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DIWA nationally important wetland 2005 wetland system extents

Definition of DIWA nationally important wetland

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2005 wetland system extent by DIWA nationally important wetland metadata
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DIWA wetland Total area
(ha)
Wetland area by system Total
wetland area
(ha)
artificial and highly modified intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) lacustrine (natural) lacustrine (slightly modified) lacustrine (unknown degree of modification) palustrine (natural) palustrine (slightly modified) riverine
Total 42,456,936 53,327 945,089 3,310 193,674 2,635 8 775,811 48,689 200,683 2,223,225
Abbot Point - Caley Valley 5,150 12 1,352 1,333 10 11 954 14 3,685
Alexandra Bay 862 620 72 15 707
Alexandra Palm Forest 146 2 142 145
Aramac Springs 399 11 11
Archer Bay Aggregation 29,931 8,950 1,764 433 11,146
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 2,225 14 641 1,428 2,756 7,064
Bambaroo Coastal Aggregation 5,356 5 3,524 440 7 148 4,124
Barrattas Channels Aggregation 7,118 26 22 < 1 374 14 985 1,421
Bingeringo Aggregation 2,765 < 1 26 511 537
Birdsville - Durrie Waterholes Aggregation 32,671 8,701 6,746 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 22,767 21 320 82 20 23,210
Bribie Island 10,397 8 814 34 12 5,567 < 1 6,435
Broad Sound 211,765 85 55,826 762 17 788 24,302 91 81,872
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 32,453 103 12,938 152 2 494 2,955 1,291 17,934
Burdekin - Townsville Coastal Aggregation 113,947 204 13,757 333 68 603 5 2,594 5,936 230 23,729
Burrum Coast 15,140 27 1,388 7 < 1 1,591 3,013
Bustard Bay Wetlands 21,861 4,228 761 4,988
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 8,000 57 8,057
Conondale Range Aggregation 1,985 0
Coolum Creek and Lower Maroochy River 2,140 1 313 < 1 1,136 < 1 4 1,455
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 2,780 10 < 1 2,649 3 13 5,531
Dalrymple and Blackfellow Creeks 878 28 28
Deepwater Creek 6,573 125 2,019 39 2,184
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 2,441 3,247
Doongmabulla Springs 400 29 7 84 120
Dorunda Lakes Area 6,805 16 234 1,163 1,413
Edgecumbe Bay 4,581 < 1 3,111 3 23 < 1 3,137
Edmund Kennedy Wetlands 11,033 3,233 3,410 137 6,780
Elizabeth Springs 399 58 16 74
Ella Bay Swamp 1,310 53 953 1,006
Eubenangee - Alice River 1,993 126 1,476 13 1,615
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 2,995 33,004 15 69 750 5,072 26 41,931
Fitzroy River Floodplain 19,485 406 305 140 1,850 637 1,857 5,195
Forsyth Island Wetlands 6,387 78 78
Four Mile Beach 7,159 1,166 13 < 1 1,179
Fraser Island 163,422 1,067 2,824 11,930 1 15,822
Georgina River - King Creek Floodout 138,398 < 1 69,414 1,499 70,914
Granite Creek 2,806 160 160
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park 34,108,863 37 5,048 1 3 36 324 1 71 5,521
Great Basalt Wall 100,272 552 2 5,677 2,834 9,066
Great Sandy Strait 92,000 3 17,237 11 3,595 15 < 1 20,862
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 1,790 893 87 3,198
Herbert River Floodplain 44,523 283 6,216 2 4 5,388 689 2,868 15,451
Herbert River Gorge 21,542 1,719 1,719
Hilda Creek Headwater 6 0
Hinchinbrook Channel 30,717 89 14,891 212 32 15,224
Innisfail Area 1,221 395 44 439
Innot Hot Springs 78 < 1 3 14 17
Island Head Creek - Port Clinton Area 27,033 5,585 2,294 < 1 7,879
Iwasaki Wetlands 646 93 126 373 593
Jardine River Wetlands Aggregation 81,764 4,723 19,117 693 24,533
Jerona Aggregation 2,371 < 1 114 2 < 1 168 45 365 695
Junction of the Bogie River and Kirknie Creek Aggregation 56 46 46
Karawatha Forest Park 271 3 43 45
Kurrimine Area 755 25 386 42 6 460
Lake Barrine 100 97 97
Lake Broadwater 215 203 9 212
Lake Buchanan 23,212 12,887 7 7,911 20,805
Lake Bullawarra 1,286 566 358 5 928
