DIWA nationally important wetland 2005 wetland system extents

Definition of DIWA nationally important wetland

based on wetland mapping version 5.0

2005 wetland system extent by DIWA nationally important wetland
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DIWA wetland	Total area (km²)	Wetland area by system					Total wetland area (km²)
		artificial and highly modified	estuarine	lacustrine	palustrine	riverine
Total	424,569.4	563.7	9,446.3	2,078.8	8,726.7	2,233.1	23,048.6
Abbot Point - Caley Valley	51.5	0.1	26.8	0.1	9.8	0.1	36.9
Alexandra Bay	8.6	0.0	6.2	0.0	0.5	0.1	6.9
Alexandra Palm Forest	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.0	1.2
Aramac Springs	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
Archer Bay Aggregation	299.3	0.0	93.9	0.0	15.0	2.9	111.9
Archer River Aggregation	1,498.2	0.0	1.9	0.0	62.8	28.2	92.9
Austral Limestone Aggregation	693.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	41.2	0.0	41.2
Balonne River Floodplain	239.8	23.2	0.0	16.7	5.4	26.9	72.2
Bambaroo Coastal Aggregation	53.6	0.1	36.4	0.0	3.6	1.2	41.3
Barrattas Channels Aggregation	71.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.9	10.1	12.3
Bingeringo Aggregation	27.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	5.1	5.5
Birdsville - Durrie Waterholes Aggregation	326.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	87.0	67.5	154.5
Birthday Creek	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Blencoe Falls - Blencoe Creek	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.6
Bluebush Swamp	8.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.6	0.0	8.6
Boggomoss Springs	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.7
Bowen River: Birralee - Pelican Creek	13.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.1	9.1
Bowling Green Bay	311.2	0.0	228.8	0.0	3.0	0.0	231.8
Bribie Island	104.0	0.1	8.1	0.3	64.6	0.0	73.2
Broad Sound	2,117.6	0.7	587.8	0.0	230.0	0.9	819.4
Broken River, Urannah Creek and Massey Creek Aggregation	60.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	38.8	38.8
Bromfield Swamp	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.6
Buffalo Lake Aggregation	19.1	0.0	0.0	9.7	3.7	0.0	13.3
Bull Lake	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3
Bulloo Lake	832.5	0.0	0.0	201.4	561.6	0.0	763.0
Burdekin-Bowen Junction and Blue Valley Weir Aggregation	36.5	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.1	20.8	23.4
Burdekin Delta	324.5	1.0	130.0	0.0	34.4	13.0	178.4
Burdekin - Townsville Coastal Aggregation	1,139.5	1.0	140.1	5.1	88.1	2.5	236.8
Burrum Coast	151.4	0.3	13.9	0.0	16.2	0.0	30.4
Bustard Bay Wetlands	218.6	0.0	42.6	0.0	7.3	0.0	49.9
Cairncross Reef Complex	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cape Flattery Dune Lakes	440.2	0.0	7.2	14.7	50.7	0.2	72.7
Cape Grenville Area	73.1	0.0	12.5	1.4	1.8	0.0	15.8
Cape Melville - Bathurst Bay	54.6	0.0	9.6	0.0	1.1	0.5	11.2
Carbrook Wetlands Aggregation	3.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.5	0.0	2.9
Cauckingburra Swamp	7.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.6	0.0	5.6
Clack Reef Complex	12.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Coalstoun Lakes	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
Colosseum Inlet - Rodds Bay	243.1	0.0	80.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	80.7
Conondale Range Aggregation	19.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Coolum Creek and Lower Maroochy River	21.4	0.0	3.1	0.0	11.4	0.0	14.6
Cooper Creek Overflow Swamps - Windorah	1,248.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	789.3	3.5	792.8
Cooper Creek Swamps - Nappa Merrie	1,063.8	0.0	0.0	0.7	390.0	14.9	405.7
Cooper Creek - Wilson River Junction	639.6	0.0	0.0	1.9	425.5	5.0	432.4
Corio Bay Wetlands	69.1	0.0	26.4	0.0	10.2	0.0	36.6
Cowley Area	83.8	0.8	28.2	0.0	25.5	0.1	54.6
