EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary) 2017 wetland system extents
Definition of EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives (plan boundary)
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2017 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
270,018
460,441
4,387
65,593
25,740
45
676,731
77,798
849,606
2,430,358
Albert River (WQ1455)
78,090
290
38
55
225
46
1,057
1,711
Barron River Basin (WQ1101)
218,832
4,690
987
< 1
56
112
< 1
297
116
4,116
10,376
Black River Basin; Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1183)
177,757
72
< 1
73
Black River Basin (WQ1171)
105,881
761
1,043
14
460
44
3,499
5,821
Bremer River (WQ1436)
202,824
1,561
58
1,560
139
1,687
5,004
Brisbane Creeks—Bramble Bay (WQ1423)
20,910
81
916
136
20
387
188
174
1,901
Brisbane River Estuary (WQ1431)
56,853
444
773
110
62
1
376
150
1,014
2,929
Broadwater (WQ1463)
7,369
9
269
3
136
417
Burdekin River (lower) and Bowen River Sub-Basins (WQ1205)
1,172,373
3,318
76
440
294
26
38,254
42,409
Burdekin River (lower) and Bowen River Sub-Basins (WQ1206)
376,014
636
2,255
20
762
443
633
20,366
25,116
Burdekin River (upper) Sub-Basin (WQ1201)
4,050,894
8,677
4,433
688
1
33,987
550
132,795
181,132
Burrum, Gregory, Isis, Cherwell and Elliott Rivers (WQ1371)
337,435
3,298
2,885
8
83
2
9,088
182
11,052
26,598
Caboolture River (WQ1422)
46,673
388
1,150
227
< 1
2,158
113
471
4,508
Callide Creek Catchment (WQ1306)
812,565
3,042
68
88
767
163
3,991
8,119
Comet River Sub-basin (WQ1307)
1,729,722
6,203
3,026
845
2
4,292
311
15,052
29,730
Condamine River Basin (WQ4223)
3,052,097
16,744
288
742
< 1
3,243
750
12,011
33,779
Coomera River (WQ1462)
44,098
155
1,574
150
< 1
831
7
621
3,338
Currumbin and Tallebudgera Creeks (WQ1464)
24,017
64
110
44
100
4
213
535
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1272)
294,651
4
6,106
15
1
17
8
6,151
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1311)
282,167
871
22,267
131
22
160
< 1
990
39
1,150
25,629
Curtis Island, Calliope River and Boyne River Basins (WQ1331)
249,574
2,075
1,649
4
4,226
4
36
4,001
11,994
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
72
4,915
12
12
< 1
2,468
1
2,472
9,953
Dawson River Sub-basin (WQ1308, WQ1309)
4,261,489
7,292
2,209
1,850
9,087
1,068
25,317
46,823
Don River Basin (WQ1211)
374,512
1,399
17,052
1,897
89
< 1
607
3,710
15,740
40,493
Fitzroy River Sub-basin (WQ1305)
1,145,362
9,031
28,683
46
503
1,064
8,492
8,693
14,219
70,730
Fraser Island Waters (WQ1391)
243,579
3,755
2,824
12,121
1
18,701
Great Sandy Strait and Coastal Creeks (WQ1402)
176,694
18
12,140
22
13,454
< 1
< 1
25,635
Haughton, Lower Burdekin/Bowen and Don (WQ1190)
261,005
478
9
< 1
0
488
Haughton River Basin (WQ1191)
417,158
1,951
33,777
446
92
1,087
1
4,877
9,073
13,972
65,275
Herbert River Basin (WQ1161)
987,202
1,451
13,763
2
462
206
7
12,555
1,236
27,709
57,391
Hervey Bay (WQ1372)
419,567
3
< 1
3
Isaac River Sub-basin (WQ1301)
2,234,727
7,204
440
1,272
3
3,756
477
48,526
61,678
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
12,277
57
2,232
6,915
21,485
Jacky Jacky Creek, Olive-Pascoe, Lockhart and Stewart River Basins (WQ1041)
275,475
10
6,262
2,276
5,403
13,950
Jeannie and Endeavour River Basins (WQ1061)
362,572
11
16,716
1,605
7,091
11
3,195
28,629
Jeannie and Endeavour River Basins (WQ1071)
219,033
134
2,701
81
12
2,586
32
4,112
9,659
Johnstone River Basin (WQ1121)
232,070
359
3,552
12
4
5
4,614
43
1,707
10,295
Lockyer Creek (WQ1437)
296,991
1,633
431
1
811
280
7,341
10,498
Logan River (WQ1454)
308,598
2,479
1,249
26
65
2
1,644
127
2,647
8,239
Mackenzie River Sub-basin (WQ1304)
