This dataset contains the extent, name and unique ID number of the Drainage Basins in the State of Queensland, as defined by the Australian Water Resources Management Committee (WRMC).
Resource purpose/summary
To provide an authorative single point of truth for the extent of Drainage Basins in the State Queensland. It is suitable for use in land administration, emergency and water management, monitoring of climate change, hydrological modelling, topographic and vegetation mapping and in the production of navigational and web based mapping applications.
Id Po C
Contact—individual name
Resources, LANDS, SI, TDIM, Senior Spatial Information Officer, Topographic Data Management
Contact—organization name
Department of Resources
Contact—position name
Senior Spatial Information Officer, Topographic Data Management
Dataset created and owned by Department of Resources for the State of Queensland using base information owned by Federal Government Agencies and has no use limitations.
Unrestricted to all levels of government and community. Data is available to all government agencies, community groups and individuals. Dataset is available through physical supply and may be made available via web delivery tools, for example, through DNRME's internet sites.
Supplemental information about the data
The dataset was captured at 1:100 000.
The seaward edge of this data aligns with the Coastline and State Border - Queensland dataset.
Feature Types: DRAINAGE BASIN - A region of land where water from rain drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, dam, wetland, sea or ocean. The extent of land covered by a drainage basin was originally determined by the Australian Water Resources Management Committee (WRMC).
Attributes: BASIN_NAME - The name of the Drainage Basin BASIN_NUMBER - A unique number allocated to the Drainge Basin
Australia is divided into a number of Drainage Divisions, Queensland is covered by five Drainage Divisions -Bulloo, Gulf, Lake Eyre, Murray Darling and North East Coast and each is allocated a unique ID number Those rivers flowing into the Coral Sea in Queensland are classified as being within the North East Coast Drainage Division which has been allocated the number one (1) Drainage Divisions are broken into smaller Drainage Basins based on the major rivers in those divisions e.g. Burdekin Drainage Basin, Fitzroy Drainage Basin. All Drainage Basins are allocated a unique ID number starting with the unique ID number of the Drainage Division they are within. Based on the unique number of the Drainage Basin, a user can determine which Drainage Division the basin is within. All drainage Basins within the North East Coast Drainage Division have been allocated a unique number starting with 1. e.g. The Burdekin Drainage Basin is number 12, the Fitzroy Drainage Basin is number 14 and so on.
Flow is determined using low rainfall. It areas of flat terrain, high rainfall can cause water to flow across watersheds.
This dataset is stored in an ESRI Geodatabase. Some columns names may be shortened if downloaded in the ESRI shape format.
Dq Info
Report
Data quality report, measure description
Capture is complete
Report
Data quality report, measure description
Data should be free from overshoots, undershoots, duplicate lines. Drainage lines should not cross division boundaries.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
Accuracy of the data is dependent on the accuracy of the elevation data of the associated 1:100000 topographic map. This data is suitable for scales 1:100000 and greater.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
Attribute naming was validated against the names supplied by the Australian Water Resources Management Committee (WRMC) and has an accuracy of 100%.
Data Lineage
Lineage statement, a general explanation
The location of Australia’s Drainage Basins were originally defined by the Australian Water Resources Management Committee (WRMC). To accurately plot the location of the boundaries, the definition of the basins were compared with 1:100000 topographic mapping (published and unpublished) and the location of the watershed based on the contours was plotted onto hard copy maps. These plotted lines were later digitised to create a spatial dataset. With the 1:250000 drainage network as a background, checks were made to ensure that no drainage lines crossed a division boundary.
Drainage Basins are subsets of and have boundaries that are aligned to and nested with the associated Drainage Division. Please refer to the Drainage Division - Queensland dataset.
In 2020, the seaward edge of the data was moved to align with the Coastline and State Border - Queensland dataset.
Source layer: Great Barrier Reef Reporting Regions
The 35 reporting regions used for Paddock to Reef (P2R) reporting over the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) catchment.
Search Keys
Keyword
GBR Reporting Regions
Additional human language abstract/description
The GBR reporting region boundaries dividing the GBR catchment into 35 basins.
Theme Keys
Keyword
Great Barrier Reef
Id Po C
Contact—individual name
Angela Pollett
Contact—organization name
Department of Environment and Science
Contact—position name
Spatial Analyst Modeller
Role
details available on request
Id Po C
Contact—individual name
Angela Pollett
Contact—organization name
Department of Environment and Science
Contact—position name
Spatial Analyst Modeller
Role
details available on request
Res Const
Consts
Security use limitations
While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of the Information Product, the Department of Environment and Science makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which you might incur as a result of the product being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.
