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Drainage basins

Mary drainage basin

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Name: Mary
Area type: Drainage basin
Total area: 947,833 ha
% total Qld: 0.5%
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Catchment stories
Wetland observations
Wetland extents
Wetland extent changes
Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC)
Drainage divisions
Drainage sub-basins
Regional natural resource management (NRM) bodies
Local government areas
100K map tiles
Climate zones
Bioregions
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Marine provincial bioregions
Regional plans
World Heritage areas
Ramsar internationally important wetlands
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National parks
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Report cards
Conservation parks
State forests
Forest reserves
Resources reserves
Timber reserves
Fish habitat areas
Coastal management district
Nature refuges
Freshwater biogeographic provinces
Aquatic Conservation Assessments (AquaBAMM) and others
Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—conceptual models
Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—management profiles
Groundwater dependent ecosystem type—conceptual models
Healthy Land and Water conceptual models
Water resource planning areas
Aquatic ecosystem monitoring programs
Point source monitoring
Wetland soil indicator case studies
Wetland management case studies
Wetland projects
Area specific conceptual model case studies
Paddock to Reef (P2R) report cards
Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments
EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives
Shorebird zones
Biopassage structures
Related legislation/policies
External links/description
Wildlife

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Mary drainage basin wetland area by system 2019
System Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 29,622 100.0% 3.1%
Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine 14,888 50.3% 1.6%
Artificial and highly modified 3,549 12.0% 0.4%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 4,198 14.2% 0.4%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 391 1.3% 0.0%
Palustrine (natural) 6,408 21.6% 0.7%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 347 1.2% 0.0%
Riverine 14,728 49.7% 1.6%

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Mary drainage basin wetland area by habitat 2019
Habitat Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 10,952 100.0% 1.2%
Mangroves - Casuarina 209 1.9% 0.0%
Mangroves - other 3,072 28.1% 0.3%
Salt marsh and salt flats 916 8.4% 0.1%
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 1,712 15.6% 0.2%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp < 1 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 4,263 38.9% 0.4%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 428 3.9% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 351 3.2% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid 0 0.0% 0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 0 0.0% 0.0%

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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.

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Wetland extent changes

Mary drainage basin wetland extent change by system
System 2019 area
(ha)		 2017 area
(ha)		 2013 area
(ha)		 2009 area
(ha)		 2005 area
(ha)		 2001 area
(ha)		 pre-clear area
(ha)		 2019/pre-clear
percentage
Total 29,622 29,620 29,605 29,609 29,586 29,604 43,571 * 59.8%
Artificial and highly modified 3,549 3,544 3,512 3,487 3,436 3,363 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 4,198 4,198 4,198 4,198 4,197 4,197 4,367 96.1%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 391 391 391 391 391 390 0 n/a
Palustrine (natural) 6,408 6,409 6,411 6,424 6,433 6,493 13,639 47.0%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 347 347 347 347 346 346 0 n/a
Riverine 14,728 14,730 14,747 14,762 14,783 14,815 25,565 57.6%

* Total 2019/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified

metadata View 2019 wetland system extents for all drainage basins

metadata View 2017 wetland system extents for all drainage basins

metadata View 2013 wetland system extents for all drainage basins

metadata View 2009 wetland system extents for all drainage basins

metadata View 2005 wetland system extents for all drainage basins

metadata View 2001 wetland system extents for all drainage basins

metadata View pre-clear wetland system extents for all drainage basins

metadata View 2019/pre-clear wetland system extent percentages for all drainage basins

