Skip links and keyboard navigation

Queensland Government
WetlandInfo   —   Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation

HIDE THIS SECTION
Regional plans

Gulf Regional Development Plan

Access wetland mapping in PDF and KML format by selecting the desired 100K map tile below or download the data via the Queensland Government Information Service.

The below map is for visual representation purposes only. For more detailed mapping, please download the boundary KML.

Drag this bar to relocate the map on your screen

Open WetlandMaps interactive map server

Download boundary KML (KMZ, 0.1 MB) metadata

How to use KMLs?

Name: Gulf Regional Development Plan
Area type: Regional plan
Total area: 17,857,191 ha
% total Qld: 10.3%

View the regional plan for this region (PDF)

Page table of contents
Catchment stories
Wetland observations
Wetland extents
Wetland extent changes
Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC)
Drainage divisions
Drainage basins
Drainage sub-basins
Regional natural resource management (NRM) bodies
Local government areas
100K map tiles
Climate zones
Bioregions
Biogeographic subregions
IBRA bioregions
IBRA subregions
Bioregional assessment areas
Marine meso-scale bioregions
Marine provincial bioregions
Regional plans
World Heritage areas
Ramsar internationally important wetlands
DIWA nationally important wetlands
National parks
Marine parks (Queensland)
Study areas
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
Wildlife

HIDE THIS SECTION
Catchment stories info

none

HIDE THIS SECTION
Wetland observations

HIDE THIS SECTION
Wetland extents info metadata

Based on wetland mapping version 6.0

Display areas in

Gulf Regional Development Plan wetland area by system 2019
System Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 1,228,060 100.0% 6.9%
Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine 779,740 63.5% 4.4%
Artificial and highly modified 6,503 0.5% 0.0%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 510,067 41.5% 2.9%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (natural) 3,323 0.3% 0.0%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 2,129 0.2% 0.0%
Palustrine (natural) 256,184 20.9% 1.4%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 1,535 0.1% 0.0%
Riverine 448,320 36.5% 2.5%

View wetland system extents for all regional plans

Gulf Regional Development Plan wetland area by habitat 2019
Habitat Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 763,232 100.0% 4.3%
Mangroves - Casuarina 0 0.0% 0.0%
Mangroves - other 96,399 12.6% 0.5%
Salt marsh and salt flats 412,132 54.0% 2.3%
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 131 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake 38 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake 179 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake 116 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 12 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 1,007 0.1% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 35,699 4.7% 0.2%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 475 0.1% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 8,003 1.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 51,382 6.7% 0.3%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 8,821 1.2% 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 48,571 6.4% 0.3%
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 28,873 3.8% 0.2%
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 0 0.0% 0.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 11,427 1.5% 0.1%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 59,443 7.8% 0.3%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0.0% 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 377 0.0% 0.0%
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 145 0.0% 0.0%

View wetland habitat area for all regional plans

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.

HIDE THIS SECTION
Wetland extent changes

Gulf Regional Development Plan 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 1,228,060 1,228,090 1,231,836 1,231,403 1,230,637 1,229,962 1,224,932 * 99.7%
Artificial and highly modified 6,503 6,462 6,187 5,864 5,111 4,269 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 510,067 510,071 510,074 510,074 510,074 510,074 510,173 100.0%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (natural) 3,323 3,323 3,322 3,322 3,322 3,322 3,676 90.4%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 2,129 2,129 2,128 2,125 2,185 2,189 0 n/a
Palustrine (natural) 256,184 256,189 256,386 256,407 256,430 256,563 258,225 99.2%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 1,535 1,535 1,514 1,504 1,502 1,501 0 n/a
Riverine 448,320 448,382 452,226 452,106 452,013 452,042 452,858 99.0%

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

metadata View 2019 wetland system extents for all regional plans

metadata View 2017 wetland system extents for all regional plans

metadata View 2013 wetland system extents for all regional plans

metadata View 2009 wetland system extents for all regional plans

metadata View 2005 wetland system extents for all regional plans

metadata View 2001 wetland system extents for all regional plans

metadata View pre-clear wetland system extents for all regional plans

metadata View 2019/pre-clear wetland system extent percentages for all regional plans

Gulf Regional Development Plan 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 763,232 763,125 763,303 763,316 763,336 763,468
Mangroves - Casuarina 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mangroves - other 96,399 96,399 96,399 96,399 96,399 96,399
Salt marsh and salt flats 412,132 412,136 412,139 412,139 412,139 412,139
Arid and semi-arid saline lake 131 131 131 131 131 131
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake 38 38 38 38 38 38
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake 179 179 179 179 179 179
Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake 116 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 12 12 12 12 12 12
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake 1,007 1,007 1,007 1,007 1,007 1,007
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp 35,699 35,699 35,699 35,703 35,705 35,705
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp 475 475 475 475 475 475
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp 8,003 8,003 8,003 8,003 8,003 8,041
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp 51,382 51,386 51,389 51,389 51,395 51,475
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 8,821 8,821 8,821 8,821 8,821 8,827
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 48,571 48,572 48,572 48,574 48,583 48,584
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 28,873 28,873 28,876 28,876 28,876 28,879
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp 11,427 11,427 11,534 11,543 11,545 11,548
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp 59,443 59,442 59,506 59,504 59,504 59,504
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 377 377 377 377 377 377
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal 145 145 145 145 146 146

metadata View 2019 wetland habitat area for all regional plans

metadata View 2017 wetland habitat area for all regional plans

metadata View 2013 wetland habitat area for all regional plans

metadata View 2009 wetland habitat area for all regional plans

metadata View 2005 wetland habitat area for all regional plans

metadata View 2001 wetland habitat area for all regional plans

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.

