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 Download this table in .CSV format
DIWA wetland
Total areaha )
Wetland area by system
Totalha )
intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural)
lacustrine (natural)
palustrine (natural)
riverine
Total
42,456,936
975,961
194,534
801,833
204,570
2,176,898
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
2,254
4,074
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
47
47
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
< 1
3,142
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
9
1,671
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
1,569
3,938
Forsyth Island Wetlands 6,387
78
78
Four Mile Beach 7,159
1,165
13
< 1
1,178
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
218
8,610
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
90
26,494
Nicholson Delta Aggregation 63,646
2,926
1,445
1,912
6,283
Noosa River Wetlands 9,916
493
209
2,970
73
3,745
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
273
3,191
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
19
3,232
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
26
12,825
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
45
1,373
Russell River Rapids 235
71
71
Sand Bay 10,192
2,558
52
< 1
2,610
Sandringham Bay - Bakers Creek Aggregation 7,367
2,255
308
1
2,565
Sarina Inlet - Ince Bay Aggregation 27,934
10,537
1,452
3
11,992
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
37,254
49,013
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
26
8,042
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
1,285
2,808
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
27
101
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.
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 pre-clear wetland system extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-pre-clear/diwa-wetland.html
— Department of Environment, Science and Innovation