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Maroochy Basin - Wetland Summary Information
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Area Profile:

Name: Maroochy
Area Type: Basin
Total Area: 1,537.57 km²
Major Towns: Buderim, Caloundra, Maroochydore, Nambour
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: 38   
  • Beerburrum East State Forest
  • Beerburrum Forest Reserve 1
  • Beerburrum Forest Reserve 2
  • Beerburrum West State Forest
  • Beerwah Forest Reserve
  • Beerwah State Forest
  • Bribie Island National Park
  • Buckleys Hole Conservation Park
  • Bullock Creek Conservation Park
  • Caloundra Conservation Park
  • Coolum Creek Conservation Park
  • Currimundi Lake (Kathleen Mcarthur) Conservation Park
  • Dularcha National Park
  • Eudlo Creek Conservation Park
  • Eudlo Creek National Park
  • Ferntree Creek National Park
  • Glass House Mountains National Park
  • Luttons State Forest
  • Mapleton Forest Reserve
  • Maroochy Forest Reserve 1
  • Maroochy Forest Reserve 2
  • Maroochy Forest Reserve 3
  • Maroochy River Conservation Park
  • Maroochy Wetlands Conservation Park
  • Mooloolah (Marie Higgs) Conservation Park
  • Mooloolah Forest Reserve
  • Mooloolah River National Park
  • Mount Coolum National Park
  • Mount Eerwah Conservation Park
  • Ningi Creek Conservation Park
  • Noosa National Park
  • Palmview Conservation Park
  • Parklands Conservation Park
  • Parklands Forest Reserve
  • Parklands State Forest
  • Toorbul Conservation Park
  • Triunia National Park
  • Wappa State Forest
Fish Habitat Areas:
  • Maroochy
  • Pumicestone Channel
Completed Regional Coastal Plans:
Coastal Management Districts:
Nature Refuges:
  • East Mount Mellum Nature Refuge
  • Edward Corbould (Reserve & Retreat) Nature Refuge
  • Ga'ri Djaa Ga'wun Nature Refuge
  • Gerygone Gully Nature Refuge
  • Headwaters Nature Refuge
  • Mooloolah River Nature Refuge
  • Upper Mooloolah 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: 15
Number of historical sites: 18

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 Maroochy Basin
Kingdom
Class
 Native Introduced Wetland
Indicator
species		 Rare or
Threatened
species		 All
TOTAL 2488 315 255 118 2806
Animals 687 24 104 61 714
Amphibians 38 1 15 9 39
Birds 367 9 77 32 377
Bony fish 32 3 0 3 36
Insects 97 0 0 2 98
Lampreys 1 0 0 0 1
Mammals 74 10 4 6 84
Reptiles 78 1 8 9 79
Fungi 88 0 0 0 88
Plants 1653 291 151 57 1944
Protists 60 0 0 0 60

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

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