Inland Lacustrine, Palustrine and Riverine Wetlands - A compilation of material

The following provides a collection of information related to inland lacustrine and palustrine aquatic ecosystems. (Note work in progress).

Global and International
- UN Freshwater Explorer https://map.sdg661.app/
- UN Global Surface Water Explorer Mapping Application - data extent and change back to 1984 with general information and Data download
- CIFOR SWAMP Program Global Wetlands Ver 3 Mapping Application and Data download, plus methodology
- Satellite-based Wetland Observation Service (SWOS) Geoportal (linkage to GEOSS Global Earth Observation System of Systems) and general information
- Global Lakes and Wetlands Database (Online viewer with download option) and also WWF dB
- World Wetlands Survey 2020 with findings from World Wetland Networks 2017 Survey
- UN-WCMC Global Wetlands Dataset (1993)
- NASA Global Distribution of Wetland Ecosystems (1987)
National
- Australian Waterbodies https://www.ga.gov.au/dea/products/dea-waterbodies and data download https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/132814
- Wetland Insights Tool Dunn et al 2019 Beta System is available for QLD within WetlandInfo https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wetland-background/insight.html
- Water Observations from Space https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/community-safety/flood/wofs
- GDE Atlas - Aquatic
- DIWA spatial data (2010) with Documentation (2003) plus Online searchable dB and Spatial query tool
- Ramsar (2020) and Online searchable dB
- DIWA and Ramsar search tool
- DIWA and Ramsar spatial query tool
- DIWA and Ramsar in National Map
- Prioritising rock-holes of Aboriginal and ecological significance in the Gawler Ranges (2008)
- Rockholes / kapi tjukula in the Alinytjara Wilurara region and Dreamweaver: rockhole maintenance (How much information is documented about the sites is guided by the women, as sensitivities around some sites affect how information can be made public).
- Rock holes and cultural water
- Geofabric BoM Access options v2.1.1 as Geodatabase ftp (Also has v3.2 avail) and v3.2 as Web Service
- National Environmental Stream Attributes v1.1.5 (ANU 2012)
QLD
- QLD Ver 5.1 Maps and Data at https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wetland-background/#data
- WetlandInfo has separate layers available for download or via web service. Refer Queensland Spatial Catalogue - QSpatial:
  - Ver 5.0 Wetland polygon, line and point (includes marine, estuarine, riverine, lacustrine, palustrine
  - Groundwater dependent ecosystems - surface expression polygon, line and point, plus subterranean polygon
  - Springs - Active (permanent and intermittent) and Inactive
  - Intertidal subtidal
  - Floodplain overlay (Statewide polygon)
  - View above Open in ArcGIS Online Map Viewer or ArcMap (Click here for ArcGS REST Services Directory)
  - QLD Wetlands series, poly, line and point data
- Riverine wetlands
- Lacustrine wetlands
- Palustrine wetlands
- Waterhole refuge mapping and persistence analysis in the Lower Balonne and Barwon–Darling rivers (2015)
- Permanent and Semi-Permanent Waterbodies of the Lake Eyre Basin (Queensland and South Australia)
- Regional Ecosystems Mapping and Regional Ecosystem Description Database and spatial data
- Rockholes and waterholes
NSW
- NSW Wetland Inventory https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/water/wetlands/nsw-wetland-inventory
- NSW Wetlands DPIE https://researchdata.edu.au/nsw-wetlands/1343045
- NSW Wetlands map viewer https://geo.seed.nsw.gov.au/Public_Viewer/index.html?viewer=Public_Viewer&locale=en-AU&runWorkflow=AppendLayerCatalog&CatalogLayer=SEED_Catalog.110
- NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water" (2010) NSW Wetlands. Bioregional Assessment Source Data base https://datagovau.s3.amazonaws.com/bioregionalassessments/BA_ALL/ALL/DATA/Ecology/WetlandsNSW_WetlandsMapping_2006/90476e12-77a2-4970-a0be-942eeb84e95e.zip and https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/90476e12-77a2-4970-a0be-942eeb84e95e
- Wetlands of the Lachlan River Catchments V1.0
- Gwyder valley floodplain (see ecological assets map)
- Gwyder Wetlands recovery project
- Conservation Assessment of Wetlands in the Clarence Lowlands IBRA Subregion
- Wetlands Central West region - included some site mapping
- NSW floodplain vegetation mapping
- NSW High Ecological Values Waterway Mapping at LGA level
  - Data.gov.au search Maps of high ecological value waterways and water dependent ecosystems (34 records)
- Waterhole refuge mapping and persistence analysis in the Lower Balonne and Barwon–Darling rivers (2015)
- Murray Riparian Vegetation Mapping based on mixed floristic/structural classification, MDBC (1990) (113 MBytes)
ACT
- ACT Wetlands 2016 (Contains 327 records for 23 sites based on DIWA and Ramsar) View in ArcGIS Online and metadata record Download avail in a number of spatial formats
- ACT High Country Bogs and Fens and report View in ArcGIS Online and metadata record Download avail in a number of spatial formats
- Impact of fires on Alpine Bogs - Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangments
- Alpine Bogs: Locating communities most at risk - involves ACT, NSW and Vic
- Wetland vulnerability to climate change in the ACT 2017 (includes updated layer with attributes) (note terms)
- ACT Water Features Lines 2018 (limited attribution)
- ACT Water Features Polygon 2018 (limited attribution)
VIC
- Victorian Wetland Inventory (Current) also includes Pre European Extent https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/victorian-wetland-inventory-current This data is viewable on-line at Vic Online Wetland Mapping.
