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| System | Area (ha) | % wetlands area | % total area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 87,826 | 100.0% | 0.3% |
| Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine | 85,186 | 97.0% | 0.2% |
| Artificial and highly modified | 1,118 | 1.3% | 0.0% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 80,796 | 92.0% | 0.2% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 95 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 16 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 48 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (natural) | 2,375 | 2.7% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 741 | 0.8% | 0.0% |
| Riverine | 2,637 | 3.0% | 0.0% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 80,796 | 92.0% | 0.2% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 95 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (artificial) | 584 | 0.7% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (highly modified) | 531 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 16 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 48 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (artificial) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (highly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (natural) | 2,375 | 2.7% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 741 | 0.8% | 0.0% |
| Riverine (artificial) | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Riverine (highly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Riverine (natural) | 2,628 | 3.0% | 0.0% |
| Riverine (slightly modified) | 10 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Habitat | Area (ha) | % wetlands area | % total area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 73,379 | 100.0% | 0.2% |
| Mangroves - Casuarina | 82 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Mangroves - other | 56,353 | 76.8% | 0.2% |
| Salt marsh and salt flats | 13,861 | 18.9% | 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 other non-floodplain lake | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan 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 | 616 | 0.8% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp | 81 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 196 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp | 1,272 | 1.7% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 895 | 1.2% | 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 | 17 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Mangroves - Casuarina (natural) | 82 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Mangroves - Casuarina (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Mangroves - other (natural) | 56,334 | 76.8% | 0.2% |
| Mangroves - other (slightly modified) | 19 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (natural) | 13,784 | 18.8% | 0.0% |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (slightly modified) | 76 | 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 other non-floodplain lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake (natural) | 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) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 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) | 614 | 0.8% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 81 | 0.1% | 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) | 195 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (natural) | 2 | 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) | 1,272 | 1.7% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | < 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural) | 163 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 731 | 1.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 0 | 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) | 17 | 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) | 4 | 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 | 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 | 87,826 | 87,827 | 87,826 | 87,486 | 87,382 | 87,408 | 87,108 | * 99.5% |
