Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment 2013 wetland system extents
Definition of Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2013 wetland system extent by Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment Download this table in .CSV format
WQIP catchment
Total areaha )
Wetland area by system
Totalha )
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
42,620,437
159,915
400,465
3,585
17,479
19,185
254,230
63,099
685,382
1,603,342
Abbot Bay catchments (Burdekin) 118,919
316
3,718
1,736
17
39
968
2,548
9,342
Alligator Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 20,918
104
999
32
2
240
84
279
1,739
Allingham Creek (Burdekin) 109,324
3
72
2,196
3,966
6,238
Andromache River (Mackay Whitsunday) 40,599
84
1
92
2
837
1,016
Annan River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 1,883
48
732
205
5
152
1,142
Annan River - lower, outside National Park (incl. Esk River, Hardwicke Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 18,005
13
32
8
24
25
673
775
Annan River - upper (above gorge) outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 35,739
42
2
12
653
709
Annie River, Saltwater Creek and Fifteen Mile Creek (Eastern Cape York) 269,719
4
67
< 1
6,849
2
1,930
8,854
Baffle (Burnett Mary) 408,475
1,002
13,436
13
139
10,429
293
6,814
32,127
Bakers Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,822
153
971
1
5
355
44
114
1,642
Balclutha Creek (Eastern Cape York) 42,008
30
409
433
872
Barratta Creek (Burdekin) 116,808
707
3,483
22
38
1,133
1,248
3,548
10,179
Barron (Wet Tropics) 218,801
4,672
956
< 1
56
69
272
141
4,036
10,202
Basalt River (Burdekin) 286,199
80
28
3,101
4
8,553
11,767
Bathurst and Ninian Bays (Eastern Cape York) 24,974
7
< 1
7
Bathurst Bay draining creeks (incl. Muck River) (Eastern Cape York) 53,352
1,825
240
306
2,371
Belyando floodplain (Burdekin) 203,024
194
13
3,080
111
2,922
6,319
Black River (Burdekin) 147,723
1,114
3,214
11
27
695
606
4,428
10,094
Blackrock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 23,930
162
1,622
4
30
2
227
2,047
Blacks Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 71,090
1,094
1,233
2,326
Bogie River (Burdekin) 227,541
1,103
12
125
32
14
6,518
7,805
Bowen River (Burdekin) 113,792
441
21
20
12
6,669
7,164
Boyne River (Fitzroy) 249,748
2,077
1,643
5
4,218
4
36
3,812
11,796
Broken River (Burdekin) 228,731
844
6,888
7,731
Burdekin Delta (Burdekin) 113,151
800
14,153
167
877
1,886
5,893
5,269
29,045
Burdekin River (below Dam) (Burdekin) 146,880
349
448
200
206
7,579
8,782
Burdekin River (Blue Range) (Burdekin) 272,356
288
98
211
79
10,851
11,527
Burdekin River (Dam) (Burdekin) 370,188
6,984
< 1
80
300
2
26,879
34,245
Burnett (Burnett Mary) 3,319,539
14,105
1,061
8
1,060
1,499
242
34,231
52,206
Burrum (Burnett Mary) 337,174
3,280
2,662
8
79
8,968
182
10,892
26,070
Callide Creek (Fitzroy) 766,479
2,908
25
30
729
53
3,722
7,467
Calliope River (Fitzroy) 217,716
620
4,093
26
22
173
49
34
946
5,963
Camel Creek (Burdekin) 157,869
79
772
26
118
6
4,649
5,650
Campaspe River (Burdekin) 674,667
376
490
138
2,330
216
26,034
29,584
Cape Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 15,032
21
4,827
< 1
1,077
56
24
6,005
Cape Flattery dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 25,028
393
741
2,060
12
3,207
Cape River (Burdekin) 913,940
253
40
49
4,106
40
23,235
27,722
Carmichael River (Burdekin) 978,227
747
25
2,484
133
11,784
15,173
Carmilla Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 12,734
43
553
64
17
227
903
Chester River (incl. Scrubby Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 27,577
2
46
111
946
1,106
Clarke River (Burdekin) 646,961
153
47
92
2,077
19,350
21,718
Claudie River (incl. Deep, Swamp creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 15,927
< 1
165
70
628
864
Coastal creeks and dunes (north of Nesbit) (Eastern Cape York) 44,836
2
828
1,200
1,657
3,687
Coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 48,061
394
60
2,859
47
3,359
Coastal dunes north shore of Endeavour River (Eastern Cape York) 5,863
21
151
< 1
172
Comet River (Fitzroy) 1,729,049
6,149
3,025
846
4,222
311
15,090
29,642
Connors River (Fitzroy) 952,700
