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Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia - Western Australia (DBCA-045)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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This is a polygon coverage representing the Western Australian wetlands cited in the "A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia" Third Edition (EA, 2001), plus various additions for wetlands listed after 2001. The full dataset is collated by the Australian Government Department of the Environment from various datasets supplied by the relevant State agencies. A subset of the WA Important Wetlands are listed as RAMSAR wetlands.

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Title Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia - Western Australia (DBCA-045)
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/c4cfa6be-6711-4a12-a0a4-2b2eeb6dab4e
Remote Last Updated 23/06/2025
Contact Point
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
wetlands@dbca.wa.gov.au
Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        113.47814246600001,
        -35.02691572499998
      ],
      [
        129.00464975300008,
        -35.02691572499998
      ],
      [
        129.00464975300008,
        -14.45545507299994
      ],
      [
        113.47814246600001,
        -14.45545507299994
      ],
      [
        113.47814246600001,
        -35.02691572499998
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Western Australia Government

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Western Australia Government "Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia - Western Australia (DBCA-045)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/directory-of-important-wetlands-in-western-australia