DIWA nationally important wetland 2005 wetland system extents
Definition of DIWA nationally important wetland
based on wetland mapping version 6.0
2005 wetland system extent by DIWA nationally important wetland Download this table in .CSV format
DIWA wetland
Total areaha )
Wetland area by system
Totalha )
artificial and highly modified
intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)
intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified natural)
lacustrine (natural)
lacustrine (slightly modified natural)
palustrine (natural)
palustrine (slightly modified natural)
riverine
Total
42,456,936
53,181
930,919
3,175
193,870
2,275
769,245
47,902
199,008
2,199,575
Abbot Point - Caley Valley 5,150
12
1,352
1,333
10
11
954
14
3,685
Alexandra Bay 862
624
70
14
708
Alexandra Palm Forest 146
2
142
145
Aramac Springs 399
13
13
Archer Bay Aggregation 29,931
8,948
1,763
432
11,144
Archer River Aggregation 149,816
12
182
6,353
3,207
9,753
Austral Limestone Aggregation 69,335
4,055
69
6
4,129
Balonne River Floodplain 23,982
2,138
14
626
1,428
2,756
6,962
Bambaroo Coastal Aggregation 5,356
5
3,524
444
7
146
4,126
Barrattas Channels Aggregation 7,118
23
22
< 1
343
14
1,012
1,414
Bingeringo Aggregation 2,765
< 1
26
511
537
Birdsville - Durrie Waterholes Aggregation 32,671
8,701
6,747
15,448
Birthday Creek 43
0
Blencoe Falls - Blencoe Creek 87
57
57
Bluebush Swamp 879
862
862
Boggomoss Springs 399
68
68
Bowen River: Birralee - Pelican Creek 1,342
914
914
Bowling Green Bay 31,124
22,811
21
259
82
20
23,192
Bribie Island 10,397
8
814
34
12
5,655
< 1
6,523
Broad Sound 211,765
85
55,913
734
17
790
24,242
91
81,873
Broken River, Urannah Creek and Massey Creek Aggregation 6,046
4,093
4,093
Bromfield Swamp 63
4
58
61
Buffalo Lake Aggregation 1,911
45
979
342
1,366
Bull Lake 27
27
27
Bulloo Lake 83,254
16,829
11,905
45
28,778
Burdekin-Bowen Junction and Blue Valley Weir Aggregation 3,653
245
8
13
2,051
2,317
Burdekin Delta 32,453
97
12,860
139
1
532
2,917
1,287
17,833
Burdekin - Townsville Coastal Aggregation 113,947
206
13,782
333
68
521
2,801
5,733
276
23,720
Burrum Coast 15,140
26
1,383
7
< 1
1,600
3,016
Bustard Bay Wetlands 21,861
4,227
759
4,986
Cairncross Reef Complex 238
0
Cape Flattery Dune Lakes 44,018
10
728
1,514
4,027
11
18
6,308
Cape Grenville Area 7,311
1,250
142
176
1,568
Cape Melville - Bathurst Bay 5,456
878
114
45
1,037
Carbrook Wetlands Aggregation 354
32
257
290
Cauckingburra Swamp 782
563
563
Clack Reef Complex 1,228
54
54
Coalstoun Lakes 26
5
5
Colosseum Inlet - Rodds Bay 24,313
< 1
7,999
57
8,056
Conondale Range Aggregation 1,985
0
Coolum Creek and Lower Maroochy River 2,140
1
310
< 1
1,138
< 1
4
1,453
Cooper Creek Overflow Swamps - Windorah 124,893
3
78,937
337
79,277
Cooper Creek Swamps - Nappa Merrie 106,384
82
38,950
1,546
40,578
Cooper Creek - Wilson River Junction 63,961
