Drainage sub-basin 2009 wetland system extents

Definition of drainage sub-basin

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2009 wetland system extent by drainage sub-basin
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Drainage sub-basin	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	172,799,332	299,718	1,073,399	3,829	514,425	37,103	2,829,724	79,549	2,435,659	7,273,406
Albert River	78,190	278	38			49	247	38	1,060	1,709
Alice River	1,292,574	58			112	13	22,566		8,123	30,873
Archer River	1,068,849	42	14,757			7	28,029		7,453	50,288
Baffle Creek	407,766	964	13,610		13	139	10,483	294	6,820	32,323
Balonne River	3,823,383	44,332			39	1,021	7,973	4,080	27,599	85,044
Barcoo River	5,301,482	1,146			43	678	4,402	107	52,555	58,931
Barker & Barambah Creeks	591,904	3,691				20	527	36	3,981	8,254
Barratta Creek	184,660	1,285	17,784	167	22	645	2,772	6,742	4,458	33,876
Barron River	208,639	4,326	975	2	111	67	282	141	3,916	9,821
Black River	105,519	756	1,038			11	378	45	3,420	5,648
Bohle River	36,891	123	2,523	11		7	270	575	955	4,463
Bowen River	944,748	1,959			64	305	273	12	24,961	27,574
Boyne & Auburn Rivers	1,303,251	2,806				146	434	100	13,872	17,359
Boyne River	249,301	1,852	1,641	5		4,218	4	36	3,832	11,587
Bremer River	202,824	1,511				54	1,568	134	1,502	4,768
Brisbane River	701,500	13,246	653	120		72	857	170	10,990	26,109
Bulloo River	5,203,638	398			20,125	126	149,983	253	16,667	187,552
Burrum River	119,898	1,168	1,288			49	3,413	132	2,735	8,786
Caboolture River	46,673	316	1,151			155	2,151	81	469	4,322
Calliope River	224,863	583	7,972	3	22	29	49	34	947	9,639
Cliffdale Creek	622,991	4	33,987			2	7,928		2,893	44,814
Cloncurry River	4,733,390	1,976				309	11,759	76	127,586	141,706
Coen River	311,186	42					1,026		2,925	3,993
Coleman River	521,726	10	4,099			4	8,020		8,240	20,373
Comet River	1,727,489	5,966			3,026	845	4,355	311	15,132	29,633
Condamine River	3,051,741	15,337			319	659	3,049	713	12,770	32,848
Coomera & Nerang Rivers	130,572	2,273	3,315			407	1,736	513	1,311	9,555
Cooper Creek	9,575,241	813			143,237	210	453,887	451	89,290	687,888
Curtis Island	57,804		14,464				748		174	15,387
Daintree River	210,458	7	3,275	3			2,275		2,010	7,570
Dawson River	5,068,741	8,833			2,371	1,769	9,674	1,179	27,965	51,791
Diamantina River	11,911,000	1,571			111,814	867	674,951	125	272,371	1,061,699
Don River	374,512	1,151	17,010	1,884		98	684	3,592	9,131	33,551
Ducie River	357,911	5	11,900				8,136		934	20,975
Dumaresq River	431,196	2,834				1	331	15	7,316	10,496
Edward River	756,724	32	14,693				41,291		2,922	58,938
Eight Mile Creek	162,505		5,441			2	3,722		473	9,638
Einasleigh River	2,435,365	1,300			408	199	19,717	65	80,074	101,762
Elliott River	74,063	1,103	1,060	8		29	4,221	48	332	6,801
Embley River	191,482	278	14,135				1,195		54	15,661
Endeavour River	218,630	137	2,685		81	11	2,568	32	4,133	9,648
Eyre Creek	7,155,781	738			160,027	162	361,056	70	69,814	591,868
Fitzroy River	1,143,110	9,319	28,641	30	676	481	8,461	8,710	13,494	69,812
Flinders River	5,187,311	1,676	40,903		741	294	18,546	201	62,897	125,259
Fraser Island	165,949		3,442		2,821		13,110		1	19,374
Freshwater Creek	10,693	350							128	478
Georgina River	7,245,744	1,234			894	247	53,548	156	90,021	146,099
Gilbert River	2,201,634	1,271	51,153		247	322	23,090	210	97,065	173,358
Gregory River	91,049	814	349			1	1,258	2	4,067	6,492
Hann River	966,394	4	20,173			2	23,378	3	7,133	50,694
Haughton River	222,395	514	14,157	197	70	325	1,601	1,457	9,009	27,330
Hay	279,520				5,797		63			5,860
Herbert River	987,310	1,332	13,779	2	462	200	12,137	1,198	27,328	56,438
Hinchinbrook Island	39,692		8,096				529		178	8,803
Holroyd River	532,582	18	2,879		< 1		9,895		3,361	16,153
Isaac River	2,232,467	5,275			440	1,272	3,696	412	48,169	59,263
Isis River	50,091	94	57			< 1	64		3,770	3,985
Jacky Jacky Creek	297,162		25,385		2,511		15,458		785	44,138
Jardine River	327,317	< 1	2,346				17,783		1,518	21,648
Jeannie River	362,572	11	16,716		1,605		7,090	11	3,116	28,549
Kendall River	498,108		2,699				11,516		1,732	15,946
Kolan River	290,501	6,431	1,477			228	479	36	4,709	13,360
L Creek	195,863	63	44,295		170	159	1,487		3,223	49,398
