Soil and Land Capability Assessment for Irrigated Agriculture on Kurnturlpara and Part of Warumungu Aboriginal Land Trusts
Details:
Title
Soil and Land Capability Assessment for Irrigated Agriculture on Kurnturlpara and Part of Warumungu Aboriginal Land Trusts,
Other title
Agricultural Land Suitability Series, Report 3.,
Creator
Grealish, G,
Carnavas, M,
Burley, P,
Northern Territory. Department of Land Resource Management. Land Assessment Branch,
Editor
Hill, J. V.,
Collection
E-Publications,
E-Books,
PublicationNT,
Technical Report 09/2016,
Agricultural Land Suitability Series - Report 3,
Date
2016-07-30,
Location
Warumungu Aboriginal Land Trust Por 502),
Kurnturlpara Aboriginal Land Trust Por 4802),
Frewena,
Description
This report details the land units at a mapping scale of 1:50 000 and describes the dominant landform, soils and vegetation of the the Warumungu (NT Por 502) and Kurnturlpara (NT Por 4802) Aboriginal Land Trust areas, Northern Territory. The study area covers 172km2 and is located approximately 150km east of Tennant Creek via the Barkly Highway.
The primary purpose of the investigation was to map, describe and evaluate soil landscapes to inform future irrigation development in an area with identified potential for groundwater extraction. Core landform, soil and vegetation attributes are also described for each of the land units.,
Notes
Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT),
Table of contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Background information -- 3. Methodology -- 4. Landscapes -- 5. Land Units -- 6. Soil, 7. Vegetation -- 8. Land Evaluation -- 9. Crop Suitability -- 10. References -- Appendices.,
Language
English,
Subject
Soil surveys -- Northern Territory,
Soils -- Northern Territory,
Land capability for agriculture -- Northern Territory,
Irrigation -- Northern Territory,
soil assessment,
land capability,
land units,
soils,
Publisher name
Northern Territory Government,
Place of publication
Palmerston,
Series
Technical Report 09/2016,
Agricultural Land Suitability Series - Report 3,