EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary) 2001 wetland system extents
Definition of EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary)
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2001 wetland system extent by EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary) Download this table in .CSV format
EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary)
Total area (ha )
Wetland area by system
Total wetland area (ha )
artificial and highly modified
intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)
intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified)
lacustrine (natural)
lacustrine (slightly modified)
lacustrine (unknown degree of modification)
palustrine (natural)
palustrine (slightly modified)
riverine
Total
81,568,762
239,366
461,520
4,121
65,678
23,753
46
682,232
75,667
856,156
2,408,539
Albert River (WQ1455)
78,090
220
37
45
228
46
1,073
1,651
Barron River Basin (WQ1101)
218,832
4,604
988
5
56
92
298
116
4,126
10,286
Black River Basin; Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1183)
177,757
72
< 1
73
Black River Basin (WQ1171)
105,881
745
1,047
12
470
43
3,517
5,834
Bremer River (WQ1436)
202,824
1,388
57
1,604
142
1,691
4,883
Brisbane Creeks—Bramble Bay (WQ1423)
20,910
93
1,015
137
20
< 1
417
213
169
2,063
Brisbane River Estuary (WQ1431)
56,853
378
780
126
64
< 1
381
172
1,002
2,903
Broadwater (WQ1463)
7,369
9
270
2
161
442
Burdekin River (lower) and Bowen River Sub-Basins (WQ1205)
1,172,373
2,618
76
434
306
26
38,336
41,796
Burdekin River (lower) and Bowen River Sub-Basins (WQ1206)
376,014
589
2,259
20
762
497
526
20,406
25,059
Burdekin River (upper) Sub-Basin (WQ1201)
4,050,894
8,366
4,433
685
1
34,003
550
132,922
180,960
Burrum, Gregory, Isis, Cherwell and Elliott Rivers (WQ1371)
337,435
2,951
2,885
8
64
2
9,219
164
11,130
26,424
Caboolture River (WQ1422)
46,673
269
1,154
85
< 1
2,289
80
477
4,353
Callide Creek Catchment (WQ1306)
812,565
2,836
68
30
767
154
3,913
7,769
Comet River Sub-basin (WQ1307)
1,729,722
5,062
3,025
845
4,505
276
15,146
28,861
Condamine River Basin (WQ4223)
3,052,097
14,013
288
683
3,520
701
12,083
31,289
Coomera River (WQ1462)
44,098
131
1,577
165
< 1
866
9
629
3,378
Currumbin and Tallebudgera Creeks (WQ1464)
24,017
62
112
43
108
4
215
545
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1272)
294,651
4
6,108
5
1
17
8
6,142
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1311)
282,167
437
22,616
116
22
25
< 1
990
39
1,152
25,397
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1331)
249,574
855
1,652
4
3,313
4
36
4,092
9,957
Daintree, Mossman, Barron, Mulgrave Russell, Johnstone, Tully, Murray, Hinchinbrook, Herbert Basins (WQ1082)
896,022
15
2,158
9
77
18
2,278
Daintree and Mossman River Basins (WQ1081)
257,005
51
4,915
12
8
< 1
2,495
1
2,493
9,976
Dawson River Sub-basin (WQ1308, WQ1309)
4,261,489
5,156
2,294
1,846
9,448
1,140
25,648
45,532
Don River Basin (WQ1211)
374,512
914
17,056
1,897
92
< 1
674
3,637
15,846
40,116
Fitzroy River Sub-basin (WQ1305)
1,145,362
8,229
28,812
46
503
1,049
9,062
8,660
14,275
70,636
Fraser Island Waters (WQ1391)
243,579
3,755
2,824
12,121
1
18,701
Great Sandy Strait and Coastal Creeks (WQ1402)
176,694
8
12,141
22
13,506
< 1
< 1
25,678
Haughton, Lower Burdekin/Bowen and Don (WQ1190)
261,005
478
9
< 1
0
487
Haughton River Basin (WQ1191)
417,158
1,604
34,025
445
92
998
5
4,871
8,845
14,039
64,925
Herbert River Basin (WQ1161)
987,202
1,362
13,762
2
462
200
7
12,716
1,228
27,730
57,468
Hervey Bay (WQ1372)
419,567
3
< 1
3
Isaac River Sub-basin (WQ1301)
2,234,727
4,031
440
1,272
3
3,781
478
49,110
59,115
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1011)
297,162
25,383
2,468
15,552
784
44,188
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1021)
417,294
4,652
1,073
4,504
6,076
16,305
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1031)
288,360
4
12,271
57
2,232
6,915
21,479
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1041)
275,475
< 1
6,262
2,276
5,403
13,942
Jeannie and Endeavour River Basins (WQ1061)
362,572
10
16,716
1,605
7,091
11
3,194
28,628
Jeannie and Endeavour River Basins (WQ1071)
219,033
103
2,701
