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Lake Coombabah DIWA nationally important wetland

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Name: Lake Coombabah
Area type: DIWA nationally important wetland
Total area: 19.6 km²
% total Qld: 0.0%
Towns: none

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Lake Coombabah DIWA nationally important wetland wetland area by system 2017
System Area (km²) % wetlands area % total area
Total 11.7 100.0% 59.5%
Artificial and highly modified 0.3 2.6% 1.5%
Estuarine 7.3 63.0% 37.5%
Palustrine 4.0 34.5% 20.5%

There are approximately 47 lacustrine/palustrine wetlands in this region.

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Lake Coombabah DIWA nationally important wetland wetland area by habitat 2017
Habitat Area (km²) % wetlands area % total area
Total 11.7 100.0% 59.5%
Estuarine - mangroves and related tree communities 6.3 53.7% 31.9%
Estuarine - salt flats and saltmarshes 1.1 9.3% 5.5%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. 0.2 1.7% 1.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 0.2 1.7% 1.0%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. 3.6 30.9% 18.4%
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp 0.0 0.1% 0.1%
Artificial and highly modified wetlands (dams, ring tanks, irrigation channels) 0.3 2.6% 1.5%

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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.

Wetland extent changes

Lake Coombabah DIWA nationally important wetland wetland extent change by system
System 2017 area
(km²)		 2013 area
(km²)		 2009 area
(km²)		 2005 area
(km²)		 2001 area
(km²)		 2017/pre-clear
percentage
Total 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 91.1%
Artificial and highly modified 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 n/a
Estuarine 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 92.5%
Palustrine 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 82.8%

metadata View 2017 wetland system extents for all DIWA nationally important wetlands

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Lake Coombabah DIWA nationally important wetland wetland extent change by habitat
Habitat 2017 area
(km²)		 2013 area
(km²)		 2009 area
(km²)		 2005 area
(km²)		 2001 area
(km²)
Total 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7
Estuarine - mangroves and related tree communities 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3
Estuarine - salt flats and saltmarshes 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain wet heath swamp 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain tree swamp—Melaleuca spp. and Eucalypus spp. 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6
Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain grass, sedge, herb swamp 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Artificial and highly modified wetlands (dams, ring tanks, irrigation channels) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

metadata View 2017 wetland habitat area for all DIWA nationally important wetlands

metadata View 2013 wetland habitat area for all DIWA nationally important wetlands

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metadata View 2001 wetland habitat area for all 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.

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    Wildlife

    Kingdom
    Class
    		 Native Introduced Wetland
    indicator
    species    		 Rare or
    threatened
    species    		 All
    TOTAL 1180 138 210 51 1331
    Animals 557 25 134 29 582
    Mammals 61 10 5 5 71
    Birds 328 9 76 19 337
    Reptiles 56 1 8 0 57
    Amphibians 27 1 13 2 28
    Lobe-finned fishes 1 0 1 1 1
    Ray-finned fishes 27 2 29 1 29
    Insects 55 2 2 1 57
    Malacostracans 2 0 0 0 2
    Chromists 2 0 0 0 2
    Fungi 44 0 0 0 46
    Plants 577 113 76 22 701

    Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DES WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

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    Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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    Lake Coombabah DIWA nationally important wetland — facts and maps, WetlandInfo, Department of Environment and Science, Queensland, viewed 31 January 2020, <https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/diwa-wetland-lake-coombabah/>.

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