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Wetland extents
Based on wetland mapping version 6.0
Queensland wetland area by system 2019
System
Area (ha )
% wetlands area
% total area
Total
7,358,014
100.0%
4.3%
Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine
4,928,130
67.0%
2.8%
Artificial and highly modified
313,258
4.3%
0.2%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)
1,147,660
15.6%
0.7%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified)
4,194
0.1%
0.0%
Lacustrine (natural)
515,275
7.0%
0.3%
Lacustrine (slightly modified)
37,594
0.5%
0.0%
Palustrine (natural)
2,829,894
38.5%
1.6%
Palustrine (slightly modified)
80,718
1.1%
0.0%
Riverine
2,429,420
33.0%
1.4%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified)
28
0.0%
0.0%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)
1,147,660
15.6%
0.7%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified)
4,194
0.1%
0.0%
Lacustrine (artificial)
148,525
2.0%
0.1%
Lacustrine (highly modified)
151,799
2.1%
0.1%
Lacustrine (natural)
515,275
7.0%
0.3%
Lacustrine (slightly modified)
37,594
0.5%
0.0%
Palustrine (artificial)
2,525
0.0%
0.0%
Palustrine (highly modified)
9,917
0.1%
0.0%
Palustrine (natural)
2,829,894
38.5%
1.6%
Palustrine (slightly modified)
80,718
1.1%
0.0%
Riverine (artificial)
160
0.0%
0.0%
Riverine (highly modified)
304
0.0%
0.0%
Riverine (natural)
2,425,486
33.0%
1.4%
Riverine (slightly modified)
3,934
0.1%
0.0%
Queensland wetland area by habitat 2019
Habitat
Area (ha )
% wetlands area
% total area
Total
4,480,378
100.0%
2.6%
Mangroves - Casuarina
3,687
0.1%
0.0%
Mangroves - other
485,537
10.8%
0.3%
Salt marsh and salt flats
587,358
13.1%
0.3%
Arid and semi-arid saline lake
467,669
10.4%
0.3%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake
21,198
0.5%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake
38
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake
179
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake
1,239
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake
8,392
0.2%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake
156
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake
7,620
0.2%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake
998
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
1,172
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp
83,855
1.9%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp
107,369
2.4%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp
1,375,132
30.7%
0.8%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
82,682
1.8%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp
156,860
3.5%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp
142,254
3.2%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
207,302
4.6%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp
3,027
0.1%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp
28
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
267,474
6.0%
0.2%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp
12,969
0.3%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
143,816
3.2%
0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp
10,128
0.2%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
118,892
2.7%
0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
155,879
3.5%
0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp
16,094
0.4%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp
44
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp
3,329
0.1%
0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid
3,272
0.1%
0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal
4,730
0.1%
0.0%
Mangroves - Casuarina (natural)
3,413
0.1%
0.0%
Mangroves - Casuarina (slightly modified)
274
0.0%
0.0%
Mangroves - other (natural)
485,119
10.8%
0.3%
Mangroves - other (slightly modified)
418
0.0%
0.0%
Salt marsh and salt flats (natural)
585,472
13.1%
0.3%
Salt marsh and salt flats (slightly modified)
1,885
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline lake (natural)
467,422
10.4%
0.3%
Arid and semi-arid saline lake (slightly modified)
247
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (natural)
21,173
0.5%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (slightly modified)
24
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake (natural)
38
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake (natural)
179
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake (slightly modified)
1,239
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (natural)
7,428
0.2%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (slightly modified)
964
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (natural)
153
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (slightly modified)
4
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (natural)
7,618
0.2%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (slightly modified)
2
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake (natural)
998
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (natural)
1,063
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (slightly modified)
109
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (natural)
83,169
1.9%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (slightly modified)
686
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (natural)
104,780
2.3%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified)
2,590
0.1%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (natural)
1,374,841
30.7%
0.8%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified)
291
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural)
81,839
1.8%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified)
842
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (natural)
155,399
3.5%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified)
1,461
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (natural)
140,726
3.1%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified)
1,527
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural)
204,490
4.6%
0.1%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified)
2,812
0.1%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (natural)
1,373
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified)
1,654
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (natural)
20
0.0%
0.0%
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (slightly modified)
7
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural)
266,359
5.9%
0.2%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified)
1,115
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (natural)
12,965
0.3%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified)
4
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural)
139,990
3.1%
0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified)
3,826
0.1%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (natural)
9,024
0.2%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified)
1,104
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural)
106,353
2.4%
0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified)
12,539
0.3%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural)
107,523
2.4%
0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified)
48,355
1.1%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (natural)
16,065
0.4%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified)
29
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (natural)
43
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (slightly modified)
< 1
0.0%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (natural)
3,321
0.1%
0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (slightly modified)
7
0.0%
0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (natural)
3,144
0.1%
0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (slightly modified)
128
0.0%
0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (natural)
3,587
0.1%
0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (slightly modified)
1,143
0.0%
0.0%
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.
