EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary) 2009 wetland system extents
Definition of EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary)
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2009 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
258,644
461,108
4,090
65,677
25,295
47
678,733
76,605
852,296
2,422,495
Albert River (WQ1455)
78,090
276
38
50
225
46
1,067
1,701
Barron River Basin (WQ1101)
218,832
4,647
987
2
56
107
296
116
4,121
10,332
Black River Basin; Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1183)
177,757
72
< 1
73
Black River Basin (WQ1171)
105,881
756
1,043
11
463
44
3,502
5,818
Bremer River (WQ1436)
202,824
1,515
58
1,569
139
1,689
4,968
Brisbane Creeks—Bramble Bay (WQ1423)
20,910
82
1,011
132
20
411
197
175
2,028
Brisbane River Estuary (WQ1431)
56,853
467
771
111
59
1
377
150
1,014
2,950
Broadwater (WQ1463)
7,369
9
270
3
142
424
Burdekin River (lower) and Bowen River Sub-Basins (WQ1205)
1,172,373
3,026
76
435
306
26
38,276
42,146
Burdekin River (lower) and Bowen River Sub-Basins (WQ1206)
376,014
620
2,259
20
762
496
526
20,376
25,060
Burdekin River (upper) Sub-Basin (WQ1201)
4,050,894
8,611
4,433
686
1
33,987
550
132,890
181,159
Burrum, Gregory, Isis, Cherwell and Elliott Rivers (WQ1371)
337,435
3,197
2,885
8
77
2
9,118
182
11,090
26,558
Caboolture River (WQ1422)
46,673
305
1,151
164
< 1
2,193
81
473
4,367
Callide Creek Catchment (WQ1306)
812,565
2,971
68
88
759
163
3,913
7,962
Comet River Sub-basin (WQ1307)
1,729,722
5,953
3,026
845
4,433
311
15,130
29,698
Condamine River Basin (WQ4223)
3,052,097
15,772
288
702
3,440
742
12,043
32,988
Coomera River (WQ1462)
44,098
166
1,576
144
< 1
839
7
623
3,356
Currumbin and Tallebudgera Creeks (WQ1464)
24,017
64
110
43
101
4
214
536
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
583
22,606
116
22
29
< 1
990
39
1,150
25,534
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1331)
249,574
1,843
1,652
4
4,226
4
36
4,023
11,788
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
71
4,915
12
12
< 1
2,473
1
2,476
9,961
Dawson River Sub-basin (WQ1308, WQ1309)
4,261,489
6,266
2,294
1,850
9,244
1,042
25,462
46,157
Don River Basin (WQ1211)
374,512
1,187
17,054
1,897
89
< 1
624
3,681
15,827
40,359
Fitzroy River Sub-basin (WQ1305)
1,145,362
8,874
28,683
46
503
1,051
8,670
8,692
14,242
70,761
Fraser Island Waters (WQ1391)
243,579
3,755
2,824
12,121
1
18,701
Great Sandy Strait and Coastal Creeks (WQ1402)
176,694
14
12,140
22
13,461
< 1
< 1
25,638
Haughton, Lower Burdekin/Bowen and Don (WQ1190)
261,005
478
9
< 1
0
487
Haughton River Basin (WQ1191)
417,158
1,844
34,024
445
92
1,055
5
4,864
8,827
13,970
65,126
Herbert River Basin (WQ1161)
987,202
1,438
13,763
2
462
201
7
12,592
1,238
27,715
57,419
Hervey Bay (WQ1372)
419,567
3
< 1
3
Isaac River Sub-basin (WQ1301)
2,234,727
5,311
440
1,272
3
3,766
478
48,794
60,064
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
11
16,716
1,605
7,091
11
3,194
28,629
Jeannie and Endeavour River Basins (WQ1071)
219,033
129
2,701
81
12
2,586
32
4,118
9,660
Johnstone River Basin (WQ1121)
232,070
362
3,551
12
4
4
4,618
43
1,709
10,302
Lockyer Creek (WQ1437)
296,991
1,564
430
1
816
280
7,360
10,452
Logan River (WQ1454)
308,598
1,283
1,247
26
65
2
1,655
130
2,757
7,165
Mackenzie River Sub-basin (WQ1304)
1,298,488
3,208
140
1,031
< 1
3,697
1,016
15,135
24,229
Maranoa-Balonne Rivers Basin (WQ4222)
5,826,909
46,125
49
1,350
10,515
