Catchments and basins
To understand flooding in Queensland it is important to understand how our catchments work.
Queensland has four large basins that drain water out to the ocean or down to our southern state neighbours. We have 64 river catchments.
Watch this 2 minute video to learn how Queensland's river catchments and basins work.
Learn about your catchment
Find the name of your catchment using the Catchment Stories map.
Learn about your catchment from the Queensland Catchment Stories list below.
About Catchment Stories
The 'Catchment Stories' have been delivered by the Department of Environment and Science using map journals, videos, photographs, animations and a narrative to help explain the features of each catchment. The Catchment Stories were compiled with experts describe the location, extent and values of the catchments as well as demonstrate the key features which influence water flow, including geology, topography, rainfall and run-off, natural features, human modifications and land uses.
Queensland's Catchment Stories
(List is in alphabetical order)
- Albert catchment
- Baffle catchment
- Barron catchment
- Black catchment
- Bohle catchment
- Bremer catchment
- Burnett catchment
- Caboolture catchment
- Cairns Urban catchment
- Calliope catchment
- Cooper Creek catchment
- Daintree catchment
- Diamantina catchment
- Endeavour catchment
- Georgina catchment
- Great Sandy Strait
- Great Sandy Strait and surrounding catchments
- Great Sandy Strait mainland coastal catchments
- Herbert catchment
- Jeannie catchment
- Johnstone catchment
- K'gari (formerly Fraser Island) catchment
- Lake Eyre Basin
- Lockyer catchment
- Logan catchment
- Lower Brisbane catchment
- Lower Burdekin catchment
- Lower Fitzroy catchment
- Magnetic Island catchment
- Maroochy and Mooloolah catchments
- Mary River catchment
- Mid-Brisbane catchment
- Mossman catchment
- Mulgrave catchment
- Murray catchment
- Noosa catchment
- Normanby catchment
- Northern Gold Coast catchment
- O'Connell catchment
- Pine catchment
- Pioneer catchment
- Plane catchment
- Proserpine catchment
- Pumicestone catchment
- Redlands catchment
- Ross catchment
- Russell catchment
- Southern Gold Coast catchment
- Stanley catchment
- Susan River catchment
- Tully catchment
- Upper Brisbane catchment
- Water Park catchment
More information
To learn more about the Catchment Stories visit the Department of Environment and Science website.