DIWA nationally important wetland pre-clear wetland system extents
Definition of DIWA nationally important wetland
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
Pre-clear wetland system extent by DIWA nationally important wetland Download this table in .CSV format
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
990,476
194,499
808,325
* n/a
* n/a
Abbot Point - Caley Valley
5,150
3,586
65
22
3,673
Alexandra Bay
862
620
72
16
707
Alexandra Palm Forest
146
2
144
146
Aramac Springs
399
11
11
Archer Bay Aggregation
29,931
8,964
1,767
434
11,165
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
3,579
472
151
4,202
Barrattas Channels Aggregation
7,118
22
402
1,010
1,434
Bingeringo Aggregation
2,765
26
518
544
Birdsville - Durrie Waterholes Aggregation
32,671
8,698
6,750
15,447
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
23,131
286
20
23,436
Bribie Island
10,397
823
34
6,095
< 1
6,953
Broad Sound
211,765
82,244
950
102
83,296
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
14,189
1,285
2,032
17,506
Burdekin - Townsville Coastal Aggregation
113,947
17,154
157
4,410
533
22,254
Burrum Coast
15,140
1,424
1,665
3,089
Bustard Bay Wetlands
21,861
4,227
762
4,989
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
323
1,178
4
1,506
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
2,892
2,658
15
5,565
Dalrymple and Blackfellow Creeks
878
28
28
Deepwater Creek
6,573
126
2,020
39
2,186
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
32
87
119
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
3,238
3,534
155
6,927
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
2,063
* 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
2,824
12,051
1
15,932
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
5,007
3
353
77
5,441
Great Basalt Wall
100,272
553
5,690
2,836
9,079
Great Sandy Strait
92,000
17,342
4,267
< 1
21,610
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
63
5,047
179
5,289
Herbert River Floodplain
44,523
7,134
11,307
4,142
22,584
Herbert River Gorge
21,542
1,720
1,720
Hilda Creek Headwater
6
0
Hinchinbrook Channel
30,717
14,967
220
50
15,237
Innisfail Area
1,221
905
46
951
Innot Hot Springs
78
15
15
Island Head Creek - Port Clinton Area
27,033
5,596
2,295
< 1
7,891
Iwasaki Wetlands
646
464
127
591
Jardine River Wetlands Aggregation
81,764
4,731
19,129
694
24,554
Jerona Aggregation
2,371
114
185
412
711
Junction of the Bogie River and Kirknie Creek Aggregation
56
46
46
Karawatha Forest Park
271
44
44
Kurrimine Area
755
396
53
7
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
566
358
5
928
Lake Constance
1,843
< 1
208
132
340
Lake Coombabah
1,959
652
636
1,288
Lake Cuddapan
1,705
1,506
< 1
1,506
Lake Dalrymple
30,594
11
148
3,527
3,686
Lake Dartmouth Area
7,040
4,386
10
4,396
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
3,036
2,114
5,150
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
878
332
3,428
Lower Mooloolah River
1,410
67
3
865
157
1,091
Macaroni Swamp
258
118
118
Marina Plains - Lakefield Aggregation
391,704
1,125
75
17,557
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
1,111
953
27,065
53,722
82,851
Mitchell Swamp
7,067
0
Moonda Lake - Shallow Lake Aggregation
14,748
8,721
1,989
10,709
Moreton Bay
245,366
10,399
175
2,013
12,587
Mulligan River - Wheeler Creek Junction
17,004
2,776
555
407
3,737
Muncoonie Lakes Area
88,715
5,535
62,456
2,934
70,925
"Murrawondah" Lakes
6,916
281
681
961
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
20,822
16
5,556
* 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
991
313
4,546
5,850
Northeast Curtis Island
9,541
5,783
158
5,941
Northeast Karumba Plain Aggregation
182,543
34,771
16,956
154
51,881
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
462
224
2,978
< 1
3,664
Palm Tree and Robinson Creeks
50,223
1,999
1,249
* n/a
* n/a
Paroo River Waterholes ("Caiwarro" Area)
6,877
570
53
624
Pine River and Hayes Inlet
2,414
1,447
143
1,590
Poison Lake
785
747
2
749
Port Curtis
31,232
6,846
9
6,855
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
28,127
3,999
27
32,153
Proserpine - Goorganga Plain
16,849
5,935
6,864
* n/a
* n/a
Pumicestone Passage
6,692
1,724
< 1
217
4
1,945
Quilpie (Bulloo River Floodplain) Waterholes
7,014
76
76
RAAF Townsville
137
49
46
95
Rollston River and Molly Darling Creek Aggregation
2,801
1,370
1,370
Ross River Reservoir
2,784
476
476
Russell River
2,294
543
789
* 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
2,254
309
1
2,564
Sarina Inlet - Ince Bay Aggregation
27,934
10,557
1,436
* 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
702
2,036
6,889
9,626
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
8,164
* n/a
* n/a
Somerset Dunefield Aggregation
7,940
53
155
1,543
205
1,955
Southeast Karumba Plain Aggregation
336,221
98,289
31
17,684
2,766
118,770
Southern Gulf Aggregation
545,577
343,932
708
6,362
1,684
352,687
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
26
2
12,150
1,095
13,272
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
2,650
3,255
Wongaloo Fans Aggregation
128
32
41
* n/a
* n/a
Wongaloo Swamps Aggregation
1,510
1,458
28
1,487
Wyandra-Cunnamulla Claypans Aggregation
6,953
0
Wyvuri Swamp
1,492
41
1,206
1,247
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.
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 May 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-extent-pre-clear/diwa-wetland.html