Dalrymple and Blackfellow Creeks	8.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Deepwater Creek	65.7	0.0	1.3	0.0	20.1	0.6	22.0
Diamantina Lakes Area	3.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	0.4	2.9
Diamantina Overflow Swamp - Durrie Station	292.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	283.6	0.4	284.0
Dismal Swamp - Water Park Creek	116.9	0.1	0.0	0.0	8.1	24.6	32.7
Doongmabulla Springs	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.1
Dorunda Lakes Area	68.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	2.3	11.6	14.2
Edgecumbe Bay	45.8	0.0	31.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	31.4
Edmund Kennedy Wetlands	110.3	0.0	34.1	0.0	33.1	1.2	68.4
Elizabeth Springs	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.2	0.7
Ella Bay Swamp	13.1	0.0	0.5	0.0	9.1	0.0	9.7
Eubenangee - Alice River	19.9	1.3	0.0	0.2	14.6	0.0	16.1
Eulo Artesian Springs Supergroup	69.1	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.1	1.6
Eungella Dam	8.0	7.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5
Fairbairn Dam	154.1	149.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	149.9
Fitzroy River Delta	702.1	30.5	332.0	0.1	56.8	0.1	419.5
Fitzroy River Floodplain	194.8	17.8	0.0	3.0	26.1	4.2	51.0
Forsyth Island Wetlands	63.9	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8
Four Mile Beach	71.6	0.0	11.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	11.8
Fraser Island	1,634.2	0.0	10.7	11.1	149.4	0.0	171.2
Georgina River - King Creek Floodout	1,384.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	828.7	12.9	841.6
Granite Creek	28.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	1.6
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park	341,088.6	0.3	47.6	0.4	3.0	0.7	52.0
Great Basalt Wall	1,002.7	0.0	0.0	5.5	56.2	25.7	87.5
Great Sandy Strait	920.0	0.0	172.9	0.0	36.3	0.0	209.3
Greenbank Army Training Area C	41.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.0	1.2
Gregory River	266.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	62.7	62.9
Harmer Creek - Shelburne Bay Aggregation	312.9	0.0	26.8	25.0	6.4	0.4	58.6
Haughton Balancing Storage Aggregation	2.1	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7
Hedlow Wetlands	110.9	3.0	0.0	0.9	26.0	1.2	31.1
Herbert River Floodplain	445.2	4.0	64.8	0.0	53.8	27.6	150.2
Herbert River Gorge	215.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	17.8	17.8
Hilda Creek Headwater	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hinchinbrook Channel	307.2	1.0	149.3	0.0	2.3	0.2	152.7
Innisfail Area	12.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	0.6	4.4
Innot Hot Springs	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2
Island Head Creek - Port Clinton Area	270.3	0.0	56.1	0.0	22.6	0.0	78.7
Iwasaki Wetlands	6.5	0.0	0.9	0.0	5.0	0.0	5.9
Jardine River Wetlands Aggregation	817.6	0.0	52.7	0.0	165.9	6.8	225.4
Jerona Aggregation	23.7	0.3	1.4	0.0	1.6	3.4	6.7
Junction of the Bogie River and Kirknie Creek Aggregation	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5
Karawatha Forest Park	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.5
Kurrimine Area	7.5	0.2	4.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	4.6
Lake Barrine	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Lake Broadwater	2.2	0.0	0.0	2.1	0.0	0.0	2.1
Lake Buchanan	232.1	0.0	0.0	129.0	100.2	0.0	229.1
Lake Bullawarra	12.9	0.0	0.0	5.8	3.3	0.0	9.2
Lake Constance	18.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	1.2	3.4
Lake Coombabah	19.6	0.4	7.3	0.0	4.0	0.0	11.7
Lake Cuddapan	17.1	0.0	0.0	15.4	0.0	0.0	15.5
Lake Dalrymple	305.9	238.7	0.0	0.0	0.2	4.0	243.0
Lake Dartmouth Area	70.4	0.0	0.0	20.2	20.1	0.1	40.4
Lake Eacham	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4
Lake Elphinstone	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	0.0	0.0	2.9
Lake Galilee	257.9	0.0	0.0	36.5	196.2	0.0	232.8
Lake Julius	19.4	10.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	12.6
