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Catchment story 2017 wetland system extents

Definition of catchment story

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2017 wetland system extent by catchment story metadata
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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 323,329,230 253,104 375,301 2,255 1,341,096 31,443 65 5,107,024 59,172 3,121,974 10,291,435
Albert 78,302 290 36 55 225 46 1,057 1,709
Baffle 406,878 1,015 13,238 13 144 3 10,766 334 7,198 32,711
Barron 208,591 4,350 972 < 1 111 112 < 1 307 116 3,991 9,961
Black 105,453 761 1,027 14 421 45 3,438 5,707
Bohle 36,696 143 2,512 3 7 200 577 952 4,393
Bremer 202,300 1,561 58 1,560 139 1,682 5,000
Burnett 3,320,978 14,191 1,084 8 1,061 1,754 242 35,379 53,719
Caboolture 46,620 388 1,121 227 < 1 2,158 113 471 4,479
Cairns Urban 62,327 512 4,875 165 22 < 1 536 5 534 6,650
Calliope 224,290 630 7,539 27 22 160 < 1 49 34 976 9,438
Coombabah 5,336 17 593 38 556 3 1,208
Cooper Creek 29,757,524 4,126 165,422 2,009 2 504,076 1,102 275,744 952,480
Daintree 210,434 8 3,287 3 < 1 2,303 2,063 7,666
Diamantina 15,742,838 1,718 110,503 887 677,528 125 339,477 1,130,238
Endeavour 218,553 134 2,658 81 12 2,571 32 4,101 9,589
Georgina 24,786,679 2,098 161,046 424 414,725 226 162,344 740,863
Great Sandy Strait 114,873 11 20,288 14 1,964 101 60 22,439
Great Sandy Strait and surrounding catchments 1,305,389 3,566 20,568 2,846 394 7 32,321 403 15,589 75,694
Great Sandy Strait mainland coastal catchments 100,796 34 8,082 22 13,288 < 1 < 1 21,427
Herbert 986,424 1,451 13,666 2 462 206 7 12,555 1,236 27,709 57,293
Jeannie 362,269 11 16,654 1,605 7,086 11 3,194 28,561
Johnstone 232,048 359 3,551 12 4 5 4,614 43 1,707 10,294
K'gari (Fraser Island) 166,170 3,408 2,824 12,097 1 18,330
Lake Eyre Basin 116,409,996 7,931 444,442 3,320 2 1,596,348 1,453 777,553 2,831,049
Lake Eyre Basin animation 90,456,967 7,941 438,520 3,320 2 1,596,332 1,453 777,565 2,825,134
Lockyer 296,991 1,633 431 1 811 280 7,341 10,498
Logan 308,168 2,480 1,255 26 65 2 1,645 127 2,647 8,247
Lower Brisbane 118,426 733 1,689 253 99 1 1,206 341 1,591 5,913
Lower Burdekin 1,453,007 13,942 33,125 365 125 2,082 1 4,846 9,328 74,781 138,595
Lower Fitzroy 1,143,245 9,031 28,576 46 503 1,064 8,492 8,693 14,219 70,624
Magnetic Island 4,994 248 28 37 312
Maroochy and Mooloolah 84,918 1,767 896 282 3 253 1 4,809 677 3,574 12,262
Mary River 914,820 3,387 1,465 372 7 3,431 131 15,587 24,380
Mid-Brisbane 55,583 674 < 1 < 1 6 11 1,365 2,057
Mossman 46,498 62 1,597 9 12 < 1 172 1 413 2,266
Mulgrave 131,479 122 4,410 164 38 < 1 3,138 1,525 9,396
Murray 110,676 327 8,140 2 2 5,312 36 540 14,360
Noosa 93,061 99 627 227 24 18,895 11 1,442 21,325
Normanby 1,472,185 651 8,028 78 16 16,884 11 16,149 41,816
Northern Gold Coast 65,525 354 3,401 165 < 1 1,506 18 707 6,151
O'Connell 238,265 910 12,625 6 47 < 1 1,052 230 3,085 17,955
Pine 81,323 2,749 2,202 12 94 2 872 45 958 6,934
Pioneer 157,375 1,792 715 439 4,320 7,265
Plane 253,988 1,925 18,136 53 13 45 7,631 1,436 4,031 33,270
Proserpine 249,444 5,145 12,230 11 2 8 2 6,835 1,650 3,354 29,236
Pumicestone 78,501 238 3,600 < 1 34 116 3 12,001 269 355 16,617
Redlands 27,746 505 1,103 < 1 49 1,289 18 41 3,006
Ross 133,484 5,940 11,121 112 164 647 745 4,267 22,995
Russell 67,046 1,531 625 5,311 5 523 7,994
Southern Gold Coast 65,399 1,944 110 248 < 1 229 506 606 3,644
Stanley 153,407 4,448 6 4 283 39 1,984 6,764
Susan River 33,815 145 2,928 22 3,271 272 6,638
Tully 167,544 1,617 1,944 8 19 4,367 83 1,636 9,675
Upper Brisbane 548,262 12,125 2 31 6 8,401 20,566
Water Park 184,786 111 25,957 33 57 8,887 2,416 5,558 43,020
Wider Brisbane 1,375,492 21,175 1,689 253 596 6 3,897 817 22,370 50,803
Wider Burdekin 13,415,375 43,278 33,125 365 5,626 5,614 3 50,294 11,106 324,421 473,833
Wider Fitzroy 14,249,673 59,016 28,576 46 6,512 7,281 6 32,168 12,021 151,359 296,986

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 2017 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 11 March 2026. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2017/catchment-story.html

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