| Artificial and highly modified | 1,118 | 1,118 | 1,114 | 786 | 693 | 704 | 0 | n/a |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 80,796 | 80,797 | 80,812 | 80,813 | 80,798 | 80,815 | 80,749 | 100.1% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 95 | 95 | 95 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 100.0% |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 53 | 47 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (natural) | 2,375 | 2,375 | 2,376 | 2,376 | 2,377 | 2,379 | 2,716 | 87.4% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 741 | 741 | 726 | 726 | 726 | 726 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine | 2,637 | 2,637 | 2,638 | 2,638 | 2,637 | 2,639 | 3,627 | 72.7% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 80,796 | 80,797 | 80,812 | 80,813 | 80,798 | 80,815 | 80,749 | 100.1% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 95 | 95 | 95 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (artificial) | 584 | 584 | 580 | 462 | 350 | 350 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (highly modified) | 531 | 531 | 531 | 321 | 340 | 351 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 100.0% |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 53 | 47 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (artificial) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (highly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (natural) | 2,375 | 2,375 | 2,376 | 2,376 | 2,377 | 2,379 | 2,716 | 87.4% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 741 | 741 | 726 | 726 | 726 | 726 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine (artificial) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine (highly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine (natural) | 2,628 | 2,628 | 2,628 | 2,628 | 2,627 | 2,629 | 3,627 | 72.4% |
| Riverine (slightly modified) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | n/a |
* Total 2019/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified
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| Habitat | 2019 area (ha) |
2017 area (ha) |
2013 area (ha) |
2009 area (ha) |
2005 area (ha) |
2001 area (ha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 73,379 | 73,379 | 73,382 | 73,370 | 73,354 | 73,374 |
| Mangroves - Casuarina | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 |
| Mangroves - other | 56,353 | 56,353 | 56,364 | 56,318 | 56,301 | 56,320 |
| Salt marsh and salt flats | 13,861 | 13,861 | 13,865 | 13,899 | 13,900 | 13,899 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp | 616 | 616 | 618 | 618 | 619 | 621 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp | 81 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 81 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 196 | 196 | 196 | 196 | 196 | 196 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp | 1,272 | 1,272 | 1,273 | 1,273 | 1,273 | 1,272 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 895 | 895 | 880 | 880 | 880 | 880 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Mangroves - Casuarina (natural) | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 |
| Mangroves - Casuarina (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mangroves - other (natural) | 56,334 | 56,334 | 56,346 | 56,313 | 56,296 | 56,314 |
| Mangroves - other (slightly modified) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (natural) | 13,784 | 13,784 | 13,789 | 13,823 | 13,824 | 13,823 |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (slightly modified) | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural) | 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 |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural) | 614 | 614 | 615 | 615 | 616 | 618 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 81 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 81 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural) | 195 | 195 | 195 | 195 | 195 | 195 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (natural) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural) | 1,272 | 1,272 | 1,272 | 1,272 | 1,272 | 1,272 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural) | 163 | 163 | 163 | 163 | 163 | 163 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 731 | 731 | 717 | 717 | 717 | 717 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (natural) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (slightly modified) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
View 2019 wetland habitat area for all World Heritage areas
View 2017 wetland habitat area for all World Heritage areas
View 2013 wetland habitat area for all World Heritage areas
View 2009 wetland habitat area for all World Heritage areas
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 | 342,113 | 1.0% |
| 1.1 Nature conservation | 115,425 | 0.3% |
| 1.1.1 Strict nature reserves | 101 | 0.0% |
| 1.1.3 National park | 105,784 | 0.3% |
| 1.1.4 Natural feature protection | 8,296 | 0.0% |
| 1.1.7 Other conserved area | 1,244 | 0.0% |
| 6.3 River | 70,670 | 0.2% |
| 6.3.0 River | 68,398 | 0.2% |
| 6.3.1 River - conservation | 2,250 | 0.0% |
| 6.3.3 River - intensive use | 22 | 0.0% |
| 6.5 Marsh/wetland | 66,640 | 0.2% |
