Catchment story 2017 wetland system extents
Definition of catchment story
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2017 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
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