4,299
33,014
95,353
Maroochy River (WQ1411)
72,491
2,175
795
4
104
2,949
61
2,368
8,458
Mary River (WQ1381)
948,654
3,473
4,393
394
7
6,717
402
15,612
30,998
Mid Brisbane River (WQ1433)
55,583
667
< 1
< 1
6
11
1,345
2,029
Mitchell River Basin (part) and Walsh River sub-basin (WQ9190)
209,545
842
154
175
2
4,077
5,250
Mooloolah River (WQ1412)
30,926
479
102
3
101
1
1,927
3
1,223
3,839
Mulgrave - Russell Rivers Basin (WQ1111)
198,287
1,669
5,091
164
94
< 1
8,433
5
2,042
17,496
Nerang River (WQ1461)
58,503
1,870
< 1
205
< 1
102
502
384
3,065
Nogoa River Sub-basin (WQ1302, WQ1303)
2,769,437
21,467
126
1,102
2,196
294
29,379
54,564
Noosa River (WQ1401)
135,237
116
627
227
24
19,255
11
1,444
21,705
Normanby River Basin (WQ1051)
2,438,587
548
28,238
78
17
40,265
14
23,282
92,442
Oxley Creek (WQ1434)
25,822
251
54
8
14
365
2
246
940
Pimpama River (WQ1465)
17,028
157
1,610
12
554
89
2,421
Pine Rivers and Redcliffe Creeks (WQ1421)
81,581
2,763
2,241
12
89
2
905
47
946
7,004
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
1,619
Pioneer River and Plane Creek Basins (WQ1251)
416,817
3,667
20,205
53
13
44
8,342
1,512
8,359
42,195
Proserpine River, Whitsunday Island and O'Connell River Basins (WQ1221)
483,673
5,816
24,875
28
2
53
3
7,735
1,805
6,508
46,825
Pumicestone Passage (WQ1413)
148,488
228
3,603
< 1
35
102
3
12,056
275
357
16,658
Quandamooka (Moreton Bay) (WQ1441)
308,962
71
6,560
485
27
< 1
6,304
19
13,466
Queensland Border Rivers and Moonie River basins (WQ4161)
2,383,361
20,071
212
700
5,472
1,962
27,920
56,337
Queensland Border Rivers and Moonie River basins (WQ4171)
1,465,743
4,918
10
724
1,295
361
4,950
12,258
Redland Creeks (WQ1453)
27,861
503
1,066
< 1
49
1,281
19
40
2,958
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
6,002
11,669
42
171
343
930
5,221
24,378
Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1182)
5,078
255
28
37
320
Sandy, Six Mile, Wolston, Woogaroo and Goodna Creeks (WQ1435)
15,846
75
2
78
< 1
156
312
Stanley River (WQ1439)
153,407
4,443
1
4
287
42
1,986
6,765
Styx River, Shoalwater Creek and Water Park Creek Basins (WQ1271)
843,730
2,432
82,047
881
26
145
10,022
29,967
16,032
141,552
Styx River, Shoalwater Creek and Water Park Creek Basins (WQ1272)
1,234,616
4
11,909
77
378
12
12,380
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1202)
2,045,793
7,936
1,005
227
< 1
3,131
342
60,108
72,751
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1203)
3,543,900
3,677
1,757
6,862
754
30,283
43,332
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1204)
1,822,016
16,323
649
1,236
109
29,247
47,564
Tully River, Murray River and Hinchinbrook Island Basins (WQ1131)
319,485
1,922
18,802
10
21
10,251
113
2,367
33,487
Upper Brisbane River (WQ1438)
548,262
12,109
2
31
6
8,415
20,564
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ0111)
5,201,398
402
20,248
128
149,598
271
23,339
193,986
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4221)
4,785,942
658
3,568
639
101,570
2,503
3,017
111,955
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4231)
5,215,915
2,089
525
566
19,233
438
36,626
59,476
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4241)
3,522,754
224
18,891
100
65,539
683
18,129
103,565
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) 2009 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 15 December 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2009/epp-water-plan.html