1,298,488
4,267
140
1,059
< 1
3,579
1,028
14,953
25,028
Maranoa-Balonne Rivers Basin (WQ4222)
5,826,909
47,077
49
1,351
10,376
4,367
32,839
96,057
Maroochy River (WQ1411)
72,491
1,273
805
282
141
2,914
677
2,360
8,451
Mary River (WQ1381)
948,654
3,532
4,393
394
7
6,699
403
15,587
31,015
Mid Brisbane River (WQ1433)
55,583
674
< 1
< 1
6
11
1,365
2,057
Mitchell River Basin (part) and Walsh River sub-basin (WQ9190)
209,545
862
154
175
2
4,076
5,270
Mooloolah River (WQ1412)
30,926
494
102
3
112
1
1,895
< 1
1,214
3,821
Mulgrave - Russell Rivers Basin (WQ1111)
198,287
1,653
5,092
164
94
< 1
8,426
5
2,047
17,480
Nerang River (WQ1461)
58,503
1,880
< 1
204
< 1
129
502
393
3,110
Nogoa River Sub-basin (WQ1302, WQ1303)
2,769,437
21,976
126
1,104
2,195
283
29,302
54,985
Noosa River (WQ1401)
135,237
99
627
227
24
19,246
26
1,443
21,693
Normanby River Basin (WQ1051)
2,438,587
661
28,238
78
18
40,261
14
23,282
92,552
Oxley Creek (WQ1434)
25,822
249
54
8
16
366
2
245
941
Pimpama River (WQ1465)
17,028
190
1,610
12
538
11
86
2,448
Pine Rivers and Redcliffe Creeks (WQ1421)
81,581
2,749
2,238
12
94
2
872
45
958
6,970
Pioneer River and Plane Creek Basins; Proserpine River, Whitsunday Island and O'Connell River Basins (WQ1222)
1,888,078
18
1,473
3
23
< 1
129
4
1,650
Pioneer River and Plane Creek Basins (WQ1251)
416,817
3,739
20,228
53
13
52
8,268
1,512
8,347
42,211
Proserpine River, Whitsunday Island and O'Connell River Basins (WQ1221)
483,673
6,033
24,871
28
2
54
3
7,688
1,805
6,428
46,912
Pumicestone Passage (WQ1413)
148,488
238
3,603
< 1
35
116
3
12,011
267
355
16,629
Quandamooka (Moreton Bay) (WQ1441)
308,962
102
6,553
485
30
< 1
6,304
19
13,493
Queensland Border Rivers and Moonie River basins (WQ4161)
2,383,361
20,589
212
702
5,280
1,961
27,793
56,538
Queensland Border Rivers and Moonie River basins (WQ4171)
1,465,743
5,224
10
724
1,261
384
4,942
12,544
Redland Creeks (WQ1453)
27,861
505
1,066
< 1
49
1,289
18
41
2,969
Refer to schedule adjacent to Coastal Waters (WQ1010)
3,147,303
3,231
16
84
4
3,335
Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1181)
160,581
6,059
11,659
34
171
335
931
5,200
24,389
Ross River Basin and Magnetic Island (WQ1182)
5,078
255
28
37
320
Sandy, Six Mile, Wolston, Woogaroo and Goodna Creeks (WQ1435)
15,846
78
2
77
< 1
158
315
Stanley River (WQ1439)
153,407
4,448
6
4
283
39
1,984
6,764
Styx River, Shoalwater Creek and Water Park Creek Basins (WQ1271)
843,730
2,685
82,020
881
26
145
10,021
29,991
16,023
141,793
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
7,972
1,005
232
< 1
3,131
342
60,099
72,781
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1203)
3,543,900
4,226
1,757
6,845
765
29,852
43,445
Suttor River Sub-Basin (WQ1204)
1,822,016
16,535
650
1,231
109
29,111
47,635
Tully River, Murray River and Hinchinbrook Island Basins (WQ1131)
319,485
1,945
18,802
10
21
10,193
119
2,355
33,445
Upper Brisbane River (WQ1438)
548,262
12,125
2
31
6
8,401
20,566
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ0111)
5,201,398
418
20,248
128
149,582
272
23,339
193,986
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4221)
4,785,942
691
3,568
639
101,406
2,503
3,007
111,815
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4231)
5,215,915
2,128
525
566
19,205
438
36,163
59,025
Warrego, Paroo and Bulloo Rivers and Nebine, Mungallala and Wallam Creeks basins (WQ4241)
3,522,754
246
18,891
100
65,532
683
18,122
103,574
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) 2017 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 15 December 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2017/epp-water-plan.html