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Islands sub-basin (herb)Access wetland mapping in PDF and KML format by selecting the desired 100K map tile below or download the data via the Queensland Government Information Service. The below map is for visual representation purposes only. For more detailed mapping, please download the boundary KML. Drag this bar to relocate the map on your screen Open WetlandMaps interactive map server
Catchment stories
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| System | Area (ha) | % wetlands area | % total area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 151,384 | 100.0% | 3.5% |
| Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine | 150,267 | 99.3% | 3.5% |
| Artificial and highly modified | 639 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 117,122 | 77.4% | 2.7% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 201 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 3,362 | 2.2% | 0.1% |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 111 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (unknown degree of modification) | < 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (natural) | 28,807 | 19.0% | 0.7% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 31 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Riverine | 1,111 | 0.7% | 0.0% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 117,122 | 77.4% | 2.7% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 201 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (artificial) | 251 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (highly modified) | 381 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 3,362 | 2.2% | 0.1% |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 111 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (unknown degree of modification) | < 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (artificial) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (highly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (natural) | 28,807 | 19.0% | 0.7% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 31 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Riverine (artificial) | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Riverine (highly modified) | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Riverine (natural) | 1,111 | 0.7% | 0.0% |
| Riverine (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
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.
| Habitat | Area (ha) | % wetlands area | % total area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 144,675 | 100.0% | 3.3% |
| Mangroves - Casuarina | 474 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Mangroves - other | 79,473 | 54.9% | 1.8% |
| Salt marsh and salt flats | 32,577 | 22.5% | 0.7% |
| 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 | 2,359 | 1.6% | 0.1% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake | 988 | 0.7% | 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 | 10,058 | 7.0% | 0.2% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp | 1,473 | 1.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 12,711 | 8.8% | 0.3% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp | 4,482 | 3.1% | 0.1% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 40 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp | 28 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp | 12 | 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% |
| Mangroves - Casuarina (natural) | 474 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Mangroves - Casuarina (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Mangroves - other (natural) | 79,463 | 54.9% | 1.8% |
| Mangroves - other (slightly modified) | 9 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (natural) | 32,395 | 22.4% | 0.7% |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (slightly modified) | 182 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid saline lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid saline lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (natural) | 2,357 | 1.6% | 0.1% |
| 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) | 988 | 0.7% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural) | 10,054 | 6.9% | 0.2% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 1,473 | 1.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural) | 12,693 | 8.8% | 0.3% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 19 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural) | 4,482 | 3.1% | 0.1% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural) | 32 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 8 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 28 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (natural) | 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (slightly modified) | 0 | 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
