Catchment story 2013 wetland system extents
Definition of catchment story
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2013 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
249,129
376,050
2,021
1,341,181
31,273
74
5,107,818
58,230
3,123,799
10,289,575
Albert
78,302
288
36
53
225
46
1,061
1,709
Baffle
406,878
997
13,246
13
144
3
10,813
334
7,206
32,755
Barron
208,591
4,328
972
< 1
111
112
< 1
307
116
3,996
9,944
Black
105,453
758
1,027
12
421
45
3,442
5,705
Bohle
36,696
133
2,523
11
7
205
574
956
4,409
Bremer
202,300
1,571
58
1,565
139
1,684
5,017
Burnett
3,320,978
14,114
1,087
8
1,061
1,756
242
35,467
53,734
Caboolture
46,620
338
1,121
215
< 1
2,182
81
473
4,410
Cairns Urban
62,327
497
4,875
165
22
< 1
539
5
537
6,640
Calliope
224,290
618
7,543
27
22
173
< 1
49
34
976
9,442
Coombabah
5,336
27
593
32
560
3
1,216
Cooper Creek
29,757,524
4,072
165,422
2,009
2
504,057
1,102
275,898
952,561
Daintree
210,434
8
3,287
3
< 1
2,305
2,064
7,668
Diamantina
15,742,838
1,650
110,503
881
677,532
125
339,481
1,130,172
Endeavour
218,553
132
2,658
81
12
2,571
32
4,103
9,589
Georgina
24,786,679
2,012
161,046
424
414,725
226
162,344
740,777
Great Sandy Strait
114,873
11
20,288
14
1,964
101
60
22,438
Great Sandy Strait and surrounding catchments
1,305,389
3,532
20,568
2,846
394
7
32,328
402
15,601
75,678
Great Sandy Strait mainland coastal catchments
100,796
34
8,082
22
13,288
< 1
< 1
21,428
Herbert
986,424
1,445
13,666
2
462
201
7
12,582
1,236
27,714
57,315
Jeannie
362,269
11
16,654
1,605
7,086
11
3,194
28,561
Johnstone
232,048
358
3,551
12
4
5
4,616
43
1,708
10,296
K'gari (Fraser Island)
166,170
3,408
2,824
12,097
1
18,330
Lake Eyre Basin
116,409,996
7,724
444,442
3,314
2
1,596,332
1,453
777,711
2,830,979
Lake Eyre Basin animation
90,456,967
7,734
438,520
3,314
2
1,596,317
1,453
777,723
2,825,063
Lockyer
296,991
1,591
431
1
814
280
7,353
10,472
Logan
308,168
2,462
1,254
26
65
2
1,645
130
2,647
8,231
Lower Brisbane
118,426
732
1,800
257
101
1
1,216
347
1,585
6,038
Lower Burdekin
1,453,007
13,829
33,373
365
125
2,045
6
4,833
9,096
74,863
138,534
Lower Fitzroy
1,143,245
8,938
28,576
46
503
1,066
8,646
8,694
14,238
70,707
Magnetic Island
4,994
248
28
37
312
Maroochy and Mooloolah
84,918
2,448
896
31
3
218
1
4,835
236
3,586
12,255
Mary River
914,820
3,356
1,465
372
7
3,435
130
15,599
24,364
Mid-Brisbane
55,583
674
< 1
< 1
6
11
1,364
2,056
Mossman
46,498
62
1,597
9
12
< 1
173
1
415
2,269
Mulgrave
131,479
122
4,410
164
38
< 1
3,141
1,525
9,400
Murray
110,676
327
8,140
2
2
5,348
30
542
14,392
Noosa
93,061
99
627
227
24
18,897
11
1,443
21,328
Normanby
1,472,185
550
8,028
78
16
16,884
11
16,149
41,716
Northern Gold Coast
65,525
333
3,405
159
< 1
1,527
7
712
6,144
O'Connell
238,265
868
12,628
6
47
< 1
1,052
230
3,112
17,943
Pine
81,323
2,755
2,209
12
92
2
901
47
960
6,978
Pioneer
157,375
1,782
713
442
4,321
7,258
Plane
253,988
1,910
18,135
53
13
45
7,640
1,437
4,039
33,274
Proserpine
249,444
5,024
12,225
11
2
8
2
6,843
1,650
3,385
29,150
Pumicestone
78,501
229
3,592
< 1
34
110
3
12,025
275
356
16,624
Redlands
27,746
505
1,103
< 1
49
1,286
18
41
3,003
Ross
133,484
5,936
11,118
112
164
647
745
4,269
22,990
Russell
67,046
1,531
625
5,312
5
523
7,995
Southern Gold Coast
65,399
1,942
111
248
< 1
201
506
598
3,607
Stanley
153,407
4,448
3
4
284
42
1,986
6,767
Susan River
33,815
142
2,928
22
3,274
272
6,637
Tully
167,544
1,616
1,944
8
19
4,380
83
1,646
9,696
Upper Brisbane
548,262
12,119
2
31
6
8,403
20,561
Water Park
184,786
95
25,965
33
57
8,887
2,416
5,563
43,017
Wider Brisbane
1,375,492
21,136
1,800
257
595
6
3,916
825
22,380
50,916
Wider Burdekin
13,415,375
42,567
33,373
365
5,626
5,573
8
50,288
10,874
324,962
473,636
Wider Fitzroy
14,249,673
56,606
28,576
46
6,597
7,270
6
32,559
12,010
151,796
295,466
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 2013 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 11 March 2026 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2013/catchment-story.html