Wetland extent changes
Queensland wetland extent change by system
System
2019 area (ha )
2017 area (ha )
2013 area (ha )
2009 area (ha )
2005 area (ha )
2001 area (ha )
pre-clear area (ha )
2019/pre-clear percentage
Total
7,358,014
7,358,824
7,359,653
7,353,722
7,347,766
7,336,234
7,355,391
* 95.8%
Artificial and highly modified
313,258
312,519
307,085
299,919
291,181
274,701
0
n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)
1,147,660
1,147,679
1,148,087
1,148,347
1,148,490
1,148,786
1,210,036
94.8%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified)
4,194
4,197
3,959
3,900
3,887
3,946
0
n/a
Lacustrine (natural)
515,275
515,275
515,275
515,286
515,287
515,288
518,598
99.4%
Lacustrine (slightly modified)
37,594
37,586
37,474
37,168
37,002
35,666
0
n/a
Palustrine (natural)
2,829,894
2,830,364
2,831,513
2,832,320
2,833,866
2,836,078
3,036,974
93.2%
Palustrine (slightly modified)
80,718
80,643
79,900
79,557
79,306
78,576
0
n/a
Riverine
2,429,420
2,430,562
2,436,360
2,437,226
2,438,747
2,443,194
2,589,783
93.8%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified)
28
28
29
44
46
46
0
n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)
1,147,660
1,147,679
1,148,087
1,148,347
1,148,490
1,148,786
1,210,036
94.8%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified)
4,194
4,197
3,959
3,900
3,887
3,946
0
n/a
Lacustrine (artificial)
148,525
148,293
143,649
138,361
131,020
120,875
0
n/a
Lacustrine (highly modified)
151,799
151,204
149,857
147,818
146,590
139,859
0
n/a
Lacustrine (natural)
515,275
515,275
515,275
515,286
515,287
515,288
518,598
99.4%
Lacustrine (slightly modified)
37,594
37,586
37,474
37,168
37,002
35,666
0
n/a
Palustrine (artificial)
2,525
2,519
2,476
2,431
2,399
2,529
0
n/a
Palustrine (highly modified)
9,917
10,010
10,612
10,812
10,685
10,969
0
n/a
Palustrine (natural)
2,829,894
2,830,364
2,831,513
2,832,320
2,833,866
2,836,078
3,036,974
93.2%
Palustrine (slightly modified)
80,718
80,643
79,900
79,557
79,306
78,576
0
n/a
Riverine (artificial)
160
160
161
156
147
145
0
n/a
Riverine (highly modified)
304
304
302
296
294
279
0
n/a
Riverine (natural)
2,425,486
2,426,634
2,432,436
2,433,304
2,434,825
2,439,272
2,589,783
93.7%
Riverine (slightly modified)
3,934
3,928
3,924
3,922
3,922
3,922
0
n/a
* Total 2019/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified
Queensland wetland extent change by habitat
Habitat
2019 area (ha )
2017 area (ha )
2013 area (ha )
2009 area (ha )
2005 area (ha )
2001 area (ha )
Total
4,480,378
4,479,535
4,479,870
4,480,532
4,481,978
4,483,733
Mangroves - Casuarina
3,687
3,690
3,514
3,491
3,491
3,494
Mangroves - other
485,537
485,548
485,614
485,572
485,562
485,608
Salt marsh and salt flats
587,358
587,366
587,405
587,682
587,818
588,001
Arid and semi-arid saline lake
467,669
467,669
467,669
467,670
467,670
467,670
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake
21,198
21,198
21,198
21,198
21,198
21,192
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake
38
38
38
38
38
38
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake
179
179
179
179
179
179
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake
1,239
0
0
0
0
0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake
8,392
8,392
8,395
8,381
8,382
8,382
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake
156
156
156
156
156
156
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake
7,620
7,620
7,620
7,620
7,620
7,620
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake
998
998
998
998
998
998
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
1,172
1,172
1,172
1,172
1,172
1,172
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp
83,855
83,856
83,826
83,829
83,923
83,967
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp
107,369
107,370
107,391
107,394
107,557
107,564