1,025
73
57
1,143
110
24,787
27,195
Constant Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,516
74
3,106
< 1
126
115
151
3,574
Curtis Island (Fitzroy) 58,456
10
14,568
749
174
15,500
Daintree (Wet Tropics) 210,670
8
3,257
3
2,260
1,999
7,527
Deighton River (Eastern Cape York) 67,273
10
91
617
718
Diamond Creek (Burdekin) 213,725
313
62
29
15
1,354
1,774
Don River (Burdekin) 120,812
392
1,703
14
15
60
45
3,302
5,532
Douglas Creek (Burdekin) 122,846
129
30
6
2,801
2,965
Dry River (Burdekin) 202,310
43
2
29
3,655
5,312
9,040
Eden Lassie Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,000
241
2,242
11
2
88
760
3,344
Endeavour River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 2,257
1,295
90
204
1,588
Endeavour River - lower (incl. Cameron, Poison creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 24,037
24
57
< 1
490
3
357
931
Endeavour River - north branch (incl. Isabella, Mango Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 18,019
5
88
253
345
Endeavour River - right branch (Eastern Cape York) 38,771
4
1,054
630
1,689
Endeavour River - south branch (Eastern Cape York) 14,720
0
Escape River (Eastern Cape York) 32,685
457
256
3,445
< 1
4,159
Estuaries draining into Temple Bay, Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York) 4,110
3,467
7
4
3,479
Estuaries (incl. Jacky Jacky, Escape, Harmer) (Eastern Cape York) 26,482
24,044
182
< 1
24,227
Estuaries (incl. Stewart, Rocky, other estuaries) (Eastern Cape York) 9,927
6,404
76
13
6,493
Fanning River (Burdekin) 110,772
31
20
195
1
6,419
6,665
Fitzroy River (Fitzroy) 1,133,947
8,683
24,303
30
676
496
8,296
8,127
13,525
64,137
Flaggy Rock Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,893
58
635
< 1
128
153
974
Fox Creek (Burdekin) 320,794
537
63
279
384
1,762
3,025
Gillinbin Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 13,107
30
425
2
1,431
399
2,286
Glenmore Creek (Burdekin) 160,911
40
54
5,049
5,143
Glennie Creek (Eastern Cape York) 36,334
244
244
Goanna, Breakfast, Whiphandle creeks (Eastern Cape York) 56,201
1
15
272
1,038
1,327
Gorge, Running creeks (Eastern Cape York) 41,345
20
992
582
1,594
Gray Creek (Burdekin) 169,505
122
18
62
5
3,963
4,170
Gregory River (Mackay Whitsunday) 31,028
274
2,150
133
50
581
3,189
Hann Creek (Burdekin) 185,299
86
34
25
1
6,940
7,086
Hann Creek (Eastern Cape York) 28,672
2
2
Harmer, Little Harmer Creeks (Eastern Cape York) 108,898
161
359
1,778
312
2,610
Haughton River (Burdekin) 232,550
573
16,130
281
70
326
2,043
1,853
9,032
30,308
Herbert (Wet Tropics) 984,235
1,337
13,625
2
98
200
12,093
1,198
27,265
55,818
Hinchinbrook Island (Wet Tropics) 39,543
7,941
528
177
8,646
Indian Bay (Eastern Cape York) 863
0
Jack River and Beattie Creek (Eastern Cape York) 148,352
1,963
1,958
3,921
Jacky Jacky Creek (Eastern Cape York) 31,041
46
5,753
135
5,934
Jeannie estuaries (incl. Horwick, Starcke, Dead Dog and other estuaries) (Eastern Cape York) 9,543
8,530
0
< 1
3
8,533
Jeannie River (Eastern Cape York) 46,942
100
28
710
838
Johnstone (Wet Tropics) 232,153
347
3,516
12
4
3
4,456
43
1,674
10,055
Kangaroo River and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 28,105
13
290
997
1,299
Keelbottom Creek (Burdekin) 164,284
86
51
98
6
7,499
7,741
Kennedy Inlet / Newcastle Bay (Eastern Cape York) 24,824
408
16
75
500
Kennedy River and Little Kennedy Creek (Eastern Cape York) 253,270
21
14
3,286
1,766
5,087
Kirk River (Burdekin) 135,590
162
47
8,451
8,661
Kolan (Burnett Mary) 290,449
6,429
1,479
228
494
36
4,700
13,366
Landers Creek (Burdekin) 106,730
44
20
25
83
3,542
3,714
Laura River (incl. Mosman River, Kennedy Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 203,164
271
657
863
1,791
Lethebrook (Mackay Whitsunday) 37,352
190
694
4
2,520
94
494
3,995
Little Bowen River (Burdekin) 147,193
25
64
10
47
2,477
2,623
Little Laura River (incl. Shepherd, Pine Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 89,372
48
682
11
990
1,732
Lloyd Bay (Eastern Cape York) 5,422
518
518
Lockhart, Claudie and adjacent estuaries (Eastern Cape York) 9,537
7,782
11
26
7,819
Lockhart River (incl. Eden, Arroto and Scrubby creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 82,829
