Catchment story 2021 wetland system extents
Definition of catchment story
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2021 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
254,945
375,300
2,250
1,341,081
31,560
65
5,105,496
59,378
3,120,152
10,290,226
Albert
78,302
296
36
55
225
46
1,057
1,715
Baffle
406,878
1,016
13,237
13
144
3
10,744
334
7,189
32,679
Barron
208,591
4,371
972
< 1
111
109
< 1
307
116
3,991
9,978
Black
105,453
791
1,027
14
420
45
3,437
5,735
Bohle
36,696
147
2,512
3
7
200
577
949
4,394
Bremer
202,300
1,559
58
1,542
153
1,680
4,992
Burnett
3,320,978
14,213
1,082
8
1,061
1,731
242
35,238
53,574
Caboolture
46,620
388
1,121
227
< 1
2,124
115
470
4,445
Cairns Urban
62,327
530
4,875
165
18
< 1
536
5
529
6,658
Calliope
224,290
630
7,540
27
22
160
< 1
49
34
976
9,439
Coombabah
5,336
17
609
39
556
3
1,224
Cooper Creek
29,757,524
4,137
165,405
2,012
2
503,863
1,102
275,623
952,145
Daintree
210,434
8
3,287
3
< 1
2,300
2,062
7,662
Diamantina
15,742,838
1,739
110,507
890
677,523
134
339,484
1,130,277
Endeavour
218,553
119
2,656
81
25
2,571
32
4,100
9,585
Georgina
24,786,679
2,141
161,055
424
414,726
226
162,343
740,916
Great Sandy Strait
114,873
11
20,288
14
1,962
101
60
22,436
Great Sandy Strait and surrounding catchments
1,305,389
3,611
20,568
2,846
394
7
32,295
403
15,527
75,652
Great Sandy Strait mainland coastal catchments
100,796
34
8,082
22
13,272
< 1
< 1
21,411
Herbert
986,424
1,438
13,666
2
462
206
7
12,549
1,249
27,707
57,286
Jeannie
362,269
11
16,654
1,605
7,086
11
3,194
28,561
Johnstone
232,048
359
3,551
12
4
5
4,613
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
8,007
444,439
3,326
2
1,596,131
1,461
777,439
2,830,806
Lake Eyre Basin animation
90,456,967
8,017
438,517
3,326
2
1,596,115
1,461
777,450
2,824,890
Lockyer
296,991
1,642
431
1
810
280
7,325
10,490
Logan
308,168
2,491
1,256
26
67
2
1,637
125
2,646
8,250
Lower Brisbane
118,426
734
1,673
250
96
1
1,200
340
1,586
5,881
Lower Burdekin
1,453,007
13,986
33,125
365
125
2,085
1
4,832
9,328
74,699
138,546
Lower Fitzroy
1,143,245
9,047
28,576
46
503
1,064
8,484
8,693
14,184
70,597
Magnetic Island
4,994
248
28
37
312
Maroochy and Mooloolah
84,918
1,726
895
282
3
248
1
4,713
756
3,554
12,179
Mary River
914,820
3,433
1,465
372
7
3,429
131
15,525
24,361
Mid-Brisbane
55,583
681
< 1
< 1
6
11
1,365
2,064
Mossman
46,498
85
1,596
9
12
< 1
171
1
408
2,283
Mulgrave
131,479
122
4,410
164
38
< 1
3,137
1,524
9,395
Murray
110,676
350
8,141
2
2
5,306
36
540
14,377
Noosa
93,061
101
627
227
24
18,879
11
1,440
21,309
Normanby
1,472,185
777
8,028
78
16
16,884
11
16,087
41,880
Northern Gold Coast
65,525
355
3,428
167
< 1
1,486
18
705
6,160
O'Connell
238,265
918
12,624
6
48
< 1
1,052
230
3,083
17,962
Pine
81,323
2,745
2,201
12
93
2
868
45
963
6,930
Pioneer
157,375
1,793
714
< 1
439
4,316
7,263
Plane
253,988
1,935
18,135
53
13
48
7,567
1,436
4,028
33,215
Proserpine
249,444
5,295
12,224
11
2
8
2
6,836
1,660
3,349
29,386
Pumicestone
78,501
237
3,598
< 1
34
137
3
11,918
269
354
16,551
Redlands
27,746
503
1,104
< 1
49
1,287
18
41
3,001
Ross
133,484
5,943
11,121
112
164
647
745
4,248
22,979
Russell
67,046
1,537
625
5,311
5
523
8,000
Southern Gold Coast
65,399
1,940
110
248
< 1
220
508
606
3,633
Stanley
153,407
4,456
6
4
283
39
1,983
6,771
Susan River
33,815
145
2,928
22
3,264
272
6,631
Tully
167,544
1,617
1,944
8
19
4,359
83
1,635
9,666
Upper Brisbane
548,262
12,132
2
31
6
8,392
20,562
Water Park
184,786
111
25,957
33
57
8,884
2,416
5,551
43,009
Wider Brisbane
1,375,492
21,204
1,673
250
594
6
3,872
830
22,335
50,765
Wider Burdekin
13,415,375
43,764
33,125
365
5,626
5,657
3
50,187
11,106
324,029
473,862
Wider Fitzroy
14,249,673
59,547
28,576
46
6,508
7,305
6
31,937
12,072
150,877
296,873
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 2021 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 11 March 2026 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent/catchment-story.html