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Sub-basins (herb)

Brisbane River sub-basin (herb)

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Name: Brisbane River
Area type: Sub-basin (herb)
Total area: 696,983 ha
% total Qld: 0.4%
Towns: Benarkin, Biarra, Blackbutt, Brisbane, Cooyar, Crows Nest, Esk, Fernvale, Hampton, Harlin, Linville, Lowood, Marburg, Moore, Nukinenda, Pidna, Toogoolawah, Yarraman
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Coastal management district
Nature refuges
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Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—conceptual models
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Healthy Land and Water conceptual models
Water resource planning areas
Aquatic ecosystem monitoring programs
Point source monitoring
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Brisbane River sub-basin (herb) wetland area by system 2021
System Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 26,182 100.0% 3.8%
Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine 14,916 57.0% 2.1%
Artificial and highly modified 13,214 50.5% 1.9%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 648 2.5% 0.1%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 116 0.4% 0.0%
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 74 0.3% 0.0%
Lacustrine (unknown degree of modification) 1 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (natural) 842 3.2% 0.1%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 161 0.6% 0.0%
Riverine 11,125 42.5% 1.6%

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For definitions of artificial, highly modified, modified, slightly modified and natural wetlands, see the Queensland Wetland Mapping Method - A Method to Provide Baseline Mapping of Wetland Extent and Changes in Wetland Extent in Queensland (PDF, 0.6 MB).

Brisbane River sub-basin (herb) wetland area by habitat 2021
Habitat Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 1,748 100.0% 0.3%
Mangroves - Casuarina 47 2.7% 0.0%
Mangroves - other 527 30.2% 0.1%
Salt marsh and salt flats 172 9.8% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 14 0.8% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 829 47.4% 0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 158 9.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid 0 0.0% 0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 0 0.0% 0.0%

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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 extent changes

Brisbane River sub-basin (herb) wetland extent change by system
System 2021 area
(ha)		 2019 area
(ha)		 2017 area
(ha)		 2013 area
(ha)		 2009 area
(ha)		 2005 area
(ha)		 2001 area
(ha)		 pre-clear area
(ha)		 2021/pre-clear
percentage
Total 26,182 26,201 26,211 26,231 26,179 26,166 26,188 24,752 * 52.4%
Artificial and highly modified 13,214 13,214 13,208 13,196 13,186 13,143 13,099 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 648 654 661 692 659 669 670 1,434 45.2%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 116 116 119 120 120 124 135 0 n/a
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 74 74 76 77 71 70 83 0 n/a
Lacustrine (unknown degree of modification) 1 1 1 1 1 < 1 < 1 0 n/a
Palustrine (natural) 842 844 845 846 846 844 849 2,647 31.8%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 161 161 161 162 161 170 184 0 n/a
Riverine 11,125 11,136 11,140 11,136 11,134 11,146 11,167 20,671 53.8%

* Total 2021/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified

metadata View 2021 wetland system extents for all sub-basins (herb)

metadata View 2019 wetland system extents for all sub-basins (herb)

metadata View 2017 wetland system extents for all sub-basins (herb)

metadata View 2013 wetland system extents for all sub-basins (herb)

metadata View 2009 wetland system extents for all sub-basins (herb)

metadata View 2005 wetland system extents for all sub-basins (herb)

metadata View 2001 wetland system extents for all sub-basins (herb)

metadata View pre-clear wetland system extents for all sub-basins (herb)

metadata View 2021/pre-clear wetland system extent percentages for all sub-basins (herb)

