Fish habitat area 2009 wetland system extents
Definition of fish habitat area
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2009 wetland system extent by fish habitat area Download this table in .CSV format
Fish habitat area
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)
palustrine (natural)
palustrine (slightly modified)
riverine
Total
1,198,322
14
249,613
174
11
14
5,801
487
1,990
258,104
Annan River
1,745
416
< 1
173
589
Baffle Creek
2,310
683
39
152
874
Balban Dara Guya (Leekes Creek)
875
49
< 1
49
Barr Creek
63
53
53
Bassett Basin (Rev.1)
664
440
8
448
Beelbi
1,434
303
5
2
310
Bohle River
4,790
< 1
2,105
104
274
3
2,487
Bowling Green Bay
68,788
233
233
Broad Sound
170,245
1
36,218
70
13
16
16
36,335
Burdekin
92,311
< 1
12,572
13
8
99
96
12,788
Burrum
4,435
452
4
9
465
Cape Palmerston - Rocky Dam
21,646
< 1
7,670
75
3
56
7,805
Cattle-Palm Creek
7,131
7
4,392
216
2
53
4,670
Cawarral Creek
3,121
< 1
2,366
2,366
Cleveland Bay
21,920
8,819
61
45
54
1
8,981
Colosseum Inlet
11,888
6,480
34
6
6,520
Coombabah
490
175
3
178
Coomera
603
432
91
524
Corio Bay
4,700
2,104
103
38
2,245
Currumbin Creek
9
6
6
Dē-răl-lĭ (Calliope River)
314
52
25
77
Dallachy Creek
1,689
602
551
3
1,156
Deception Bay
1,491
345
12
11
367
Edgecumbe Bay
19,603
2,809
8
2
< 1
25
2,844
Eight Mile Creek
35,129
2,157
2
141
2,301
Elliott River
774
405
5
410
Escape River
26,879
16,295
136
< 1
16,432
Eurimbula
588
440
< 1
440
Fitzroy River (Rev.1)
77,857
26,296
18
20
26,333
Half Moon Creek
209
< 1
186
3
< 1
190
Halifax
5,307
2,820
44
8
2,871
Hay's Inlet
1,221
705
2
707
Hinchinbrook
12,703
< 1
6,452
13
15
6,480
Hull River
1,502
878
364
12
1,253
Jumpinpin-Broadwater
10,412
< 1
4,890
167
5,057
Kauri Creek
6,483
1,680
59
< 1
1,740
K'gari
23,856
24
< 1
2
27
Kinkuna
1,629
454
76
529
Kippa-Ring
818
292
292
Kolan River
1,828
744
9
16
769
Maaroom
23,865
9,873
495
10,368
Maroochy
791
4
323
< 1
8
336
Meunga Creek
432
42
1
5
49
Midge
8,331
1,068
26
8
1,103
Moreton Banks
6,324
341
341
Morning Inlet - Bynoe River
39,900
12,273
3
174
12,451
Murray River
1,522
364
18
< 1
383
Myora - Amity Banks
7,327
194
11
205
Nassau River
15,070
2,664
7
275
2,947
Ngulun (Starcke River)
30,090
8,135
66
40
8,241
Noosa River (Rev.2)
6,080
175
141
5
321
Peel Island
1,579
162
64
226
Pimpama
236
137
< 1
138
Pine River Bay
25,461
7,329
248
< 1
7,578
Princess Charlotte Bay
122,655
11,624
71
22
11,718
Pumicestone Channel
9,511
< 1
2,311
11
1,340
12
3,674
Repulse
69,827
7,050
50
39
7,140
Rodds Harbour
12,047
5,133
19
8
5,161
Sand Bay
11,472
< 1
3,335
2
3
18
9
3,367
Seventeen Seventy-Round Hill
1,328
788
6
794
Silver Plains
52,106
511
5
< 1
517
Staaten-Gilbert
22,204
4,309
100
326
4,735
Susan River
4,839
< 1
2,750
14
427
20
3,211
Tallebudgera Creek
35
11
< 1
11
Temple Bay
19,411
3,774
41
72
3,887
Tin Can Inlet
1,437
300
8
308
Trinity Inlet
7,168
< 1
3,409
< 1
6
4
3,419
Tully River
656
318
59
23
400
West Hill
17,877
2,619
19
87
< 1
78
2,804
Wreck Creek
1,221
463
230
693
Wuthathi Rev.1 (Margaret Bay)
27,938
3,263
44
< 1
3,307
Yorkeys Creek
121
71
< 1
2
73
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of fish habitat 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.
This page should be cited as:
Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) Fish habitat area 2009 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 20 December 2024 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2009/fish-habitat-area.html