Dist Info
details available on request
Entity and Attribute Information
details available on request
Dq Info
Data Lineage
Lineage statement, a general explanation
This dataset is a union of the six GBR NRM Regions. As the individual GBR catchment models have catchment boundaries derived from the SRTM DEM data there are minor differences in the external boundaries between regions due to differences in the generation cells along the edges. This merged dataset has been compiled for cartographic use where the differences have been resolved, however the boundaries won’t exactly align with the model data. All inconsistencies between NRM Regional boundaries were resolved. The attribute fields 'NRM_Region' and 'RepReg' indicate the 6 GBR NRM regions and 35 reporting regions respectively.
Report
Data quality report, evaluation method description
Basin boundaries were derived from the one-arc second SRTM-DEM-H raster (30m cell size). The positional accuracy is nominally 1:100,000
Contains the boundaries and names of the Queensland Drainage Basins, as defined by Australian Water Resources Management Committee (WRMC). Information includes the name and number of each drainage basin. The capture scale for this dataset is 1:100 000
Unrestricted to all levels of government and community. Dataset is available to all government agencies, community groups and individuals. Dataset is available through physical supply and may be made available via web delivery tools, for example, through DNRM's internet sites.
Information from `Gauging Station Catchments - Queensland`: Boundaries were plotted with 1:250 000 drainage as a background. Visual checks were then made to ensure that no drainage lines crossed the Basin Boundary lines. All errors were corrected
Report
Data quality report, measure description
Information from `Gauging Station Catchments - Queensland`: 90% of all existing gauging stations as at 30/10/1998 are complete. Spatial and attribute data completed.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
Information from `Gauging Station Catchments - Queensland`: Attribute naming was checked. Errors were corrected. Accuracy = 100%.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
Information from `Gauging Station Catchments - Queensland`: These boundaries were determined by using 1:100 000 topo mapping over Queensland. Copies of unpublished 1: 100 000 topo maps were used in this exercise. Interpretation of the boundaries was checked both manually and by computer. Use at capture scale ( 1:100 000) or greater
Data Lineage
details available on request
Entity and Attribute Information
details available on request
Source layer: Drainage Basins - NRM
(wqip/eastern-cape-york/cy-subcatchments.shp.xml)
Identification Information
Citation
Citation Information
Originator
Department of Environment and Resource Management
Publication Date
2011-02-18
Title
Drainage Basins - NRM
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
File or Table Name
EPP_Areas
Series Information
Series Name
Account Reference (Barcode)
Publication Information
Publication Place
Brisbane
Publisher
DERM
Description
Abstract
Contains the boundaries and names of the Queensland Drainage Basins, as defined by Australian Water Resources Management Committee (WRMC). Information includes the name and number of each drainage basin. The capture scale for this dataset is 1:100 000
Status
Progress
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Keywords
Theme
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ANZLIC
Theme Keyword
WATER Surface
Theme Keyword
WATER Hydrology
Theme Keyword
WATER Rivers
Theme
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme Keyword
inlandWaters
Theme Keyword
boundaries
Access Constraints
Unrestricted to all levels of government and community. Dataset is available to all government agencies, community groups and individuals. Dataset is available through physical supply and may be made available via web delivery tools, for example, through DERM's internet sites.
Use Constraints
Dataset owned by Dept of Environment and Resource Management and created using base information owned by Federal Government Agencies.
Information from `Gauging Station Catchments - Queensland`: Attribute naming was checked. Errors were corrected. Accuracy = 100%.
Logical Consistency Report
Information from `Gauging Station Catchments - Queensland`: Boundaries were plotted with 1:250 000 drainage as a background. Visual checks were then made to ensure that no drainage lines crossed the Basin Boundary lines. All errors were corrected
Completeness Report
Information from `Gauging Station Catchments - Queensland`: 90% of all existing gauging stations as at 30/10/1998 are complete. Spatial and attribute data completed.
Positional Accuracy
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
Information from `Gauging Station Catchments - Queensland`: These boundaries were determined by using 1:100 000 topo mapping over Queensland. Copies of unpublished 1: 100 000 topo maps were used in this exercise. Interpretation of the boundaries was checked both manually and by computer. Use at capture scale ( 1:100 000) or greater
Lineage
details available on request
Entity and Attribute Information
details available on request
Distribution Information
Resource Description
live data and maps
Distribution Liability
While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, the Department of Environment and Resource Management makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incured as a result of the information being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.