| 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 | 151,384 | 151,384 | 151,397 | 151,366 | 151,177 | 151,223 | 151,014 | 154,043 | * 97.9% |
| Artificial and highly modified | 639 | 639 | 646 | 618 | 411 | 452 | 528 | 0 | n/a |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 117,122 | 117,120 | 117,125 | 117,126 | 117,144 | 117,145 | 117,156 | 117,623 | 99.6% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 201 | 201 | 201 | 201 | 198 | 198 | 198 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 3,362 | 3,362 | 3,362 | 3,362 | 3,362 | 3,362 | 3,362 | 3,365 | 99.9% |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 111 | 111 | 111 | 108 | 108 | 103 | 79 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (unknown degree of modification) | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (natural) | 28,807 | 28,808 | 28,810 | 28,810 | 28,812 | 28,818 | 28,547 | 31,442 | 91.6% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine | 1,111 | 1,111 | 1,111 | 1,111 | 1,111 | 1,111 | 1,110 | 1,613 | 68.9% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 117,122 | 117,120 | 117,125 | 117,126 | 117,144 | 117,145 | 117,156 | 117,623 | 99.6% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 201 | 201 | 201 | 201 | 198 | 198 | 198 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (artificial) | 251 | 251 | 259 | 231 | 213 | 158 | 146 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (highly modified) | 381 | 381 | 381 | 381 | 191 | 287 | 106 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 3,362 | 3,362 | 3,362 | 3,362 | 3,362 | 3,362 | 3,362 | 3,365 | 99.9% |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 111 | 111 | 111 | 108 | 108 | 103 | 79 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (unknown degree of modification) | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (artificial) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (highly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (natural) | 28,807 | 28,808 | 28,810 | 28,810 | 28,812 | 28,818 | 28,547 | 31,442 | 91.6% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine (artificial) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine (highly modified) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine (natural) | 1,111 | 1,111 | 1,111 | 1,111 | 1,111 | 1,111 | 1,110 | 1,613 | 68.9% |
| Riverine (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
* Total 2021/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified
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| Habitat | 2021 area (ha) |
2019 area (ha) |
2017 area (ha) |
2013 area (ha) |
2009 area (ha) |
2005 area (ha) |
2001 area (ha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 144,675 | 144,682 | 144,688 | 144,689 | 144,707 | 144,717 | 144,456 |
| Mangroves - Casuarina | 474 | 463 | 463 | 463 | 462 | 463 | 463 |
| Mangroves - other | 79,473 | 79,160 | 79,164 | 79,166 | 79,143 | 79,143 | 79,149 |
| Salt marsh and salt flats | 32,577 | 32,906 | 32,906 | 32,906 | 32,946 | 32,947 | 32,951 |
| 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 | 2,359 | 2,359 | 2,359 | 2,359 | 2,359 | 2,359 | 2,359 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake | 988 | 988 | 988 | 988 | 988 | 988 | 988 |
| 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 | 10,058 | 10,058 | 10,059 | 10,060 | 10,060 | 10,061 | 10,057 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp | 1,473 | 1,473 | 1,474 | 1,474 | 1,475 | 1,475 | 1,206 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 12,711 | 12,711 | 12,712 | 12,711 | 12,711 | 12,719 | 12,720 |
| 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 | 4,482 | 4,482 | 4,482 | 4,482 | 4,482 | 4,482 | 4,482 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 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 |
| Mangroves - Casuarina (natural) | 474 | 463 | 463 | 463 | 462 | 463 | 463 |
| Mangroves - Casuarina (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mangroves - other (natural) | 79,463 | 79,151 | 79,155 | 79,157 | 79,136 | 79,136 | 79,142 |
| Mangroves - other (slightly modified) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (natural) | 32,395 | 32,724 | 32,724 | 32,723 | 32,763 | 32,765 | 32,769 |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (slightly modified) | 182 | 182 | 182 | 182 | 182 | 182 | 182 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (natural) | 2,357 | 2,357 | 2,357 | 2,357 | 2,357 | 2,357 | 2,357 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (slightly modified) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake (natural) | 988 | 988 | 988 | 988 | 988 | 988 | 988 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural) | 10,054 | 10,054 | 10,055 | 10,055 | 10,056 | 10,056 | 10,053 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 1,473 | 1,473 | 1,474 | 1,474 | 1,475 | 1,475 | 1,206 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural) | 12,693 | 12,693 | 12,693 | 12,692 | 12,692 | 12,698 | 12,700 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural) | 4,482 | 4,482 | 4,482 | 4,482 | 4,482 | 4,482 | 4,482 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (natural) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 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.
Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC)
| ALUMC code and description | Area (ha) | % total area |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 777,054 | 17.9% |
| 1.1 Nature conservation | 317,681 | 7.3% |
| 1.1.1 Strict nature reserves | 101 | 0.0% |
| 1.1.3 National park | 304,672 | 7.0% |
| 1.1.4 Natural feature protection | 10,635 | 0.2% |
| 1.1.7 Other conserved area | 2,272 | 0.1% |
| 1.3 Other minimal use | 169,149 | 3.9% |
| 1.3.0 Other minimal use | 2,424 | 0.1% |
| 1.3.1 Defence | 8,088 | 0.2% |
| 1.3.3 Residual native cover | 157,925 | 3.6% |
| 1.3.4 Rehabilitation | 712 | 0.0% |
| 6.5 Marsh/wetland | 77,170 | 1.8% |
| 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland | 36,011 | 0.8% |
| 6.5.1 Marsh/wetland - conservation | 323 | 0.0% |
| 6.5.2 Marsh/wetland - production | 82 | 0.0% |
| 6.5.3 Marsh/wetland - intensive use | 61 | 0.0% |
| 6.5.4 Marsh/wetland - saline | 40,694 | 0.9% |
| 1.2 Managed resource protection | 64,067 | 1.5% |
| 1.2.0 Managed resource protection | 705 | 0.0% |
| 1.2.5 Traditional indigenous uses | 63,362 | 1.5% |
| 6.3 River | 62,748 | 1.4% |
| 6.3.0 River | 61,343 | 1.4% |
| 6.3.1 River - conservation | 1,244 | 0.0% |
| 6.3.3 River - intensive use | 161 | 0.0% |
| 6.6 Estuary/coastal waters | 41,360 | 1.0% |
| 6.6.0 Estuary/coastal waters | 41,004 | 0.9% |
| 6.6.3 Estuary/coastal waters - intensive use | 356 | 0.0% |
| 2.2 Production native forests | 14,999 | 0.3% |
| 2.2.0 Production native forests | 14,999 | 0.3% |
| 2.1 Grazing native vegetation | 11,804 | 0.3% |
| 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation | 11,804 | 0.3% |
| 6.1 Lake | 4,822 | 0.1% |
| 6.1.0 Lake | 1,385 | 0.0% |
| 6.1.1 Lake - conservation | 3,309 | 0.1% |
| 6.1.4 Lake - saline | 128 | 0.0% |
| 5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure | 4,426 | 0.1% |
| 5.4.0 Residential and farm infrastructure | 3 | 0.0% |
| 5.4.1 Urban residential | 3,325 | 0.1% |
| 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture | < 1 | 0.0% |
| 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture | 353 | 0.0% |
| 5.4.4 Remote communities | 709 | 0.0% |
| 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure | 37 | 0.0% |
| 3.1 Plantation forests | 2,772 | 0.1% |
| 3.1.0 Plantation forests | 2,772 | 0.1% |
| 5.5 Services | 1,663 | 0.0% |
| 5.5.1 Commercial services | 267 | 0.0% |
| 5.5.2 Public services | 200 | 0.0% |
| 5.5.3 Recreation and culture | 1,183 | 0.0% |
| 5.5.5 Research facilities | 13 | 0.0% |
| 5.8 Mining | 1,162 | 0.0% |
| 5.8.0 Mining | 849 | 0.0% |
| 5.8.1 Mines | < 1 | 0.0% |
| 5.8.2 Quarries | 41 | 0.0% |
| 5.8.3 Tailings | < 1 | 0.0% |
| 5.8.4 Extractive industry not in use | 272 | 0.0% |
| 5.3 Manufacturing and industrial | 1,079 | 0.0% |
| 5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial | 877 | 0.0% |
| 5.3.3 Major industrial complex | 200 | 0.0% |
| 5.3.6 Oil refinery | < 1 | 0.0% |
| 5.3.7 Sawmill | < 1 | 0.0% |
| 5.7 Transport and communication | 697 | 0.0% |
| 5.7.0 Transport and communication | 23 | 0.0% |
| 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes | 362 | 0.0% |
| 5.7.2 Roads | 86 | 0.0% |
| 5.7.3 Railways | 28 | 0.0% |
| 5.7.4 Ports and water transport | 148 | 0.0% |
| 5.7.5 Navigation and communication | 51 | 0.0% |
| 5.6 Utilities | 674 | 0.0% |
| 5.6.0 Utilities | 4 | 0.0% |
| 5.6.1 Fuel powered electricity generation | 7 | 0.0% |
| 5.6.3 Wind electricity generation | < 1 | 0.0% |
| 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission | 4 | 0.0% |
| 5.6.6 Gas treatment, storage and transmission | 605 | 0.0% |
| 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission | 52 | 0.0% |
| 3.6 Land in transition | 511 | 0.0% |
| 3.6.0 Land in transition | 381 | 0.0% |
| 3.6.3 Land under rehabilitation | 130 | 0.0% |
| 6.2 Reservoir/dam | 122 | 0.0% |
| 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam | 63 | 0.0% |
| 6.2.1 Reservoir | 24 | 0.0% |
| 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams | 35 | 0.0% |
| 5.9 Waste treatment and disposal | 104 | 0.0% |
| 5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal | 41 | 0.0% |
| 5.9.2 Landfill | 37 | 0.0% |
| 5.9.3 Solid garbage | 5 | 0.0% |
| 5.9.5 Sewage | 20 | 0.0% |
| 5.2 Intensive animal production | 35 | 0.0% |
| 5.2.5 Aquaculture | 35 | 0.0% |
| 4.3 Irrigated cropping | 7 | 0.0% |
| 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping | 7 | 0.0% |
| 4.3.5 Irrigated sugar | < 1 | 0.0% |
| 4.4 Irrigated perennial horticulture | 2 | 0.0% |
| 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture | 2 | 0.0% |
| 3.4 Perennial horticulture | 2 | 0.0% |
| 3.4.0 Perennial horticulture | 2 | 0.0% |
| 4.5 Irrigated seasonal horticulture | 1 | 0.0% |
