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Noosa Basin - Wetland Summary Information
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Area Profile:

Name: Noosa
Area Type: Basin
Total Area: 1,946.85 km²
Major Towns: Tewantin
Drainage Divisions:
  • North East Coast
Climate Zones:
  • Subtropical
Bioregions:
Intersecting Areas:
Local government areas
NRM regions
World Heritage Areas: none
Internationally Important
Wetlands (Ramsar)
Nationally Important
Wetlands (DIWA)
Protected Areas:
Total number: 22   
  • Cooloola (Noosa River) Resources Reserve
  • Cooloothin Conservation Park
  • Double Island Point Conservation Park
  • Goat Island (Noosa River) Conservation Park
  • Great Sandy Conservation Park
  • Great Sandy National Park
  • Great Sandy Resources Reserve
  • Harry Spring Conservation Park
  • Keyser Island Conservation Park
  • Noosa National Park
  • Noosa Resources Reserve
  • Pipeclay National Park
  • Poona National Park
  • Ringtail State Forest
  • Sheep Island Conservation Park
  • Tewantin Forest Reserve 1
  • Tewantin Forest Reserve 3
  • Toolara State Forest
  • Tuan State Forest
  • Weyba Creek Conservation Park
  • Womalah Resources Reserve
  • Woondum Forest Reserve 1
Fish Habitat Areas:
  • Kauri Creek
  • Maaroom
  • Noosa River (Rev.2)
  • Tin Can Inlet
Completed Regional Coastal Plans:
Coastal Management Districts:
Nature Refuges:
  • Arthur Harrold Nature Refuge
  • Bill Huxley Nature Refuge
  • Doonella Wetlands Nature Refuge
  • Golden Gully Nature Refuge
  • Noosa North Shore Nature Refuge
  • Penda Scrub Nature Refuge
  • Una Corbould (Reserve & Retreat) Nature Refuge
  • Whipbird Nature Refuge
Wild Rivers: none
Wetland Management Profiles:
  • Coastal Dune Lakes
  • Coastal Grass-Sedge Wetlands
  • Coastal Melaleuca Swamp Wetlands
  • Coastal Wet Heath/Sedgeland Wetlands
  • Mangrove Wetlands
  • Saltmarsh Wetlands
Water Resource Planning Areas:
Water Quality Sampling:
Number of current sites: 21
Number of historical sites: 6

External Links / Description:

Additional information may be available via the Intersecting Areas listed above.

Statistics:

Statistics are not yet available for this area.

Wildlife:

Wildlife recorded from Noosa Basin
Kingdom
Class
 Native Introduced Wetland
Indicator
species		 Rare or
Threatened
species		 All
TOTAL 1913 142 195 99 2060
Animals 607 21 94 55 633
Amphibians 29 1 13 6 30
Birds 327 9 71 28 339
Bony fish 35 1 0 3 37
Insects 70 0 0 2 71
Lampreys 1 0 0 0 1
Mammals 66 9 4 9 75
Reptiles 79 1 6 7 80
Fungi 149 0 0 0 149
Plants 1137 121 101 44 1258
Protists 20 0 0 0 20

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the EPA WildNet database.

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