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Great Sandy Strait contributing catchmentsAccess 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 | 70,399 | 100.0% | 5.8% |
| Total excluding riverine and artificial/highly modified riverine | 55,663 | 79.1% | 4.6% |
| Artificial and highly modified | 3,589 | 5.1% | 0.3% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 15,353 | 21.8% | 1.3% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 2,849 | 4.0% | 0.2% |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 393 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (natural) | 33,138 | 47.1% | 2.7% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 347 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Riverine | 14,731 | 20.9% | 1.2% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 15,353 | 21.8% | 1.3% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Lacustrine (artificial) | 1,524 | 2.2% | 0.1% |
| Lacustrine (highly modified) | 2,001 | 2.8% | 0.2% |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 2,849 | 4.0% | 0.2% |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 393 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (artificial) | 26 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (highly modified) | 33 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Palustrine (natural) | 33,138 | 47.1% | 2.7% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 347 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Riverine (artificial) | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Riverine (highly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Riverine (natural) | 14,638 | 20.8% | 1.2% |
| Riverine (slightly modified) | 93 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Habitat | Area (ha) | % wetlands area | % total area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 51,686 | 100.0% | 4.2% |
| Mangroves - Casuarina | 345 | 0.7% | 0.0% |
| Mangroves - other | 10,428 | 20.2% | 0.9% |
| Salt marsh and salt flats | 4,579 | 8.9% | 0.4% |
| 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 | 2,089 | 4.0% | 0.2% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake | 760 | 1.5% | 0.1% |
| 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 | 10,452 | 20.2% | 0.9% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp | 2,262 | 4.4% | 0.2% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 8,711 | 16.9% | 0.7% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp | 8,583 | 16.6% | 0.7% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 469 | 0.9% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp | 3,008 | 5.8% | 0.2% |
| 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) | 345 | 0.7% | 0.0% |
| Mangroves - Casuarina (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Mangroves - other (natural) | 10,428 | 20.2% | 0.9% |
| Mangroves - other (slightly modified) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (natural) | 4,579 | 8.9% | 0.4% |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (slightly modified) | 0 | 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) | 2,089 | 4.0% | 0.2% |
| 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) | 760 | 1.5% | 0.1% |
| 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) | 10,452 | 20.2% | 0.9% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | < 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 2,262 | 4.4% | 0.2% |
| 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) | 8,711 | 16.9% | 0.7% |
| 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) | 8,295 | 16.0% | 0.7% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | 287 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural) | 410 | 0.8% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 59 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 3,008 | 5.8% | 0.2% |
| 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 | 70,399 | 70,400 | 70,386 | 70,389 | 70,389 | 70,438 | 90,887 | * 73.5% |
| Artificial and highly modified | 3,589 | 3,583 | 3,551 | 3,522 | 3,471 | 3,394 | 0 | n/a |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 15,353 | 15,353 | 15,353 | 15,353 | 15,352 | 15,352 | 15,554 | 98.7% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 2,849 | 2,849 | 2,849 | 2,849 | 2,849 | 2,849 | 2,849 | 100.0% |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 393 | 393 | 393 | 393 | 393 | 391 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (natural) | 33,138 | 33,143 | 33,144 | 33,161 | 33,193 | 33,289 | 46,917 | 70.6% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 347 | 347 | 347 | 347 | 346 | 346 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine | 14,731 | 14,733 | 14,750 | 14,764 | 14,785 | 14,817 | 25,567 | 57.6% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) | 15,353 | 15,353 | 15,353 | 15,353 | 15,352 | 15,352 | 15,554 | 98.7% |
| Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (artificial) | 1,524 | 1,518 | 1,505 | 1,478 | 1,430 | 1,353 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (highly modified) | 2,001 | 2,001 | 1,982 | 1,980 | 1,977 | 1,977 | 0 | n/a |
| Lacustrine (natural) | 2,849 | 2,849 | 2,849 | 2,849 | 2,849 | 2,849 | 2,849 | 100.0% |
| Lacustrine (slightly modified) | 393 | 393 | 393 | 393 | 393 | 391 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (artificial) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (highly modified) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 0 | n/a |
| Palustrine (natural) | 33,138 | 33,143 | 33,144 | 33,161 | 33,193 | 33,289 | 46,917 | 70.6% |
| Palustrine (slightly modified) | 347 | 347 | 347 | 347 | 346 | 346 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine (artificial) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine (highly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Riverine (natural) | 14,638 | 14,640 | 14,657 | 14,671 | 14,693 | 14,724 | 25,567 | 57.3% |
| Riverine (slightly modified) | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 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 | 51,686 | 51,690 | 51,692 | 51,709 | 51,740 | 51,835 |
| Mangroves - Casuarina | 345 | 345 | 345 | 345 | 345 | 346 |
| Mangroves - other | 10,428 | 10,428 | 10,428 | 10,428 | 10,427 | 10,427 |
| Salt marsh and salt flats | 4,579 | 4,579 | 4,579 | 4,579 | 4,579 | 4,579 |
| 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 | 2,089 | 2,089 | 2,089 | 2,089 | 2,089 | 2,089 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake | 760 | 760 | 760 | 760 | 760 | 760 |
| 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 | 10,452 | 10,452 | 10,452 | 10,454 | 10,472 | 10,531 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp | 2,262 | 2,262 | 2,262 | 2,262 | 2,262 | 2,262 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 8,711 | 8,711 | 8,711 | 8,711 | 8,711 | 8,711 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp | 8,583 | 8,586 | 8,588 | 8,591 | 8,599 | 8,614 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp | 469 | 469 | 468 | 473 | 475 | 475 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp | 3,008 | 3,008 | 3,009 | 3,017 | 3,021 | 3,042 |
| 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) | 345 | 345 | 345 | 345 | 345 | 346 |
| Mangroves - Casuarina (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mangroves - other (natural) | 10,428 | 10,428 | 10,428 | 10,428 | 10,427 | 10,427 |
| Mangroves - other (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (natural) | 4,579 | 4,579 | 4,579 | 4,579 | 4,579 | 4,579 |
| Salt marsh and salt flats (slightly modified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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) | 2,089 | 2,089 | 2,089 | 2,089 | 2,089 | 2,089 |
| 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) | 760 | 760 | 760 | 760 | 760 | 760 |
| 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) | 10,452 | 10,452 | 10,452 | 10,453 | 10,472 | 10,531 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 2,262 | 2,262 | 2,262 | 2,262 | 2,262 | 2,262 |
| 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) | 8,711 | 8,711 | 8,711 | 8,711 | 8,711 | 8,711 |
| 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) | 8,295 | 8,299 | 8,300 | 8,304 | 8,311 | 8,326 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp (slightly modified) | 287 | 287 | 287 | 287 | 287 | 287 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (natural) | 410 | 410 | 410 | 414 | 416 | 416 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp (slightly modified) | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 |
| Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp (natural) | 3,008 | 3,008 | 3,009 | 3,017 | 3,021 | 3,042 |
| 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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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.
Drainage divisions 
Drainage basins
Drainage sub-basins
Regional natural resource management (NRM) bodies
Local government areas
100K map tiles
Climate zones
Subtropical- Temperate
- Tropical
Bioregions
Biogeographic subregions
IBRA bioregions
IBRA subregions
Bioregional assessment areas
none
Marine meso-scale bioregions
- Tweed-Moreton (TM)
Marine provincial bioregions
