DIWA nationally important wetland 2001 wetland habitat extents
Definition of DIWA nationally important wetland
based on wetland mapping version 7.0
2001 wetland habitat extent by DIWA nationally important wetland Download this table in .CSV format
DIWA wetland
Total areaha )
Wetland area by habitat
Totalha )
INT01a
INT01b
INT02
LA14
LA15
LC06
LC07
LC08a
LC08b
LC09
PA10
PA11a
PA11b
PA11c
PA12a
PA12b
PA12c
PA12d
PA13
PC02a
PC02b
PC02c
PC02d
PC04a
PC04c
PC04d
PC04e
PC05
XX99-P-A
XX99-P-C
Total
42,456,936
1,840
376,555
501,039
153,527
21,675
5,327
144
7,105
988
1,034
30,957
10,545
376,613
15,874
6,369
4,031
11,328
1,535
36
101,252
7,786
95,870
703
38,853
111,277
3,882
24
1,342
416
57
1,887,986
Abbot Point - Caley Valley 5,150
699
828
10
1
963
2,501
Alexandra Bay 862
596
24
34
1
31
5
692
Alexandra Palm Forest 146
32
111
142
Aramac Springs 399
9
2
11
Archer Bay Aggregation 29,931
4,636
4,285
272
14
955
385
126
10,673
Archer River Aggregation 149,816
79
103
3,187
2,570
440
16
6,395
Austral Limestone Aggregation 69,335
29
43
3,133
913
4,118
Balonne River Floodplain 23,982
57
82
1,535
1,674
Bambaroo Coastal Aggregation 5,356
2,110
1,378
236
112
13
55
30
3,934
Barrattas Channels Aggregation 7,118
22
56
331
409
Bingeringo Aggregation 2,765
24
2
26
Birdsville - Durrie Waterholes Aggregation 32,671
8,648
8,648
Birthday Creek 43
0
Blencoe Falls - Blencoe Creek 87
0
Bluebush Swamp 879
7
856
862
Boggomoss Springs 399
0
Bowen River: Birralee - Pelican Creek 1,342
0
Bowling Green Bay 31,124
10,123
2,835
35
115
120
126
13,355
Bribie Island 10,397
73
411
329
34
2,227
287
156
2,641
6,158
Broad Sound 211,765
21,535
19,486
206
3,843
46
386
20,610
66,112
Broken River, Urannah Creek and Massey Creek Aggregation 6,046
0
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
21
9
11,657
14
204
28,733
Burdekin-Bowen Junction and Blue Valley Weir Aggregation 3,653
13
13
Burdekin Delta 32,453
9,130
1,018
49
3
40
3,329
13,568
Burdekin - Townsville Coastal Aggregation 113,947
3,941
3,063
616
15
278
10
75
8,112
16,111
Burrum Coast 15,140
73
727
596
302
944
218
31
103
2,994
Bustard Bay Wetlands 21,861
116
2,433
1,678
530
176
35
21
4,988
Cairncross Reef Complex 238
0
Cape Flattery Dune Lakes 44,018
375
353
1,511
1,034
2,805
6,079
Cape Grenville Area 7,311
592
650
140
141
1,523
Cape Melville - Bathurst Bay 5,456
436
442
112
2
992
Carbrook Wetlands Aggregation 354
20
5
7
253
4
290
Cauckingburra Swamp 782
563
563
Clack Reef Complex 1,228
54
54
Coalstoun Lakes 26
5
5
Colosseum Inlet - Rodds Bay 24,313
166
5,634
2,200
1
56
8,056
Conondale Range Aggregation 1,985
0
Coolum Creek and Lower Maroochy River 2,140
47
252
14
392
398
41
231
74
2
1,451
Cooper Creek Overflow Swamps - Windorah 124,893
4
78,888
1
8
37
78,937
Cooper Creek Swamps - Nappa Merrie 106,384
70
38,858
91
39,018
Cooper Creek - Wilson River Junction 63,961
215
41,539
768
201
42,723
Corio Bay Wetlands 6,914
2,160
484
133
40
577
333
15
3,741
Cowley Area 8,379
2,722
64
1,700
520
21
379
2
29
5,437
Dalrymple and Blackfellow Creeks 878
0
Deepwater Creek 6,573
< 1
116
9
325
198
2
1,265
21
208
2,145
Diamantina Lakes Area 393
247
247
Diamantina Overflow Swamp - Durrie Station 29,217
28,359
28,359
Dismal Swamp - Water Park Creek 11,694
1
180
511
114
806
Doongmabulla Springs 400
36
36
Dorunda Lakes Area 6,805
75
99
56
230