Lake Constance 1,843 < 1 208 132 339
Lake Coombabah 1,959 16 625 5 512 3 1,159
Lake Cuddapan 1,705 1,506 < 1 1,506
Lake Dalrymple 30,594 23,342 11 5 12 427 23,797
Lake Dartmouth Area 7,040 4,386 10 4,396
Lake Eacham 43 40 40
Lake Elphinstone 300 292 2 294
Lake Galilee 25,789 < 1 5,249 5 17,368 8 22,630
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 3,036 2,103 5,138
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 6,878 390 2 391
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 2,215 724 90 3,029
Lower Mooloolah River 1,410 < 1 63 3 850 145 1,061
Macaroni Swamp 258 114 8 123
Marina Plains - Lakefield Aggregation 391,704 1,125 75 14 17,475 7,280 25,968
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 1,111 940 14 26,642 354 53,672 82,808
Mitchell Swamp 7,067 0
Moonda Lake - Shallow Lake Aggregation 14,748 8,721 1,988 10,710
Moreton Bay 245,366 260 9,952 5 175 5 < 1 1,925 12,323
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 6,916 281 675 956
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 20,825 16 5,555 91 26,487
Nicholson Delta Aggregation 63,646 2,927 7 1,433 12 1,904 6,283
Noosa River Wetlands 9,916 2 479 209 < 1 2,905 74 3,670
Nooyeah Downs Swamps Aggregation 5,876 2 2
North Stradbroke Island 27,424 15 902 310 18 < 1 4,515 21 5,782
Northeast Curtis Island 9,541 5,701 79 158 4 5,941
Northeast Karumba Plain Aggregation 182,543 34,145 16,921 154 51,221
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 17,078 462 223 2,975 3,660
Palm Tree and Robinson Creeks 50,223 117 1,755 194 1,069 39 2,017 5,191
Paroo River Waterholes ("Caiwarro" Area) 6,877 442 158 53 653
Pine River and Hayes Inlet 2,414 3 1,411 1 137 1,553
Poison Lake 785 747 2 749
Port Curtis 31,232 1,067 5,352 5 29 9 8 6,470
Port Musgrave Aggregation 52,711 21,359 1,721 588 23,667
Port of Cairns and Trinity Inlet 6,410 11 4,017 147 64 2 4,241
Princess Charlotte Bay Marine Area 87,678 28,118 3,971 27 32,115
Proserpine - Goorganga Plain 16,849 174 5,673 2 2 5,194 1,462 34 12,541
Pumicestone Passage 6,692 1,681 < 1 129 < 1 2 1,812
Quilpie (Bulloo River Floodplain) Waterholes 7,014 76 76
RAAF Townsville 137 2 6 95 102
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 2,294 103 542 662 45 1,353
Russell River Rapids 235 71 71
Sand Bay 10,192 < 1 2,487 < 1 49 81 < 1 2,618
Sandringham Bay - Bakers Creek Aggregation 7,367 6 2,211 7 180 56 1 2,461
Sarina Inlet - Ince Bay Aggregation 27,934 10,306 555 843 5 11,709
Scartwater Aggregation 332 23 228 251
Shoalwater Bay 122,561 18,067 750 211 19,028
Shoalwater Bay Training Area Overview C 270,451 2 701 2,033 6,850 9,586
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 8,136 37,279 49,064
Somerset Dunefield Aggregation 7,940 53 154 1,542 205 1,953
Southeast Karumba Plain Aggregation 336,221 11 98,275 30 14 17,592 88 2,764 118,776
Southern Gulf Aggregation 545,577 172 343,882 388 214 6,344 16 1,679 352,694
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 5,523 2 36 < 1 5,562
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 12,098 20 12,118
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 39,171 100 26 10 16 3,274 82 961 4,470
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 1,080 < 1 12 1,725
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 2,650 3,255
Wongaloo Fans Aggregation 128 7 47 3 29 87
Wongaloo Swamps Aggregation 1,510 1,201 61 90 136 < 1 1,488
Wyandra-Cunnamulla Claypans Aggregation 6,953 0
Wyvuri Swamp 1,492 136 41 1,030 1,207
Yeppoon - Keppel Sands Tidal Wetlands 10,144 25 3,659 4 46 162 211 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
(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.


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2022) DIWA nationally important wetland 2005 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2005/diwa-wetland.html

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