DIWA nationally important wetland 2019 wetland system extents

Definition of DIWA nationally important wetland

based on wetland mapping version 7.0

2019 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)	lacustrine (unknown degree of modification)	palustrine (natural)	palustrine (slightly modified)	riverine
Total	42,456,936	53,994	944,446	3,348	193,589	2,878	3	775,153	49,395	200,785	2,223,590
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	2,252				14		571	1,494	2,750	7,081
Bambaroo Coastal Aggregation	5,356	6	3,524					439	7	147	4,123
Barrattas Channels Aggregation	7,118	26			22	< 1		362	14	984	1,409
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	14	814		34	12		5,564		< 1	6,438
Broad Sound	211,765	88	55,704	780		17		788	24,402	91	81,870
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	105	12,918	152		2		482	2,989	1,290	17,939
Burdekin - Townsville Coastal Aggregation	113,947	230	13,733	334	68	604	< 1	2,615	5,969	233	23,785
Burrum Coast	15,140	25	1,388	7		3		1,573			2,997
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					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	8,000					57			8,057
Conondale Range Aggregation	1,985										0
Coolum Creek and Lower Maroochy River	2,140	< 1	313	< 1		< 1		1,134	< 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	82	2,781	10		< 1		2,647	3	13	5,537
Dalrymple and Blackfellow Creeks	878									28	28
Deepwater Creek	6,573		124					2,019		39	2,182
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		2,437	3,244
Doongmabulla Springs	400							29	7	84	120
Dorunda Lakes Area	6,805				16			234		1,163	1,413
Edgecumbe Bay	4,581	< 1	3,108					3	25	< 1	3,137
Edmund Kennedy Wetlands	11,033		3,233					3,409		133	6,774
Elizabeth Springs	399							58		16	74
Ella Bay Swamp	1,310		53					953			1,006
Eubenangee - Alice River	1,993	126						1,474		13	1,614
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	3,029	33,001	15		69		719	5,072	26	41,930
Fitzroy River Floodplain	19,485	410			305	140		1,850	637	1,857	5,199
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	9,065
Great Sandy Strait	92,000	3	17,239			11		3,578	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			1,781	893	87	3,194
Herbert River Floodplain	44,523	271	6,218	2		4		5,375	700	2,868	15,437
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							393		43	435
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	10	625			8		511	3		1,156
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		17,347	8		22,609
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					998			1,015
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	3	2,215					723		90	3,032
Lower Mooloolah River	1,410	< 1	63		3			849		144	1,059
Macaroni Swamp	258					8		9	105		123
Marina Plains - Lakefield Aggregation	391,704	5	1,125		75	14		17,472		7,280	25,970
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	1,111		940	14		26,638	354	53,821	82,980
Mitchell Swamp	7,067										0
Moonda Lake - Shallow Lake Aggregation	14,748				8,721			1,988			10,710
Moreton Bay	245,366	135	9,937	3	175	5	< 1	1,925			12,180
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			672			953
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		20,830		16			5,555		91	26,492
Nicholson Delta Aggregation	63,646		2,927			7		1,433	12	1,904	6,283
Noosa River Wetlands	9,916	2	478		209	< 1		2,904		74	3,668
Nooyeah Downs Swamps Aggregation	5,876							2			2
North Stradbroke Island	27,424	95	902		310	30	< 1	4,508	19		5,864
Northeast Curtis Island	9,541		5,701	79				158	4		5,941
Northeast Karumba Plain Aggregation	182,543	11	34,145					16,921		154	51,231
Northern Holroyd Plain Aggregation	1,114,827	59	1,571					63,770		6,723	72,123
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	205			1,670	194		1,069	39	1,983	5,160
Paroo River Waterholes ("Caiwarro" Area)	6,877							442	158	53	653
Pine River and Hayes Inlet	2,414	3	1,412	1				136			1,553
Poison Lake	785				747			2			749
Port Curtis	31,232	1,450	5,052	28		155		9	8		6,702
Port Musgrave Aggregation	52,711		21,359					1,721		588	23,667
Port of Cairns and Trinity Inlet	6,410	11	4,017	145				65		2	4,240
Princess Charlotte Bay Marine Area	87,678		28,118					3,971		27	32,115
Proserpine - Goorganga Plain	16,849	174	5,687			2	2	5,209	1,442	34	12,549
Pumicestone Passage	6,692		1,685		< 1			129	< 1	2	1,815
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	2,483	< 1				49	81	< 1	2,614
Sandringham Bay - Bakers Creek Aggregation	7,367	6	2,245	7				178	59	1	2,495
Sarina Inlet - Ince Bay Aggregation	27,934		10,306			< 1		552	843	5	11,707
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	39	3,478		153	9		8,115	21	37,284	49,099
Somerset Dunefield Aggregation	7,940		53		154			1,542		205	1,953
Southeast Karumba Plain Aggregation	336,221	12	98,275		30	83		17,373	239	2,764	118,776
Southern Gulf Aggregation	545,577	172	343,875		388	214		6,344	16	1,679	352,687
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	101	26		10	16		3,187	82	961	4,383
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					1,079	< 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					2,644			3,249
Wongaloo Fans Aggregation	128		7					46	4	29	87
Wongaloo Swamps Aggregation	1,510		999	61				84	344	< 1	1,488
Wyandra-Cunnamulla Claypans Aggregation	6,953										0
Wyvuri Swamp	1,492	136	41					1,028			1,205
Yeppoon - Keppel Sands Tidal Wetlands	10,144	54	3,659	4		57		159	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.