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp
1,375,132
1,375,132
1,375,136
1,375,138
1,375,139
1,375,149
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
82,682
82,683
82,686
82,689
82,692
82,743
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp
156,860
156,983
157,024
157,103
157,176
156,886
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp
142,254
142,276
142,294
142,301
142,474
142,795
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
207,302
207,359
207,392
207,437
207,526
207,752
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp
3,027
3,027
3,034
3,050
3,050
2,489
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp
28
28
28
28
28
28
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
267,474
267,561
267,413
267,674
267,982
268,574
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp
12,969
13,005
13,007
13,021
13,061
12,817
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
143,816
143,799
143,586
143,569
143,581
143,593
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp
10,128
10,145
10,182
10,175
10,191
10,204
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
118,892
118,905
119,387
119,364
119,655
120,712
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
155,879
155,894
156,016
156,115
156,107
156,277
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp
16,094
16,109
16,130
16,146
16,213
16,311
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp
44
44
44
44
40
40
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp
3,329
3,331
3,334
3,336
3,324
3,329
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid
3,272
3,272
3,272
3,275
3,276
3,276
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal
4,730
4,732
4,732
4,690
4,698
4,717
Mangroves - Casuarina (natural)
3,413
3,416
3,414
3,411
3,409
3,413
Mangroves - Casuarina (slightly modified)
274
274
100
79
81
81
Mangroves - other (natural)
485,119
485,127
485,231
485,211
485,200
485,243
Mangroves - other (slightly modified)
418
420
383
361
362
365
Salt marsh and salt flats (natural)
585,472
585,480
585,553
585,842
585,975
586,093
Salt marsh and salt flats (slightly modified)
1,885
1,886
1,852
1,840
1,842
1,908
Arid and semi-arid saline lake (natural)
467,422
467,422
467,422
467,432
467,433
467,433
Arid and semi-arid saline lake (slightly modified)
247
247
247
237
237
237
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (natural)
21,173
21,173
21,173
21,173
21,173
21,173
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (slightly modified)
24
24
24
24
24
18
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake (natural)
38
38
38
38
38
38
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake (natural)
179
179
179
179
179
179
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake (slightly modified)
1,239
0
0
0
0
0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (natural)
7,428
7,428
7,428
7,428
7,428
7,429
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (slightly modified)
964
964
967
953
953
953
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (natural)
153
153
153
153
153
153
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (slightly modified)
4
4
4
4
4
4
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (natural)
7,618
7,618
7,618
7,618
7,618
7,618
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (slightly modified)
2
2
2
2
2
2
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake (natural)
998
998
998
998
998
998
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (natural)
1,063
1,063
1,063
1,063
1,063
1,063
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (slightly modified)
109
109
109
109
109
109
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (natural)
83,169
83,170
83,140
83,143
83,237
83,281
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (slightly modified)