- Central Eastern Shelf Transition
Regional plans
World Heritage areas
Ramsar internationally important wetlands
DIWA nationally important wetlands
National parks
- Amamoor National Park
- Bellthorpe National Park
- Conondale National Park
- Fairlies Knob National Park
- Glastonbury National Park
- Glenbar National Park
- Goomboorian National Park
- Great Sandy National Park
- Grongah National Park
- Gympie National Park
- Kondalilla National Park
- Maleny National Park
- Mapleton National Park
- Mapleton Falls National Park
- Mount Bauple National Park (scientific)
- Mount Pinbarren National Park
- Mount Walsh National Park
- Mudlo National Park
- Oakview National Park
- Pipeclay National Park
- Poona National Park
- Tewantin National Park
- Tuchekoi National Park
- Wongi National Park
- Woocoo National Park
- Woondum National Park
- Wrattens National Park
Marine parks (Queensland)
Report cards
none
Conservation parks
- Baddow Island Conservation Park
- Bellthorpe Conservation Park
- Conondale Conservation Park
- Double Island Point Conservation Park
- Duggan Conservation Park
- Granville Conservation Park
- Great Sandy Conservation Park
- King Conservation Park
- Mount Cooroy Conservation Park
- Police Paddock Conservation Park
- Sandy Cape Conservation Park
- Six Mile Creek Conservation Park
- Tinana Creek Conservation Park
- Tinana Island Conservation Park
- Tuchekoi Conservation Park
- Vernon Conservation Park
- Woondum Conservation Park
- Wrattens Conservation Park
State forests
- Amamoor State Forest
- Bauple State Forest
- Boompa State Forest
- Brooyar State Forest 1
- Brooyar State Forest 2
- Calgoa State Forest
- Cinnabar State Forest
- Conondale State Forest
- Curra State Forest
- Denison State Forest
- Ferguson State Forest
- Fishermans Pocket State Forest
- Fraser Island State Forest
- Gallangowan State Forest
- Gigoomgan State Forest
- Glastonbury State Forest
- Glenbar State Forest 1
- Glenbar State Forest 2
- Glenbar State Forest 3
- Glenbar State Forest 4
- Gundiah State Forest
- Gungaloon State Forest
- Gympie State Forest
- Imbil State Forest 1
- Imbil State Forest 2
- Jimmys Scrub State Forest
- Jimna State Forest
- Kabunga State Forest
- King State Forest
- Lynchs Hill State Forest
- Marys Creek State Forest
- Miva State Forest 1
- Miva State Forest 2
- Neerdie State Forest 1
- Neerdie State Forest 2
- Oakview State Forest
- Ringtail State Forest
- Schacht Creek State Forest
- St Mary State Forest 1
- St Mary State Forest 2
- St Mary State Forest 3
- Sunday Creek State Forest
- Thinoomba State Forest
- Tiaro State Forest
- Toolara State Forest
- Traveston State Forest
- Tuan State Forest
- Upper Kandanga State Forest
- Walli State Forest
- West Cooroy State Forest
- Wongi State Forest
- Woondum State Forest
- Wrattens State Forest
- Yabba State Forest
- Young State Forest 1
- Young State Forest 2
- Young State Forest 3
- Yurol State Forest
Forest reserves
Resources reserves
Timber reserves
none
Fish habitat areas
Coastal management district
- Available (all have been combined since February 2012)
Nature refuges
- Balgowlah Nature Refuge
- Bariya Nature Refuge
- Beau Vallon Nature Refuge
- Bellbird Stud Nature Refuge
- Braehead Nature Refuge
- Burrawingee Nature Refuge
- Curramore Farm Forest Nature Refuge
- Curramore Sanctuary Nature Refuge
- Cycadelic Nature Refuge
- Dilkusha Nature Refuge
- Dungi Yandi Nature Refuge
- Egerton Nature Refuge
- Garanyali Nature Refuge
- Gil'la Nature Refuge
- Greene Dale Nature Refuge
- Gudjela Nature Refuge
- Gumnut Park Nature Refuge
- Hanging Rock Creek Nature Refuge
- Harper Creek Guala Nature Refuge
- Haven Nature Refuge
- Hughes Nature Refuge
- Jilumbar Nature Refuge
- Kenilworth Bluff Nature Refuge
- Kingsgate Drive Nature Refuge
- Koala Walk Nature Refuge
- Koolewong Nature Refuge
- Lacebark Nature Refuge
- Little Bella Nature Refuge
- Lyola Nature Refuge
- Manduka Cooperative Nature Refuge
- Mount Kanigan Nature Refuge
- Mount Monty Rainforest Nature Refuge
- Nangari Nature Refuge
- Neil Holloway Reesville Nature Refuge
- Oakview Wildlife Nature Refuge
- Policeman Spur Nature Refuge
- Rainforest Ridge Nature Refuge
- Ramaz Nature Refuge
- Rivendell Nature Refuge
- Stoney Edge Nature Refuge
- Symplocos Nature Refuge
- Tandora Nature Refuge
- Tandora Wetland Nature Refuge
- Tuan Environmental Reserve Nature Refuge
- Witta Nature Refuge
- Wong'ai Nature Refuge
- Wurraglen Nature Refuge
- Yurol 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 sand lake—Perched
- Coastal and subcoastal non-floodplain sand lake—Window
- Coastal and subcoastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalyptus spp.