- Victorian Wetland Geospatial Inventory: 2017 Update https://www.vgls.vic.gov.au/client/en_AU/search/asset/1300337/0
- Victorian Wetland Environments and Extent - up to 2013 https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/aa134d02-cab0-42a6-82bc-bc404514357c and https://www.environment.gov.au/water/wetlands/publications/wetlands-australia/national-wetlands-update-february-2013-27
- Corangamite Wetland Inventory 2005 or here (6 MBytes)
- Vic 1994 Wetland Ver 2.0 dataset (15.5 MBytes) Additional information is available from the Index of Wetland Condition (IWC) - refer Click here for IWC Info
- Vic KEA Wetlands with attribute typology (1 MByte) Updated 25 Mar 2010. Contains various working files.
- Vic KEA River Reaches (1.5 MBytes) This is a sub-set of the spatial layer for the state-wide Index of Stream Condition (ISC). Refer Click here for ISC Info
- Victorian Water Asset Database https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/victorian-water-asset-database-vwad-polygon_layer
TAS
- Tasmania's wetlands
- Tasmania Conservation of Freshwater Ecosystem Values (CFEV) Spatial Data - https://wrt.tas.gov.au/cfev/docs/ref/Wetlands.xhtml
- Tasmania CFEV River Section Catchments https://data.gov.au/dataset/ds-listtas-1c7e98e2-bf7d-48d5-8534-2ae4cdd06f0e/details?q=
- Tasmania CFEV Thematic layers - rivers, estuaries, water bodies, wetlands, Saltmarshes, GDEs, karst etc Click here
- Statewide wetland layer for planning (2019) Click here
SA
- Waterbodies in South Australia (2020)
- Wetland Inventories in South Australia
  - Mount Lofty Ranges
  - Lower South East
  - Kangaroo Island
  - Northern Agricultural Districts
  - Eyre Peninsula
  - Channel Country
  - Coorong and Lower Lakes (Scroll down) or download Habitat Mapping Program (4 MBytes) and Ecological Character (56 MBytes) or hmtl link
  - Fleurieu Peninsula(Scroll down) or download here (13 MBytes)
  - Tilley Swamp Biological Survey 1991 or download here (7 MBytes)
  - Baseline Synthesis of Ecohydrological Data for the Taratap and Tilley Swamp Watercourses, South East of South Australia (2019) or download here (18 MBytes)
- South Australian Wetlands Strategy
- South Australian Lake Eyre Basin aquatic ecosystem mapping and classification 2015 (13 MBytes)
- Permanent and Semi-Permanent Waterbodies of the Lake Eyre Basin (Queensland and South Australia)
- Great Artesian Basin spring wetland area mapping and flow estimation 2015 (1 MByte)
- Mapping area of the Great Artesian Basin diffuse discharge 2015 (8 MBytes)
- Lake Eyre Basin (South Australia) mapping and conceptual models of shallow groundwater-dependent ecosystems 2015 (4 MBytes)
- A hydrogeological and ecological characterisation of springs near Lake Blanche South Australia 2015 (14 MBytes)
- Eco-hydrological conceptual models of springs in the western Lake Eyre Basin, South Australia 2015 (21 MBytes)
- Bioregional Assessments Lake Eyre Basin projects
- 2009-10 River Murray Wetland Classification Project Final Report (1.0 MByte)
- Wetlands Northern and Yorke Landscape Board
- Prioritising rock-holes of Aboriginal and ecological significance in the Gawler Ranges (2008)
- Rockholes / kapi tjukula in the Alinytjara Wilurara region and Dreamweaver: rockhole maintenance (How much information is documented about the sites is guided by the women, as sensitivities around some sites affect how information can be made public)
WA
- WA Map of available datasets https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/documents/conservation-management/wetlands/wetland_mapping_datasets_publically_available-1.pdf
- WA Wetlands and mapping https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/management/wetlands/mapping-and-monitoring/220-wetlands-mapping and https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/management/wetlands
- WA Rivers and Wetlands
- WA A summary of wetland mapping, monitoring and inventory projects and a discussion of wetland classification in Western Australia (2009)
NT
- Wetlands in the Arid Northern Territory (Duguid et al 2005) https://nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/262224/wetlands-in-the-arid-nt.pdf or Click here
- Wetlands of the Simpson Desert (2020) https://data.nt.gov.au/dataset/wetlands_of_the_simpson_desert
- Bioregional Assessment Program
  - Beetaloo GBA Region
  - Lake Eyre bioregion