686
686
686
686
686
686
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (natural)
104,780
104,780
104,801
104,805
104,831
104,847
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified)
2,590
2,590
2,589
2,589
2,726
2,717
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (natural)
1,374,841
1,374,841
1,374,845
1,374,847
1,374,848
1,374,857
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified)
291
291
291
291
291
291
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural)
81,839
81,840
81,844
81,847
81,850
81,901
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified)
842
842
842
842
842
842
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (natural)
155,399
155,522
155,563
155,642
155,715
155,425
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified)
1,461
1,461
1,461
1,461
1,461
1,461
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (natural)
140,726
140,748
140,766
140,773
140,947
141,268
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified)
1,527
1,527
1,527
1,527
1,527
1,527
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural)
204,490
204,547
204,580
204,625
204,714
204,982
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified)
2,812
2,812
2,812
2,812
2,812
2,770
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (natural)
1,373
1,373
1,381
1,397
1,397
1,513
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified)
1,654
1,654
1,654
1,654
1,654
976
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (natural)
20
20
20
20
20
20
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (slightly modified)
7
7
7
7
7
7
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural)
266,359
266,446
266,565
266,823
267,145
267,739
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified)
1,115
1,115
848
851
838
834
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (natural)
12,965
13,001
13,003
13,017
13,057
12,813
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified)
4
4
4
4
4
4
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural)
139,990
139,973
139,987
139,970
139,993
140,005
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified)
3,826
3,826
3,599
3,599
3,588
3,587
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (natural)
9,024
9,041
9,073
9,084
9,139
9,155
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified)
1,104
1,104
1,109
1,091
1,052
1,049
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural)
106,353
106,463
107,154
107,321
107,820
108,780
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified)
12,539
12,443
12,232
12,043
11,835
11,933
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural)
107,523
107,539
107,685
107,815
107,899
108,076
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified)
48,355
48,355
48,331
48,300
48,207
48,201
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (natural)
16,065
16,080
16,102
16,117
16,185
16,282
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified)
29
29
29
29
29
29
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (natural)
43
43
43
43
40
40
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (slightly modified)
< 1
< 1
< 1
< 1
< 1
0
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (natural)
3,321
3,324
3,327
3,328
3,317
3,322
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (slightly modified)
7
7
7
7
7
7
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (natural)
3,144
3,144
3,144
3,147
3,148
3,148
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (slightly modified)
128
128
128
128
128
128
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (natural)
3,587
3,589
3,589
3,654
3,663
3,717
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (slightly modified)
1,143
1,143
1,143
1,036
1,036
1,001
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.