6
9
343
2,875
3,233
Lockhart town and surrounds (incl. dunes) (Eastern Cape York) 4,018
69
< 1
370
440
Logan Creek (Burdekin) 403,627
1,123
152
59
13
1,969
3,316
Lolworth Creek (Burdekin) 350,352
19
1,043
19
8,946
31
4,804
14,862
Lower Cape River (Burdekin) 298,561
6,980
11
9
228
146
5,321
12,695
Lower Dawson River (Fitzroy) 1,991,424
4,775
159
784
6,407
910
9,758
22,794
Lower Isaac River (Fitzroy) 272,514
473
170
491
21
4,258
5,411
Lower Suttor River (Burdekin) 268,899
4,025
81
294
8
7,195
11,603
Mackay City (Mackay Whitsunday) 17,126
44
1,615
5
544
23
213
2,444
Mackenzie River (Fitzroy) 1,297,741
3,684
140
1,053
3,796
1,022
15,237
24,932
Margaret Bay (Eastern Cape York) 833
3
3
Marion Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 11,201
84
672
20
139
348
1,263
Marrett River, Sandalwood and Birthday creeks (Eastern Cape York) 134,518
1
14
1,159
157
1,332
Mary (Burnett Mary) 946,581
3,497
4,264
391
6,365
347
14,747
29,611
Massy Creek, Rocky River (Eastern Cape York) 48,405
< 1
1
349
2,621
2,972
McIvor, Morgan rivers and coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 58,801
501
321
2,998
637
4,457
Middle and West Claudie Rivers (incl. Gordon, Scrubby creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 17,736
0
Mistake Creek (Burdekin) 587,421
1,319
1,399
867
15
7,415
11,015
Morehead River, Healy Creek and Hann River (Eastern Cape York) 425,766
2
8,242
2,864
11,108
Mossman (Wet Tropics) 47,285
64
1,602
9
11
173
1
411
2,271
Mulgrave-Russell (Wet Tropics) 198,027
1,653
4,742
164
94
8,212
5
1,979
16,848
Murray Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 46,631
118
2,793
45
656
3,613
Murray (Wet Tropics) 110,656
327
8,737
2
2
5,159
34
494
14,755
Myrtle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 29,516
18
1,498
705
13
295
2,528
Native Companion Creek (Burdekin) 548,474
412
48
271
8
2,923
3,662
Nesbit, Chester and adjacent estuaries (Eastern Cape York) 4,338
3,026
37
84
3,147
Nesbit River (incl. Leo Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 68,059
< 1
444
121
565
Nogoa River (Fitzroy) 1,616,991
17,820
126
577
1,419
137
15,204
35,282
Normanby estuarine waters (incl. Bizant, Normanby, Saltwater and others adjacent Princess Charlotte Bay) (Eastern Cape York) 54,162
27,761
866
82
28,709
Normanby /lower Laura rivers (incl. Brown, Cabbage Tree creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 205,565
7
78
4,519
986
5,590
Normanby River - lower and Bizant River (Eastern Cape York) 105,992
401
5,365
2,730
8,496
Normanby - upper (incl. West, East and Granite Normanby Rivers, Bridge Ck) (Eastern Cape York) 290,818
182
< 1
2,469
6,832
9,483
North Jacky Jacky Creek – dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 13,858
142
154
745
289
1,330
North Jeannie coastal creeks outside National Park (incl. Horwick River, Wakooka Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 110,554
5,269
44
628
979
6,921
North Kennedy River (Eastern Cape York) 191,510
< 1
1
4,122
1
1,438
5,564
Oaky , Wallace, Lyon creeks (Eastern Cape York) 33,909
5
575
580
OConnell River (Mackay Whitsunday) 48,766
344
588
15
22
302
29
801
2,102
Olive River estuary (Eastern Cape York) 751
470
101
571
Olive River (incl. Horseshoe, Scorpion creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 124,133
< 1
< 1
3,506
374
3,880
Pascoe - headwaters (incl. Little Pascoe, Fall creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 64,780
74
3,274
3,348
Pascoe - lower, outside National Park (incl. Tin and coastal creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 36,638
622
832
1,454
Pascoe - mid (incl. Garraway, Brown creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 31,243
266
266
Pascoe - mid (incl. Hamilton Creek) (Eastern Cape York) 11,269
206
206
Pascoe River estuary and other estuaries draining into Wemouth Bay (Eastern Cape York) 1,325
112
8
4
124
Pascoe - upper (incl. Yam, One Mile creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 36,658
115
115
Pelican Creek (Burdekin) 148,083
430
6
1
2,047
2,483
Pioneer River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday) 54,788
618
109
1,784
2,511
