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Queensland

17,030 named waters 67 catchments 4 drainage divisions
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How Queensland drains

67 catchments, clipped at the border — a catchment that crosses into another state carries on there. Pick one to open its full drainage tree.

Diamantina-Georgina Rivers catchment — 1,511 waters in Queensland · 32,420 km mapped nationally Cooper Creek catchment — 1,281 waters in Queensland · 34,161 km mapped nationally Flinders-Norman Rivers catchment — 1,994 waters in Queensland · 36,702 km mapped nationally Condamine-Culgoa Rivers catchment — 695 waters in Queensland · 21,104 km mapped nationally Fitzroy River (QLD) catchment — 1,585 waters in Queensland · 29,297 km mapped nationally Burdekin River catchment — 1,351 waters in Queensland · 20,864 km mapped nationally Mitchell-Coleman Rivers (QLD) catchment — 1,047 waters in Queensland · 17,210 km mapped nationally Nicholson-Leichhardt Rivers catchment — 470 waters in Queensland · 9,851 km mapped nationally Bullo River-Lake Bancannia catchment — 258 waters in Queensland · 7,854 km mapped nationally Warrego River catchment — 246 waters in Queensland · 5,973 km mapped nationally Paroo River catchment — 212 waters in Queensland · 5,816 km mapped nationally Burnett River catchment — 1,042 waters in Queensland · 13,162 km mapped nationally Border Rivers catchment — 175 waters in Queensland · 13,554 km mapped nationally Normanby River catchment — 299 waters in Queensland · 4,375 km mapped nationally Archer-Watson Rivers catchment — 188 waters in Queensland · 3,034 km mapped nationally Moonie River catchment — 41 waters in Queensland · 1,576 km mapped nationally Brisbane River catchment — 566 waters in Queensland · 6,308 km mapped nationally Holroyd River catchment — 89 waters in Queensland · 1,676 km mapped nationally Settlement Creek catchment — 51 waters in Queensland · 1,460 km mapped nationally Mary River (QLD) catchment — 439 waters in Queensland · 4,585 km mapped nationally Herbert River catchment — 131 waters in Queensland · 1,801 km mapped nationally Wenlock River catchment — 36 waters in Queensland · 1,178 km mapped nationally Ducie River catchment — 32 waters in Queensland · 870 km mapped nationally Embley River catchment — 43 waters in Queensland · 589 km mapped nationally Logan-Albert Rivers catchment — 197 waters in Queensland · 1,679 km mapped nationally Haughton River catchment — 112 waters in Queensland · 1,165 km mapped nationally Baffle Creek catchment — 130 waters in Queensland · 1,320 km mapped nationally Olive-Pascoe Rivers catchment — 30 waters in Queensland · 514 km mapped nationally Shoalwater Creek catchment — 72 waters in Queensland · 782 km mapped nationally Morning Inlet catchment — 27 waters in Queensland · 382 km mapped nationally Burrum River catchment — 88 waters in Queensland · 1,079 km mapped nationally Jeannie River catchment — 36 waters in Queensland · 479 km mapped nationally Jardine River catchment — 31 waters in Queensland · 547 km mapped nationally Styx River catchment — 65 waters in Queensland · 949 km mapped nationally Kolan River catchment — 126 waters in Queensland · 1,409 km mapped nationally Don River catchment — 92 waters in Queensland · 1,066 km mapped nationally Jacky Jacky Creek catchment — 21 waters in Queensland · 156 km mapped nationally Lockhart River catchment — 36 waters in Queensland · 347 km mapped nationally Plane Creek catchment — 120 waters in Queensland · 1,038 km mapped nationally Stewart River catchment — 23 waters in Queensland · 399 km mapped nationally Boyne River catchment — 110 waters in Queensland · 1,194 km mapped nationally Proserpine River catchment — 108 waters in Queensland · 1,098 km mapped nationally O'connell River catchment — 158 waters in Queensland · 1,089 km mapped nationally Calliope River catchment — 104 waters in Queensland · 941 km mapped nationally Daintree River catchment — 113 waters in Queensland · 990 km mapped nationally Johnstone River catchment — 209 waters in Queensland · 1,435 km mapped nationally Tully-Murray Rivers catchment — 20 waters in Queensland · 399 km mapped nationally Barron River catchment — 158 waters in Queensland · 1,111 km mapped nationally Mulgrave-Russell Rivers catchment — 171 waters in Queensland · 1,017 km mapped nationally Endeavour River catchment — 112 waters in Queensland · 873 km mapped nationally Noosa River catchment — 64 waters in Queensland · 418 km mapped nationally Water Park Creek catchment — 50 waters in Queensland · 357 km mapped nationally Maroochy River catchment — 78 waters in Queensland · 607 km mapped nationally Fraser Island catchment — 104 waters in Queensland · 233 km mapped nationally Pine River catchment — 89 waters in Queensland · 846 km mapped nationally Pioneer River catchment — 80 waters in Queensland · 664 km mapped nationally Ross River catchment — 55 waters in Queensland · 619 km mapped nationally South Coast catchment — 109 waters in Queensland · 728 km mapped nationally Mornington Island catchment — 15 waters in Queensland · 83 km mapped nationally Ward River catchment — 7 waters in Queensland · 183 km mapped nationally Black River catchment — 13 waters in Queensland · 142 km mapped nationally Cardwell Coast catchment — 27 waters in Queensland · 246 km mapped nationally Curtis Island catchment — 16 waters in Queensland · 135 km mapped nationally Stradbroke Island catchment — 26 waters in Queensland · 71 km mapped nationally Torres Strait Islands catchment — 2 waters in Queensland · 20 km mapped nationally Mossman River catchment — 43 waters in Queensland · 234 km mapped nationally Hinchinbrook Island catchment — 4 waters in Queensland · 11 km mapped nationally Diamantina-Georgina Rivers32,420 km Cooper Creek34,161 km Flinders-Norman Rivers36,702 km Condamine-Culgoa Rivers21,104 km Fitzroy River (QLD)29,297 km Burdekin River20,864 km Mitchell-Coleman Rivers (QLD)17,210 km Nicholson-Leichhardt Rivers9,851 km Bullo River-Lake Bancannia7,854 km Warrego River5,973 km

Catchment boundaries and stream network: Australian Hydrological Geospatial Fabric (Geofabric), Bureau of Meteorology, © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. State boundary: Australian Bureau of Statistics, CC BY 4.0. Simplified for display.

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Waters written up so far

The catchments

67 across 4 divisions

Looking beyond Queensland? The national map shows all 218 catchments, and each catchment page lists its drainage wherever it runs.