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Catchment story 2021 wetland habitat extents

Definition of catchment story

based on wetland mapping version 7.0 metadata

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2021 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 LA17 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 4,503 224,685 73,113 1,252,877 64,081 5 9,006 156 6,121 1,519 329 187,134 133,369 3,923,657 114,081 29,682 203,732 231,496 257 37 68,152 12,486 45,924 6,230 109,580 67,335 11,919 35 3,480 796 351 6,786,128
Albert 78,302 3 33 < 1 51 217 303
Baffle 406,878 524 7,939 4,768 13 3,574 465 53 5,944 330 711 24,321
Barron 208,591 945 23 111 118 162 32 3 26 83 1,502
Black 105,453 750 203 359 9 3 91 2 1,418
Bohle 36,696 610 576 5 15 754 1,960
Bremer 202,300 577 1 410 707 1,695
Burnett 3,320,978 21 956 114 13 219 23 511 485 684 44 3,070
Caboolture 46,620 126 610 379 28 2,167 34 8 3,353
Cairns Urban 62,327 4,637 389 394 < 1 97 3 < 1 46 5,567
Calliope 224,290 3,924 685 22 4 52 15 12 4,714
Coombabah 5,336 104 438 58 < 1 556 4 1,160
Cooper Creek 29,757,524 144,046 20,840 31,476 16,197 394,552 18,050 3,933 6,121 33,081 2 11 668,311
Daintree 210,434 3,252 36 721 84 < 1 818 5 672 5,589
Diamantina 15,742,838 109,860 12,147 4,170 586,531 19,485 2 25,653 27,396 785,244
Endeavour 218,553 2,362 294 81 654 1,455 255 31 5,131
Georgina 24,786,679 160,645 18,722 21,517 326,802 338 227 36,146 10,668 575,066
Great Sandy Strait 114,873 493 14,491 5,304 562 14 66 1,393 24 3 22,350
Great Sandy Strait and surrounding catchments 1,305,389 495 14,682 5,391 2,086 760 9,616 2,265 8,712 8,913 507 2,685 56,111
Great Sandy Strait mainland coastal catchments 100,796 129 4,826 3,127 12 10 4,253 2,235 209 4,202 41 2,332 21,376
Herbert 986,424 11,029 2,557 543 3,028 1,508 482 100 2,774 5,153 11 6 12 161 27,365
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 1,477 12 1 226 8,190
K'gari (Fraser Island) 166,170 2,892 516 2,074 750 3,541 28 8,502 27 18,329
Lake Eyre Basin 116,409,996 422,022 20,840 62,408 41,864 1,307,886 37,873 4,165 67,890 71,150 2 11 2,036,111
Lake Eyre Basin animation 90,456,967 416,099 20,840 62,346 41,884 1,307,886 37,873 4,163 67,921 71,148 2 11 2,030,174
Lockyer 296,991 140 < 1 54 896 1,090
Logan 308,168 131 949 189 28 1,326 403 5 3,031
Lower Brisbane 118,426 195 1,181 470 1 1,301 237 3,385
Lower Burdekin 1,453,007 15,969 4,537 688 109 23 1,237 203 291 12,246 35,303
Lower Fitzroy 1,143,245 9,265 1,128 658 55 333 88 620 8,919 7,133 28,198
Magnetic Island 4,994 164 84 2 20 6 276
Maroochy and Mooloolah 84,918 495 572 110 3 987 392 79 3,145 120 746 6,649
Mary River 914,820 11 1,323 131 272 2,520 447 320 5,024
Mid-Brisbane 55,583 7 10 17
Mossman 46,498 1,387 218 168 2 < 1 1,776
Mulgrave 131,479 4,191 369 38 514 103 1,165 306 349 3 696 7,735
Murray 110,676 7,201 925 1,663 421 1 2,596 265 74 4 264 13,414
Noosa 93,061 176 401 49 227 3,392 5,036 577 6,118 3 3,764 19,742
Normanby 1,472,185 2,470 5,510 4,508 5,059 2,521 4,709 71 2 24,849
Northern Gold Coast 65,525 497 2,547 365 81 24 7 1,357 37 4,914
O'Connell 238,265 9,999 2,627 749 241 199 89 13,905
Pine 81,323 85 1,359 769 859 53 3,126
Pioneer 157,375 685 29 197 104 68 69 1,153
Plane 253,988 11,594 6,593 6,175 1,205 1,396 189 27,152
Proserpine 249,444 9,308 2,756 1,412 2,659 1,235 3,189 20,559
Pumicestone 78,501 445 2,160 994 34 3,032 679 210 7,517 58 691 15,821
Redlands 27,746 137 692 275 108 5 1,183 9 2,409
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 57 22 1 4 476 244 < 1 835
Stanley 153,407 181 141 323
Susan River 33,815 212 1,960 756 1,392 < 1 2,092 19 32 6,464
Tully 167,544 1,883 1 4 335 232 123 3,036 44 53 < 1 600 6,311
Upper Brisbane 548,262 14 5 16 36
Water Park 184,786 20,455 3,049 4,414 1,345 706 < 1 3,578 1,256 34,804
Wider Brisbane 1,375,492 195 1,181 470 733 1 1,958 2,008 6,546
Wider Burdekin 13,415,375 15,969 4,537 206 1,559 5 688 109 34 7,736 461 16,648 15,025 257 37 859 4,797 272 1,021 12,456 796 107 83,581
Wider Fitzroy 14,249,673 9,265 1,128 6,935 55 5,975 2,775 4,319 19,668 10,933 61,052

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
LA17 Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated 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 2021 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 11 March 2026. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat/catchment-story.html

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