- Coastal and subcoastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp
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
- Central Queensland ambient estuary program
- Environmental flows assessment program (EFAP)
- 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
- Dairy production: Long-term commitment to improving land condition, and ‘least cost planning’ ensures sustainable milk production
Wetland projects
- 3 Mile Creek Revisited
- A Wild Future for Queensland
- Alexander Lakes Pest Management
- Ann Street Lagoon Salvinia Pest Management
- Beatie Creek - streambank stabilisation stage 1
- Beatie Creek - streambank stabilisation stage 2
- Beaver Rock Reserve habitat protection and rehabilitation program
- Black Swamp Creek Hymenachne Pest Management
- BM NLP 06 Western Mary Sub-catchments Grazing Landscapes Project
- Booral & Round Island Project Weed Management
- Bridge Creek Connections
- Burnett Mary Regional Group and Surfrider Foundation marine debris cleanup
- Carter site streambank stabilisation
- Cats Claw Creeper Crusade and Habitat Restoration in Upper Pinbarren
- Coastal Community Engagement, Building Capacity Awareness of Natural Environment in the Wide Bay Burnett Region
- Community foreshore habitat recovery and rehabilitation program
- Community in action: conserving creekside environs
- Community workshops and establishment of model landscaped coastal gardens in the Fraser Coast Regional Council
- Control of Weeds of National Significance in targeted locations in the Gympie Region
- Controlling climbing and scrambling weeds to rehabilitate waterways in Gympie
- Cooroy Rainforest Calls
- Crab Creek native vegetation management
- Crab Creek weed control
- ‘Creek to Sky’: Increasing freshwater, terrestrial and biocultural biodiversity, a collaborative effort involving members of the school community, Mapleton community and associated organisations
- Dairy production: Long-term commitment to improving land condition, and ‘least cost planning’ ensures sustainable milk production
- Dilli Village wastewater treatment plant Floating Treatment Media
- Enhancement of pest control program—Poona
- Eradicating Cats Claw Creeper and Madeira Vine in Elaman and Cedar Creeks
- Eradicating Weeds of National Significance in the Upper Mary Catchment
- Fay Smith Environmental Park and Wetland Corridor
- Feral pig control, Great Sandy Strait/Ramsar Site
- Feral Pig Control in the Wide Bay Military Training Ground
- Fire hazard reduction and habitat protection—Crab Creek
- Fox and wild dog control—Great Sandy Strait
- Fraser Island monitoring and restoration of Eurong Village's natural integrity
- Fraser Island World Heritage site, work on marine debris removal, understanding and actioning mitigation
- Groundsel control—Fraser Island
- Healthy waterways, rivers and wetlands - improving water quality in the Burnett Mary
- Improving and up-scaling production and deployment of Biological Control Agents to address the threat of invasive vine weeds in South East Queensland
- Lawson—feral pig control on Eurimbula Creek
- Lower Poona Creek pest plant control project
- Maaroom foreshore habitat protection and community engagement project
- Maintaining Messmate Park
- Maintaining the Natural Integrity of Eurong, Fraser Island (K'gari)
- Maleny Sewage Treatment Plant Wetland
- Management of visitor impacts at Jew hole recreation area, Big Tuan Creek
- Marine debris clean-up - mouth of the Mary River (Tandora)
- Mary River - Site 1 Bank Stabilisation
- Mary River - Site 2 Bank Stabilisation
- Mary River - Site 3 Bank Stabilisation
- Melaleuca Lane Extension
- Mid Obi Riparian Corridor Protection
- Mullens Saltmarsh Buffer Weed removal and saltmarsh monitoring
- Mullens Wader Walk
- Noosa Hinterland Koala Habitat Conservation and Awareness
- North Kenilworth streambank stabilisation
- PCE 14/15 - Pig Control at Tandora
- PCE 14/15 - Revive Our Creeks (Cooloola Cove)
- PCE 14/15 - Tinnanbar Flower Reserve and Cowra Pine Wildling Control Project
- PCE - Controlling Abrus in Happy Valley Fraser Island
- PCE - FIDO Weed Management and Environmental Monitoring at Eurong Fraser Island 14/15
- PCE - FIDO Weed Management at Happy Valley Fraser Island 14/15
- PCE - Great Sandy Strait Seagrass Monitoring - Cooloola Coastcare
- PCE - Junior Cooloola Coastcare - Ramsar Wetlands
- PCE -Kauri and Mosquito Creeks - Pest Species Management
- PCE - Maintaining the Natural Integrity of Fraser Island
- PCE - Pine Wilding Control in High Value Coastal Ecosystems - Crab Creek DNRM
