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 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)
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
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 2017 wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-2017/diwa-wetland.html
— Department of Environment, Science and Innovation