215
42,514
503
43,233
Corio Bay Wetlands 6,914
3
2,638
7
638
459
3
3,749
Cowley Area 8,379
76
2,778
10
< 1
2,644
3
10
5,521
Dalrymple and Blackfellow Creeks 878
28
28
Deepwater Creek 6,573
125
2,018
39
2,183
Diamantina Lakes Area 393
247
42
290
Diamantina Overflow Swamp - Durrie Station 29,217
28,359
38
28,397
Dismal Swamp - Water Park Creek 11,694
1
805
2,443
3,249
Doongmabulla Springs 400
19
7
84
111
Dorunda Lakes Area 6,805
16
234
1,163
1,413
Edgecumbe Bay 4,581
< 1
3,110
3
23
< 1
3,136
Edmund Kennedy Wetlands 11,033
3,310
3,340
130
6,780
Elizabeth Springs 399
58
16
74
Ella Bay Swamp 1,310
52
953
1,005
Eubenangee - Alice River 1,993
126
1,472
12
1,610
Eulo Artesian Springs Supergroup 6,906
201
18
219
Eungella Dam 797
749
749
Fairbairn Dam 15,406
14,990
< 1
14,990
Fitzroy River Delta 70,210
2,993
33,015
66
751
5,013
26
41,863
Fitzroy River Floodplain 19,485
407
380
59
1,801
694
1,822
5,163
Forsyth Island Wetlands 6,387
78
78
Four Mile Beach 7,159
1,166
13
< 1
1,179
Fraser Island 163,422
1,067
2,820
12,925
1
16,814
Georgina River - King Creek Floodout 138,398
< 1
69,414
1,499
70,914
Granite Creek 2,806
158
158
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park 34,108,863
35
5,038
1
3
35
317
1
70
5,501
Great Basalt Wall 100,272
546
2
5,604
2,597
8,749
Great Sandy Strait 92,000
3
17,242
11
3,578
15
< 1
20,850
Greenbank Army Training Area C 4,129
3
120
123
Gregory River 26,630
15
4
6,277
6,296
Harmer Creek - Shelburne Bay Aggregation 31,293
2,594
2,275
466
42
5,377
Haughton Balancing Storage Aggregation 213
166
166
Hedlow Wetlands 11,093
320
108
1,748
917
76
3,169
Herbert River Floodplain 44,523
274
6,184
2
4
5,004
650
2,891
15,009
Herbert River Gorge 21,542
1,717
1,717
Hilda Creek Headwater 6
0
Hinchinbrook Channel 30,717
89
14,885
224
28
15,226
Innisfail Area 1,221
360
65
425
Innot Hot Springs 78
< 1
3
14
17
Island Head Creek - Port Clinton Area 27,033
5,581
2,294
< 1
7,875
Iwasaki Wetlands 646
93
126
373
593
Jardine River Wetlands Aggregation 81,764
4,870
16,593
681
22,144
Jerona Aggregation 2,371
< 1
114
3
169
13
362
662
Junction of the Bogie River and Kirknie Creek Aggregation 56
46
46
Karawatha Forest Park 271
3
43
45
Kurrimine Area 755
25
385
45
4
458
Lake Barrine 100
97
97
Lake Broadwater 215
203
6
209
Lake Buchanan 23,212
12,892
7,913
20,805
Lake Bullawarra 1,286
577
334
5
915
Lake Constance 1,843
< 1
208
132
339
Lake Coombabah 1,959
16
632
5
513
3
1,168
Lake Cuddapan 1,705
1,506
< 1
1,506
Lake Dalrymple 30,594
23,300
11
5
12
427
23,754
Lake Dartmouth Area 7,040
4,048
10
4,058
Lake Eacham 43
40
40
Lake Elphinstone 300
292
2
294
Lake Galilee 25,789
< 1
5,249
17,366
8
22,623
Lake Julius 1,936
1,017
237
1,254
Lake Lucy Wetlands 1,079
7
306
15
17
345
Lake Mipia Area 69,712
26,227
35,936
534
62,697
Lake Moondarra 1,742
1,603
6
1,609
Lake Nuga Nuga 2,070
1,892
1,892