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Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—conceptual models
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Groundwater dependent ecosystem type—conceptual models
Healthy Land and Water conceptual models
Water resource planning areas
Aquatic ecosystem monitoring programs
Point source monitoring
Wetland soil indicator case studies
Wetland management case studies
Wetland projects
2017 Cape York Marine Debris Project
3 Mile Creek Revisited
4WD Management in Coastal Saltmarsh
A Fish Friendly Fitzroy: Bypassing the Barrage
A history of cattle, water and wildlife on Nankin Plain
A New Battlefront at Girraween - Ongoing Nature Refuge Rehabilitation
A Wild Future for Queensland
Access Management to Protect Mangroves and Saltmarsh of Wallace Creek Reserve
Albert River Erosion Mitigation: Blacklock
Alexander Lakes Pest Management
An Innovative Approach to Riparian Rehabilitation through Succession Based Agro-Ecology
Ann Street Lagoon Salvinia Pest Management
ANZAC Tree Daisy Management
Arkarra Wetlands
Austinville Riparian Restoration Project
Australian Marine Debris Initiative - Annual Chilli Beach Clean-Up - Cape York
Australian Marine Debris Initiative - Clean Up Cape York
Avoid Island - Flatback habitat restoration and education project
Baffle Dairy Land Management Project
Bakers Creek Constructed Wetland (RC S1 BC 1 (DR5003))
Banana farming for healthier wetlands
Bank restoration and riparian planting on mango farm
Banora Point Floating Treatment Media trial
Barratta Creek wetlands
BBC Working together for a Better Bundamba Creek
Beatie Creek - streambank stabilisation stage 1
Beatie Creek - streambank stabilisation stage 2
Beating back the boxthorn - Sustainable scrub country
Beaver Rock Reserve habitat protection and rehabilitation program
Beechmont District Landcare Association Restoration of Back Creek Riparian Reserves at two sites
Beelbi Creek Barrier remediation Project—Torbanlea-Pialba
Behana Creek Protection Strategies
Bell's Riparian Re-vegetation at Upper Warrill
Bibimulya Wetlands - Waterbody Maintenance Program
Big Dune Surfing Reserve Restoration Project
Billy Jaggar Reserve
Biodiversity Enhancement at Underwood Road, Eight Mile Plains
Bioreactors for GBR - Cane
Black Duck Lake System rectification project
Black Swamp Creek Hymenachne Pest Management
Blitzing Bellyache Bush Outlier along Springsure Creek
BM NLP 06 Western Mary Sub-catchments Grazing Landscapes Project
Bonadio Corridor Mabi Stepping Stones
Bonny Glen Mud Springs integrated pest management
Booral & Round Island Project Weed Management
Brackish Lagoon rehabilitation and bird hide construction
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
Bribie Lakes, Bongaree
Bridge Creek Connections
Bridge to Bridge Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia (LRStA) project
Bridgewater Creek Intertidal Rehabilitation and Riparian Restoration Project
Brisbane River Corridor Riparian Project
Brisbane River Restoration Project Stage 3 - Colmslie Beach Reserve Restoration
Buderim Native Forests Preservation Project
Building community environmental leadership and waterway health restoration Upper Pioneer Catchment and Owens Creek
Building resilience in the Burdekin grazing industry
Building resilience of natural areas and sustainable land management on small properties within the Mackay Whitsunday Region
Building resilient farm landscapes in the North East Darling Downs Region
Building Resilient Landscapes in the Normanby Catchment
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
Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM Regional Investment Strategy (RIS) 2004-2008 Final Report
Burdekin Shire Council - Aquatic Weed Control
Burnett Mary Regional Group and Surfrider Foundation marine debris cleanup
Burpengary Creek Restoration
Bush to Bay Weed control - Feral pig population control at Lowmead & weed survey at Kolan River
Caliguel Reserve and Lagoon Biodiversity Conservation
Calliungal case study: managing cattle and wetlands where three rivers meet on the Calliungal floodplain