| 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland | 10,959 | 0.0% |
| 6.5.1 Marsh/wetland - conservation | 202 | 0.0% |
| 6.5.2 Marsh/wetland - production | 407 | 0.0% |
| 6.5.3 Marsh/wetland - intensive use | 61 | 0.0% |
| 6.5.4 Marsh/wetland - saline | 55,010 | 0.2% |
| 1.3 Other minimal use | 30,254 | 0.1% |
| 1.3.0 Other minimal use | 3,014 | 0.0% |
| 1.3.1 Defence | 8,215 | 0.0% |
| 1.3.3 Residual native cover | 19,025 | 0.1% |
| 2.1 Grazing native vegetation | 17,261 | 0.0% |
| 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation | 17,261 | 0.0% |
| 2.2 Production native forests | 14,677 | 0.0% |
| 2.2.0 Production native forests | 14,677 | 0.0% |
| 6.6 Estuary/coastal waters | 10,448 | 0.0% |
| 6.6.0 Estuary/coastal waters | 10,106 | 0.0% |
| 6.6.3 Estuary/coastal waters - intensive use | 342 | 0.0% |
| 1.2 Managed resource protection | 8,920 | 0.0% |
| 1.2.0 Managed resource protection | 777 | 0.0% |
| 1.2.5 Traditional indigenous uses | 8,142 | 0.0% |
| 4.3 Irrigated cropping | 1,797 | 0.0% |
| 4.3.3 Irrigated hay and silage | < 1 | 0.0% |
| 4.3.5 Irrigated sugar | 1,796 | 0.0% |
| 5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure | 1,444 | 0.0% |
| 5.4.1 Urban residential | 721 | 0.0% |
| 5.4.2 Rural residential with agriculture | 130 | 0.0% |
| 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture | 274 | 0.0% |
| 5.4.4 Remote communities | 257 | 0.0% |
| 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure | 62 | 0.0% |
| 5.3 Manufacturing and industrial | 1,140 | 0.0% |
| 5.3.0 Manufacturing and industrial | 384 | 0.0% |
| 5.3.1 General purpose factory | 0 | 0.0% |
| 5.3.2 Food processing factory | < 1 | 0.0% |
| 5.3.3 Major industrial complex | 755 | 0.0% |
| 5.3.5 Abattoirs | < 1 | 0.0% |
| 5.5 Services | 1,077 | 0.0% |
| 5.5.1 Commercial services | 214 | 0.0% |
| 5.5.2 Public services | 63 | 0.0% |
| 5.5.3 Recreation and culture | 801 | 0.0% |
| 6.2 Reservoir/dam | 928 | 0.0% |
| 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam | 8 | 0.0% |
| 6.2.1 Reservoir | 71 | 0.0% |
| 6.2.2 Water storage - intensive use/farm dams | 67 | 0.0% |
| 6.2.3 Evaporation basin | 782 | 0.0% |
| 5.6 Utilities | 628 | 0.0% |
| 5.6.0 Utilities | 4 | 0.0% |
| 5.6.5 Electricity substations and transmission | 15 | 0.0% |
| 5.6.6 Gas treatment, storage and transmission | 605 | 0.0% |
| 5.6.7 Water extraction and transmission | 4 | 0.0% |
| 5.7 Transport and communication | 406 | 0.0% |
| 5.7.0 Transport and communication | 2 | 0.0% |
| 5.7.1 Airports/aerodromes | 76 | 0.0% |
| 5.7.2 Roads | 9 | 0.0% |
| 5.7.3 Railways | 3 | 0.0% |
| 5.7.4 Ports and water transport | 273 | 0.0% |
| 5.7.5 Navigation and communication | 44 | 0.0% |
| 6.1 Lake | 155 | 0.0% |
| 6.1.0 Lake | 27 | 0.0% |
| 6.1.1 Lake - conservation | 14 | 0.0% |
| 6.1.4 Lake - saline | 115 | 0.0% |
| 4.5 Irrigated seasonal horticulture | 103 | 0.0% |
| 4.5.0 Irrigated seasonal horticulture | 103 | 0.0% |
| 3.3 Cropping | 61 | 0.0% |
| 3.3.3 Hay and silage | 2 | 0.0% |
| 3.3.5 Sugar | 37 | 0.0% |
| 3.3.8 Pulses | 22 | 0.0% |
| 5.9 Waste treatment and disposal | 36 | 0.0% |
| 5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal | 28 | 0.0% |
| 5.9.2 Landfill | < 1 | 0.0% |
| 5.9.5 Sewage | 7 | 0.0% |
| 4.4 Irrigated perennial horticulture | 16 | 0.0% |
| 4.4.1 Irrigated tree fruits | 16 | 0.0% |
| 4.4.3 Irrigated tree nuts | < 1 | 0.0% |
| 5.8 Mining | 16 | 0.0% |
| 5.8.2 Quarries | 16 | 0.0% |
| 5.8.3 Tailings | < 1 | 0.0% |
| 5.2 Intensive animal production | 8 | 0.0% |
| 5.2.5 Aquaculture | 8 | 0.0% |
| 5.2.8 Abandoned intensive animal husbandry | < 1 | 0.0% |
| 3.6 Land in transition | 4 | 0.0% |
| 3.6.0 Land in transition | 4 | 0.0% |
| 5.1 Intensive horticulture | < 1 | 0.0% |
| 5.1.0 Intensive horticulture | < 1 | 0.0% |
Drainage divisions 
Drainage basins
- Baffle
- Barron
- Black
- Boyne
- Burdekin
- Calliope
- Coral Sea
- Curtis Island
- Daintree
- Don
- Endeavour
- Fitzroy
- Haughton
- Herbert
- Hinchinbrook Island
- Jacky Jacky
- Jardine
- Jeannie
- Johnstone
- Lockhart
- Mossman
- Mulgrave-Russell
- Murray
- Normanby
- O'Connell
- Olive-Pascoe
- Pioneer
- Plane
- Proserpine
- Ross
- Shoalwater
- Stewart
- Styx
- Tully
- Waterpark
- Whitsunday Island
Drainage sub-basins
- Baffle Creek
- Barratta Creek
- Barron River
- Black River
- Bohle River
- Boyne River
- Calliope River
- Curtis Island
- Daintree River
- Don River
- Endeavour River
- Fitzroy River
- Hann River
- Haughton River
- Herbert River
- Hinchinbrook Island
- Jacky Jacky Creek
- Jardine River
- Jeannie River
- Lockhart River
- Lower Burdekin River
- Mossman River
- Mulgrave River
- Murray River
- Normanby River
- North Johnstone River
- O'connell River
- Olive river
- Pascoe River
- Pioneer River