Brisbane River sub-basin (herb) wetland extent change by habitat
Habitat 2021 area
(ha)		 2019 area
(ha)		 2017 area
(ha)		 2013 area
(ha)		 2009 area
(ha)		 2005 area
(ha)		 2001 area
(ha)
Total 1,748 1,756 1,767 1,801 1,767 1,787 1,819
Mangroves - Casuarina 47 47 47 48 48 51 51
Mangroves - other 527 516 522 546 520 522 522
Salt marsh and salt flats 172 189 192 201 193 202 214
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 829 831 832 832 832 831 849
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 158 158 158 160 160 167 169
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

metadata View 2021 wetland habitat area for all sub-basins (herb)

metadata View 2019 wetland habitat area for all sub-basins (herb)

metadata View 2017 wetland habitat area for all sub-basins (herb)

metadata View 2013 wetland habitat area for all sub-basins (herb)

metadata View 2009 wetland habitat area for all sub-basins (herb)

metadata View 2005 wetland habitat area for all sub-basins (herb)

metadata View 2001 wetland habitat area for all sub-basins (herb)

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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Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC) metadata

Brisbane River sub-basin (herb) land use
ALUMC code and description
Area (ha)
% total area
Total 696,974 100.0%
2.1 Grazing native vegetation 420,106 60.3%
5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure 56,959 8.2%
2.2 Production native forests 50,359 7.2%
1.1 Nature conservation 38,807 5.6%
1.3 Other minimal use 35,429 5.1%
3.1 Plantation forests 21,911 3.1%
1.2 Managed resource protection 13,679 2.0%
6.2 Reservoir/dam 12,410 1.8%
5.5 Services 11,996 1.7%
3.3 Cropping 6,594 0.9%
4.3 Irrigated cropping 5,188 0.7%
5.3 Manufacturing and industrial 4,905 0.7%
6.3 River 3,548 0.5%
3.2 Grazing modified pastures 3,306 0.5%
5.7 Transport and communication 2,484 0.4%
4.5 Irrigated seasonal horticulture 2,055 0.3%
3.6 Land in transition 1,141 0.2%
3.4 Perennial horticulture 991 0.1%
6.5 Marsh/wetland 990 0.1%
5.8 Mining 854 0.1%
4.2 Grazing irrigated modified pastures 711 0.1%
4.4 Irrigated perennial horticulture 695 0.1%
5.9 Waste treatment and disposal 476 0.1%
5.6 Utilities 472 0.1%
5.2 Intensive animal production 337 0.0%
4.1 Irrigated plantation forests 241 0.0%
5.1 Intensive horticulture 162 0.0%
6.4 Channel/aqueduct 117 0.0%
3.5 Seasonal horticulture 22 0.0%
6.1 Lake 20 0.0%
4.6 Irrigated land in transition 8 0.0%

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Biopassage structures info metadata

Name Construction year Structure types Stream name
map Brookwater Linear Pathway 2015 Culvert Opossum Creek
map Enoggera Creek 2010 Cone Enoggera Creek
map Mt Crosby Weir 1941 Pool and Weir Brisbane River
map Woogaroo Creek Fishway 2022 Rock Ramp Woogaroo Creek

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Wildlife

Kingdom
Class
 Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species		 Rare or
threatened
species		 All
TOTAL 4,745 919 526 148 5,665
Animals 1,002 51 265 79 1,053
Mammals 106 17 9 15 123
Birds 453 14 97 42 467
Reptiles 130 2 12 9 132
Amphibians 42 1 18 6 43
Lobe-finned fishes 1 0 1 1 1
Ray-finned fishes 50 12 61 1 62
Cartilaginous fishes 1 0 1 1 1
Insects 210 5 66 3 215
Malacostracans 7 0 0 1 7
Arachnids 1 0 0 0 1
Snails 1 0 0 0 1
Bacteria 26 0 0 0 26
Chromists 13 0 0 0 13
Fungi 1,106 0 0 0 1,106
Plants 2,594 868 261 69 3,463
Protozoans 4 0 0 0 4

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DETSI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.

Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

Disclaimer: While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this product, the Queensland Government and Australian Government make no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaim 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 incurred as a consequence of reliance on the product, or as a result of the product being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.

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This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Brisbane River sub-basin (herb) — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 11 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/sub-basin-herb-brisbane-river/

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