Lagoon Creek	296,688		12,487				2,071		2,274	16,832
Lake Frome	15,184				1,535		3			1,538
Leichhardt River	3,288,217	5,541	33,045		199	2,201	29,495	675	87,563	158,720
Lockhart River	288,360	4	12,271		57		2,232		6,915	21,479
Lockyer Creek	296,991	1,560				394	814	267	7,375	10,411
Logan River	335,676	1,780	2,019	< 1		115	2,949	102	2,573	9,539
Lower Burdekin River	1,048,562	11,820	2,255		32	990	576	503	55,434	71,609
Lower Burnett River	566,660	4,894	1,063	8		881	360	32	10,325	17,563
Lower Mary River	677,690	2,038	4,198			390	6,287	341	8,729	21,982
Macintyre Brook	432,482	2,384				102	138	79	8,840	11,543
Macintyre & Weir Rivers	1,518,300	12,541			197	530	3,598	1,231	11,072	29,169
Mackenzie River	1,305,897	3,204			140	1,039	3,924	1,005	15,276	24,588
Maranoa River	2,003,528	1,419			5	326	1,195	99	5,184	8,229
Maroochy River	153,905	2,887	4,030	5	37	309	16,251	339	3,796	27,655
Mcdonald River	273,439		8,667				16,403		839	25,909
Mission River	266,896	758	22,660			141	15,587	248	448	39,842
Mitchell River	4,131,477	843	37,111		1,050	3,774	60,793	105	120,488	224,164
Moonie River	1,465,738	5,118			10	718	1,095	359	4,941	12,241
Moreton Island	17,858		117		175		1,255			1,547
Morning Inlet	173,004	274	33,591		1,089	8	1,028	18	3,472	39,479
Mornington Island	99,830	45	11,807				1,075		4	12,931
Mossman River	46,574	62	1,634	9		11	165	1	404	2,287
Mulgrave River	131,677	138	4,209	164	38		3,085		1,458	9,092
Murray River	110,739	327	8,250		2	2	5,254	30	490	14,354
Nicholson River	3,574,411	622	113,958			462	30,258	204	101,780	247,284
Nogoa River	2,770,589	21,404			126	1,098	2,122	293	28,527	53,571
Noosa River	195,578	122	8,844		249	27	33,688	11	1,597	44,538
Norman River	5,066,736	354	65,686		105	141	86,311	530	75,617	228,744
Normanby River	1,472,192	534	8,020		78	15	16,885	11	16,080	41,623
North Johnstone River	103,100	72	7		4		116	28	844	1,070
North Pine River	57,693	2,653	2,140	14		75	886	36	572	6,377
O'connell River	238,854	846	12,982	20		48	1,054	178	3,097	18,224
Olive river	205,474		3,922		1,073		4,424		1,376	10,796
Palmer River	842,363	381			108	146	3,452		14,180	18,268
Paroo River	3,523,770	178			18,918	99	65,386	578	19,813	104,971
Pascoe River	211,820		730				82		4,700	5,511
Pioneer River	157,470	1,738	753				474		3,667	6,632
Plane Creek	254,423	1,851	18,211	53	13	39	7,222	1,549	4,038	32,975
Proserpine River	250,002	4,946	12,469	11	2	10	6,849	1,649	2,885	28,821
Ross River	133,707	5,910	11,244	112		164	589	745	4,238	23,002
Russell River	67,063	1,531	628				5,164	5	505	7,832
Saxby River	1,009,107	46					7,655	198	10,980	18,878
Settlement River	106,685		6,896			1	3,040		2,921	12,858
Shoalwater	359,579	1,055	29,213				288	20,334	5,447	56,336
Skardon River	43,201		4,630				2,360		86	7,077
South Johnstone River	128,680	281	3,511	12		3	4,293	15	832	8,946
South Pine River	43,913	180	1,080	129		33	431	203	524	2,580
Staaten River	2,570,527	59	18,794		247	6	28,292	26	49,271	96,694
Stanley River	153,605	4,628				4	263	42	1,900	6,838
Stewart River	275,475	1	6,440				2,149		5,403	13,992
Stradbroke Islands	29,106	71	994		310	13	4,625	31		6,043
Styx River	301,068	1,277	26,537	828	26	88	863	7,282	5,039	41,940
Suttor River	7,394,868	24,133			540	2,663	15,429	1,300	119,137	163,204
Thomson River	9,510,070	2,108			21,265	1,058	46,137	461	82,202	153,231
Torres Strait Islands	57,023	92	5,329		2		618		664	6,704
Tully River	167,593	1,576	1,892		8	15	4,381	83	1,557	9,512
Upper Burdekin River	3,622,752	2,005			4,395	564	33,971	550	111,256	152,742
Upper Burnett River	859,183	2,547				13	172	54	6,067	8,853
Upper Mary River	270,143	1,449				2	137	6	6,033	7,627
Wallam Creeks	4,786,303	642			3,568	637	101,222	2,386	1,703	110,158
Walsh River	895,828	955			29	207	477	8	19,168	20,844
Warrego River	5,216,183	2,069			525	566	18,424	438	36,620	58,641
Waterpark Creek	182,282	99	25,282	33		57	8,863	2,284	5,527	42,145
Watson River	469,442	5	6,837				5,435		2,259	14,537
Wenlock River	755,519	3	10,321				17,407		3,783	31,515
Whitsunday Island	16,059		595				16		< 1	611

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of drainage sub-basins.

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.