- Plane Creek
- Proserpine River
- Ross River
- Russell River
- Shoalwater
- South Johnstone River
- Stewart River
- Styx River
- Tully River
- Waterpark Creek
- Whitsunday Island
Regional natural resource management (NRM) bodies
Local government areas
100K map tiles
- Abbot Point - 8558
- Artub Islet - 7576
- Artub Islet East - 7676
- Ayr - 8358
- Bajool - 9050
- Bartle Frere - 8063
- Bathurst Range - 7769
- Bayfield - 9052
- Bell Cay - 9154
- Bell Cay East - 9254
- Bell Cay South - 9153
- Black Rocks - 7773
- Blackwood Channel - 7674
- Bligh Boat Entrance - 7772
- Bowden Reef (prov) - 8459
- Bowen - 8557
- Bowling Green Bay - 8359
- Boydong Island - 7575
- Bramble Passage - 8857
- Bunker - 9450
- Cairns - 8064
- Calen - 8656
- Calliope - 9149
- Cannett Cay - 9353
- Cannett Cay West - 9253
- Cape Capricorn - 9151
- Cape Direction - 7672
- Cape Flattery - 7968
- Cape Grenville - 7574
- Cape Melville - 7869
- Cape Sidmouth - 7671
- Cape Upstart - 8458
- Cape Weymouth - 7572
- Cape York - 7476
- Capre Cay - 9453
- Capricorn Channel North - 9352
- Capricorn Channel South - 9351
- Capricorn Channel West - 9252
- Cardwell - 8161
- Carmila - 8754
- Centenery Cay - 9355
- Circular Cay - 8858
- Circular Cay West - 8758
- Connors Range - 8753
- Cooktown - 7967
- Cooper Point - 8163
- Cormorant Pass - 8068
- Cruiser Passsage - 8066
- Cumberland Islands - 8756
- Curlew Island - 8854
- Distant Cay - 9456
- East Cay - 9455
- East Cay South - 9454
- Flat Island - 9152
- Frigate Cay - 9354
- Geranium Passage - 8262
- Geranium Passage East - 8362
- Gladstone - 9150
- Green Island - 8164
- Helenvale - 7966
- Heron Island - 9251
- High Peak Island - 9054
- Hoskyn Island - 9350
- Hotspur Island - 8955
- Ingham - 8160
- Innisfail - 8162
- Jeannie River - 7868
- Kirrama - 8061
- Lady Elliot Island - 9449
- Lark Passage - 8067
- Lindeman Island - 8757
- Lowry Passage - 7770
- Mackay - 8755
- Maclennan Cay - 7675
- Marina Plains - 7668
- Marlborough - 8852
- Melville Passage - 7870
- Miriam Vale - 9249
- Mitchell Creek - 9349
- Mossman - 7965
- Olida Entrance - 7775
- Olida Entrance North - 7776
- One Mile Opening - 8069
- Orford Bay - 7475
- Palm Island East - 8360
- Palm Island North - 8261
- Palm Island Northeast - 8361
- Palm Islands - 8260
- Peninsula Range - 9053
- Percy Isles - 8954
- Pratt Rock - 8065
- Princess Charlotte Bay - 7669
- Princhester - 8952
- Proserpine - 8657
- Prudhoe Island - 8855
- Raine Island - 7774
- Rattray Island - 8658
- Riptide Cay - 9255
- Rockhampton - 9051
- Rodds Bay - 9250
- Rollingstone - 8159
- Rumula - 7964
- Safe Entrance - 7673
- Saint Lawrence - 8853
- Sand Bank Number Eight - 7771
- Scawfell - 8856
- Shelburne Bay - 7474
- Shoalwater - 8953
- Silver Plains - 7670
- Temple Bay - 7573
- Tern Islet - 8956
- Thursday Island - 7376
- Townsville - 8259
- Trinity Opening - 8165
- Tully - 8062
- Two Mile Opening - 7969
- Zodiac Cay - 9356
Climate zones
Equatorial- Subtropical
- Tropical
Bioregions
Biogeographic subregions
- Battle Camp Sandstones
- Bellenden Ker - Lamb
- Bogie River Hills
- Burnett - Curtis Coastal Lowlands
- Burnett - Curtis Hills and Ranges
- Byfield
- Cape York - Torres Strait
- Clarke - Connors Ranges
- Coastal Plains
- Coen - Yambo Inlier
- Daintree - Bloomfield
- Debella
- Herbert
- Innisfail
- Jardine - Pascoe Sandstones
- Kirrama - Hinchinbrook
- Laura Lowlands
- Macalister
- Manifold
- Marlborough Plains
- Mount Morgan Ranges
- Proserpine - Sarina Lowlands
- Southern Great Barrier Reef
- Starke Coastal Lowlands
- Townsville Plains
- Tully
- Whitsunday
IBRA bioregions
IBRA subregions
- Battle Camp Sandstones
- Bellenden Ker-Lamb
- Bogie River Hills
- Burnett-Curtis Coastal Lowlands
- Burnett-Curtis Hills and Ranges
- Byfield
- Cape York-Torres Strait
- Clarke-Connors Ranges
- Coastal Plains
- Coen-Yambo Inlier
- Daintree-Bloomfield
- Debella
- Herbert
- Innisfail
- Jardine-Pascoe Sandstones
- Kirrama-Hinchinbrook
- Laura Lowlands
- Macalister
- Manifold
- Marlborough Plains
- Mount Morgan Ranges
- Proserpine-Sarina Lowlands
- Southern Great Barrier Reef
- Starke Coastal Lowlands
- Townsville Plains
- Tully
- Whitsunday
Bioregional assessment areas
none
Marine meso-scale bioregions
- Central Reef (CR)
- East Cape York (ECY)
- Lucinda-Mackay Coast (LMC)
- Mackay-Capricorn (MC)
- Pompey-Swains (PS)
- Ribbons (RBN)
- Shoalwater Coast (SC)
- Tweed-Moreton (TM)
- West Cape York (WCY)
- Wet Tropic Coast (WTC)
Marine provincial bioregions
- Cape Province
- Central Eastern Shelf Transition
- Central Eastern Transition
- Northeast Province
- Northeast Shelf Province
- Northeast Shelf Transition
- Northeast Transition
- Northern Shelf Province
Regional plans
Ramsar internationally important wetlands
