DIWA nationally important wetland pre-clear wetland system extents

Definition of DIWA nationally important wetland

based on wetland mapping version 6.0

Pre-clear 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)
		intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)	lacustrine (natural)	palustrine (natural)	riverine
Total	42,456,936	975,961	194,534	801,833	* n/a	* n/a
Abbot Point - Caley Valley	5,150	3,586		65	22	3,673
Alexandra Bay	862	624		70	14	708
Alexandra Palm Forest	146	2		144		146
Aramac Springs	399			13		13
Archer Bay Aggregation	29,931	8,962		1,767	434	11,162
Archer River Aggregation	149,816	181		6,379	3,212	9,772
Austral Limestone Aggregation	69,335			4,055	6	4,060
Balonne River Floodplain	23,982			1,820	* n/a	* n/a
Bambaroo Coastal Aggregation	5,356	3,597		456	153	4,206
Barrattas Channels Aggregation	7,118		22	371	1,028	1,421
Bingeringo Aggregation	2,765			26	518	544
Birdsville - Durrie Waterholes Aggregation	32,671			8,704	6,750	15,454
Birthday Creek	43					0
Blencoe Falls - Blencoe Creek	87				57	57
Bluebush Swamp	879			862		862
Boggomoss Springs	399				* n/a	* n/a
Bowen River: Birralee - Pelican Creek	1,342				916	916
Bowling Green Bay	31,124	23,149		248	20	23,417
Bribie Island	10,397	823	34	6,095	< 1	6,953
Broad Sound	211,765	82,243		950	102	83,295
Broken River, Urannah Creek and Massey Creek Aggregation	6,046				4,095	4,095
Bromfield Swamp	63		4	59		62
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				2,314	2,314
Burdekin Delta	32,453	13,977		1,342	2,009	17,327
Burdekin - Townsville Coastal Aggregation	113,947	17,141	157	4,739	436	22,473
Burrum Coast	15,140	1,424		1,708		3,132
Bustard Bay Wetlands	21,861	4,227		761		4,987
Cairncross Reef Complex	238					0
Cape Flattery Dune Lakes	44,018	729	1,552	4,033	18	6,331
Cape Grenville Area	7,311	1,250	143	177		1,570
Cape Melville - Bathurst Bay	5,456	879		114	45	1,038
Carbrook Wetlands Aggregation	354	33		286		319
Cauckingburra Swamp	782			563		563
Clack Reef Complex	1,228	55				55
Coalstoun Lakes	26			5		5
Colosseum Inlet - Rodds Bay	24,313	8,018		57		8,075
Conondale Range Aggregation	1,985					0
Coolum Creek and Lower Maroochy River	2,140	317		1,180	4	1,502
Cooper Creek Overflow Swamps - Windorah	124,893			78,940	337	79,277
Cooper Creek Swamps - Nappa Merrie	106,384		82	38,952	1,547	40,581
Cooper Creek - Wilson River Junction	63,961		215	42,532	503	43,250
Corio Bay Wetlands	6,914	3,143		594	3	3,740
Cowley Area	8,379	2,895		2,659	11	5,565
Dalrymple and Blackfellow Creeks	878				28	28
Deepwater Creek	6,573	126		2,019	39	2,185
Diamantina Lakes Area	393			247	43	290
Diamantina Overflow Swamp - Durrie Station	29,217			28,358	39	28,397
Dismal Swamp - Water Park Creek	11,694	1		810	3,064	3,875
Doongmabulla Springs	400			21	89	110
Dorunda Lakes Area	6,805		16	235	1,165	1,416
Edgecumbe Bay	4,581	3,139		3	* n/a	* n/a
Edmund Kennedy Wetlands	11,033	3,322		3,456	153	6,931
Elizabeth Springs	399			58	16	74
Ella Bay Swamp	1,310	52		953		1,005
Eubenangee - Alice River	1,993			1,661	* n/a	* n/a
Eulo Artesian Springs Supergroup	6,906			201	18	219
Eungella Dam	797					0
Fairbairn Dam	15,406				64	64
Fitzroy River Delta	70,210	37,586		2,113	26	39,725
Fitzroy River Floodplain	19,485		379	1,990	* n/a	* n/a
Forsyth Island Wetlands	6,387	78				78
Four Mile Beach	7,159	1,165		13	* n/a	* n/a
Fraser Island	163,422	1,056	2,821	13,034	1	16,912
Georgina River - King Creek Floodout	138,398			69,414	1,500	70,914
Granite Creek	2,806				168	168
