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Catchment story 2017 wetland habitat extents

Definition of catchment story

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2017 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 4,481 224,244 73,578 1,252,911 64,081 9,007 156 6,121 1,519 329 187,517 133,473 3,923,671 114,075 29,864 203,727 231,540 257 37 68,300 12,524 45,981 6,256 109,818 67,373 11,951 35 3,484 796 351 6,787,456
Albert 78,302 3 33 < 1 51 217 303
Baffle 406,878 525 7,939 4,768 13 3,580 467 53 5,957 330 713 24,345
Barron 208,591 945 23 111 118 162 32 3 26 83 1,502
Black 105,453 750 203 360 9 3 91 2 1,419
Bohle 36,696 610 576 5 15 754 1,960
Bremer 202,300 577 1 410 711 1,699
Burnett 3,320,978 21 957 114 13 231 23 515 492 684 44 3,095
Caboolture 46,620 126 610 379 28 2,200 34 8 3,386
Cairns Urban 62,327 4,637 389 394 < 1 97 3 < 1 46 5,567
Calliope 224,290 3,923 685 22 4 52 15 12 4,713
Coombabah 5,336 105 391 91 < 1 556 4 1,146
Cooper Creek 29,757,524 144,062 20,840 31,598 16,232 394,557 18,050 3,988 6,121 33,080 2 11 668,541
Daintree 210,434 3,252 36 721 84 < 1 818 5 674 5,591
Diamantina 15,742,838 109,859 12,149 4,170 586,533 19,483 2 25,652 27,391 785,239
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 9,621 2,265 8,712 8,931 508 2,686 56,137
Great Sandy Strait mainland coastal catchments 100,796 129 4,826 3,127 12 10 4,258 2,235 209 4,212 41 2,334 21,392
Herbert 986,424 11,029 2,557 543 3,028 1,513 482 100 2,762 5,153 11 6 12 161 27,358
Jeannie 362,269 8,908 7,742 1,589 2,334 4,454 25,027
Johnstone 232,048 3,467 64 4 1,988 929 23 1,478 12 1 226 8,191
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 62,536 41,899 1,307,890 37,871 4,219 67,889 71,142 2 11 2,036,332
Lake Eyre Basin animation 90,456,967 416,111 20,840 62,473 41,919 1,307,890 37,871 4,217 67,919 71,140 2 11 2,030,395
Lockyer 296,991 140 < 1 54 897 1,092
Logan 308,168 124 865 281 29 1,335 403 5 3,042
Lower Brisbane 118,426 195 1,178 490 1 1,307 238 3,410
Lower Burdekin 1,453,007 15,968 4,537 688 109 23 1,237 206 291 12,258 35,318
Lower Fitzroy 1,143,245 9,265 1,128 658 55 333 88 620 8,927 7,133 28,205
Magnetic Island 4,994 164 84 2 20 6 276
Maroochy and Mooloolah 84,918 496 571 112 3 1,020 426 80 3,089 120 751 6,667
Mary River 914,820 11 1,323 131 271 2,522 448 320 5,026
Mid-Brisbane 55,583 7 10 17
Mossman 46,498 1,387 218 170 2 < 1 1,778
Mulgrave 131,479 4,191 369 38 514 103 1,165 306 349 3 697 7,735
Murray 110,676 7,201 925 1,666 421 1 2,600 265 74 4 264 13,419
Noosa 93,061 176 401 49 227 3,393 5,036 577 6,125 3 3,773 19,758
Normanby 1,472,185 2,470 5,510 4,508 5,059 2,521 4,709 71 2 24,849
Northern Gold Coast 65,525 478 2,279 625 82 24 19 1,361 37 4,905
O'Connell 238,265 9,999 2,628 750 241 199 89 13,906
Pine 81,323 85 1,359 770 863 53 3,130
Pioneer 157,375 686 29 197 104 68 69 1,154
Plane 253,988 11,595 6,593 6,238 1,205 1,397 189 27,217
Proserpine 249,444 9,308 2,754 1,399 2,641 1,235 3,189 20,526
Pumicestone 78,501 445 2,161 994 34 3,036 681 210 7,580 58 705 15,904
Redlands 27,746 137 654 312 108 5 1,185 9 2,410
Ross 133,484 3,144 2,796 3 80 212 208 849 7,291
Russell 67,046 608 1 114 57 2 3,827 372 19 18 907 5,924
Southern Gold Coast 65,399 30 58 22 1 4 482 244 < 1 842
Stanley 153,407 181 141 323
Susan River 33,815 212 1,960 756 1,392 < 1 2,099 19 32 6,471
Tully 167,544 1,883 1 4 335 232 123 3,043 44 53 < 1 600 6,318
Upper Brisbane 548,262 14 5 16 36
Water Park 184,786 20,455 3,049 4,418 1,345 706 < 1 3,578 1,256 34,807
Wider Brisbane 1,375,492 195 1,178 490 733 1 1,965 2,013 6,576
Wider Burdekin 13,415,375 15,968 4,537 206 1,559 688 109 34 7,737 461 16,667 15,092 257 37 865 4,797 275 1,021 12,467 796 107 83,682
Wider Fitzroy 14,249,673 9,265 1,128 6,935 55 5,985 2,836 4,336 19,752 10,934 61,225

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

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