Mary drainage basin wetland extent change by habitat
Habitat 2019 area
(ha)		 2017 area
(ha)		 2013 area
(ha)		 2009 area
(ha)		 2005 area
(ha)		 2001 area
(ha)
Total 10,952 10,953 10,954 10,968 10,976 11,036
Mangroves - Casuarina 209 209 209 209 209 209
Mangroves - other 3,072 3,072 3,072 3,072 3,071 3,071
Salt marsh and salt flats 916 916 916 916 916 916
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 1,712 1,712 1,712 1,713 1,716 1,760
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp < 1 < 1 < 1 < 1 < 1 < 1
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 4,263 4,265 4,266 4,271 4,276 4,287
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 428 428 428 432 434 434
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 351 351 351 353 353 357
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 0 0 0 0 0 0

metadata View 2019 wetland habitat area for all drainage basins

metadata View 2017 wetland habitat area for all drainage basins

metadata View 2013 wetland habitat area for all drainage basins

metadata View 2009 wetland habitat area for all drainage basins

metadata View 2005 wetland habitat area for all drainage basins

metadata View 2001 wetland habitat area for all drainage 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.

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Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC) metadata

Mary drainage basin land use
ALUMC code and description
Area (ha)
% total area
Total 947,833 100.0%
2.1 Grazing native vegetation 511,497 54.0%
2.2 Production native forests 113,091 11.9%
1.1 Nature conservation 97,265 10.3%
3.1 Plantation forests 78,626 8.3%
5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure 62,813 6.6%
1.3 Other minimal use 27,533 2.9%
4.3 Irrigated cropping 18,574 2.0%
1.2 Managed resource protection 4,624 0.5%
4.2 Grazing irrigated modified pastures 4,439 0.5%
6.3 River 4,210 0.4%
6.5 Marsh/wetland 4,161 0.4%
5.5 Services 4,092 0.4%
4.4 Irrigated perennial horticulture 4,071 0.4%
6.2 Reservoir/dam 3,062 0.3%
5.7 Transport and communication 2,809 0.3%
4.5 Irrigated seasonal horticulture 1,150 0.1%
5.2 Intensive animal production 994 0.1%
3.3 Cropping 979 0.1%
5.3 Manufacturing and industrial 906 0.1%
5.8 Mining 861 0.1%
3.2 Grazing modified pastures 587 0.1%
4.1 Irrigated plantation forests 527 0.1%
3.4 Perennial horticulture 286 0.0%
5.9 Waste treatment and disposal 273 0.0%
4.6 Irrigated land in transition 111 0.0%
6.1 Lake 83 0.0%
5.1 Intensive horticulture 65 0.0%
5.6 Utilities 64 0.0%
6.4 Channel/aqueduct 61 0.0%
3.6 Land in transition 12 0.0%
3.5 Seasonal horticulture 5 0.0%

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none

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State forests info metadata

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  • Dairy production: Long-term commitment to improving land condition, and ‘least cost planning’ ensures sustainable milk production

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Biopassage structures info metadata

Name Construction year Structure types Stream name
map Mary River Barrage 2010 Vertical slot Mary River
map Private Rd SMSF Property Resources Pty Ltd 2018 Culvert, Rock Ramp Mary River
map Teddington Weir 1970 Pool and Weir Tinana Creek
map Tinana Barrage 2010 Vertical slot Tinana Creek

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Wildlife

Kingdom
Class
 Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species		 Rare or
threatened
species		 All
TOTAL 4,342 606 469 186 4,948
Animals 934 32 229 85 966
Mammals 104 13 7 11 117
Birds 417 10 92 39 427
Reptiles 129 1 13 12 130
Amphibians 50 1 21 11 51
Lobe-finned fishes 1 0 1 1 1
Ray-finned fishes 52 5 57 4 57
Insects 172 2 38 4 174
Malacostracans 9 0 0 3 9
Bacteria 11 0 0 0 11
Chromists 16 0 0 0 16
Fungi 767 0 0 0 767
Plants 2,612 574 240 101 3,186
Protozoans 2 0 0 0 2

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DETSI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.

Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

Disclaimer: While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this product, the Queensland Government and Australian Government make no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaim all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a consequence of reliance on the product, or as a result of the product being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.

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Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Mary drainage basin — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 13 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/basin-mary/

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