DIWA nationally important wetlands
- Abbot Point - Caley Valley
- Alexandra Bay
- Bambaroo Coastal Aggregation
- Bowling Green Bay
- Broad Sound
- Burdekin Delta
- Burdekin - Townsville Coastal Aggregation
- Bustard Bay Wetlands
- Cairncross Reef Complex
- Cape Flattery Dune Lakes
- Cape Grenville Area
- Cape Melville - Bathurst Bay
- Clack Reef Complex
- Colosseum Inlet - Rodds Bay
- Corio Bay Wetlands
- Cowley Area
- Deepwater Creek
- Dismal Swamp - Water Park Creek
- Edgecumbe Bay
- Edmund Kennedy Wetlands
- Ella Bay Swamp
- Fitzroy River Delta
- Four Mile Beach
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
- Harmer Creek - Shelburne Bay Aggregation
- Herbert River Floodplain
- Hinchinbrook Channel
- Island Head Creek - Port Clinton Area
- Kurrimine Area
- Lloyd Bay
- Lower Daintree River
- Missionary Bay
- Newcastle Bay - Escape River Estuarine Complex
- Northeast Curtis Island
- Olive River
- Orford Bay - Sharp Point Dunefield Aggregation
- Port Curtis
- Port of Cairns and Trinity Inlet
- Princess Charlotte Bay Marine Area
- Proserpine - Goorganga Plain
- 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
- Somerset Dunefield Aggregation
- Southern Upstart Bay
- St Helens Bay Area
- Temple Bay
- The Narrows
- Tully River - Murray River Floodplains
- 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
- Broad Sound Islands National Park
- Bromley (Ampulin) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Brook Islands 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
- 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
- Fitzroy Island National Park
- Flinders Group National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Frankland Group National Park
- Girramay National Park
- Girringun National Park
- Gloucester Island National Park
- Goold Island 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
- Malbon Thompson Range National Park
- Maria Creek 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
- Mount Cook National Park
- Newry Islands National Park
- Ngalba-bulal National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- 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)
- Raine Island National Park (scientific)
- 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
- Swain Reefs 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 (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
- Yuwi Paree Toolkoon National Park
Marine parks (Queensland)
Study areas
Report cards
Conservation parks
- Abbot Bay Conservation Park
- Archer Point Conservation Park
- Bakers Creek Conservation Park
- Bloomfield River Conservation Park
- Bolger Bay Conservation Park
- Bowling Green Bay Conservation Park
- Boyne Island Conservation Park
- Broad Sound Islands Conservation Park
- Broadwater Conservation Park
- Byfield Conservation Park
- Cape Capricorn Conservation Park
- Cape Pallarenda Conservation Park
- Causeway Lake Conservation Park
- Charon Point Conservation Park
- Conway Conservation Park
- Curtis Island Conservation Park
- Garden Island Conservation Park
- Horseshoe Bay Lagoon Conservation Park
- Joseph Banks (Round Hill Head) Conservation Park
- MacKenzie Island Conservation Park
- Magnetic Island Conservation Park 1
- Magnetic Island Conservation Park 2
- Middle Percy Island Conservation Park
- Mount Hector Conservation Park
- Mouth of Baffle Creek Conservation Park 2
- Newport Conservation Park
- Sandringham Bay Conservation Park
- Shoalwater Bay Conservation Park
- Skull Knob Conservation Park
- Southend Conservation Park
- Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
State forests
- Beecher State Forest
- Curtis Island State Forest
- Mount Stowe State Forest
- North Curtis Island State Forest
Forest reserves
Resources reserves
Timber reserves
none
Fish habitat areas
- Annan River
- Baffle Creek
- Balban Dara Guya (Leekes Creek)
- Barr Creek
- Bassett Basin (Rev.1)
- Bohle River
- Bowling Green Bay
- Broad Sound
- Burdekin
- Cape Palmerston - Rocky Dam
- Cattle-Palm Creek
- Cawarral Creek
- Cleveland Bay
- Colosseum Inlet
- Corio Bay
- Dē-răl-lĭ (Calliope River)
- Dallachy Creek
- Edgecumbe Bay
- Escape River
- Eurimbula
- Fitzroy River (Rev.1)
- Half Moon Creek
- Halifax
- Hinchinbrook
- Hull River
- Meunga Creek
- Midge
- Murray River
- Ngulun (Starcke River)
- Princess Charlotte Bay
- Repulse
- Rodds Harbour
- Sand Bay
- Seventeen Seventy-Round Hill
- Silver Plains
- Temple Bay
- 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
- Annan River Area B Nature Refuge
- Australian Prawn Farms Nature Refuge
- Avoid Island Nature Refuge
- Bolger Bay Nature Refuge
- Bromley Yuuka Nature Refuge
- Corrick Plains Nature Refuge
- Curtis Island Nature Refuge
