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Wetlands of South Western Queensland Fact Sheets

Claypan West of Windorah - Nick Cuff
Permanent river reaches and waterholes
Temporary saline lakes
Permanent, isolated freshwater lakes
Sedge swamps
Oxbows (cut-off river bends)
Lignum swamps
Forb meadows on floodplains
Cooba shrubby swamps
Eucalypt wooded swamps
Artesian springs
Acacia/belah wooded swamps
Gibber and interdunal claypan aggregations
Semi-permanent saline lakes
Bluebush swamps
Isolated claypans and canegrass swamps
Watercourses without trees and shrubs
Temporary freshwater lakes without grassland
Temporary freshwater lakes with couch grassland
Shrubby floodplain watercourses
Wooded watercourses

Please note these fact sheets were developed before the Queensland Wetlands Programme and there may be some differences, for example floodplains are not considered wetlands, under Queensland Wetlands Programme wetland definition, although important to the function of some wetlands.

Last updated: 4 July 2008