| 4.5.0 Irrigated seasonal horticulture | 1 | 0.0% |
| 5.1 Intensive horticulture | < 1 | 0.0% |
| 5.1.5 Abandoned intensive horticulture | < 1 | 0.0% |
Drainage divisions 
Drainage basins
Drainage sub-basins
Regional natural resource management (NRM) bodies
Local government areas
- Aurukun
- Brisbane
- Bundaberg
- Burdekin
- Burke
- Cairns
- Carpentaria
- Cassowary Coast
- Cook
- Doomadgee
- Douglas
- Fraser Coast
- Gladstone
- Gold Coast
- Gympie
- Hinchinbrook
- Hope Vale
- Isaac
- Kowanyama
- Livingstone
- Lockhart River
- Mackay
- Mapoon
- Moreton Bay
- Mornington
- Napranum
- Noosa
- Northern Peninsula Area
- Palm Island
- Pormpuraaw
- Redland
- Rockhampton
- Sunshine Coast
- Torres
- Torres Strait Island
- Townsville
- Weipa
- Whitsunday
- Yarrabah
100K map tiles
- Abbot Point - 8558
- Agnew - 7373
- Archer River - 7270
- Artub Islet - 7576
- Artub Islet East - 7676
- Aurukun - 7271
- Bajool - 9050
- Bartle Frere - 8063
- Bathurst Range - 7769
- Bayfield - 9052
- Beenleigh - 9542
- Blackwood Channel - 7674
- Boigu - 7379
- Booby Island - 7276
- Bowden Reef (prov) - 8459
- Bowen - 8557
- Bowling Green Bay - 8359
- Boydong Island - 7575
- Bramble Cay - 7679
- Brisbane - 9543
- Bundaberg - 9348
- Burketown - 6862
- Cairns - 8064
- Calen - 8656
- Calliope - 9149
- Caloundra - 9544
- Cape Capricorn - 9151
- Cape Direction - 7672
- Cape Flattery - 7968
- Cape Grenville - 7574
- Cape Keerweer - 7170
- Cape Keerweer South - 7169
- Cape Melville - 7869
- Cape Sidmouth - 7671
- Cape Upstart - 8458
- Cape Van Diemen - 6864
- Cape Weymouth - 7572
- Cape York - 7476
- Capricorn Channel South - 9351
- Cardwell - 8161
- Carmila - 8754
- Cliffdale Creek - 6664
- Coconut Island - 7577
- Connors Range - 8753
- Cooktown - 7967
- Cooper Point - 8163
- Cormorant Pass - 8068
- Cumberland Islands - 8756
- Curlew Island - 8854
- Darnley Island - 7678
- Daru - 7579
- Deliverance Island - 7278
- Dinah Island - 7165
- Edward River - 7268
- Elizabeth River - 6865
- Flat Island - 9152
- Gabba Island - 7478
- Gladstone - 9150
- Green Island - 8164
- Happy Valley - 9547
- Helenvale - 7966
- Heron Island - 9251
- Hervey Bay North - 9448
- High Peak Island - 9054
- Holroyd - 7269
- Hoskyn Island - 9350
- Hotspur Island - 8955
- Ingham - 8160
- Innisfail - 8162
- Jeannie River - 7868
- Karumba - 7063
- Laguna Bay - 9545
- Lindeman Island - 8757
- Lowareah Point - 6765
- Mabuiag Island - 7378
- Macaroni - 7164
- Macaroni West - 7064
- Mackay - 8755
- Maclennan Cay - 7675
- Magowra - 7062
- Mapoon - 7274
- Mari - 7279
- Marlborough - 8852
- Maryborough - 9446
- Massacre Inlet - 6564
- Middle Point - 6962
- Miriam Vale - 9249
- Mitchell Creek - 9349
- Mitchell River - 7267
- Mitchell River West - 7167
- Moa Island - 7377
- Mornington - 6764
- Mossman - 7965
- Murray Islands - 7778
- Murwillumbah - 9541
- Nassau River - 7166
- Orford Bay - 7475
- Palm Islands - 8260
- Peninsula Range - 9053
- Pennefather River - 7273
- Percy Isles - 8954
- Pialba - 9447
- Point Lookout - 9643
- Point Parker - 6763
- Pratt Rock - 8065
- Princess Charlotte Bay - 7669
- Princhester - 8952
- Proserpine - 8657
- Prudhoe Island - 8855
- Rattray Island - 8658
- Rennel Island - 7578
- Rockhampton - 9051
- Rodds Bay - 9250
- Rollingstone - 8159
- Rumula - 7964
- Safe Entrance - 7673
- Saibai - 7479
- Saint Lawrence - 8853
- Sand Bank Number Eight - 7771
- Sassie Island - 7477
- Scawfell - 8856
- Shelburne Bay - 7474
- Shoalwater - 8953
- Silver Plains - 7670
- Skardon River - 7374
- Stradbroke - 9642
- Sweers Island - 6863
- Temple Bay - 7573
- Thursday Island - 7376
- Townsville - 8259
- Turu Cay - 7178
- Tweed Heads - 9641
- Two Mile Opening - 7969
- Vrilya Point - 7375
- Waddy Point - 9548
- Weipa - 7272
- Wide Bay - 9546
Climate zones
Equatorial- Grassland
- Subtropical
- Tropical
Bioregions
Biogeographic subregions
- Battle Camp Sandstones
- Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands
- Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges
- Byfield
- Cape York - Torres Strait
- Coen - Yambo Inlier
- Debella
- Great Sandy
- Herbert
- Innisfail
- Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones
- Kirrama - Hinchinbrook
- Laura Lowlands
- Manifold
- Marlborough Plains
- Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands
- Southern Great Barrier Reef
- Starke Coastal Lowlands
- Sunshine Coast - Gold Coast Lowlands
- Townsville Plains
- Tully
- Wellesley Islands
- Whitsunday
IBRA bioregions
IBRA subregions
- Battle Camp Sandstones
- Bellenden Ker-Lamb
- Burnett-Curtis Coastal Lowlands
- Burnett-Curtis Hills and Ranges
- Byfield
- Cape York-Torres Strait
- Coen-Yambo Inlier
- Daintree-Bloomfield
- Debella
- Great Sandy
- Herbert
- Innisfail
- Jardine-Pascoe Sandstones
- Laura Lowlands
- Marlborough Plains
- Proserpine-Sarina Lowlands
- Southern Great Barrier Reef
- Starke Coastal Lowlands
- Sunshine Coast-Gold Coast Lowlands
- Townsville Plains
- Tully
- Wellesley Islands
- Whitsunday
Bioregional assessment areas
none
Marine meso-scale bioregions