81
14
2,585
32
4,125
9,641
Johnstone River Basin (WQ1121)
232,070
329
3,547
12
4
3
4,622
43
1,710
10,270
Lockyer Creek (WQ1437)
296,991
1,431
430
1
821
280
7,393
10,356
Logan River (WQ1454)
308,598
1,034
1,246
26
66
2
1,673
131
2,759
6,939
Mackenzie River Sub-basin (WQ1304)
1,298,488
2,457
140
1,023
< 1
3,880
1,017
15,390
23,909
Maranoa-Balonne Rivers Basin (WQ4222)
5,826,909
44,158
49
1,327
10,755
3,620
33,262
93,171
Maroochy River (WQ1411)
72,491
2,149
803
1
90
3,165
57
2,413
8,678
Mary River (WQ1381)
948,654
3,348
4,392
392
7
6,790
401
15,661
30,991
Mid Brisbane River (WQ1433)
55,583
638
9
< 1
6
11
1,349
2,013
Mitchell River Basin (part) and Walsh River sub-basin (WQ9190)
209,545
766
154
175
2
4,089
5,187
Mooloolah River (WQ1412)
30,926
481
104
3
42
2,034
3
1,282
3,949
Mulgrave - Russell Rivers Basin (WQ1111)
198,287
1,665
5,091
164
94
< 1
8,440
5
2,042
17,501
Nerang River (WQ1461)
58,503
1,868
< 1
165
< 1
109
502
386
3,032
Nogoa River Sub-basin (WQ1302, WQ1303)
2,769,437
20,396
126
1,083
2,198
275
29,536
53,615
Noosa River (WQ1401)
135,237
115
631
227
19
19,342
11
1,458
21,803
Normanby River Basin (WQ1051)
2,438,587
490
28,238
78
17
40,268
14
23,285
92,390
Oxley Creek (WQ1434)
25,822
243
54
8
14
363
2
247
931
Pimpama River (WQ1465)
17,028
124
1,633
19
2
575
89
2,443
Pine Rivers and Redcliffe Creeks (WQ1421)
81,581
2,736
2,252
12
84
2
917
62
953
7,017
Pioneer River and Plane Creek Basins; Proserpine River, Whitsunday Island and O'Connell River Basins (WQ1222)
1,888,078
18
1,442
3
23
< 1
129
4
1,618
Pioneer River and Plane Creek Basins (WQ1251)
416,817
3,406
20,249
52
13
41
8,538
1,502
8,402
42,202
Proserpine River, Whitsunday Island and O'Connell River Basins (WQ1221)
483,673
5,325
24,883
28
2
46
2
7,782
1,794
6,681
46,544
Pumicestone Passage (WQ1413)
148,488
488
3,589
< 1
35
60
3
11,856
290
367
16,687
Quandamooka (Moreton Bay) (WQ1441)
308,962
4
6,562
485
18
< 1
6,313
21
13,402
Queensland Border Rivers and Moonie River basins (WQ4161)
2,383,361
18,234
212
700
5,928
1,709
28,062
54,846
Queensland Border Rivers and Moonie River basins (WQ4171)
1,465,743
4,215
10
723
1,299
361
5,032
11,640
Redland Creeks (WQ1453)
27,861
510
1,066
< 1
48
1,277
20
41
2,962
Refer to schedule adjacent to Coastal Waters (WQ1010)
3,147,303
3,226
16
84
4
3,330
Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1181)
160,581
5,884
11,694
42
171
352
946
5,302
24,390
Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1182)
5,078
255
28
37
320
Sandy, Six Mile, Wolston, Woogaroo and Goodna Creeks (WQ1435)
15,846
51
2
79
< 1
156
289
Stanley River (WQ1439)
153,407
4,425
1
4
289
37
1,988
6,744
Styx River, Shoalwater Creek and Water Park Creek Basins (WQ1271)
843,730
2,169
82,188
893
26
100
10,028
29,865
16,098
141,368
Styx River, Shoalwater Creek and Water Park Creek Basins (WQ1272)
1,234,616
4
11,909
77
380
12
12,381
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1202)
2,045,793
7,811
1,005
227
< 1
3,134
342
60,171
72,691
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1203)
3,543,900
2,715
1,620
6,866
888
30,677
42,765
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1204)
1,822,016
15,423
658
1,248
100
29,433
46,862
Tully River, Murray River and Hinchinbrook Island Basins (WQ1131)
319,485
2,042
18,803
10
21
10,388
113
2,371
33,748
Upper Brisbane River (WQ1438)
548,262
12,076
1
31
6
8,456
20,570
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ0111)
5,201,398
385
20,248
128
149,644
271
23,381
194,058
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4221)
4,785,942
620
3,568
637
101,504
2,503
3,017
111,849
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4231)
5,215,915
1,818
525
566
19,647
438
37,158
60,152
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4241)
3,522,754
196
18,891
100
65,634
683
18,262
103,765
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundaries).
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.
This page should be cited as:
Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary) 2001 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 15 December 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2001/epp-water-plan.html