Lake Numalla Aggregation 10,715
3,061
2,108
5,169
Lake Phillipi 16,083
14,051
4
14,055
Lake Torquinie Area 15,235
5,154
3,237
218
8,609
Lake Weyba 2,701
17
1,001
1,018
Lake Wombah-Kungie Lake Group 6,878
391
391
Lake Wyara 6,015
4,818
744
5,562
Lake Yamma Yamma 86,614
62,620
18,905
24
81,549
Lakes Bindegolly and Toomaroo 9,667
2,894
2,595
5,489
Laura Sandstone 1,089
5
5
Lawn Hill Gorge 1,133
106
106
Licuala Palm Forest 233
159
159
Lignum Swamp 283
283
283
Lloyd Bay 15,685
7,643
27
509
8,179
Lower Daintree River 5,266
2,202
715
89
3,005
Lower Mooloolah River 1,410
< 1
60
3
853
145
1,060
Macaroni Swamp 258
40
40
Marina Plains - Lakefield Aggregation 391,704
1,125
75
14
17,476
7,280
25,969
Marless Lagoon Aggregation 166,948
6,942
19
162
7,124
Minnamoolka Area 589
577
5
582
Missionary Bay 11,072
4,331
71
16
4,418
Mitchell River Fan Aggregation 715,168
75
786
940
13
24,348
6
52,285
78,453
Mitchell Swamp 7,067
0
Moonda Lake - Shallow Lake Aggregation 14,748
8,721
1,988
10,710
Moreton Bay 245,366
260
10,026
5
175
5
1,922
12,393
Mulligan River - Wheeler Creek Junction 17,004
2,776
554
405
3,735
Muncoonie Lakes Area 88,715
5,535
62,462
2,930
70,927
"Murrawondah" Lakes 6,916
281
652
933
Musselbrook Creek Aggregation 45,114
9
3
2,025
3
774
2,814
"Myola"-"Mulga Downs" Salt Lake and Claypans 6,873
1,432
30
37
1,499
Nandroya Falls 19
0
Newcastle Bay - Escape River Estuarine Complex 42,324
20,831
16
5,558
91
26,496
Nicholson Delta Aggregation 63,646
2,927
7
1,433
12
1,904
6,283
Noosa River Wetlands 9,916
2
479
209
< 1
2,904
74
3,669
Nooyeah Downs Swamps Aggregation 5,876
2
2
North Stradbroke Island 27,424
15
950
310
4
4,487
33
5,800
Northeast Curtis Island 9,541
5,778
150
5,928
Northeast Karumba Plain Aggregation 182,543
33,550
16,910
154
50,614
Northern Holroyd Plain Aggregation 1,114,827
8
1,571
63,770
6,723
72,072
Obi Obi Creek 357
< 1
38
38
"Old Bando" Swamp 6,959
848
848
Olive River 17,602
471
303
2,140
273
3,188
Orford Bay - Sharp Point Dunefield Aggregation 17,078
455
264
2,745
< 1
3,464
Palm Tree and Robinson Creeks 50,223
117
1,805
37
1,049
23
2,017
5,047
Paroo River Waterholes ("Caiwarro" Area) 6,877
442
158
53
653
Pine River and Hayes Inlet 2,414
3
1,411
1
138
1,553
Poison Lake 785
747
2
749
Port Curtis 31,232
1,071
5,344
5
26
9
8
6,464
Port Musgrave Aggregation 52,711
21,359
1,721
588
23,667
Port of Cairns and Trinity Inlet 6,410
11
3,801
147
56
1
4,017
Princess Charlotte Bay Marine Area 87,678
28,250
3,843
27
32,120
Proserpine - Goorganga Plain 16,849
174
5,672
4
5,174
1,462
34
12,520
Pumicestone Passage 6,692
1,682
< 1
133
< 1
2
1,816
Quilpie (Bulloo River Floodplain) Waterholes 7,014
76
76
RAAF Townsville 137
< 1
18
95
113
Rollston River and Molly Darling Creek Aggregation 2,801
2
2
1,350
1,354
Ross River Reservoir 2,784
2,781
< 1
< 1
< 1
2,781
Russell River 2,294
103
543
651
45
