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Catchment story 2005 wetland system extents

Definition of catchment story

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

Display areas in
2005 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 323,329,230 237,645 376,345 1,972 1,341,214 30,674 69 5,109,556 57,905 3,126,729 10,282,109
Albert 78,302 231 36 47 226 46 1,072 1,657
Baffle 406,878 946 13,247 13 143 3 10,893 330 7,235 32,809
Barron 208,591 4,278 971 2 111 92 311 116 4,001 9,884
Black 105,453 754 1,029 11 429 45 3,449 5,717
Bohle 36,696 92 2,535 11 7 217 575 1,002 4,440
Bremer 202,300 1,489 56 1,578 142 1,685 4,950
Burnett 3,320,978 13,636 1,092 8 1,061 1,755 222 35,537 53,311
Caboolture 46,620 279 1,121 119 < 1 2,216 81 475 4,292
Cairns Urban 62,327 478 4,873 166 5 < 1 547 5 543 6,618
Calliope 224,290 566 7,839 4 22 31 < 1 49 34 976 9,522
Coombabah 5,336 24 593 32 562 3 1,214
Cooper Creek 29,757,524 3,884 165,433 1,997 2 504,157 1,102 276,360 952,936
Daintree 210,434 1 3,287 3 2,305 2,064 7,661
Diamantina 15,742,838 1,572 110,503 879 677,534 125 339,482 1,130,095
Endeavour 218,553 110 2,658 81 29 2,569 32 4,117 9,596
Georgina 24,786,679 1,902 161,046 419 414,725 226 162,347 740,666
Great Sandy Strait 114,873 11 20,288 14 1,963 101 60 22,437
Great Sandy Strait and surrounding catchments 1,305,389 3,451 20,567 2,846 394 7 32,380 401 15,634 75,680
Great Sandy Strait mainland coastal catchments 100,796 30 8,083 22 13,320 < 1 < 1 21,456
Herbert 986,424 1,421 13,663 2 462 201 7 12,603 1,238 27,715 57,311
Jeannie 362,269 10 16,654 1,605 7,086 11 3,194 28,560
Johnstone 232,048 353 3,546 12 4 4 4,622 43 1,710 10,293
K'gari (Fraser Island) 166,170 3,408 2,824 12,097 1 18,330
Lake Eyre Basin 116,409,996 7,353 444,454 3,296 2 1,596,434 1,453 778,177 2,831,168
Lake Eyre Basin animation 90,456,967 7,359 438,531 3,296 2 1,596,419 1,453 778,189 2,825,249
Lockyer 296,991 1,491 430 1 821 280 7,380 10,403
Logan 308,168 1,144 1,252 26 69 2 1,660 132 2,758 7,042
Lower Brisbane 118,426 716 1,797 259 93 < 1 1,226 367 1,574 6,032
Lower Burdekin 1,453,007 13,524 33,375 364 125 2,059 5 4,887 8,984 74,905 138,229
Lower Fitzroy 1,143,245 8,795 28,580 46 503 1,049 8,676 8,666 14,249 70,565
Magnetic Island 4,994 248 28 37 312
Maroochy and Mooloolah 84,918 2,633 889 1 3 180 5,046 61 3,633 12,446
Mary River 914,820 3,285 1,465 372 7 3,449 129 15,631 24,338
Mid-Brisbane 55,583 653 < 1 < 1 6 11 1,344 2,015
Mossman 46,498 49 1,597 9 11 < 1 174 1 422 2,264
Mulgrave 131,479 135 4,408 164 38 < 1 3,143 1,525 9,412
Murray 110,676 327 8,140 2 2 5,385 30 542 14,429
Noosa 93,061 99 629 227 19 18,928 11 1,448 21,360
Normanby 1,472,185 504 8,028 78 15 16,888 11 16,150 41,675
Northern Gold Coast 65,525 283 3,411 166 < 1 1,536 9 713 6,119
O'Connell 238,265 809 12,630 6 44 < 1 1,075 227 3,171 17,962
Pine 81,323 2,755 2,213 12 88 2 909 54 949 6,982
Pioneer 157,375 1,773 724 482 4,329 7,308
Plane 253,988 1,733 18,120 52 13 35 7,674 1,429 4,044 33,100
Proserpine 249,444 4,697 12,222 11 2 8 2 6,872 1,645 3,440 28,899
Pumicestone 78,501 218 3,591 < 1 34 96 3 12,099 301 359 16,701
Redlands 27,746 504 1,103 < 1 48 1,278 18 41 2,992
Ross 133,484 5,825 11,119 112 164 647 745 4,287 22,898
Russell 67,046 1,531 625 5,316 5 518 7,993
Southern Gold Coast 65,399 1,935 112 249 < 1 204 506 599 3,606
Stanley 153,407 4,430 1 4 289 37 1,986 6,747
Susan River 33,815 135 2,926 22 3,281 272 6,637
Tully 167,544 1,592 1,944 8 19 4,390 83 1,640 9,677
Upper Brisbane 548,262 12,093 1 31 6 8,440 20,571
Water Park 184,786 77 25,957 33 46 8,890 2,415 5,563 42,981
Wider Brisbane 1,375,492 20,873 1,797 259 582 5 3,951 844 22,414 50,724
Wider Burdekin 13,415,375 40,775 33,375 364 5,626 5,448 7 50,378 10,885 325,314 472,173
Wider Fitzroy 14,249,673 52,022 28,580 46 6,597 7,224 4 32,940 11,954 152,300 291,666

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 2005 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 11 March 2026. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2005/catchment-story.html

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