Plane Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 15,963
42
950
54
14
178
1,238
Port of Cape Flattery (land side) (Eastern Cape York) 9,437
10
10
521
348
11
5
904
Port of Cape Flattery marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 14,707
22
22
Port of Cooktown marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 3,067
11
11
Port of Quintell Beach marine waters (Eastern Cape York) 1,364
2
2
Princess Charlotte Bay (Eastern Cape York) 137,329
25
25
Proserpine River Main Channel (Mackay Whitsunday) 8,490
26
431
457
Reliance Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 10,662
11
1,545
5
65
10
92
1,727
Repulse Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 25,555
1,740
2
6
72
1,819
Rocky Dam Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 51,839
94
5,677
26
2,044
911
1,395
10,146
Rollston River (Burdekin) 144,919
106
36
52
6,039
6,232
Rosella Creek (Burdekin) 147,410
266
268
151
1,779
2,464
Rosetta Creek (Burdekin) 244,047
283
5
424
8
4,762
5,481
Ross River (Burdekin) 131,054
5,923
8,879
29
163
215
353
4,249
19,811
Running River (Burdekin) 110,538
19
1
3,433
3,454
Sandy Creek (Burdekin) 318,941
228
29
291
9
1,223
1,780
Sandy Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 49,935
1,187
844
13
< 1
542
27
717
3,331
Sarina Beaches (Mackay Whitsunday) 8,458
58
643
8
98
115
14
937
Sellheim River (Burdekin) 170,458
9,498
32
26
3,809
13,365
Shelburne Bay dune lakes (Eastern Cape York) 49,236
70
2,754
889
1
3,714
Shelburne Bay (Eastern Cape York) 25,164
24
< 1
24
Shoalwater Creek (Fitzroy) 361,610
1,211
29,760
5
285
20,334
5,397
56,992
South Annan coastal creeks outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 15,542
560
263
205
1,027
St Helens Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,566
40
1,457
13
11
243
1,763
Star River (Burdekin) 199,399
58
14
145
7,734
7,951
Starcke River (Eastern Cape York) 50,093
< 1
66
38
990
462
1,557
Stewart River - headwaters outside National Park (incl. Little Stewart, Station creeks) (Eastern Cape York) 38,767
6
364
370
Stewart River, Terrible Creek (Eastern Cape York) 37,627
37
344
381
Stones Creek (Burdekin) 77,525
6
14
2,918
2,939
Styx River (Fitzroy) 299,512
1,292
26,326
828
26
83
861
7,288
5,038
41,743
Temple Bay and Hudson Bay (Eastern Cape York) 5,735
4
4
Theresa Creek (Fitzroy) 1,149,860
3,893
521
681
145
13,321
18,561
Thompsons Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,013
218
3,693
2
3,325
1,457
68
8,763
Trevethan Creek outside National Park (Eastern Cape York) 9,497
1
443
445
Tully (Wet Tropics) 168,340
1,592
1,890
8
15
4,465
79
1,553
9,603
Upper Belyando River (Burdekin) 583,589
383
180
156
129
2,042
2,890
Upper Burdekin River (Burdekin) 448,172
225
2,275
83
12,636
399
10,037
25,655
Upper Cattle Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,841
417
417
Upper Dawson River (Fitzroy) 2,315,530
1,504
2,186
959
2,570
216
14,436
21,872
Upper Isaac River (Fitzroy) 1,012,469
4,912
367
1,046
2,137
288
19,019
27,769
Upper Proserpine River (Mackay Whitsunday) 26,621
3,946
159
4,106
Upper Suttor River (Burdekin) 515,807
1,067
347
401
66
9,350
11,231
Upstart Bay catchments (Burdekin) 129,031
501
10,657
134
66
538
2,584
3,186
17,667
Walker Bay (Eastern Cape York) 246
10
10
Walsh Bay (Eastern Cape York) 189
1
1
Waterhole Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 21,131
44
1,356
3
195
24
78
1,699
Waterpark Creek (Fitzroy) 184,786
95
25,918
33
57
8,884
2,416
5,566
42,969
Weary Bay (Eastern Cape York) 540
0
West Hill Creek (Mackay Whitsunday) 18,396
19
1,393
< 1
1,030
282
212
2,936
Weymouth Bay (Eastern Cape York) 4,352
9
9
Whitsunday Coast (Mackay Whitsunday) 19,560
36
684
2
15
8
14
758
Wilson Creek, Portland Road coastal creeks (Eastern Cape York) 13,471
1
373
3
27
215
619
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments.
Disclaimer
Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
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) Water Quality Improvement Plan catchment 2013 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 20 December 2024 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2013/wqip.html
— Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation