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Moreton Basin biogeographic subregionAccess wetland mapping in PDF and KML format by selecting the desired 100K map tile below or download the data via the Queensland Government Information Service. The below map is for visual representation purposes only. For more detailed mapping, please download the boundary KML. Drag this bar to relocate the map on your screen Open WetlandMaps interactive map server
Catchment stories
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| System | Area (ha) | % wetlands area | % total area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 23,464 | 100.0% | 3.0% |
| Artificial and highly modified | 6,459 | 27.5% | 0.8% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 82 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 8 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 557 | 2.4% | 0.1% |
| Palustrine (natural) | 3,705 | 15.8% | 0.5% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 502 | 2.1% | 0.1% |
| Riverine | 12,152 | 51.8% | 1.5% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 82 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 8 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (artificial) | 2,457 | 10.5% | 0.3% |
| Lacustrine (highly modified) | 3,828 | 16.3% | 0.5% |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 557 | 2.4% | 0.1% |
| Palustrine (artificial) | 69 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (highly modified) | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (natural) | 3,705 | 15.8% | 0.5% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 502 | 2.1% | 0.1% |
| Riverine (artificial) | 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Riverine (highly modified) | 86 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Riverine (natural) | 12,140 | 51.7% | 1.5% |
| Riverine (slightly modified) | 11 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Habitat | Area (ha) | % wetlands area | % total area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 4,263 | 100.0% | 0.5% |
| Mangroves - Casuarina | 15 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Mangroves - other | 68 | 1.6% | 0.0% |
| Salt marsh and salt flats | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid saline lake | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid saline swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp | 741 | 17.4% | 0.1% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp | 1,268 | 29.7% | 0.2% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 2,167 | 50.8% | 0.3% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Mangroves - Casuarina (natural) | 14 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Mangroves - Casuarina (slightly modified) | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Mangroves - other (natural) | 68 | 1.6% | 0.0% |
| Mangroves - other (slightly modified) | < 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (natural) | < 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (slightly modified) | < 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid saline lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid saline lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural) | 741 | 17.4% | 0.1% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural) | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural) | 1,244 | 29.2% | 0.2% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | 24 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural) | 1,717 | 40.3% | 0.2% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 451 | 10.6% | 0.1% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (natural) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
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.
Wetland extent changes
| System | 2019 area (ha) |
2017 area (ha) |
2013 area (ha) |
2009 area (ha) |
2005 area (ha) |
2001 area (ha) |
pre-clear area (ha) |
2019/pre-clear percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 23,464 | 23,476 | 23,453 | 22,308 | 22,067 | 21,925 | 27,645 | * 61.5% |
| Artificial and highly modified | 6,459 | 6,458 | 6,409 | 5,156 | 4,868 | 4,655 | 0 | n/a |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 82 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 81 | 83 | 98.8% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 557 | 557 | 558 | 551 | 548 | 557 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (natural) | 3,705 | 3,709 | 3,717 | 3,729 | 3,751 | 3,788 | 9,040 | 41.0% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 502 | 502 | 505 | 505 | 505 | 505 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine | 12,152 | 12,160 | 12,175 | 12,277 | 12,306 | 12,330 | 18,521 | 65.6% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 82 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 81 | 83 | 98.8% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (artificial) | 2,457 | 2,455 | 2,418 | 2,348 | 2,079 | 1,886 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (highly modified) | 3,828 | 3,828 | 3,817 | 2,634 | 2,618 | 2,602 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 557 | 557 | 558 | 551 | 548 | 557 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (artificial) | 69 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 66 | 65 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (highly modified) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (natural) | 3,705 | 3,709 | 3,717 | 3,729 | 3,751 | 3,788 | 9,040 | 41.0% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 502 | 502 | 505 | 505 | 505 | 505 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine (artificial) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine (highly modified) | 86 | 86 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 85 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine (natural) | 12,140 | 12,149 | 12,164 | 12,266 | 12,295 | 12,319 | 18,521 | 65.5% |
| Riverine (slightly modified) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | n/a |
* Total 2019/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified
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| Habitat | 2019 area (ha) |
2017 area (ha) |
2013 area (ha) |
2009 area (ha) |
2005 area (ha) |
2001 area (ha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 4,263 | 4,268 | 4,279 | 4,291 | 4,312 | 4,349 |
| Mangroves - Casuarina | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Mangroves - other | 68 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 67 | 67 |
| Salt marsh and salt flats | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp | 741 | 741 | 745 | 748 | 754 | 777 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp | 1,268 | 1,268 | 1,268 | 1,268 | 1,269 | 1,283 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 2,167 | 2,172 | 2,179 | 2,188 | 2,203 | 2,203 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mangroves - Casuarina (natural) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Mangroves - Casuarina (slightly modified) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mangroves - other (natural) | 68 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 67 |
| Mangroves - other (slightly modified) | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (natural) | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (slightly modified) | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain clay plan lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid permanently inundated lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid saline swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural) | 741 | 741 | 745 | 748 | 754 | 777 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (natural) | 1,244 | 1,244 | 1,242 | 1,241 | 1,242 | 1,257 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | 24 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural) | 1,717 | 1,721 | 1,728 | 1,737 | 1,752 | 1,752 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 451 | 451 | 451 | 451 | 451 | 451 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (natural) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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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.
Drainage divisions 
Drainage basins
Drainage sub-basins
Regional natural resource management (NRM) bodies
Local government areas
100K map tiles
Climate zones
Subtropical- Temperate
Bioregions
IBRA bioregions
IBRA subregions
Bioregional assessment areas
Marine meso-scale bioregions
none
Marine provincial bioregions
none
Regional plans
World Heritage areas
Ramsar internationally important wetlands
none
DIWA nationally important wetlands
National parks
Marine parks (Queensland)
none
Study areas
none
Report cards
Conservation parks
- Buccan Conservation Park
- Daisy Hill Conservation Park
- Denmark Hill Conservation Park
- Dwyers Scrub Conservation Park
- Flagstone Creek Conservation Park
- Flinders Peak Conservation Park
- Indooroopilly Island Conservation Park
- Ipswich Pteropus Conservation Park
- Knapp Creek Conservation Park
- Moggill Conservation Park
- Mount Beau Brummell Conservation Park
- Mount Perry Conservation Park
- Plunkett Conservation Park
- Springwood Conservation Park
- Tenthill Conservation Park
- Toohey Forest Conservation Park
- White Rock Conservation Park
State forests
- Deongwar State Forest
- Esk State Forest
- Lilydale State Forest
- Lockyer State Forest
Forest reserves
none
Resources reserves
Timber reserves
- Wickham Timber Reserve
Fish habitat areas
none
Coastal management district
- Available (all have been combined since February 2012)
Nature refuges
- A & T Koala Billabong Nature Refuge
- Alice Creek Nature Refuge
- Angel Place Nature Refuge
- Berlin Scrub Nature Refuge
- Berrinba Wetlands Nature Refuge
- Blunder Creek Reserve Nature Refuge
- Bowman Park Koala Nature Refuge
- Cockatoo's Corner Nature Refuge
- Danroben Nature Refuge
- Edward Corbould Reserve and Retreat Nature Refuge
- Gattonview Nature Refuge
- Gillies Ridge Nature Refuge
- Glider's Glade Nature Refuge
- Gum Tips Nature Refuge
- Gyetvay Park Nature Refuge
- Henderson Reserve Nature Refuge
- Kalisha Nature Refuge
- Koala Crossing Nature Refuge
- Koolena Nature Refuge
- Kuraby Nature Refuge
- Leslie Parade Nature Refuge
- Long Grass Nature Refuge
- Moon View Nature Refuge
- Mount Crosby Weir Nature Refuge
- Mount Elliott Nature Refuge
- Mount Hallen Nature Refuge
- Mount Stradbroke Nature Refuge
- Murray's Environmental Nature Refuge
- Pooh Corner Nature Refuge
- Ravensbourne Nature Refuge
- Shingle Hut Creek Nature Refuge
- Somerset-Wivenhoe Dams Nature Refuge
- Stewartdale Nature Refuge
- Sticky Gully Nature Refuge
- Tea Trees Nature Refuge
- The Gullies Nature Refuge
- Thornton View Nature Refuge
- Tir Na Crann Nature Refuge
- Undullah Nature Refuge
- Van der Loos Nature Refuge
- Wacol Bushlands Nature Refuge
- Walker's Wilderness Nature Refuge
- Wallabies Knoll Nature Refuge
- Woolshed Nature Refuge
- Xanthorrhoea Nature Refuge
Freshwater biogeographic provinces
Aquatic Conservation Assessments (AquaBAMM) and others
Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—conceptual models
- Coastal and subcoastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp
- Coastal and subcoastal floodplain tree swamp–Melaleuca spp. and Eucalyptus spp.
- Coastal and subcoastal floodplain wet heath swamp
- Coastal and subcoastal non-floodplain grass sedge and herb swamp
- Coastal and subcoastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalyptus spp.
Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—management profiles
Groundwater dependent ecosystem type—conceptual models
Healthy Land and Water conceptual models
Water resource planning areas
Aquatic ecosystem monitoring programs
- Aerial surveys of waterbirds in eastern Australia
- Ecosystem health monitoring program – estuarine and marine
- Ecosystem health monitoring program – event-based
- Ecosystem health monitoring program – freshwater
- Environmental flows assessment program (EFAP)
- Framework for the assessment of river and wetland health (FARWH) – Queensland trials
- Groundwater ambient network (GWAN) – water quality
- Groundwater water level network
- Long term historical trend water quality monitoring data
- Moreton Bay regional council waterway health monitoring program
- Queensland wetland mapping
- South East Queensland (SEQ) Catchments community water quality monitoring program
- Surface water ambient network (SWAN) – water quality
- Surface water monitoring network
Point source monitoring
Wetland soil indicator case studies
none
Wetland management case studies
none
Wetland projects
- BBC Working together for a Better Bundamba Creek
- Beating back the boxthorn - Sustainable scrub country
- Bell's Riparian Re-vegetation at Upper Warrill
- Biodiversity Enhancement at Underwood Road, Eight Mile Plains
- Bremer Healthy Country Gully Restoration: Fuller
- Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Breen
- Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Buckham
- Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Buckham - phase 2
- Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Corrie
- Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Freeman
- Bremer Healthy Country Riparian restoration - Hayes
- Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Lamont
- Bremer Healthy Country Riparian restoration – M. and S. Christensen
- Bremer Healthy Country riparian restoration - Neale
- Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Parr
- Bremer Healthy Country Riparian Restoration - Thompson
- Bremer Healthy Country Wetland Reinstatement and Pasture Renovation – Sellars
- Bundamba Creek Urban Wetland Project - David W Coultas Park
- Canungra Creek Restoration Project
- Canungra SRG Creek Restoration Project
- CBBC - People and Places Connecting for a Better Bundamba Creek
- Cedar Grove Catchment Restoration Project
- Control of Overland Flow through a Gully, Junction View
- D’Andilly’s Irbyana Protection
- Dennis’s Irbyana Protection Project
- Establishing Swamp Tea-tree Forest on Tir Na Crann Koala Nature Refuge
- Final Project, National Landcare Program 03, Activity 7: North East Downs Landcare Group and Activity 9: Aubigny Catchment Landcare Group
- Final Project Report National Landcare Program 06. Millmerran Landcare Group: Implementing Best Management Practice in Grazing Lands in the Condamine Catchment
- Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Abraham
- Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Bell/Zahnow
- Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Harsant
- Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Harvey
- Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Holland
- Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Lobegeiger
- Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Rieck
- Flood Recovery - Fassifern: Wallis
- Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Bauer
- Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Crust
- Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Darvall
- Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Hagan
- Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Huston (Stage 1)
- Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Meagher
- Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Olm
- Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Redinger
- Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Serendipity Farm Animal Centre
- Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Stock
- Flood Recovery - Lockyer: Visagie
- Flood-runner Re-establishment for Sediment Control, Mt Sylvia: Redinger and Otto
- Forest Hill wastewater treatment plant
- Francis Street Bushland
- Gully Restoration, Riparian Weed Control and Sustainable Grazing along Teviot Creek: Firmin
- Health Waterways clean-up program
- Healthy Country Knapps Creek - J Stanton,
- Healthy Country Knapps Creek - Tracy Dale, Landholder Grazing Management and Erosion Control
- Healthy Country Program in the Bremer and Pumicestone Passage Catchments: Hall
- Healthy Country Program in the Bremer and Pumicestone Passage Catchments: Lutter
- Healthy Waterways Clean Up Program 2014 - 2015
- Improving Condition and Connectivity of Riparian Habitat in Cainbable: Solomon
- Improving connectivity, salinity and social amenity, Black Snake Creek, Marburg
- Irbyana Enhancement: Smith
- Irbyana Enhancement: Thorne
- Jim Donald Constructed Wetland and stormwater irrigation system
- Jimboomba sewage treatment plant effluent storage
- Koala Kitchen Project
- Kooroomba Riparian Restoration
- Landscape Restoration and Connectivity along the Albert River
- Logan Catchment Riparian Restoration Program - Chambers Flat Demonstration: Rowley
- Management of Overland Flow for Sediment Control, Woodbine: Stephan
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW 1
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 10
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 11
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 12
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 16
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 17
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 5
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 6
- Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) - HLW S1 - 9
- Oaky Creek Wetland Reinstatement
- Planned Grazing Management Project: Coaster-Garton
- Pollard Park Creek naturalisation
- Productive and resilient agricultural landscapes in the Condamine region
- Protection and Restoration of Swamp Tea-tree Forest at Jimboomba: Nicholls stage 2
- Protection and Restoration of Swamp Tea-tree Forest at Jimboomba: STAGE 3 (Nicholls)
- Protection and Restoration of Swamp Tea-tree Forest at Jimboomba: Te Miro Equestrian, Stage 4
- Protection and Restoration of Swamp Tea-tree Forest at Peak Crossing (Turgeon)
- Protection and Restoration of Swamp Tea-tree Forest: Kentville Road
- Protection and Restoration of Swamp Tea-tree Forest: UQ Gatton campus
- Raymond Road Park Rehabilitation
- Redbank recreation reserve integrated stormwater wetland
- Reducing impacts on sustainable landscapes through weeds and pests activities
- Restoration of Lockyer Creek at UQ Gatton - Stage 2
- Restoration of Lockyer Creek. University of Queensland, Gatton Campus
- Riparian Area Establishment and Stabilisation at Withcott: Phase 1
- Riparian Management in Running Creek: Shaw
- Riparian Management in Teviot Brook sub-catchment: J. and J. Vanstone
- Riparian Restoration in Industrial Waterways
- Rosevale Riparian Restoration - Swan
- Slacks Creek Confluence - Melaleuca irbyana Enhancement Project
- Small Creek naturalisation stage 1
- Smith's Smith’s Riparian Re-vegetation of Purga Creek
- Spine Street Park Restoration Project
- Stable Swamp Creek Extended Monitoring Program
- Swamp Tea-tree Forest Restoration at Jimboomba: Rose