Calvert Dam, Norwich Park Mine, Dysart
Camp Creek Headwaters Renewal project: Stage 2
Cane Growers best management practice
Cane production
Canungra Creek Restoration Project
Canungra SRG Creek Restoration Project
Cape Bedford targeted rubbish, erosion and weeds project
Cape Gloucester - Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thicket Restoration Project
Cape York Peninsula Wet Tropics Area - Thunbergia Control Program
Cape York Weeds and Feral Animals program
Caring for Saltwater Country and Fish Habitat - Maroochy River Mangrove Nursery and Re-vegetation Project, Sunshine Coast
Carter site streambank stabilisation
Case Study: Bananas—Nurturing the soil and neighbouring wetlands on a banana farm in the Wet Tropics
Case Study: Beef Cattle—Managing frontage country
Case Study: De Moleyns Lagoon rehabilitation and monitoring project
Catasti's Road Sediment Trap
Catchment Management in the Maroochy River
Cats Claw Creeper Crusade and Habitat Restoration in Upper Pinbarren
Cattle Creek tree planting
Cave Creek Conservation: Hanger
Cave Creek Restoration: Freeman
CBBC - People and Places Connecting for a Better Bundamba Creek
Cedar Grove Catchment Restoration Project
Central Queensland Coast Riparian Health Project
Christmas Creek and Habitat Restoration
Clean up Magnetic Island significant creeks and riparian areas
Clean up Parthenium weed Barambah Creek Riparian zone
Clean Up Thomson River and Town Common
Clean Water for the Condamine
Cleaning up our Backyard
Cleaning Up Our Oceans - Monitoring and managing marine debris with the Reef Check volunteer program
Clifton wastewater treatment plant
Coastal Community Engagement, Building Capacity Awareness of Natural Environment in the Wide Bay Burnett Region
Coastal Ecosystem Rehabilitation and Community Engagement Project
Collaboration, Community and Cohesion - Relaunching Toowoomba and surrounds
Comale Lagoon - Connecting Camp and Culture
Community breathing new life into Waterhen Lake, Oxenford.
Community Coastcare in the Mackay Whitsunday Region
Community Foreshore Habitat Recovery and Rehabilitation Extension Program
Community foreshore habitat recovery and rehabilitation program
Community in action: cleaning up Keppel Bay after the 2011 floods to support emerging marine based tourism.
Community in action: conserving creekside environs
Community-led coastal environmental inventory and monitoring program
Community workshops and establishment of model landscaped coastal gardens in the Fraser Coast Regional Council
Condor Lakes Salvinia Pest Management
Connecting Endangered Ecosystems and Community in Cairns
Connecting Lowland Subtropical Rainforest and Other Significant Vegetation near Stanley River at Stanmore: Wegert
Connecting Lowland Subtropical Rainforest in Mooloolah: Gubbi Gubbi Dyungungoo
Connecting Lowland Subtropical Rainforest in Mooloolah: Shereston
Connecting Lowland Subtropical Rainforest in Mooloolah: Spinhoven/Wright
Connecting Lowland Subtropical Rainforest in South Mooloolah: Carew
Connecting Lowland Subtropical Rainforest in the Mooloolah Valley: Gehlert
Connecting Mooloolah River Wildlife Corridors
Connectivity and Biodiversity - Stanley and Pumicestone headwaters - BSES Ltd subcontract CAH-A11
Connectivity and Biodiversity - Stanley and Pumicestone headwaters - Malcolm Lower subcontract CAH-A11
Constructed wetland Blacks Beach, Mackay (video)
Constructed Wetland Management Plan, Myers Cane Farm, Homebush
Control of GRT in Rodds Bay
Control of Overland Flow through a Gully, Junction View
Control of Weeds of National Significance in targeted locations in the Gympie Region
Controlling climbing and scrambling weeds to rehabilitate waterways in Gympie
Controlling the creep of Cat’s Claw along the Dumaresq River
Coomera Rivers - Mangrove & Intertidal Rehabilitation
Coordinated regional pest and weed management in the Burdekin Dry Tropics
Cooroy Rainforest Calls
Cooya Beach Wetland Project
Corio Bay Restoration
Corridor between Bulguru conservation and high quality coastal rainforest- enhance ephemeral and permanent wetland, remnant forest and cassowary habitat