- PCE - Ravenhills and Maddicks Road - Weed and feral animal control
- Pest and weed management: managing invasive species in the Burnett Mary Region
- Pest control program, Tuan State Forrest—Poona, Buttha and Kauri Creeks
- Pests off the 3 Mile
- Pialba Catchment Water Quality Monitoring and Pest Management
- Pig Control at Tandora
- Poona Creek Pine wildling control
- Prayle Cats Claw Control Tinana Catchment
- Rainbow Beach environmental works—vehicle access restriction
- Ramping up Riparian Resistance to WONS
- Ramsar site flood debris clean-up—Tandora
- Reduce impact of pest species on wild Mary River Turtles (endangered)
- Revive Our Creeks (Cooloola Cove)
- Sandy Creek Protection Group Cluster
- Secure plant stock and seeds to rehabilitate Nationally endangered ecological community (littoral rainforest and coastal vine thicket)—Poona
- Stabilisation of Buttha Campground 2, Buttha Creek, Poona
- Sustainable grazing management and on-ground works: conserving soils in the Burnett Mary Region
- The history and role of fire in the patterned fens—Great Sandy Strait, Queensland
- Tin Can Bay—Crab Creek environmental restoration works
- Tin Can Bay School Wetlands
- Tinana creek erosion rehabilitation on Morton properties
- Tinana Creek water weed project and cats claw control
- Towards the Integrated Management of Terrestrial and Aquatic Weeds of National State and Regional Significance
- Ululah Lagoons Management
- Upper Mary Valley Weed Vine Control
- Upper Mary Weed Vine Project
- Walliebum Waterhole-wetland at Prawle for Hymenachne, salvinia and water hyacinth Pest Management
- Weed control, Gympie Regional Council—Ramsar site Snapper Creek
- Weed control HQPlantations—Kelly’s Logging Area, Great Sandy Strait Ramsar site
- Western Mary Sub-catchments Grazing Landscapes Project
- Wetland Restoration - Mitigating feral pig disturbance in estuarine wetlands of Kauri Creek
- Wide Bay Training Area: weed control at spring fed wetlands site—Kangaroo Creek
- Woocoo Park and Wildlife Reserve Restoration Project
Area specific conceptual model case studies
Paddock to Reef (P2R) report cards
Water Quality Improvement Plan catchments
EPP (Water) scheduled environmental values and water quality objectives
-
Fraser Island Waters (WQ1391)
- FF/FL/PF/1 (HEV)
- FL1A (HEV)
- FL1B (HEV)
- FL1C (HEV)
- FL1D (HEV)
- FL1E (HEV)
- GSS1 (HEV)
-
Great Sandy Strait and Coastal Creeks (WQ1402)
- FF/FL/PF/1 (HEV)
- GSS1 (HEV)
- PF1 (HEV)
-
Mary River (WQ1381)
- GSS1 (HEV)
- MF1 (HEV)
Shorebird zones
Biopassage structures
| Name | Construction year | Structure types | Stream name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary River Barrage |
2010 | Vertical slot | Mary River |
| Private Rd SMSF Property Resources Pty Ltd |
2018 | Culvert, Rock Ramp | Mary River |
| Teddington Weir |
1970 | Pool and Weir | Tinana Creek |
| Tinana Barrage |
2010 | Vertical slot | Tinana Creek |
Related legislation/policies
Wildlife
|
Kingdom
Class
|
Native | Introduced | Wetland indicator species |
Rare or threatened species |
All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 4,906 | 644 | 545 | 215 | 5,573 |
| Animals | 1,069 | 38 | 269 | 109 | 1,108 |
| Mammals | 117 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 131 |
| Birds | 480 | 12 | 95 | 53 | 492 |
| Reptiles | 153 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 154 |
| Amphibians | 51 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 52 |
| Lobe-finned fishes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ray-finned fishes | 63 | 7 | 69 | 4 | 70 |
| Cartilaginous fishes | 9 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 |
| Lampreys | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Insects | 183 | 3 | 42 | 4 | 186 |
| Malacostracans | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| Bacteria | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Chromists | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Fungi | 920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 928 |
| Plants | 2,870 | 606 | 276 | 106 | 3,490 |
| Protozoans | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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.
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This page should be cited as:
Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Great Sandy Strait contributing catchments — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/study-area-great-sandy-strait/
— Department of Environment, Science and Innovation