DIWA nationally important wetland 2017 wetland system extents

Definition of DIWA nationally important wetland

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

2017 wetland system extent by DIWA nationally important wetland
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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)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified)	riverine
Total	42,456,936	53,764	930,314	3,215	193,869	2,436	769,094	48,290	199,183	2,200,166
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	2,154				14	622	1,428	2,751	6,968
Bambaroo Coastal Aggregation	5,356	6	3,524				443	7	146	4,125
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	14	814		34	12	5,653		< 1	6,527
Broad Sound	211,765	88	55,792	752		17	790	24,340	91	81,871
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	12,841	139		1	529	2,938	1,287	17,832
Burdekin - Townsville Coastal Aggregation	113,947	224	13,758	334	68	522	2,830	5,765	280	23,782
Burrum Coast	15,140	26	1,383	7		3	1,583			3,002
Bustard Bay Wetlands	21,861		4,227				759			4,987
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				260			292
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	1,137	< 1	4	1,452
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	82	2,778	10		< 1	2,644	3	10	5,528
Dalrymple and Blackfellow Creeks	878								28	28
Deepwater Creek	6,573		124				2,018		39	2,181
Diamantina Lakes Area	393						247		42	290
Diamantina Overflow Swamp - Durrie Station	29,217					1	28,357		38	28,397
Dismal Swamp - Water Park Creek	11,694		1				805		2,441	3,247
Doongmabulla Springs	400						19	7	84	111
Dorunda Lakes Area	6,805				16		234		1,163	1,413
Edgecumbe Bay	4,581	< 1	3,108				3	25	< 1	3,136
Edmund Kennedy Wetlands	11,033		3,312				3,339		127	6,777
Elizabeth Springs	399						58		16	74
Ella Bay Swamp	1,310		52				953			1,005
Eubenangee - Alice River	1,993	126					1,471		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	3,028	33,013			66	719	5,013	26	41,864
Fitzroy River Floodplain	19,485	410			380	59	1,801	694	1,822	5,166
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	5,039	1	3	35	317	1	70	5,502
Great Basalt Wall	100,272				546	2	5,604		2,597	8,749
Great Sandy Strait	92,000	3	17,243			11	3,574	15	< 1	20,847
Greenbank Army Training Area C	4,129	3					120			122
Gregory River	26,630						15	4	6,275	6,294
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	325			108		1,744	917	76	3,170
Herbert River Floodplain	44,523	274	6,197	2		4	5,037	650	2,892	15,057
Herbert River Gorge	21,542								1,717	1,717
Hilda Creek Headwater	6									0
Hinchinbrook Channel	30,717	89	14,886				225		28	15,228
Innisfail Area	1,221						358		64	422
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			46
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	18	633			2	512	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		17,345	8		22,602
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				998			1,015
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	3	2,202				715		89	3,009
Lower Mooloolah River	1,410	< 1	60		3		852		144	1,059
Macaroni Swamp	258						40			40
Marina Plains - Lakefield Aggregation	391,704	5	1,125		75	14	17,472		7,280	25,971
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	101	786		940	13	24,344	6	52,479	78,669
Mitchell Swamp	7,067									0
Moonda Lake - Shallow Lake Aggregation	14,748				8,721		1,988			10,710
Moreton Bay	245,366	135	10,022	5	175	5	1,921			12,263
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		649			930
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		20,836		16		5,558		91	26,502
Nicholson Delta Aggregation	63,646		2,927			7	1,433	12	1,904	6,283
Noosa River Wetlands	9,916	4	478		209	< 1	2,903		74	3,668
Nooyeah Downs Swamps Aggregation	5,876						2			2
North Stradbroke Island	27,424	102	950		310	16	4,481	31		5,889
Northeast Curtis Island	9,541		5,778				150			5,928
Northeast Karumba Plain Aggregation	182,543	11	33,550				16,910		154	50,624
Northern Holroyd Plain Aggregation	1,114,827	57	1,571				63,770		6,723	72,121
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	120			1,805	37	1,049	23	1,986	5,019
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	1,455	5,044	27		152	9	8		6,695
Port Musgrave Aggregation	52,711		21,359				1,721		588	23,667
Port of Cairns and Trinity Inlet	6,410	11	3,805	145			57		1	4,020
Princess Charlotte Bay Marine Area	87,678		28,250				3,843		27	32,120
Proserpine - Goorganga Plain	16,849	174	5,685			4	5,170	1,462	34	12,529
Pumicestone Passage	6,692		1,685		< 1		132	< 1	2	1,819
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				652		45	1,344
Russell River Rapids	235								71	71
Sand Bay	10,192	< 1	2,483	< 1			48	81	< 1	2,612
Sandringham Bay - Bakers Creek Aggregation	7,367	6	2,237	7			181	56	1	2,488
Sarina Inlet - Ince Bay Aggregation	27,934		10,283			< 1	545	843	5	11,675
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	32	3,478		153	9	8,065	21	37,266	49,024
Somerset Dunefield Aggregation	7,940		53		154		1,542		205	1,953
Southeast Karumba Plain Aggregation	336,221	12	84,721		30	14	16,058	21	2,763	103,619
Southern Gulf Aggregation	545,577	167	343,872		388	214	6,328	16	1,686	352,671
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	107	22		10	9	3,117	82	914	4,260
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	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				2,980			3,585
Wongaloo Fans Aggregation	128		8				46	4	29	87
Wongaloo Swamps Aggregation	1,510		1,004	61			75	344	< 1	1,484
Wyandra-Cunnamulla Claypans Aggregation	6,953									0
Wyvuri Swamp	1,492	136	43				1,012			1,190
Yeppoon - Keppel Sands Tidal Wetlands	10,144	54	3,659	4		57	160	213		4,145
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.