and Restoration of Swamp Tea-tree Forest: Kentville Road Protection and Restoration of Swamp Tea-tree Forest: UQ Gatton campus Protection of swamp tea-tree forest at Morden Road, Toogoolawah: Siedofsky QUU Interflow Hemmant Recreation Reserve Revegetation Project N121961 Raymond Road Park Rehabilitation Re-vegetation of Moggill Creek Stage 2 Redbank recreation reserve integrated stormwater wetland Reducing impacts on sustainable landscapes through weeds and pests activities Rehabilitation on Oxbow to Bulimba Creek Restoration of Former Swamp Tea-tree Wetland at Fulham, Toogoolawah: Hopkins Restoration of Lockyer Creek at UQ Gatton - Stage 2 Restoration of Lockyer Creek. University of Queensland, Gatton Campus Restoring riparian habitat along Yarraman Creek: Reilly Stage 2 Revegetation of Moggill Creek Riparian Area Establishment and Stabilisation at Withcott: Phase 1 Riparian Protection Works to Reduce Streambank Erosion, Harlin Riparian Restoration in Industrial Waterways Rochedale Scout Group - Weed Eradication Project Rosevale Riparian Restoration - Swan Settlers Gully Project Small Creek naturalisation stage 1 Smith's Smith’s Riparian Re-vegetation of Purga Creek Spine Street Park Restoration Project Stable Swamp Creek Extended Monitoring Program Sustainable grazing management and on-ground works: conserving soils in the Burnett Mary Region Swamp Tea Tree Protection and Enhancement: Smith The history and role of fire in the patterned fens—Great Sandy Strait, Queensland Toowong Creek Turnaround - Wildlife Corridor Project Towards the Integrated Management of Terrestrial and Aquatic Weeds of National State and Regional Significance Upper Mt Walker Hillslope Erosion Project Upper Sandy Creek Riparian Corridor Increasing Connectivity for Biodiversity Upper Warrill Healthy Country: C. and M. Christensen Upper Warrill Healthy Country: Johnson Upper Warrill Healthy Country: Lotz Upper Warrill Healthy Country: Quickshelf No. 1 Pty Ltd Upper Warrill Healthy Country:Wolter Vera Street Community Place, Vera Street, Toowong, Brisbane Wallaby Ware channel naturalisation and saturated zone bioretention basin construction Waterbody Maintenance Program—Parragilga Wetland, D'Aguilar Western Mary Sub-catchments Grazing Landscapes Project Wild About Your Creeks Witton for Wildlife - midstorey rescue Woolshed Creek salinity mitigation and wetland enhancement (tree planting): McMichael - phase 1 Wynnum North Reserve Restoration Yarraman Creek Riparian Restoration Stage 4
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Name
Construction year
Structure types
Stream name
Berrys Weir 2015
Rock Ramp
Bremer River
Brightview Weir 1945
Pool and Weir
Lockyer Creek
Brookwater Linear Pathway 2015
Culvert
Opossum Creek
Bundamba Creek 2018
Rock Ramp
Bundamba Creek
Enoggera Creek 2010
Cone
Enoggera Creek
Greys Plains Road Culvert Baffle Fishway 2019
Culvert
Spring Creek
Mt Crosby Weir 1941
Pool and Weir
Brisbane River
O'Reilly Weir 1948
Pool and Weir
Lockyer Creek
Woogaroo Creek Fishway 2022
Rock Ramp
Woogaroo Creek
Worley Park Rock Ramp Fishway 2018
Rock Ramp
Bundamba Creek
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Wildlife
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Department of Environment and Science, Queensland (2013) Brisbane drainage basin — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 13 April 2023 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/basin-brisbane/
— Department of Environment and Science