- Central Reef (CR)
- East Cape York (ECY)
- Karumba-Nassau (KAN)
- Lucinda-Mackay Coast (LMC)
- Mackay-Capricorn (MC)
- Ribbons (RBN)
- Shoalwater Coast (SC)
- Torres Strait (TS)
- Tweed-Moreton (TM)
- Wellesley (WLY)
- West Cape York (WCY)
- Wet Tropic Coast (WTC)
Marine provincial bioregions
- Cape Province
- Central Eastern Shelf Transition
- Northeast Shelf Province
- Northeast Shelf Transition
- Northern Shelf Province
Regional plans
World Heritage areas
Ramsar internationally important wetlands
DIWA nationally important wetlands
- Abbot Point - Caley Valley
- Alexandra Bay
- Archer Bay Aggregation
- Bambaroo Coastal Aggregation
- Bowling Green Bay
- Bribie Island
- Broad Sound
- Burdekin Delta
- Burdekin - Townsville Coastal Aggregation
- Burrum Coast
- Bustard Bay Wetlands
- Cairncross Reef Complex
- Cape Flattery Dune Lakes
- Cape Grenville Area
- Cape Melville - Bathurst Bay
- Clack Reef Complex
- Colosseum Inlet - Rodds Bay
- Coolum Creek and Lower Maroochy River
- Corio Bay Wetlands
- Cowley Area
- Deepwater Creek
- Edgecumbe Bay
- Edmund Kennedy Wetlands
- Fitzroy River Delta
- Forsyth Island Wetlands
- Four Mile Beach
- Fraser Island
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
- Great Sandy Strait
- Harmer Creek - Shelburne Bay Aggregation
- Herbert River Floodplain
- Hinchinbrook Channel
- Island Head Creek - Port Clinton Area
- Jardine River Wetlands Aggregation
- Kurrimine Area
- Lake Weyba
- Lloyd Bay
- Lower Daintree River
- Missionary Bay
- Moreton Bay
- Newcastle Bay - Escape River Estuarine Complex
- Noosa River Wetlands
- North Stradbroke Island
- Northeast Curtis Island
- Northeast Karumba Plain Aggregation
- Olive River
- Orford Bay - Sharp Point Dunefield Aggregation
- Pine River and Hayes Inlet
- Port Curtis
- Port Musgrave Aggregation
- Port of Cairns and Trinity Inlet
- Princess Charlotte Bay Marine Area
- Proserpine - Goorganga Plain
- Pumicestone Passage
- Russell River
- Sand Bay
- Sandringham Bay - Bakers Creek Aggregation
- Sarina Inlet - Ince Bay Aggregation
- Shoalwater Bay
- Shoalwater Bay Training Area Overview C
- Silver Plains - Nesbitt River Aggregation
- Skardon River - Cotterell River Aggregation
- Somerset Dunefield Aggregation
- Southeast Karumba Plain Aggregation
- Southern Gulf Aggregation
- Southern Upstart Bay
- St Helens Bay Area
- Temple Bay
- The Narrows
- Upper Pumicestone Coastal Plain
- Wentworth Aggregation
- Wide Bay Military Training Area C
- Wyvuri Swamp
- Yeppoon - Keppel Sands Tidal Wetlands
National parks
- Annan River (Yuku Baja-Muliku) National Park
- Apudthama National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Barnard Island Group National Park
- Bowling Green Bay National Park
- Brampton Islands National Park
- Bribie Island National Park
- Broad Sound Islands National Park
- Bromley (Ampulin) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Brook Islands National Park
- Burrum Coast National Park
- Byfield National Park
- Cape Hillsborough National Park
- Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Cape Palmerston National Park
- Cape Upstart National Park
- Capricorn Coast National Park
- Capricornia Cays National Park
- Capricornia Cays National Park (scientific)
- Claremont Isles National Park
- Clump Mountain National Park
- Conway National Park
- Curtis Island National Park
- Daintree National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Deepwater National Park
- Dryander National Park
- Ella Bay National Park
- Endeavour River National Park
- Eurimbula National Park
- Family Islands National Park
- Finucane Island National Park
- Fitzroy Island National Park
- Flinders Group National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Fort Lytton National Park
- Frankland Group National Park
- Gheebulum Kunungai (Moreton Island) National Park
- Girramay National Park
- Girringun National Park
- Gloucester Island National Park
- Goold Island National Park
- Great Sandy National Park
- Green Island National Park
- Gulngay National Park
- Halifax Bay Wetlands National Park
- Hinchinbrook Island National Park
- Holbourne Island National Park
- Hope Islands National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Howick Group National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Hull River National Park
- Jardine River National Park
- Keppel Bay Islands National Park
- Keppel Bay Islands National Park (scientific)
- Kurrimine Beach National Park
- Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Lama Lama National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Lindeman Islands National Park
- Lizard Island National Park
- Ma'alpiku Island National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Macalister Range National Park
- Magnetic Island National Park
- Marpa National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Michaelmas and Upolu Cays National Park
- Mitirinchi Island National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Molle Islands National Park
