Catchment story 2001 wetland system extents
Definition of catchment story
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2001 wetland system extent by catchment story Download this table in .CSV format
Catchment story
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
323,329,230
226,203
376,713
2,044
1,341,215
30,235
68
5,111,846
57,841
3,130,701
10,276,867
Albert
78,302
220
36
45
228
46
1,073
1,649
Baffle
406,878
877
13,249
13
127
3
10,944
304
7,262
32,780
Barron
208,591
4,262
973
5
111
92
311
116
4,003
9,874
Black
105,453
745
1,031
12
430
45
3,456
5,719
Bohle
36,696
84
2,547
11
7
216
592
1,013
4,469
Bremer
202,300
1,388
57
1,604
142
1,686
4,878
Burnett
3,320,978
10,846
1,126
12
1,060
1,760
222
36,718
51,743
Caboolture
46,620
269
1,124
85
< 1
2,288
80
477
4,324
Cairns Urban
62,327
478
4,875
169
3
< 1
554
5
552
6,637
Calliope
224,290
418
7,847
4
22
22
< 1
49
34
978
9,374
Coombabah
5,336
26
593
41
563
3
1,227
Cooper Creek
29,757,524
3,670
165,433
1,998
1
504,239
1,060
276,607
953,007
Daintree
210,434
1
3,287
3
2,309
2,064
7,665
Diamantina
15,742,838
1,492
110,503
868
677,543
125
339,482
1,130,013
Endeavour
218,553
103
2,658
81
14
2,569
32
4,114
9,571
Georgina
24,786,679
1,710
161,046
418
414,726
226
162,387
740,514
Great Sandy Strait
114,873
11
20,288
14
1,963
101
60
22,437
Great Sandy Strait and surrounding catchments
1,305,389
3,373
20,568
2,846
392
7
32,463
401
15,664
75,712
Great Sandy Strait mainland coastal catchments
100,796
24
8,083
22
13,340
< 1
< 1
21,470
Herbert
986,424
1,362
13,664
2
462
200
7
12,716
1,228
27,730
57,370
Jeannie
362,269
10
16,654
1,605
7,086
11
3,194
28,560
Johnstone
232,048
329
3,546
12
4
3
4,622
43
1,710
10,269
K'gari (Fraser Island)
166,170
3,408
2,824
12,097
1
18,330
Lake Eyre Basin
116,409,996
6,865
444,454
3,284
1
1,596,525
1,411
778,465
2,831,004
Lake Eyre Basin animation
90,456,967
6,871
438,531
3,284
1
1,596,511
1,411
778,476
2,825,086
Lockyer
296,991
1,431
430
1
821
280
7,393
10,356
Logan
308,168
1,036
1,252
26
66
2
1,674
131
2,759
6,947
Lower Brisbane
118,426
702
1,795
270
99
< 1
1,239
388
1,575
6,069
Lower Burdekin
1,453,007
13,438
33,376
364
125
1,993
5
4,894
8,993
74,989
138,178
Lower Fitzroy
1,143,245
8,229
28,705
46
503
1,049
9,062
8,660
14,275
70,529
Magnetic Island
4,994
248
28
37
312
Maroochy and Mooloolah
84,918
2,631
896
1
3
132
5,199
60
3,695
12,616
Mary River
914,820
3,217
1,465
371
7
3,505
129
15,661
24,355
Mid-Brisbane
55,583
638
9
< 1
6
11
1,349
2,013
Mossman
46,498
49
1,596
9
8
< 1
190
1
432
2,287
Mulgrave
131,479
135
4,410
164
38
< 1
3,143
1,525
9,415
Murray
110,676
365
8,141
2
2
5,468
30
546
14,554
Noosa
93,061
99
631
227
19
18,978
11
1,458
21,422
Normanby
1,472,185
486
8,028
78
15
16,888
11
16,152
41,658
Northern Gold Coast
65,525
265
3,428
185
3
1,603
9
718
6,211
O'Connell
238,265
686
12,629
6
38
< 1
1,090
226
3,195
17,872
Pine
81,323
2,736
2,217
12
84
2
916
62
953
6,981
Pioneer
157,375
1,769
730
483
4,340
7,322
Plane
253,988
1,625
18,129
52
13
35
7,851
1,427
4,066
33,197
Proserpine
249,444
4,652
12,223
11
2
9
< 1
6,895
1,641
3,497
28,931
Pumicestone
78,501
488
3,586
< 1
34
60
3
11,846
292
367
16,676
Redlands
27,746
510
1,103
< 1
48
1,277
20
41
2,999
Ross
133,484
5,802
11,121
112
164
648
745
4,307
22,898
Russell
67,046
1,531
625
5,318
5
518
7,996
Southern Gold Coast
65,399
1,930
113
208
< 1
218
506
601
3,577
Stanley
153,407
4,425
1
4
289
37
1,988
6,744
Susan River
33,815
131
2,926
21
3,288
272
6,638
Tully
167,544
1,677
1,944
8
19
4,405
83
1,647
9,784
Upper Brisbane
548,262
12,076
1
31
6
8,456
20,570
Water Park
184,786
63
25,961
72
12
8,892
2,414
5,565
42,980
Wider Brisbane
1,375,492
20,660
1,795
270
598
6
3,990
865
22,451
50,635
Wider Burdekin
13,415,375
39,124
33,376
364
5,626
5,385
7
50,410
10,885
325,955
471,133
Wider Fitzroy
14,249,673
48,167
28,705
46
6,598
7,148
4
33,642
12,001
153,019
289,330
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of catchment stories.
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) Catchment story 2001 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 11 March 2026 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2001/catchment-story.html