- Endeavour Creek Nature Refuge
- Haggerstone Island Nature Refuge
- Horseshoe Bay Nature Refuge
- Kalpowar Nature Refuge
- Kuuku Ya'u Nature Refuge
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 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
none
Water resource planning areas
Aquatic ecosystem monitoring programs
- Aerial surveys of waterbirds in eastern Australia
- Black Ross (Townsville) water quality improvement plan event monitoring
- Cattana wetlands water quality monitoring
- Central Queensland ambient estuary program
- Creek to Coral community monitoring
- Environmental flows assessment program (EFAP)
- Fitzroy priority neighbourhood catchments water quality monitoring program
- Framework for the assessment of river and wetland health (FARWH) – Queensland trials
- Groundwater ambient network (GWAN) – water quality
- Groundwater water level network
- Long term historical trend water quality monitoring data
- Mackay water quality monitoring
- Pioneer Valley water board monitoring
- Port Curtis integrated monitoring program (PCIMP)
- Queensland wetland mapping
- Surface water monitoring network
- The Lakes environmental and ecosystem health
- Wetland walkabout monitoring
Point source monitoring
Wetland soil indicator case studies
none
Wetland management case studies
Wetland projects
- A Fish Friendly Fitzroy: Bypassing the Barrage
- 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
- Big Dune Surfing Reserve Restoration Project
- 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
- Community Coastcare in the Mackay Whitsunday Region
- 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
- Development of a Strategic Approach to Weed Management on Kaanju Homelands
- East Trinity Acid Sulfate Soil Remediation
- 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 on the Stanage Peninsula
- Fitzroy pest and weed management project
- Fitzroy Water Quality
- Fitzroy Water Quality Project
- 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
- Kinka wetland rehabilitation
- Kinka Wetlands
- Kinka Wetlands Quarry Rehabilitation
- Lady Musgrave Island study—Queensland Turtle Conservation Project
- Lagoons Creek Rehabilitation 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
- 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)
- PCE 14/15 - Pig Control at Tandora
- PCE 14/15 - Revive Our Creeks (Cooloola Cove)
- PCE 14/15 - Tinnanbar Flower Reserve and Cowra Pine Wildling Control Project
- PCE - FIDO Weed Management and Environmental Monitoring at Eurong Fraser Island 14/15
- PCE - FIDO Weed Management at Happy Valley Fraser Island 14/15
- PCE - Pine Wilding Control in High Value Coastal Ecosystems - Crab Creek DNRM
- PCE - Ravenhills and Maddicks Road - Weed and feral animal control
- Pest and weed management: managing invasive species in the Burnett Mary Region
- 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
- Protecting Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh
- Protecting the Values of Our Ramsar Wetlands Shoalwater/Corio Bay
- QNRM02 P4-SP1 Feral Pigs
- Ramsar Area Pig and Weed Control 2014-15
- Ramsar Wetlands (DEEDI) CfOC
- Ramsar Wetlands (GA) CfOC
- 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
- Restoring wetland function at Spotswood Lagoon
- Sea Turtle Volunteer Stranding Response Coordination
- Southern Great Barrier Reef: Island Habitat Resilience
- Stock exclusion fencing of High Value Aquatic Ecosystems
- Sun Sun Prawn Aquaculture Farm rehabilitation
- Sustainable agriculture through innovative practices in the Fitzroy
- Sustainable agriculture: whole farm management partnerships for resilient and profitable farming in Far North Queensland
- 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
- Turkey Station—protection of high value estaurine environment through stock exclusion fence and pest animal control
- 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
- Yalanji Coast Pond Apple Survey and Strategic Management
Area specific conceptual model case studies
Paddock to Reef (P2R) report cards
Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments
- Burnett Mary
-
Eastern Cape York
- Annan River estuary (Eastern Cape York)
- Annan River - lower, outside National Park (incl. Esk River, Hardwicke Creek) (Eastern Cape York)
- Annie River, Saltwater Creek and Fifteen Mile Creek (Eastern Cape York)
- Balclutha Creek (Eastern Cape York)
- Bathurst and Ninian Bays (Eastern Cape York)
- Bathurst Bay draining creeks (incl. Muck River) (Eastern Cape York)
- Cape Flattery dune lakes (Eastern Cape York)
- Claudie River (incl. Deep, Swamp creeks) (Eastern Cape York)
- Coastal creeks and dunes (north of Nesbit) (Eastern Cape York)
- Coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York)