1,342
Russell River Rapids 235
71
71
Sand Bay 10,192
< 1
2,487
< 1
48
81
< 1
2,616
Sandringham Bay - Bakers Creek Aggregation 7,367
6
2,201
7
182
53
1
2,450
Sarina Inlet - Ince Bay Aggregation 27,934
10,283
545
843
5
11,676
Scartwater Aggregation 332
23
228
251
Shoalwater Bay 122,561
18,067
749
211
19,027
Shoalwater Bay Training Area Overview C 270,451
2
695
2,033
6,851
9,581
Silver Plains - Nesbitt River Aggregation 44,807
8,071
46
1,040
3,001
12,158
Skardon River - Cotterell River Aggregation 63,222
9,892
10,137
147
20,175
Smithburne - Gilbert Fan Aggregation 250,505
17
3,478
153
8,086
37,262
48,996
Somerset Dunefield Aggregation 7,940
53
154
1,542
205
1,953
Southeast Karumba Plain Aggregation 336,221
11
84,721
30
14
16,058
21
2,763
103,618
Southern Gulf Aggregation 545,577
167
343,875
388
214
6,328
16
1,686
352,674
Southern Upstart Bay 11,029
15
6,897
359
35
38
698
34
8,076
Spring Tower Complex 75
0
St Helens Bay Area 16,056
< 1
5,527
2
36
< 1
5,565
Stranded Fish Lake 68
62
62
Sunday Creek Broad-leaved Paperbark Site 39
6
< 1
6
Temple Bay 4,395
3,189
11
21
3,221
The Gums Lagoon 343
63
63
The Jack Lakes Aggregation 35,018
1,519
1,286
2,806
The Narrows 20,903
12,097
20
12,117
The Serpentine Aggregation 347
8
11
270
4
293
Thorntonia Aggregation 298,629
12,986
12,986
Toko Gorge and Waterhole 243
214
214
Tully River - Murray River Floodplains 39,171
105
22
10
9
3,174
82
897
4,299
Turkey Mound Spring and Iron Pot Spring Aggregation 26
0
Undara Lava Tubes 1,254
0
Upper Coomera River 1,348
12
12
Upper Pumicestone Coastal Plain 2,606
1
632
1,081
< 1
13
1,726
Valley of Lagoons 3,645
4
969
275
1,247
Violet Vale 1,895
29
28
57
Wairuna Lake 152
151
< 1
152
Walters Plains Lake 1,549
1,298
21
1,319
Warrego River Distributary System 6,886
0
Warrego River Waterholes (Charleville-Wyandra 6,983
62
62
Wentworth Aggregation 82,306
9,206
1
3,238
2,329
14,775
West Mulgrave Falls 7
0
Why Not Aggregation 3
2
2
Wide Bay Military Training Area C 19,617
605
2,986
3,591
Wongaloo Fans Aggregation 128
8
47
3
29
87
Wongaloo Swamps Aggregation 1,510
1,206
61
81
136
< 1
1,484
Wyandra-Cunnamulla Claypans Aggregation 6,953
0
Wyvuri Swamp 1,492
136
43
1,012
1,191
Yeppoon - Keppel Sands Tidal Wetlands 10,144
25
3,659
4
46
163
211
4,108
Yuccabine Creek 530
0
Zillie Falls 16
0
Note that these totals may be lower than the Queensland totals due to incomplete coverage of DIWA nationally important wetlands.
Disclaimer
Areas do not include marine or estuarine waters but do include estuarine wetland vegetation
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 Environment and Science, Queensland (2022) DIWA nationally important wetland 2005 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 27 October 2023 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2005/diwa-wetland.html
— Department of Environment and Science