- Moresby Range National Park
- Naree Budjong Djara National Park
- Newry Islands National Park
- Ngalba-bulal National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Noosa National Park
- Northumberland Islands National Park
- Orpheus Island National Park
- Paluma Range National Park
- Percy Isles National Park
- Piper Islands National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Possession Island National Park
- Repulse Islands National Park
- Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Russell River National Park
- Sandbanks National Park
- Smith Islands National Park
- South Cumberland Islands National Park
- Southern Moreton Bay Islands National Park
- St Helena Island National Park
- Teerk Roo Ra National Park
- Three Islands Group National Park
- Turtle Group National Park
- West Hill National Park
- Whitsunday Islands National Park
- Wild Cattle Island National Park
- Wuthara Island National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Wuthathi (Saunders Islands) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Wuthathi (Shelburne Bay) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Wuthathi (Sir Charles Hardy Group) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Yamarrinh Wachangan Islands (Denham Group) National Park (CYPAL)
- Yuwi Paree Toolkoon National Park
Marine parks (Queensland)
Study areas
Report cards
Conservation parks
- Archer Point Conservation Park
- Bakers Creek Conservation Park
- Bird Island Conservation Park
- Bolger Bay Conservation Park
- Broad Sound Islands Conservation Park
- Broadwater Conservation Park
- Buckleys Hole Conservation Park
- Byfield Conservation Park
- Cabbage Tree Point Conservation Park
- Cape Capricorn Conservation Park
- Cape Moreton Conservation Park
- Cape Pallarenda Conservation Park
- Charon Point Conservation Park
- Conway Conservation Park
- Curtis Island Conservation Park
- Garden Island Conservation Park
- Goat Island Conservation Park
- Great Sandy Conservation Park
- Hays Inlet Conservation Park 1
- Horseshoe Bay Lagoon Conservation Park
- Joseph Banks (Round Hill Head) Conservation Park
- King Island Conservation Park
- MacKenzie Island Conservation Park
- Magnetic Island Conservation Park 1
- Magnetic Island Conservation Park 2
- Main Beach Conservation Park
- Maroochy River Conservation Park
- Middle Percy Island Conservation Park
- Mon Repos Conservation Park
- Mouth of Baffle Creek Conservation Park 1
- Mouth of Baffle Creek Conservation Park 2
- Mouth of Kolan River Conservation Park
- Mud Island Conservation Park
- Myora Conservation Park
- Naree Budjong Djara Conservation Park
- Round Island Conservation Park
- Sandringham Bay Conservation Park
- Sandy Cape Conservation Park
- Shoalwater Bay Conservation Park
- South Stradbroke Island Conservation Park
- Southend Conservation Park
- Teerk Roo Ra Conservation Park
- Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
State forests
- Bribie Island State Forest
- Curtis Island State Forest
- Fraser Island State Forest
- North Curtis Island State Forest
- Tuan State Forest
Forest reserves
none
Resources reserves
Timber reserves
none
Fish habitat areas
- Annan River
- Baffle Creek
- Balban Dara Guya (Leekes Creek)
- Barr Creek
- Bassett Basin (Rev.1)
- Beelbi
- Bohle River
- Bowling Green Bay
- Broad Sound
- Burdekin
- Burrum
- Cape Palmerston - Rocky Dam
- Cattle-Palm Creek
- Cawarral Creek
- Cleveland Bay
- Colosseum Inlet
- Coomera
- Corio Bay
- Dallachy Creek
- Deception Bay
- Edgecumbe Bay
- Eight Mile Creek
- Elliott River
- Escape River
- Eurimbula
- Fitzroy River (Rev.1)
- Half Moon Creek
- Halifax
- Hay's Inlet
- Hinchinbrook
- Hull River
- Jumpinpin-Broadwater
- Kauri Creek
- K'gari
- Kinkuna
- Kippa-Ring
- Kolan River
- Maaroom
- Maroochy
- Meunga Creek
- Midge
- Moreton Banks
- Morning Inlet - Bynoe River
- Murray River
- Myora - Amity Banks
- Nassau River
- Ngulun (Starcke River)
- Peel Island
- Pine River Bay
- Princess Charlotte Bay
- Pumicestone Channel
- Repulse
- Rodds Harbour
- Sand Bay
- Seventeen Seventy-Round Hill
- Silver Plains
- Staaten-Gilbert
- Susan River
- Temple Bay
- Tin Can Inlet
- Trinity Inlet
- Tully River
- West Hill
- Wreck Creek
- Wuthathi Rev.1 (Margaret Bay)
- Yorkeys Creek
Coastal management district
- Available (all have been combined since February 2012)
Nature refuges
Freshwater biogeographic provinces
Aquatic Conservation Assessments (AquaBAMM) and others
Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—conceptual models
- Coastal and subcoastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp
- Coastal and subcoastal floodplain tree swamp–Melaleuca spp. and Eucalyptus spp.
- Coastal and subcoastal floodplain wet heath swamp
- Coastal and subcoastal non-floodplain grass sedge and herb swamp
- Coastal and subcoastal non-floodplain sand lake—Perched
- Coastal and subcoastal non-floodplain sand lake—Window
- Coastal and subcoastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalyptus spp.
