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Catchment story 2009 wetland habitat extents

Definition of catchment story

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2009 wetland habitat extent by catchment story metadata
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Catchment story Total area
(ha)		 Wetland area by habitat Total
wetland area
(ha)
INT01a INT01b INT02 LA14 LA15 LC06 LC07 LC08a LC08b LC09 PA10 PA11a PA11b PA11c PA12a PA12b PA12c PA12d PA13 PC02a PC02b PC02c PC02d PC04a PC04c PC04d PC04e PC05 XX99-P-A XX99-P-C
Total 323,329,230 4,255 224,401 73,885 1,252,913 64,081 9,007 156 6,121 1,519 329 187,399 133,522 3,923,695 114,075 29,877 203,727 231,575 258 37 68,365 12,533 45,454 6,245 110,203 67,536 11,971 35 3,492 796 351 6,787,812
Albert 78,302 3 34 < 1 50 217 303
Baffle 406,878 527 7,945 4,769 13 3,612 467 53 5,989 330 713 24,418
Barron 208,591 945 23 111 118 162 33 3 27 83 1,505
Black 105,453 750 204 363 9 3 91 2 1,422
Bohle 36,696 610 578 5 15 760 1,968
Bremer 202,300 580 1 410 716 1,707
Burnett 3,320,978 21 965 114 13 211 23 503 493 693 44 3,081
Caboolture 46,620 127 610 379 29 2,202 34 8 3,389
Cairns Urban 62,327 4,637 389 395 < 1 101 3 < 1 48 5,573
Calliope 224,290 3,947 937 22 4 52 15 12 4,989
Coombabah 5,336 105 391 90 < 1 560 4 1,150
Cooper Creek 29,757,524 144,063 20,840 31,559 16,247 394,559 18,050 3,988 6,121 33,091 2 11 668,531
Daintree 210,434 3,252 36 722 84 < 1 820 5 674 5,593
Diamantina 15,742,838 109,859 12,149 4,170 586,539 19,483 2 25,652 27,391 785,245
Endeavour 218,553 2,362 296 81 654 1,455 255 31 5,133
Georgina 24,786,679 160,640 18,727 21,517 326,800 338 227 36,146 10,666 575,062
Great Sandy Strait 114,873 493 14,491 5,304 562 14 66 1,396 24 3 22,353
Great Sandy Strait and surrounding catchments 1,305,389 495 14,682 5,391 2,086 760 9,622 2,265 8,712 8,947 508 2,692 56,161
Great Sandy Strait mainland coastal catchments 100,796 129 4,826 3,127 12 10 4,258 2,235 209 4,213 41 2,339 21,399
Herbert 986,424 11,031 2,556 543 3,028 1,517 482 100 2,763 5,188 11 6 12 161 27,398
Jeannie 362,269 8,908 7,742 1,589 2,334 4,454 25,027
Johnstone 232,048 3,465 64 4 1,990 929 23 1,480 12 1 226 8,194
K'gari (Fraser Island) 166,170 2,892 516 2,074 750 3,541 28 8,502 27 18,329
Lake Eyre Basin 116,409,996 422,033 20,840 62,497 41,914 1,307,898 37,871 4,219 67,889 71,152 2 11 2,036,327
Lake Eyre Basin animation 90,456,967 416,111 20,840 62,434 41,934 1,307,898 37,871 4,217 67,919 71,151 2 11 2,030,390
Lockyer 296,991 143 < 1 54 898 1,096
Logan 308,168 124 862 282 29 1,341 411 5 3,054
Lower Brisbane 118,426 195 1,256 503 1 1,330 247 3,533
Lower Burdekin 1,453,007 15,983 4,558 688 109 23 960 206 272 12,240 35,039
Lower Fitzroy 1,143,245 9,265 1,128 658 55 333 88 620 9,060 7,177 28,383
Magnetic Island 4,994 164 84 2 20 6 276
Maroochy and Mooloolah 84,918 290 525 75 3 796 432 80 2,758 120 754 5,834
Mary River 914,820 11 1,323 131 271 2,531 448 321 5,036
Mid-Brisbane 55,583 7 10 17
Mossman 46,498 1,387 218 170 2 < 1 1,778
Mulgrave 131,479 4,190 369 38 514 103 1,169 306 349 3 697 7,738
Murray 110,676 7,201 925 1,671 422 1 2,625 268 74 4 266 13,455
Noosa 93,061 176 401 49 227 3,395 5,037 578 6,127 3 3,773 19,765
Normanby 1,472,185 2,470 5,510 4,508 5,059 2,522 4,709 71 2 24,850
Northern Gold Coast 65,525 449 2,297 641 73 24 19 1,387 38 4,927
O'Connell 238,265 10,002 2,628 755 245 200 89 13,919
Pine 81,323 89 1,355 774 897 53 3,169
Pioneer 157,375 684 29 200 104 103 70 1,190
Plane 253,988 11,566 6,594 6,273 1,184 1,417 189 27,222
Proserpine 249,444 9,305 2,754 1,439 2,641 1,235 3,189 20,564
Pumicestone 78,501 446 2,161 994 34 3,038 683 210 7,623 58 709 15,956
Redlands 27,746 137 654 312 108 5 1,177 9 2,402
Ross 133,484 3,143 2,795 3 49 243 208 849 7,291
Russell 67,046 608 1 114 57 2 3,830 372 19 18 907 5,927
Southern Gold Coast 65,399 31 58 22 2 4 455 244 < 1 816
Stanley 153,407 181 148 330
Susan River 33,815 212 1,960 756 1,393 < 1 2,105 19 32 6,478
Tully 167,544 1,883 1 4 336 232 123 3,057 44 53 < 1 601 6,335
Upper Brisbane 548,262 14 5 16 36
Water Park 184,786 20,453 3,051 4,418 1,345 706 < 1 3,578 1,256 34,807
Wider Brisbane 1,375,492 195 1,256 503 739 1 1,988 2,036 6,719
Wider Burdekin 13,415,375 15,983 4,558 206 1,559 688 109 34 7,741 461 16,680 15,095 258 37 866 4,520 275 1,002 12,450 796 107 83,426
Wider Fitzroy 14,249,673 9,265 1,128 6,935 55 6,180 2,848 4,335 20,073 10,978 61,797

Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of catchment stories.

Wetland habitat code descriptions
INT01a Mangroves - Casuarina
INT01b Mangroves - other
INT02 Salt marsh and salt flats
LA14 Arid and semi-arid saline lake
LA15 Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake
LC06 Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake
LC07 Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake
LC08a Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake
LC08b Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake
LC09 Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
PA10 Arid and semi-arid saline swamp
PA11a Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp
PA11b Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp
PA11c Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
PA12a Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp
PA12b Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp
PA12c Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
PA12d Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp
PA13 Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp
PC02a Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
PC02b Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp
PC02c Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
PC02d Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp
PC04a Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
PC04c Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
PC04d Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp
PC04e Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp
PC05 Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp
XX99-P-A Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid
XX99-P-C Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal

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 2009 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 11 March 2026. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2009/catchment-story.html

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