Subcatchments and Basins of the Burdekin Dry Tropics
Originator
Custodian
NQ Dry Tropics NRM
Description
Abstract
To be used for the wetland inventory/Coastal Catchments project
Subcatchments of the Burdekin basin, with the purpose of creating a wetland inventory per subcatchment for the CCI project. This layer has been created by grouping subcatchments from the Burdekin subcatchment layer from the BDTNRM, to fit within a broad subcatchment classification developed by ACTFR/BDTNRM. The goal was to create approximately 50 subcatchment of similar size, which do not cross the broad subactchment classification (Upper Burdekin, Central Burdekin, Cape River, Belyando-Suttor and Bowen Broken subcatchments)
Theme
Keyword
Water Quality
Keyword
Catchments
Status
Progress
Keyword
COMPLETE
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Keyword
COMPLETE
Distribution Information
Access Constraints
There are no constraints in distributing this dataset
Data Quality Information
Lineage
Data was created from smaller watercourse catchments digitisied from 1:100,000 topographic relief.
Positional Accuracy
Accuracy is relative to errors outlined in marginal information of original 1:100,000 topographic mapping. Further error was introduced during georeferencing of scanned topographic mapping. Data is intented to be used as a planning and aggregation tool and not for direct ground application. Use with assumed error of +/-50m
Subcatchment and Receiving Water boundaries for the Mackay Whitsunday NRM region. Created 2007, updated 2010.
Attribution:
Receiving_ = Receiving Waters
SysRp_MPL = System Repair and Water Quality Management Priority Locations
Subcatchme = Subcatchments
Reef Catchments 07 4968 4200
Dist Info
details available on request
Entity and Attribute Information
details available on request
Identification Information
Description
Abstract
Subcatchment and Receiving Water boundaries for the Mackay Whitsunday NRM region. Created 2007, updated 2010.Reef Catchments 07 4968 4200
Purpose
SORR National Important Wetland Mapping
Point of Contact
Contact Information
Contact Position
GIS & Knowledge Management Officer
Contact Instructions
shirley.zheng@reefcatchments.com
Status
Progress
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Citation
Citation Information
Title
RC_ReceivingWaters
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
2013-04-11
Source layer: ter_wat_rivercatch_5g_sel_all
(wqip/wet-tropics/wqip-catchments-2015.shp.xml)
Esri
Creation Date
2015-11-12
Creation Time
09:28:36
Modification Date
2015-03-24
Modification Time
09:59:25
Identification Information
Description
Abstract
REQUIRED: A brief narrative summary of the data set.
Purpose
REQUIRED: A summary of the intentions with which the data set was developed.
Citation
Citation Information
Originator
REQUIRED: The name of an organization or individual that developed the data set.
Publication Date
REQUIRED: The date when the data set is published or otherwise made available for release.
Title
ter_wat_rivercatch_5g_sel_all
File or Table Name
ter_wat_rivercatch_5g_sel_all
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Status
Progress
REQUIRED: The state of the data set.
Maintenance and Update Frequency
REQUIRED: The frequency with which changes and additions are made to the data set after the initial data set is completed.
Keywords
Theme
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.
Theme Keyword
REQUIRED: Common-use word or phrase used to describe the subject of the data set.
Access Constraints
REQUIRED: Restrictions and legal prerequisites for accessing the data set.
Use Constraints
REQUIRED: Restrictions and legal prerequisites for using the data set after access is granted.
Data Id Info
Id Citation
Title
Terrain_Catchments
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Person
REQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information.
Contact Organization
REQUIRED: The organization responsible for the metadata information.
Contact Address
Address Type
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City
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State or Province
REQUIRED: The state or province of the address.
Postal Code
REQUIRED: The ZIP or other postal code of the address.
Contact Voice Telephone
REQUIRED: The telephone number by which individuals can speak to the organization or individual.
Metadata Date
2010-10-12
Distribution Information
Resource Description
Downloadable Data
Dist Info
Distributor
details available on request
Entity and Attribute Information
details available on request
Data Quality Information
Lineage
details available on request
This page should be cited as:
Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (n.d.) Great Barrier Reef – spatial metadata, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/get-mapping-help/metadata/great-barrier-reef/
— Department of Environment, Science and Innovation