Cotton production
Cowley’s Wetland
Crab Creek native vegetation management
Crab Creek weed control
Creating habitat for threatened and declining species at the University of Queensland, St Lucia
‘Creek to Sky’: Increasing freshwater, terrestrial and biocultural biodiversity, a collaborative effort involving members of the school community, Mapleton community and associated organisations
Crooked Waterhole - restoration of Great Barrier Reef wetlands and coastal ecosystems
Cungulla wetland rehabilitation
CYPA04 - UHF Radio
CYPA05 - Turtle Predation
D’Andilly’s Irbyana Protection
Dairy production: Long-term commitment to improving land condition, and ‘least cost planning’ ensures sustainable milk production
Dayboro Wet Weather Storage Dam
De Moleyns Lagoon
De Moleyns Lagoon rehabilitation and monitoring project
De-silting Project—Collins Road Forestry Reserve, Arana Hills
De-silting Project—Freshwater Creek Second Av, Woorim
De-silting Project—John W. Mott Reserve, Kallangur
De-silting Project—Pine Rivers Park, Strathpine
De-silting Project—Rosmarin Av Reserve, Eatons Hill
De-silting Project—Saddleback Dve Camp Draft Place Park, Dayboro
De-silting Project—Sauvignon Drive Park, Morayfield
Deadly Science
Delivering Biodiversity Dividends for the Barratta Creek Catchment
Demonstration sites for gully and scald rehabilitation
Dennis’s Irbyana Protection Project
Development of a Strategic Approach to Weed Management on Kaanju Homelands
Dhu mu'rang Traditional Owners Caring for Fisheries - Maroochy and Mooloolah Estuaries
Diatomix Trial – Hinchinbrook Shire Council Sewage Treatment Plant
Dilli Village wastewater treatment plant Floating Treatment Media
Douglas Shire Wetlands
Drury’s Wetland
East Trinity Acid Sulfate Soil Remediation
Ecological Restoration at Pine Rivers Wetland Reserve, Griffin, SEQ
Ecovillage Swale Restoration Project States 2 and 3
Emu Park Community Bushcare Group Coastal Vegetation and Wetlands Protection Project
Engage the Whitsunday community to prevent and remove marine debris
Enhancement of pest control program—Poona
Enhancing drought-resistant koala habitat on the Eastern Darling Downs
Enhancing Lowland Subtropical Rainforest Along Ewen Creek at Crohamhurst: Sanders
Enhancing Lowland Subtropical Rainforest Along the Upper Stanley River at Peachester: Benjafield
Enhancing primary production through control of total grazing pressure and improved land management
Enhancing Russet creek Kuranda tree frog habitat
Enhancing the Resilience of Peterson Creek Corridor
Enhancing the sustainability of the native pasture ecosystem in Emu Creek Catchment by control of invasive weeds
Enriching our River
Environmental restoration of the Barolin Nature Reserve (previously Pasturage Reserve) by the Bargara Community
Eradicating Cats Claw Creeper and Madeira Vine in Elaman and Cedar Creeks
Eradicating Invasive Weeds
Eradicating weeds from Black Gully Southbank
Eradicating Weeds of National Significance in the Upper Mary Catchment
Establishing a rotational grazing system in box-mulga country, Wallam Creek
Establishing Swamp Tea-tree Forest on Tir Na Crann Koala Nature Refuge
Evening Star Landcare Rehabilitation in South-West Queensland
Everyone’s Ithaca
Exclusion Fencing Roundhill Creek Wetland Protection
Expansion of Biodiversity corridor along South Pine River between Drapers and Cash’s Crossing
Farming futures in FNQ
Fay Smith Environmental Park and Wetland Corridor
Fencing of Running Creek freshwater springs on Junjuwarra country
Fencing Wetlands and Riparian Zones on Wedderburn
Feral pig control, Great Sandy Strait/Ramsar Site
Feral Pig Control in the Wide Bay Military Training Ground
Feral Pig Control on the Stanage Peninsula
Fig Tree Creek Mangroves: Community Connections
Figtree Creek Wetlands and Conservation Corridors, Mulgrave River
Figtree Lagoon - phase V repair and restoration of priority coastal habitat and wetlands
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
Fire hazard reduction and habitat protection—Crab Creek
Fish biopassage—Miara Road, Bundaberg
Fish Creek Rescue
Fitzroy pest and weed management project