- Coastal dunes north shore of Endeavour River (Eastern Cape York)
- Endeavour River estuary (Eastern Cape York)
- Endeavour River - lower (incl. Cameron, Poison creeks) (Eastern Cape York)
- Escape River (Eastern Cape York)
- Estuaries draining into Temple Bay, Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York)
- Estuaries (incl. Jacky Jacky, Escape, Harmer) (Eastern Cape York)
- Estuaries (incl. Stewart, Rocky, other estuaries) (Eastern Cape York)
- Gorge, Running creeks (Eastern Cape York)
- Harmer, Little Harmer Creeks (Eastern Cape York)
- Indian Bay (Eastern Cape York)
- Jeannie estuaries (incl. Horwick, Starcke, Dead Dog and other estuaries) (Eastern Cape York)
- Jeannie River (Eastern Cape York)
- Kangaroo River and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York)
- Kennedy Inlet / Newcastle Bay (Eastern Cape York)
- Lloyd Bay (Eastern Cape York)
- Lockhart, Claudie and adjacent estuaries (Eastern Cape York)
- Lockhart River (incl. Eden, Arroto and Scrubby creeks) (Eastern Cape York)
- Lockhart town and surrounds (incl. dunes) (Eastern Cape York)
- Margaret Bay (Eastern Cape York)
- Marrett River, Sandalwood and Birthday creeks (Eastern Cape York)
- McIvor, Morgan rivers and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York)
- Nesbit, Chester and adjacent estuaries (Eastern Cape York)
- Nesbit River (incl. Leo Creek) (Eastern Cape York)
- Normanby estuarine waters (incl. Bizant, Normanby, Saltwater and others adjacent Princess Charlotte Bay) (Eastern Cape York)
- North Jacky Jacky Creek – dune lakes (Eastern Cape York)
- North Jeannie coastal creeks outside National Park (incl. Horwick River, Wakooka Creek) (Eastern Cape York)
- Olive River estuary (Eastern Cape York)
- Olive River (incl. Horseshoe, Scorpion creeks) (Eastern Cape York)
- Pascoe - lower, outside National Park (incl. Tin and coastal creeks) (Eastern Cape York)
- Pascoe River estuary and other estuaries draining into Wemouth Bay (Eastern Cape York)
- Port of Cape Flattery (land side) (Eastern Cape York)
- Port of Cape Flattery marine waters (Eastern Cape York)
- Port of Cooktown marine waters (Eastern Cape York)
- Port of Quintell Beach marine waters (Eastern Cape York)
- Princess Charlotte Bay (Eastern Cape York)
- Shelburne Bay dune lakes (Eastern Cape York)
- Shelburne Bay (Eastern Cape York)
- South Annan coastal creeks outside National Park (Eastern Cape York)
- Starcke River (Eastern Cape York)
- Temple Bay and Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York)
- Walker Bay (Eastern Cape York)
- Walsh Bay (Eastern Cape York)
- Weary Bay (Eastern Cape York)
- Weymouth Bay (Eastern Cape York)
- Wilson Creek, Portland Road coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York)
- Fitzroy
- Burdekin
-
Mackay Whitsunday
- Alligator Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Andromache River (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Bakers Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Blackrock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Cape Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Carmilla Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Constant Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Eden Lassie Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Flaggy Rock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Gillinbin Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Gregory River (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Mackay City (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Marion Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Murray Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Myrtle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- OConnell River (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Plane Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Reliance Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Repulse Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Rocky Dam Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Sandy Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Sarina Beaches (Mackay Whitsunday)
- St Helens Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Thompsons Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Waterhole Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- West Hill Creek (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Whitsunday Coast (Mackay Whitsunday)
- Wet Tropics
EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives
-
Barron River Basin (WQ1101)
- HD3021 (HD)
- SD3021 (SD)
- SD3121 (SD)
-
Black River Basin; Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1183)
- HEV2202 (HEV)
- HEV2241 (HEV)
- MD2241 (MD)