- Coastal and subcoastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp
- Coastal and subcoastal tree swamp—Palm
Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—management profiles
Groundwater dependent ecosystem type—conceptual models
Healthy Land and Water conceptual models
Water resource planning areas
Aquatic ecosystem monitoring programs
- Aerial surveys of waterbirds in eastern Australia
- Central Queensland ambient estuary program
- Ecosystem health monitoring program – estuarine and marine
- Environmental flows assessment program (EFAP)
- Groundwater ambient network (GWAN) – water quality
- Groundwater water level network
- Long term historical trend water quality monitoring data
- Lyngbya monitoring program
- Moreton Bay mangroves
- Moreton Bay marine park monitoring program
- Moreton Bay regional council waterway health monitoring program
- Queensland wetland mapping
- South East Queensland (SEQ) Catchments community water quality monitoring program
- Surface water ambient network (SWAN) – water quality
- Surface water monitoring network
Point source monitoring
Wetland soil indicator case studies
Wetland management case studies
Wetland projects
- 4WD Management in Coastal Saltmarsh
- A Fish Friendly Fitzroy: Bypassing the Barrage
- Australian Marine Debris Initiative - Clean Up Cape York
- Avoid Island - Flatback habitat restoration and education project
- Beaver Rock Reserve habitat protection and rehabilitation program
- Bibimulya Wetlands - Waterbody Maintenance Program
- Big Dune Surfing Reserve Restoration Project
- BM NLP 06 Western Mary Sub-catchments Grazing Landscapes Project
- Booral & Round Island Project Weed Management
- Bribie Lakes, Bongaree
- Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM Regional Investment Strategy (RIS) 2004-2008 Final Report
- Burdekin Shire Council - Aquatic Weed Control
- Cape Bedford targeted rubbish, erosion and weeds project
- Cape York Weeds and Feral Animals program
- Clean up Magnetic Island significant creeks and riparian areas
- Coastal Community Engagement, Building Capacity Awareness of Natural Environment in the Wide Bay Burnett Region
- 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 workshops and establishment of model landscaped coastal gardens in the Fraser Coast Regional Council
- Coordinated regional pest and weed management in the Burdekin Dry Tropics
- Corio Bay Restoration
- Cungulla wetland rehabilitation
- CYPA04 - UHF Radio
- CYPA05 - Turtle Predation
- De-silting Project—Freshwater Creek Second Av, Woorim
- Deadly Science
- Development of a Strategic Approach to Weed Management on Kaanju Homelands
- Dilli Village wastewater treatment plant Floating Treatment Media
- Emu Park Community Bushcare Group Coastal Vegetation and Wetlands Protection Project
- Exclusion Fencing Roundhill Creek Wetland Protection
- 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
- Fitzroy pest and weed management project
- Fitzroy Water Quality
- Fitzroy Water Quality Project
- Fox and wild dog control—Great Sandy Strait
- Fraser Island monitoring and restoration of Eurong Village's natural integrity
- Fraser Island World Heritage site, work on marine debris removal, understanding and actioning mitigation
- Groundsel control—Fraser Island
- Healthy waterways, rivers and wetlands - improving water quality in the Burnett Mary
- Implementing the CQSS Fitzroy Basin Neighbourhood Catchment Plan
- Implementing the CQSS Fitzroy Basin Neighbourhood Catchment Program ‘FB NAP PAP 01’ Final Report December 2004
- Improved on-farm soil and nutrient management practices
- Improving landscape resilience in the important sugar production area of the Lower Burdekin Delta
- Improving Water Quality Through In-Ground Land Management Changes in the Bowen-Broken River Catchment: A Framework for Action
- Increase community involvement with marine debris removal
- Initiation of a Lower Burdekin Water Quality and Salinity Management Program
- Innovation in rehabilitation processes on Cape York Pastoral Land
- Integrated Sunshine Coast Clean-up project
- Integrated vertebrate pest management program
- Kinka wetland rehabilitation
- Kinka Wetlands
- Kinka Wetlands Quarry Rehabilitation
- Lady Musgrave Island study—Queensland Turtle Conservation Project
- Landscape Resilience in the important sugar production area of the Lower Burdekin Delta
- Lawson—feral pig control on Eurimbula Creek
- Local Priority Weeds and Pests
- Lower Poona Creek pest plant control project
- Maintaining the Natural Integrity of Eurong, Fraser Island (K'gari)
- Management of visitor impacts at Jew hole recreation area, Big Tuan Creek
- Marine debris clean-up - mouth of the Mary River (Tandora)
- MI5 Community Invasive Species Control/Eradication Program 2015, Stage 1
- Mullens Wader Walk
- MW QNRM 01
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - RC S1 Whitsunday Creeks (DR5006)
- NQ Dry Tropics Community Landcare Grants (2015–16)
- NQ Dry Tropics Community Landcare Grants (2016–17)
- Pasturage Reserve wetland rehabilitation
- 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 - Controlling Abrus in Happy Valley Fraser Island
- 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 - Great Sandy Strait Seagrass Monitoring - Cooloola Coastcare
- PCE - Junior Cooloola Coastcare - Ramsar Wetlands
- PCE -Kauri and Mosquito Creeks - Pest Species Management
- PCE - Maintaining the Natural Integrity of Fraser Island
- 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
- Pest control program, Tuan State Forrest—Poona, Buttha and Kauri Creeks
- Pests and weeds: Far North Queensland weeds - local action of big issues (putting a stop to emerging weeds)
- Phase 2 Cape York Turtle Nest Monitoring Project
- Pig Control at Tandora
- Promoting sustainable vegetation management and ecosystem resilience on Coochiemudlo Island