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park	34,108,863	5,001	3	350	76	5,431
Great Basalt Wall	100,272		546	5,613	2,600	8,760
Great Sandy Strait	92,000	17,342		4,272	< 1	21,616
Greenbank Army Training Area C	4,129			122		122
Gregory River	26,630			15	6,297	6,312
Harmer Creek - Shelburne Bay Aggregation	31,293	2,594	2,292	468	42	5,395
Haughton Balancing Storage Aggregation	213					0
Hedlow Wetlands	11,093		108	5,048	133	5,289
Herbert River Floodplain	44,523	7,181		10,975	4,321	22,477
Herbert River Gorge	21,542				1,718	1,718
Hilda Creek Headwater	6					0
Hinchinbrook Channel	30,717	14,969		233	50	15,252
Innisfail Area	1,221			896	67	963
Innot Hot Springs	78				15	15
Island Head Creek - Port Clinton Area	27,033	5,592		2,295	< 1	7,887
Iwasaki Wetlands	646	464		127		591
Jardine River Wetlands Aggregation	81,764	4,870		16,606	682	22,158
Jerona Aggregation	2,371	113		161	405	679
Junction of the Bogie River and Kirknie Creek Aggregation	56				46	46
Karawatha Forest Park	271			44		44
Kurrimine Area	755	397		55	4	456
Lake Barrine	100		97			97
Lake Broadwater	215		203	10		213
Lake Buchanan	23,212		12,892	7,913		20,805
Lake Bullawarra	1,286		577	333	5	915
Lake Constance	1,843		< 1	208	132	340
Lake Coombabah	1,959	669		615		1,285
Lake Cuddapan	1,705		1,506	< 1		1,506
Lake Dalrymple	30,594		11	148	3,527	3,686
Lake Dartmouth Area	7,040			4,048	10	4,058
Lake Eacham	43		40			40
Lake Elphinstone	300		295	3		298
Lake Galilee	25,789		5,249	17,718		22,968
Lake Julius	1,936				901	901
Lake Lucy Wetlands	1,079			328	17	345
Lake Mipia Area	69,712		26,227	35,936	534	62,697
Lake Moondarra	1,742				20	20
Lake Nuga Nuga	2,070		1,942			1,942
Lake Numalla Aggregation	10,715		3,061	2,119		5,180
Lake Phillipi	16,083		14,055			14,055
Lake Torquinie Area	15,235		5,154	3,238	* n/a	* n/a
Lake Weyba	2,701	17		1,075		1,092
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	2,597		5,491
Laura Sandstone	1,089				5	5
Lawn Hill Gorge	1,133				106	106
Licuala Palm Forest	233			162		162
Lignum Swamp	283			283		283
Lloyd Bay	15,685	7,643		27	509	8,179
Lower Daintree River	5,266	2,218		879	332	3,428
Lower Mooloolah River	1,410	64	3	868	157	1,091
Macaroni Swamp	258			40		40
Marina Plains - Lakefield Aggregation	391,704	1,125	75	17,558	7,288	26,045
Marless Lagoon Aggregation	166,948			6,976	163	7,140
Minnamoolka Area	589		577	5		582
Missionary Bay	11,072	4,330		72	16	4,418
Mitchell River Fan Aggregation	715,168	785	952	24,447	52,328	78,512
Mitchell Swamp	7,067					0
Moonda Lake - Shallow Lake Aggregation	14,748		8,722	1,989		10,711
Moreton Bay	245,366	10,256	175	2,008		12,439
Mulligan River - Wheeler Creek Junction	17,004		2,776	555	407	3,737
Muncoonie Lakes Area	88,715		5,535	62,459	2,934	70,929
"Murrawondah" Lakes	6,916		281	658		939
Musselbrook Creek Aggregation	45,114			2,038	774	2,812
"Myola"-"Mulga Downs" Salt Lake and Claypans	6,873		1,445	38		1,483
Nandroya Falls	19					0
Newcastle Bay - Escape River Estuarine Complex	42,324	20,828	16	5,560	* n/a	* n/a
Nicholson Delta Aggregation	63,646	2,926		1,445	1,912	6,283
Noosa River Wetlands	9,916	493	209	2,970	* n/a	* n/a
Nooyeah Downs Swamps Aggregation	5,876			2		2
North Stradbroke Island	27,424	959	313	4,552		5,824
Northeast Curtis Island	9,541	5,783		150		5,933
Northeast Karumba Plain Aggregation	182,543	34,175		16,944	154	51,274
Northern Holroyd Plain Aggregation	1,114,827	1,571		63,984	6,738	72,293
Obi Obi Creek	357				39	39
"Old Bando" Swamp	6,959			848		848
Olive River	17,602	471	304	2,143	* n/a	* n/a
Orford Bay - Sharp Point Dunefield Aggregation	17,078	455	265	2,745	< 1	3,466
Palm Tree and Robinson Creeks	50,223		1,912	1,301	* n/a	* n/a
Paroo River Waterholes ("Caiwarro" Area)	6,877			570	53	624
Pine River and Hayes Inlet	2,414	1,446		144		1,590
Poison Lake	785		747	2		749
Port Curtis	31,232	6,842		9		6,851
Port Musgrave Aggregation	52,711	21,357		1,723	589	23,669
Port of Cairns and Trinity Inlet	6,410	4,162		88	9	4,259
Princess Charlotte Bay Marine Area	87,678	28,259		3,872	27	32,158
Proserpine - Goorganga Plain	16,849	5,935		6,864	* n/a	* n/a
Pumicestone Passage	6,692	1,722	< 1	218	4	1,945
Quilpie (Bulloo River Floodplain) Waterholes	7,014				76	76
RAAF Townsville	137	33		84		117
Rollston River and Molly Darling Creek Aggregation	2,801				1,370	1,370
Ross River Reservoir	2,784				476	476
Russell River	2,294	544		785	* n/a	* n/a
Russell River Rapids	235				71	71
Sand Bay	10,192	2,558		52	* n/a	* n/a
Sandringham Bay - Bakers Creek Aggregation	7,367	2,255		308	1	2,565
Sarina Inlet - Ince Bay Aggregation	27,934	10,537		1,452	* n/a	* n/a
Scartwater Aggregation	332			23	230	253
Shoalwater Bay	122,561	18,077		753	211	19,041
Shoalwater Bay Training Area Overview C	270,451	696		2,036	6,889	9,620
Silver Plains - Nesbitt River Aggregation	44,807	8,062	46	960	3,002	12,070
Skardon River - Cotterell River Aggregation	63,222	9,890		10,139	147	20,176
Smithburne - Gilbert Fan Aggregation	250,505	3,489	156	8,114	* n/a	* n/a
Somerset Dunefield Aggregation	7,940	53	155	1,543	205	1,955
Southeast Karumba Plain Aggregation	336,221	84,727	31	16,125	2,765	103,647
Southern Gulf Aggregation	545,577	343,926	708	6,347	1,690	352,672
Southern Upstart Bay	11,029	7,353		663	* n/a	* n/a
Spring Tower Complex	75					0
St Helens Bay Area	16,056	5,516		92	3	5,611
Stranded Fish Lake	68	62				62
Sunday Creek Broad-leaved Paperbark Site	39	6			< 1	6
Temple Bay	4,395	3,188		11	21	3,220
The Gums Lagoon	343			63		63
The Jack Lakes Aggregation	35,018			1,523	* n/a	* n/a
The Narrows	20,903	12,220			20	12,240
The Serpentine Aggregation	347			243	6	249
Thorntonia Aggregation	298,629				12,986	12,986
Toko Gorge and Waterhole	243				214	214
Tully River - Murray River Floodplains	39,171	22	11	12,066	1,063	13,160
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	652		1,144	14	1,809
Valley of Lagoons	3,645			979	275	1,254
Violet Vale	1,895			29	28	57
Wairuna Lake	152			151	< 1	152
Walters Plains Lake	1,549		1,299	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		3,246	2,332	14,784
West Mulgrave Falls	7					0
Why Not Aggregation	3				< 1	< 1
Wide Bay Military Training Area C	19,617	605		2,986		3,591
Wongaloo Fans Aggregation	128	33		41	* n/a	* n/a
Wongaloo Swamps Aggregation	1,510	1,440		42		1,483
Wyandra-Cunnamulla Claypans Aggregation	6,953					0
Wyvuri Swamp	1,492	42		1,208		1,251
Yeppoon - Keppel Sands Tidal Wetlands	10,144	3,930		209		4,139
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.

* Pre-clear riverine wetland statistics are not available in this area. A comprehensive evaluation is currently underway of the effect of identified limitations on the statistical analysis process used to monitor wetland extent change. During this time, selected riverine wetland statistics will be temporarily unavailable as they may be disproportionately impacted. It is expected that this evaluation will be completed in late 2024.

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.