Edgecumbe Bay 4,581
2,204
906
3
23
3,137
Edmund Kennedy Wetlands 11,033
3,137
35
1,263
421
7
1,594
< 1
2
59
6,519
Elizabeth Springs 399
58
58
Ella Bay Swamp 1,310
51
< 1
2
< 1
918
33
1,004
Eubenangee - Alice River 1,993
1,116
258
19
17
67
1,476
Eulo Artesian Springs Supergroup 6,906
93
33
75
201
Eungella Dam 797
0
Fairbairn Dam 15,406
0
Fitzroy River Delta 70,210
10,920
1,217
10
10
34
901
4,868
17,959
Fitzroy River Floodplain 19,485
385
3
332
1,311
825
2,856
Forsyth Island Wetlands 6,387
30
47
78
Four Mile Beach 7,159
1,026
140
9
< 1
4
1,179
Fraser Island 163,422
766
301
2,074
750
3,472
28
8,421
9
15,821
Georgina River - King Creek Floodout 138,398
69,413
2
69,415
Granite Creek 2,806
0
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park 34,108,863
4,414
287
2
168
68
1
64
7
1
5,014
Great Basalt Wall 100,272
499
461
36
774
4,348
44
6,163
Great Sandy Strait 92,000
383
12,952
3,902
909
1,356
275
1,004
18
51
20,851
Greenbank Army Training Area C 4,129
117
3
120
Gregory River 26,630
15
4
19
Harmer Creek - Shelburne Bay Aggregation 31,293
1,474
1,119
2,240
21
404
23
5,281
Haughton Balancing Storage Aggregation 213
0
Hedlow Wetlands 11,093
63
46
1
2,520
161
2,791
Herbert River Floodplain 44,523
5,114
1,073
893
134
87
792
4,165
13
4
11
12,288
Herbert River Gorge 21,542
0
Hilda Creek Headwater 6
0
Hinchinbrook Channel 30,717
13,762
1,103
82
128
4
15,079
Innisfail Area 1,221
10
256
121
6
393
Innot Hot Springs 78
0
Island Head Creek - Port Clinton Area 27,033
5,080
498
1,826
327
113
28
7,872
Iwasaki Wetlands 646
1
92
1
493
5
593
Jardine River Wetlands Aggregation 81,764
3,640
1,082
2,245
16,344
337
23,648
Jerona Aggregation 2,371
73
2
102
177
Junction of the Bogie River and Kirknie Creek Aggregation 56
0
Karawatha Forest Park 271
2
41
43
Kurrimine Area 755
381
4
3
2
34
424
Lake Barrine 100
97
97
Lake Broadwater 215
203
9
212
Lake Buchanan 23,212
12,894
7,821
90
20,805
Lake Bullawarra 1,286
566
97
260
924
Lake Constance 1,843
< 1
200
4
2
206
Lake Coombabah 1,959
99
420
98
20
20
473
< 1
1,131
Lake Cuddapan 1,705
1,506
< 1
1,506
Lake Dalrymple 30,594
11
12
23
Lake Dartmouth Area 7,040
4,350
36
4,386
Lake Eacham 43
40
40
Lake Elphinstone 300
292
2
294
Lake Galilee 25,789
5,249
16,697
676
22,622
Lake Julius 1,936
0
Lake Lucy Wetlands 1,079
40
29
6
188
57
321
Lake Mipia Area 69,712
26,227
1,176
34,760
62,163
Lake Moondarra 1,742
0
Lake Nuga Nuga 2,070
1,892
1,892
Lake Numalla Aggregation 10,715
14
3,022
1,308
27
566
48
151
5,138
Lake Phillipi 16,083
14,055
14,055
Lake Torquinie Area 15,235
5,154
< 1
3,234
2
8,391
Lake Weyba 2,701
13
3
177
535
130
107
10
44
1,020
Lake Wombah-Kungie Lake Group 6,878
110
281
391
Lake Wyara 6,015
4,807
744
5,550
Lake Yamma Yamma 86,614
62,620
5,023
12,658
1,124
16
84
81,524
Lakes Bindegolly and Toomaroo 9,667
2,894
2,411
4
180
5,489
Laura Sandstone 1,089
0
Lawn Hill Gorge 1,133
0
Licuala Palm Forest 233
159
159
Lignum Swamp 283
283
283
Lloyd Bay 15,685
7,079
564
12
5
7,660
Lower Daintree River 5,266
2,207
7
252
12
375
85
2,939
Lower Mooloolah River 1,410
13
45
4
3
84
53
5
308
402
918
Macaroni Swamp 258
123
123
Marina Plains - Lakefield Aggregation 391,704
881
241
5,030
7,001
2,206
3,219
18,579
Marless Lagoon Aggregation 166,948
2,689
4,251
17
4
6,962
Minnamoolka Area 589
< 1
4
< 1
5
Missionary Bay 11,072
4,215
116
53
18
4,402
Mitchell River Fan Aggregation 715,168
354
740
3,567
27
2,228
20,607
27,524
Mitchell Swamp 7,067
0
Moonda Lake - Shallow Lake Aggregation 14,748
8,721
131
2
128
1,727
10,709
Moreton Bay 245,366
402
7,829
1,671
161
14
707
1
887
303
< 1
28
12,003
Mulligan River - Wheeler Creek Junction 17,004
2,776
286
236
9
24
3,330
Muncoonie Lakes Area 88,715
5,535
370
2,376
58,988
1
686
28
67,985
"Murrawondah" Lakes 6,916
675
675
Musselbrook Creek Aggregation 45,114
950
9
1,053
2,012
"Myola"-"Mulga Downs" Salt Lake and Claypans 6,873
1,462
36
1
1,499
Nandroya Falls 19
0
Newcastle Bay - Escape River Estuarine Complex 42,324
19,521
1,304
50
4,839
102
134
25,950
Nicholson Delta Aggregation 63,646
241
2,576
192
128
106
8
35
143
813
4,240
Noosa River Wetlands 9,916
117
333
28
209
540
1,215
226
862
64
3,595
Nooyeah Downs Swamps Aggregation 5,876
2
2
North Stradbroke Island 27,424
3
834
66
87
225
1,264
777
2,488
9
5,752
Northeast Curtis Island 9,541
< 1
1,891
3,886
12
1
149
5,940
Northeast Karumba Plain Aggregation 182,543
6,321
27,785
4,652
248
7,324
1,094
3,569
50,993
Northern Holroyd Plain Aggregation 1,114,827
885
682
52,577
3,687
422
6,237
64,490
Obi Obi Creek 357
0
"Old Bando" Swamp 6,959
48
788
837
Olive River 17,602
449
19
302
128
828
409
740
2,876
Orford Bay - Sharp Point Dunefield Aggregation 17,078
438
22
144
9
2,827
135
3,576
Palm Tree and Robinson Creeks 50,223
1,844
103
28
11
28
968
2,982
Paroo River Waterholes ("Caiwarro" Area) 6,877
< 1
251
330
18
600
Pine River and Hayes Inlet 2,414
50
1,079
284
96
41
1,549
Poison Lake 785
2
2
Port Curtis 31,232
8
2,608
2,640
7
2
8
5,274
Port Musgrave Aggregation 52,711
20,256
1,102
77
1,621
6
23,062
Port of Cairns and Trinity Inlet 6,410
3,826
333
44
20
< 1
4,223
Princess Charlotte Bay Marine Area 87,678
7,567
20,497
231
310
94
3,248
31,948
Proserpine - Goorganga Plain 16,849
4,434
1,239
290
2,460
1,100
2,790
12,313
Pumicestone Passage 6,692
145
1,198
336
< 1
4
126
< 1
1,809
Quilpie (Bulloo River Floodplain) Waterholes 7,014
0
RAAF Townsville 137
2
99
101
Rollston River and Molly Darling Creek Aggregation 2,801
0
Ross River Reservoir 2,784
< 1
< 1
Russell River 2,294
537
3
33
184
4
442
1,202
Russell River Rapids 235
0
Sand Bay 10,192
2,184
303
4
79
1
45
2,617
Sandringham Bay - Bakers Creek Aggregation 7,367
1,980
243
64
94
56
23
2,460
Sarina Inlet - Ince Bay Aggregation 27,934
6,710
3,596
257
530
573
11,666
Scartwater Aggregation 332
23
23
Shoalwater Bay 122,561
15,333
2,714
450
82
6
213
18,797
Shoalwater Bay Training Area Overview C 270,451
365
328
1,239
51
5
7
720
2,714
Silver Plains - Nesbitt River Aggregation 44,807
2,729
5,306
46
403
633
9,115
Skardon River - Cotterell River Aggregation 63,222
7,829
2,044
1,077
8,922
19,872
Smithburne - Gilbert Fan Aggregation 250,505
905
2,572
2,423
1,273
4,030
11,202
Somerset Dunefield Aggregation 7,940
38
15
151
32
992
517
1,745
Southeast Karumba Plain Aggregation 336,221
20,147
77,749
60
1,460
356
14,229
114,003
Southern Gulf Aggregation 545,577
69,157
274,151
78
9
185
902
169
6
960
77
4,012
349,707
Southern Upstart Bay 11,029
2,870
171
7
728
3,775
Spring Tower Complex 75
0
St Helens Bay Area 16,056
4,801
723
29
6
5,560
Stranded Fish Lake 68
62
62
Sunday Creek Broad-leaved Paperbark Site 39
6
6
Temple Bay 4,395
2,604
582
6
3,192
The Gums Lagoon 343
63
63
The Jack Lakes Aggregation 35,018
469
365
466
220
1,519
The Narrows 20,903
7
6,552
2,563
9,122
The Serpentine Aggregation 347
280
1
281
Thorntonia Aggregation 298,629
0
Toko Gorge and Waterhole 243
0
Tully River - Murray River Floodplains 39,171
26
4
478
42
2,157
335
112
< 1
312
3,465
Turkey Mound Spring and Iron Pot Spring Aggregation 26
0
Undara Lava Tubes 1,254
0
Upper Coomera River 1,348
0
Upper Pumicestone Coastal Plain 2,606
88
421
124
213
5
2
553
21
287
1,712
Valley of Lagoons 3,645
420
60
306
184
969
Violet Vale 1,895
29
29
Wairuna Lake 152
151
151
Walters Plains Lake 1,549
20
< 1
21
Warrego River Distributary System 6,886
0
Warrego River Waterholes (Charleville-Wyandra 6,983
0
Wentworth Aggregation 82,306
892
8,279
30
799
1,053
249
1,105
12,406
West Mulgrave Falls 7
0
Why Not Aggregation 3
0
Wide Bay Military Training Area C 19,617
14
112
479
814
522
13
296
7
999
3,255
Wongaloo Fans Aggregation 128
7
2
41
7
57
Wongaloo Swamps Aggregation 1,510
12
736
23
41
< 1
157
970
Wyandra-Cunnamulla Claypans Aggregation 6,953
0
Wyvuri Swamp 1,492
32
< 1
61
< 1
933
15
20
1,062
Yeppoon - Keppel Sands Tidal Wetlands 10,144
1,679
348
150
212
12
2,401
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.
Wetland habitat code descriptions
INT01a
Mangroves - Casuarina
INT01b
Mangroves - other
INT02
Salt marsh and salt flats
LA14
Arid and semi-arid saline lake
LA15
Arid and semi-arid floodplain lake
LC06
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lake
LC07
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lake
LC08a
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (window) lake
LC08b
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain sand (perched) lake
LC09
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain soil lake
PA10
Arid and semi-arid saline swamp
PA11a
Arid and semi-arid floodplain tree swamp
PA11b
Arid and semi-arid floodplain shrub swamp
PA11c
Arid and semi-arid floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
PA12a
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain tree swamp
PA12b
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain shrub swamp
PA12c
Arid and semi-arid non-floodplain grass, sedge and herb swamp
PA12d
Arid and semi-arid other non-floodplain swamp
PA13
Arid and semi-arid Great Artesian Basin fed spring swamp
PC02a
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
PC02b
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp
PC02c
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
PC02d
Coastal and sub-coastal other non-floodplain swamp
PC04a
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree (Melaleuca and Eucalypt) swamp
PC04c
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, and herb swamp
PC04d
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain wet heath swamp
PC04e
Coastal and sub-coastal other floodplain swamp
PC05
Coastal and sub-coastal tree (palm) swamp
XX99-P-A
Unknown - Swamp - Arid and semi-arid
XX99-P-C
Unknown - Swamp - Coastal and sub-coastal
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 2001 wetland habitat extents, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025 . Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/statistics/wetland-habitat-2001/diwa-wetland.html
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