- Protecting and Restoring Myora Springs
- Protecting Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh
- Protecting the Values of Our Ramsar Wetlands Shoalwater/Corio Bay
- Pumicestone Passage Water and Mangrove Monitoring
- QNRM02 P4-SP1 Feral Pigs
- Rainbow Beach environmental works—vehicle access restriction
- Ramsar Area Pig and Weed Control 2014-15
- Ramsar site flood debris clean-up—Tandora
- Ramsar Wetlands (DEEDI) CfOC
- Ramsar Wetlands (GA) CfOC
- Reclaiming landscapes: prickly acacia and other woody weed management in north-west Queensland
- Reducing the impact of pests and weeds
- Removing Turbina that is strangling Mabi Forest on the Atherton Tablelands
- Research Case Study: Cost-effective restoration of wetlands that protect the water quality of the Great Barrier Reef
- Research Case Study: Recovering Australia's migratory shorebirds
- Resilient landscape and riparian zones: strategic rubber vine and bellyache bush management in the Northern and Southern Gulf
- Restoring wetland function at Spotswood Lagoon
- Sea Turtle Volunteer Stranding Response Coordination
- Southern Great Barrier Reef: Island Habitat Resilience
- Stabilisation of Buttha Campground 2, Buttha Creek, Poona
- Sun Sun Prawn Aquaculture Farm rehabilitation
- Sustainable grazing management and on-ground works: conserving soils in the Burnett Mary Region
- Systems repair in the Lower Burdekin
- Targeting Landcare Initiatives in practice on Cape York Peninsula
- The history and role of fire in the patterned fens—Great Sandy Strait, Queensland
- Towards the Integrated Management of Terrestrial and Aquatic Weeds of National State and Regional Significance
- Traditional Owner Water Quality Grants
- Virtual Bus Tour: Building new cane farms using best management practices
- Virtual Bus Tour: Conjunctive use dewatering bore to address a rising groundwater problem
- Virtual Bus Tour: Controlled traffic farming on a best management practice farm
- Virtual Bus Tour: Gary Raiteri talks rural water use efficiency technology
- Virtual Bus Tour: Low pressure irrigation delivers cost savings and yield gains
- Virtual Bus Tour: Low pressure overhead irrigation for water use efficiency
- Virtual Bus Tour: Pooling resources to access new technology in the sugarcane industry
- Virtual Bus Tour: Puglisi sustainable sugar & cocoa farming & tourism
- Virtual Bus Tour: Reef Rescue in a high rainfall area
- Virtual Bus Tour: Water use efficiency success with overhead irrigation project
- Weed control and revegetation of wallum and marsh ecosystems at Buckleys Hole, Bongaree
- Western Mary Sub-catchments Grazing Landscapes Project
- Woorim Foreshore rehabilitation
Area specific conceptual model case studies
Paddock to Reef (P2R) report cards
none
Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments
EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives
-
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1272)
- HEV2427 (HEV)
- HEV2430 (HEV)
- HEV2441 (HEV)
- MD2422 (MD)
- MD2423 (MD)
- MD2442 (MD)
- SD2424 (SD)
- SD2427 (SD)
- SD2441 (SD)
-
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1311)
- HEV2441 (HEV)
- MD2422 (MD)
- MD2423 (MD)
- MD2441 (MD)
- MD2442 (MD)
- SD2427 (SD)
- SD2441 (SD)
- SD2444 (SD)
- SD2446 (SD)
-
Daintree, Mossman, Barron, Mulgrave Russell, Johnstone, Tully, Murray, Hinchinbrook, Herbert Basins (WQ1082)
- HEV3121 (HEV)
- HEV3122 (HEV)
- HEV3123 (HEV)
- HEV3124 (HEV)
- SD3121 (SD)
- SD3124 (SD)
-
Fraser Island Waters (WQ1391)
- FF/FL/PF/1 (HEV)
- FL1A (HEV)
- FL1B (HEV)
- FL1C (HEV)
- FL1D (HEV)
- FL1E (HEV)
- FL1G (HEV)
- GSS1 (HEV)
- HB1 (HEV)
-
Great Sandy Strait and Coastal Creeks (WQ1402)
- FF/FL/PF/1 (HEV)
- GSS1 (HEV)
- HB1 (HEV)
-
Pioneer River and Plane Creek Basins; Proserpine River, Whitsunday Island and O'Connell River Basins (WQ1222)
- HEV2381 (HEV)
- HEV2383 (HEV)
- HEV2384 (HEV)
- HEV2385 (HEV)
- SD2382 (SD)
- SD2383 (SD)
- SD2384 (SD)
-
Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1182)
- HEV2226 (HEV)
- SD2221 (SD)
-
Styx River, Shoalwater Creek and Water Park Creek Basins (WQ1272)
- HEV2404 (HEV)
- HEV2421 (HEV)
- HEV2422 (HEV)
- HEV2423 (HEV)
- HEV2424 (HEV)
- HEV2425 (HEV)
- HEV2427 (HEV)
- HEV2428 (HEV)
- SD2422 (SD)
- SD2424 (SD)
- SD2425 (SD)
-
Tully River, Murray River and Hinchinbrook Island Basins (WQ1131)
- HEV3081 (HEV)
- SD3121 (SD)
Shorebird zones
Biopassage structures
none
Related legislation/policies
External links/description
Wildlife
|
Kingdom
Class
|
Native | Introduced | Wetland indicator species |
Rare or threatened species |
All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 9,986 | 1,106 | 916 | 529 | 11,096 |
| Animals | 1,747 | 63 | 422 | 180 | 1,810 |
| Mammals | 192 | 22 | 10 | 36 | 214 |
| Birds | 688 | 14 | 106 | 75 | 702 |
| Reptiles | 332 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 336 |
| Amphibians | 95 | 1 | 35 | 19 | 96 |
| Lobe-finned fishes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ray-finned fishes | 132 | 14 | 139 | 10 | 146 |
| Cartilaginous fishes | 40 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 40 |
| Insects | 254 | 8 | 51 | 5 | 262 |
| Malacostracans | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Arachnids | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Snails | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bacteria | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 |
| Chromists | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 |
| Fungi | 1,087 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,087 |
| Plants | 6,942 | 1,043 | 494 | 349 | 7,988 |
| Protozoans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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) Islands sub-basin (herb) — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/sub-basin-herb-islands/
— Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation