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Somerset-Wivenhoe Dams Nature Refuge

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Name: Somerset-Wivenhoe Dams Nature Refuge
Area type: Nature refuge
Total area: 5,278 ha
% total Qld: 0.0%
Towns: none

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Somerset-Wivenhoe Dams Nature Refuge wetland area by system 2019
System Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 199 100.0% 3.8%
Artificial and highly modified 121 60.7% 2.3%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Riverine 78 39.3% 1.5%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (artificial) 1 0.5% 0.0%
Lacustrine (highly modified) 120 60.2% 2.3%
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (artificial) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (highly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (natural) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Riverine (artificial) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Riverine (highly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Riverine (natural) 78 39.3% 1.5%
Riverine (slightly modified) 0 0.0% 0.0%

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Somerset-Wivenhoe Dams Nature Refuge wetland area by habitat 2019
Habitat Area (ha) % wetlands area % total area
Total 0 100.0% 0.0%
No habitats in this region 0 100.0% 0.0%

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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

Somerset-Wivenhoe Dams Nature Refuge wetland extent change by system
System 2019 area
(ha)		 2017 area
(ha)		 2013 area
(ha)		 2009 area
(ha)		 2005 area
(ha)		 2001 area
(ha)		 pre-clear area
(ha)		 2019/pre-clear
percentage
Total 199 199 199 199 199 199 122 * 64.0%
Artificial and highly modified 121 121 121 121 121 121 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Palustrine (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 < 1 0.0%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Riverine 78 78 78 78 78 78 122 64.0%
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (highly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Intertidal (saltmarsh, saltflats, mangroves) (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (artificial) 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 n/a
Lacustrine (highly modified) 120 120 120 120 120 120 0 n/a
Lacustrine (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Lacustrine (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Palustrine (artificial) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Palustrine (highly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Palustrine (natural) 0 0 0 0 0 0 < 1 0.0%
Palustrine (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Riverine (artificial) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Riverine (highly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a
Riverine (natural) 78 78 78 78 78 78 122 64.0%
Riverine (slightly modified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a

* Total 2019/pre-clear percentage excludes artificial and highly modified

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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.

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Kingdom
Class
 Native Introduced Wetland
indicator
species		 Rare or
threatened
species		 All
TOTAL 1,069 196 152 31 1,267
Animals 451 27 117 20 478
Mammals 46 10 3 7 56
Birds 264 7 45 10 271
Reptiles 56 1 8 1 57
Amphibians 18 1 8 1 19
Lobe-finned fishes 1 0 1 1 1
Ray-finned fishes 30 6 36 0 36
Insects 35 2 16 0 37
Malacostracans 1 0 0 0 1
Bacteria 1 0 0 0 1
Fungi 28 0 0 0 28
Plants 589 169 35 11 760

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DESI 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.

Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.

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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This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Somerset-Wivenhoe Dams Nature Refuge — facts and maps, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/nature-refuge-somerset-wivenhoe-dams-nature-refuge/

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