HIDE THIS SECTION
Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC) metadata

Gulf Regional Development Plan land use
ALUMC code and description
Area (ha)
% total area
Total 17,844,459 99.9%
2.1 Grazing native vegetation 14,804,356 82.9%
6.5 Marsh/wetland 1,241,270 7.0%
1.2 Managed resource protection 792,097 4.4%
1.1 Nature conservation 624,371 3.5%
1.3 Other minimal use 155,977 0.9%
6.1 Lake 121,548 0.7%
6.3 River 83,780 0.5%
6.2 Reservoir/dam 6,890 0.0%
5.8 Mining 3,853 0.0%
3.3 Cropping 2,835 0.0%
4.3 Irrigated cropping 2,668 0.0%
5.4 Residential and farm infrastructure 2,252 0.0%
5.7 Transport and communication 1,175 0.0%
5.5 Services 941 0.0%
5.3 Manufacturing and industrial 157 0.0%
5.9 Waste treatment and disposal 108 0.0%
3.6 Land in transition 57 0.0%
5.2 Intensive animal production 44 0.0%
4.4 Irrigated perennial horticulture 29 0.0%
3.1 Plantation forests 28 0.0%
5.6 Utilities 16 0.0%
3.4 Perennial horticulture 3 0.0%
4.5 Irrigated seasonal horticulture 1 0.0%
6.4 Channel/aqueduct < 1 0.0%

HIDE THIS SECTION
Drainage divisions info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Drainage basins info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Drainage sub-basins info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Regional natural resource management (NRM) bodies info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Local government areas info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
100K map tiles info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Climate zones info metadata

  • map Grassland
  • map Subtropical
  • map Tropical

HIDE THIS SECTION
Bioregions info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Biogeographic subregions info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
IBRA bioregions info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
IBRA subregions info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Bioregional assessment areas info metadata

none

HIDE THIS SECTION
Marine meso-scale bioregions metadata

  • map Karumba-Nassau (KAN)
  • map Wellesley (WLY)

HIDE THIS SECTION
Marine provincial bioregions metadata

  • map Northern Shelf Province

HIDE THIS SECTION
Regional plans info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
World Heritage areas info metadata

none

HIDE THIS SECTION
Ramsar internationally important wetlands info metadata

none

HIDE THIS SECTION
DIWA nationally important wetlands info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
National parks info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Marine parks (Queensland) info metadata

none

HIDE THIS SECTION
Study areas metadata

none

HIDE THIS SECTION
Report cards metadata

none

HIDE THIS SECTION
Conservation parks info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
State forests info metadata

none

HIDE THIS SECTION
Forest reserves info metadata

none

HIDE THIS SECTION
Resources reserves info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Timber reserves info metadata

none

HIDE THIS SECTION
Fish habitat areas info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Coastal management district info metadata

  • map Available (all have been combined since February 2012)

HIDE THIS SECTION
Nature refuges info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Freshwater biogeographic provinces info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Aquatic Conservation Assessments (AquaBAMM) and others info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—conceptual models info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—management profiles info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Groundwater dependent ecosystem type—conceptual models info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Healthy Land and Water conceptual models info metadata

none

HIDE THIS SECTION
Water resource planning areas info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Aquatic ecosystem monitoring programs info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Point source monitoring info metadata

none

HIDE THIS SECTION
Wetland soil indicator case studies info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Wetland management case studies info metadata

none

HIDE THIS SECTION
Wetland projects info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Area specific conceptual model case studies info metadata

none

HIDE THIS SECTION
Paddock to Reef (P2R) report cards info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives info metadata

none

HIDE THIS SECTION
Shorebird zones info metadata

HIDE THIS SECTION
Biopassage structures info metadata

Name Construction year Structure types Stream name
map Augustus Downs 2012 Culvert Leichhardt River
map Bynoe River 2010 Cone Bynoe River
map Charlston Dam 2019 Bypass Finnegan Creek
map Doomadgee Road 2009 Rock Ramp Gregory River
map Escott 2009 Cone Nicholson River
map Gin Arm 2009 Rock Ramp Gin Arm Creek
map Glenore Weir 2016 Cone Norman River
map Little Bynoe 2014 Cone Little Bynoe River
map Magowra Creek 2011 Culvert Magowra Creek
map Pear Tree Creek 2011 Culvert Pear Tree Creek
map Wernadinga Road 2009 Cone Flinders River

HIDE THIS SECTION
Wildlife

Kingdom
Class
 Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species		 Rare or
threatened
species		 All
TOTAL 3,350 289 491 90 3,639
Animals 846 21 203 60 867
Mammals 100 13 5 13 113
Birds 407 6 93 33 413
Reptiles 204 1 23 13 205
Amphibians 40 1 16 0 41
Ray-finned fishes 55 0 54 0 55
Cartilaginous fishes 4 0 4 1 4
Insects 35 0 8 0 35
Malacostracans 1 0 0 0 1
Bacteria 1 0 0 0 1
Fungi 25 0 0 0 25
Plants 2,478 268 288 30 2,746

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.

AreaType-regional-plan

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Gulf Regional Development Plan — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 14 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/regional-plan-gulf/

BESbswy