- Swamp Tea-tree Forest Restoration at Tamborine Farm
- Swamp Tea-tree Habitat Restoration: Lange
- Swamp Tea Tree Protection and Enhancement: Smith
- Upper Logan Resilience: Benson
- Upper Logan Resilience: Hodges
- Upper Logan Resilience: Ison
- Upper Logan Resilience: J. Stanley
- Upper Logan Resilience: Shaw
- Upper Logan Resilience: Surawski
- Upper Logan Resilience: W. Stanley
- Upper Logan Resilience: Walker
- Upper Logan Resilience: Wickman
- Upper Mt Walker Hillslope Erosion Project
- Upper Sandy Creek Riparian Corridor Increasing Connectivity for Biodiversity
- Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Gillett
- Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Kelleher
- Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Oppermann
- Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Roberts
- Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Surawski
- Upper Teviot Brook Restoration: Vague
- Upper Warrill Healthy Country: C. and M. Christensen
- Upper Warrill Healthy Country: Johnson
- Upper Warrill Healthy Country: Lotz
- Upper Warrill Healthy Country: Quickshelf No. 1 Pty Ltd
- Upper Warrill Healthy Country:Wolter
- Wallaby Ware channel naturalisation and saturated zone bioretention basin construction
- Wild About Your Creeks
- Woolshed Creek salinity mitigation and wetland enhancement (tree planting): McMichael - phase 1
Area specific conceptual model case studies
none
Paddock to Reef (P2R) report cards
none
Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments
none
EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives
none
Shorebird zones
Biopassage structures
| Name | Construction year | Structure types | Stream name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berrys Weir |
2015 | Rock Ramp | Bremer River |
| Brightview Weir |
1945 | Pool and Weir | Lockyer Creek |
| Bromelton Weir |
1996 | Vertical slot | Logan River |
| Brookwater Linear Pathway |
2015 | Culvert | Opossum Creek |
| Bundamba Creek |
2018 | Rock Ramp | Bundamba Creek |
| Cedar Grove |
2010 | Mechanical, Cone, Rock-ramp | Logan River |
| Greys Plains Road Culvert Baffle Fishway |
2019 | Culvert | Spring Creek |
| O'Reilly Weir |
1948 | Pool and Weir | Lockyer Creek |
| Paradise Road |
2017 | Rock Ramp, Culvert | Slacks Creek |
| South Mclean |
2010 | Vertical slot | Logan River |
| Woogaroo Creek Fishway |
2022 | Rock Ramp | Woogaroo Creek |
| Worley Park Rock Ramp Fishway |
2018 | Rock Ramp | Bundamba Creek |
| Wyaralong Dam |
2013 | Rock Ramp | Teviot Brook |
| Wyaralong Dam Lift |
2010 | Mechanical | Teviot Brook |
Related legislation/policies
External links/description
Wildlife
|
Kingdom
Class
|
Native | Introduced | Wetland indicator species |
Rare or threatened species |
All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 4,867 | 918 | 512 | 202 | 5,796 |
| Animals | 1,031 | 44 | 258 | 78 | 1,075 |
| Mammals | 101 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 119 |
| Birds | 439 | 12 | 88 | 38 | 451 |
| Reptiles | 134 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 135 |
| Amphibians | 49 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 50 |
| Lobe-finned fishes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ray-finned fishes | 52 | 9 | 60 | 4 | 61 |
| Cartilaginous fishes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Insects | 241 | 3 | 72 | 3 | 244 |
| Malacostracans | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Arachnids | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Snails | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bacteria | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Chromists | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Fungi | 873 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 876 |
| Plants | 2,923 | 872 | 254 | 124 | 3,805 |
| Protozoans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DESI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.
Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.
Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
Disclaimer: While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this product, the Queensland Government and Australian Government make no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaim all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which might be incurred as a consequence of reliance on the product, or as a result of the product being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.
AreaType-biogeographic-subregion
This page should be cited as:
Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Moreton Basin biogeographic subregion — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/biogeographic-subregion-moreton-basin/
— Department of Environment, Science and Innovation