Lake Lucy Wetlands	10.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	2.6	0.1	2.8
Lake Mipia Area	697.1	0.0	0.0	263.3	419.1	3.5	685.9
Lake Moondarra	17.4	16.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	16.1
Lake Nuga Nuga	20.7	0.0	0.0	19.7	0.0	0.0	19.8
Lake Numalla Aggregation	107.2	0.0	0.0	29.4	24.4	0.0	53.8
Lake Phillipi	160.8	0.0	0.0	140.5	0.0	0.0	140.5
Lake Torquinie Area	152.3	0.0	0.0	52.3	49.8	3.4	105.4
Lake Weyba	27.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	9.9	0.0	10.0
Lake Wombah-Kungie Lake Group	68.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	0.0	4.1
Lake Wyara	60.1	0.0	0.0	50.0	6.4	0.0	56.5
Lake Yamma Yamma	866.1	0.0	0.0	675.2	142.4	0.2	817.9
Lakes Bindegolly and Toomaroo	96.7	0.0	0.0	32.6	22.2	0.0	54.8
Laura Sandstone	10.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lawn Hill Gorge	11.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.1
Licuala Palm Forest	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.0	1.6
Lignum Swamp	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	0.0	2.8
Lloyd Bay	156.8	0.0	84.0	0.0	0.4	4.8	89.2
Lower Daintree River	52.7	0.0	22.4	0.0	6.9	0.8	30.2
Lower Mooloolah River	14.1	0.1	0.6	0.0	8.4	1.3	10.4
Macaroni Swamp	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.6
Marina Plains - Lakefield Aggregation	3,917.0	0.3	16.8	1.3	125.4	65.3	209.0
Marless Lagoon Aggregation	1,669.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	69.5	1.7	71.3
Minnamoolka Area	5.9	0.0	0.0	5.8	0.1	0.0	5.9
Missionary Bay	110.7	0.0	43.4	0.0	0.6	0.2	44.1
Mitchell River Fan Aggregation	7,151.7	0.2	10.3	12.3	241.0	525.0	788.8
Mitchell Swamp	70.7	0.0	0.0	16.4	0.0	0.0	16.4
Moonda Lake - Shallow Lake Aggregation	147.5	0.0	0.0	87.2	19.9	0.0	107.1
Moreton Bay	2,453.7	2.7	101.4	0.5	20.1	0.0	124.6
Mulligan River - Wheeler Creek Junction	170.0	0.0	0.0	27.8	5.5	4.1	37.4
Muncoonie Lakes Area	887.2	0.0	0.0	60.4	620.4	29.1	709.9
"Murrawondah" Lakes	69.2	0.0	0.0	10.2	0.0	0.0	10.2
Musselbrook Creek Aggregation	451.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	20.2	7.7	28.0
"Myola"-"Mulga Downs" Salt Lake and Claypans	68.7	0.0	0.0	14.9	0.4	0.0	15.3
Nandroya Falls	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Newcastle Bay - Escape River Estuarine Complex	423.2	0.0	210.2	0.2	51.0	1.1	262.4
Nicholson Delta Aggregation	636.5	0.7	29.4	0.0	15.2	20.4	65.7
Noosa River Wetlands	99.2	0.1	4.9	2.1	28.3	0.6	36.0
Nooyeah Downs Swamps Aggregation	58.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
North Stradbroke Island	274.2	0.1	9.9	2.0	46.2	0.0	58.1
Northeast Curtis Island	95.4	0.0	57.8	0.0	1.5	0.0	59.3
Northeast Karumba Plain Aggregation	1,825.4	0.0	351.9	0.1	145.8	0.6	498.3
Northern Holroyd Plain Aggregation	11,148.3	0.0	19.6	0.0	667.0	66.9	753.5
Obi Obi Creek	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.4
"Old Bando" Swamp	69.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.5	0.0	8.5
Olive River	176.0	0.0	4.9	3.1	21.7	2.7	32.3
Orford Bay - Sharp Point Dunefield Aggregation	170.8	0.0	4.6	3.1	28.6	0.0	36.2
Palm Tree and Robinson Creeks	502.2	1.2	0.0	17.4	15.8	22.6	57.0
Paroo River Waterholes ("Caiwarro" Area)	68.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.8	0.3	6.1
Pine River and Hayes Inlet	24.1	0.0	14.3	0.0	1.5	0.0	15.8
Poison Lake	7.8	0.0	0.0	7.7	0.0	0.0	7.7
Port Curtis	312.3	10.8	53.8	0.3	0.1	0.0	64.9
Port Musgrave Aggregation	527.1	0.0	229.0	0.0	15.5	5.7	250.2
Port of Cairns and Trinity Inlet	64.1	0.1	39.7	0.0	0.5	0.0	40.2
Princess Charlotte Bay Marine Area	876.8	0.0	354.3	0.0	27.5	0.2	382.1
Proserpine - Goorganga Plain	168.5	0.0	56.1	1.1	61.4	0.4	119.0
Pumicestone Passage	66.9	0.0	17.1	0.0	1.3	0.0	18.4
Quilpie (Bulloo River Floodplain) Waterholes	70.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.1	0.8
RAAF Townsville	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.0	1.2
Rollston River and Molly Darling Creek Aggregation	28.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.5	13.6
Ross River Reservoir	27.8	27.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	27.8
Russell River	22.9	1.0	5.5	0.0	10.3	0.5	17.4
Russell River Rapids	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7
Sand Bay	101.9	0.4	24.7	0.1	1.1	0.0	26.2
Sandringham Bay - Bakers Creek Aggregation	73.7	0.0	22.6	0.0	1.5	0.0	24.1
Sarina Inlet - Ince Bay Aggregation	279.3	0.0	102.1	0.0	11.8	0.1	114.0
Scartwater Aggregation	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	2.5	2.6
Shoalwater Bay	1,225.6	0.0	181.0	0.0	4.8	2.1	187.9
Shoalwater Bay Training Area Overview C	2,704.5	0.0	6.9	0.0	9.5	68.5	84.9
Silver Plains - Nesbitt River Aggregation	448.1	0.0	95.2	0.5	9.0	29.1	133.7
Skardon River - Cotterell River Aggregation	632.2	0.0	114.0	0.0	98.7	1.5	214.2
Smithburne - Gilbert Fan Aggregation	2,505.0	0.1	22.8	2.0	80.3	648.0	753.1
Somerset Dunefield Aggregation	79.4	0.0	0.5	1.8	15.9	1.5	19.7
Southeast Karumba Plain Aggregation	3,362.2	0.1	873.9	0.5	199.2	32.7	1,106.4
Southern Gulf Aggregation	5,455.8	0.5	3,331.7	10.2	50.9	14.0	3,407.3
Southern Upstart Bay	110.3	0.1	72.8	0.4	7.3	0.3	80.9
Spring Tower Complex	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
St Helens Bay Area	160.6	0.0	55.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	55.5
Stranded Fish Lake	0.7	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6
Sunday Creek Broad-leaved Paperbark Site	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
Temple Bay	44.0	0.0	32.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	32.4
The Gums Lagoon	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.6
The Jack Lakes Aggregation	350.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.4	12.3	24.7
The Narrows	209.0	0.0	121.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	121.8
The Serpentine Aggregation	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.1	2.8	0.0	2.9
Thorntonia Aggregation	2,986.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	129.9	129.9
Toko Gorge and Waterhole	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	2.1
Tully River - Murray River Floodplains	391.7	2.3	0.2	0.1	31.5	9.7	43.9
Turkey Mound Spring and Iron Pot Spring Aggregation	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Undara Lava Tubes	12.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Upper Coomera River	13.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1
Upper Pumicestone Coastal Plain	26.1	0.2	6.4	0.0	10.6	0.2	17.3
Valley of Lagoons	36.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	2.3	10.0
Violet Vale	18.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.6
Wairuna Lake	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.5
Walters Plains Lake	15.5	0.0	0.0	13.3	0.0	0.0	13.3
Warrego River Distributary System	68.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Warrego River Waterholes (Charleville-Wyandra	69.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4
Wentworth Aggregation	823.1	0.0	92.6	0.2	33.3	22.4	148.5
West Mulgrave Falls	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Why Not Aggregation	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wide Bay Military Training Area C	196.2	0.0	6.1	0.0	29.8	0.4	36.3
Wongaloo Fans Aggregation	1.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.9
Wongaloo Swamps Aggregation	15.1	0.0	13.1	0.0	1.8	0.0	14.9
Wyandra-Cunnamulla Claypans Aggregation	69.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wyvuri Swamp	14.9	1.4	0.4	0.0	10.0	0.0	11.8
Yeppoon - Keppel Sands Tidal Wetlands	101.4	0.2	36.7	0.5	3.9	0.0	41.3
Yuccabine Creek	5.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zillie Falls	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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
(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.