- MD2242 (MD)
- SD2201 (SD)
- SD2241 (SD)
- SD2242 (SD)
- SD2243 (SD)
- SD2244 (SD)
- SD2245 (SD)
-
Black River Basin (WQ1171)
- HEV2202 (HEV)
- SD2201 (SD)
-
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1272)
- HEV2427 (HEV)
- HEV2430 (HEV)
- HEV2441 (HEV)
- MD2421 (MD)
- MD2422 (MD)
- MD2423 (MD)
- MD2424 (MD)
- MD2442 (MD)
- MD2443 (MD)
- MD2444 (MD)
- MD2446 (MD)
- MD2461 (MD)
- SD2424 (SD)
- SD2427 (SD)
- SD2428 (SD)
- SD2429 (SD)
- SD2441 (SD)
- SD2442 (SD)
- SD2445 (SD)
-
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1311)
- HEV2441 (HEV)
- MD2421 (MD)
- MD2422 (MD)
- MD2423 (MD)
- MD2441 (MD)
- MD2442 (MD)
- MD2443 (MD)
- MD2444 (MD)
- MD2445 (MD)
- MD2446 (MD)
- MD2447 (MD)
- SD2427 (SD)
- SD2441 (SD)
- SD2442 (SD)
- SD2444 (SD)
- SD2445 (SD)
- SD2446 (SD)
- SD2447 (SD)
- SD2449 (SD)
-
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1331)
- MD2422 (MD)
- MD2461 (MD)
- MD2462 (MD)
- MD2463 (MD)
- MD2464 (MD)
-
Daintree, Mossman, Barron, Mulgrave Russell, Johnstone, Tully, Murray, Hinchinbrook, Herbert Basins (WQ1082)
- HEV3121 (HEV)
- HEV3122 (HEV)
- HEV3123 (HEV)
- HEV3124 (HEV)
- SD3121 (SD)
- SD3123 (SD)
- SD3124 (SD)
-
Daintree and Mossman River Basins (WQ1081)
- HEV3001 (HEV)
-
Fitzroy River Sub-basin (WQ1305)
- HEVa2085 (HEV)
- HEVm2101 (HEV)
-
Herbert River Basin (WQ1161)
- HEV3061 (HEV)
- HEV3081 (HEV)
- HEV3101 (HEV)
- SD3121 (SD)
-
Johnstone River Basin (WQ1121)
- HEV3041 (HEV)
- HEV3061 (HEV)
- HEV3081 (HEV)
-
Mulgrave - Russell Rivers Basin (WQ1111)
- HD3041 (HD)
- HEV3041 (HEV)
- SD3041 (SD)
- SD3121 (SD)
-
Pioneer River and Plane Creek Basins; Proserpine River, Whitsunday Island and O'Connell River Basins (WQ1222)
- HEV2381 (HEV)
- HEV2382 (HEV)
- HEV2383 (HEV)
- HEV2384 (HEV)
- HEV2385 (HEV)
- HEV2386 (HEV)
- MD2341 (MD)
- MD2342 (MD)
- MD2343 (MD)
- SD2381N (SD)
- SD2381S (SD)
- SD2382 (SD)
- SD2383 (SD)
- SD2384 (SD)
-
Pioneer River and Plane Creek Basins (WQ1251)
- HEV2344 (HEV)
- HEV2345 (HEV)
- HEV2346 (HEV)
- HEV2347 (HEV)
- HEV2350 (HEV)
- HEV2353 (HEV)
- HEV2355 (HEV)
- SD2382 (SD)
- SD2383 (SD)
-
Proserpine River, Whitsunday Island and O'Connell River Basins (WQ1221)
- HEV2303 (HEV)
- HEV2307 (HEV)
- HEV2308 (HEV)
- HEV2314 (HEV)
- SD2303 (SD)
- SD2381 (SD)
-
Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1181)
- HEV2224 (HEV)
- HEV2225 (HEV)
- MD2241 (MD)
- SD2221 (SD)
- SD2245 (SD)
-
Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1182)
- HEV2226 (HEV)
- SD2221 (SD)
-
Styx River, Shoalwater Creek and Water Park Creek Basins (WQ1271)
- HEV2403 (HEV)
- HEV2404 (HEV)
- HEV2405 (HEV)
- HEV2406 (HEV)
- SD2422 (SD)
- SD2423 (SD)
- SD2426 (SD)
-
Styx River, Shoalwater Creek and Water Park Creek Basins (WQ1272)
- HEV2404 (HEV)
- HEV2405 (HEV)
- HEV2406 (HEV)
- HEV2421 (HEV)
- HEV2422 (HEV)
- HEV2423 (HEV)
- HEV2424 (HEV)
- HEV2425 (HEV)
- HEV2426 (HEV)
- HEV2427 (HEV)
- HEV2428 (HEV)
- HEV2429 (HEV)
- SD2421 (SD)
- SD2422 (SD)
- SD2423 (SD)
- SD2424 (SD)
- SD2425 (SD)
- SD2426 (SD)
-
Tully River, Murray River and Hinchinbrook Island Basins (WQ1131)
- HEV3061 (HEV)
- HEV3081 (HEV)
- SD3081 (SD)
- SD3121 (SD)
Shorebird zones
Biopassage structures
| Name | Construction year | Structure types | Stream name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rita Island |
2009 | Rock Ramp | Burdekin Ananbranch |
Related legislation/policies
Wildlife
|
Kingdom
Class
|
Native | Introduced | Wetland indicator species |
Rare or threatened species |
All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 8,234 | 873 | 754 | 442 | 9,107 |
| Animals | 1,446 | 52 | 347 | 145 | 1,498 |
| Mammals | 168 | 20 | 9 | 30 | 188 |
| Birds | 599 | 13 | 104 | 62 | 612 |
| Reptiles | 284 | 3 | 34 | 23 | 287 |
| Amphibians | 79 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 80 |
| Ray-finned fishes | 116 | 9 | 118 | 7 | 125 |
| Cartilaginous fishes | 31 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 31 |
| Lampreys | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Insects | 161 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 167 |
| Malacostracans | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Arachnids | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bacteria | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| Chromists | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| Fungi | 676 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 676 |
| Plants | 5,954 | 821 | 407 | 297 | 6,775 |
| 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) Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 1 February 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/world-heritage-area-great-barrier-reef/
— Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation