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Soil and Land Suitability Assessment for Irrigated Agriculture on NT Portion 4478 and 4663 in the Larrimah Township area, Sturt Plateau.

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Title

Soil and Land Suitability Assessment for Irrigated Agriculture on NT Portion 4478 and 4663 in the Larrimah Township area, Sturt Plateau.,

Other title

Agricultural Land Suitability Series - Report 15,

Creator

McGrath, N, Andrews, K, Firby, L, Walton, S, Burgess, J, Northern Territory. Department of Environment and Natural Resources,

Editor

Hill, J.V.,

Issued by

Northern Territory. Department of Environment and Natural Resources,. Rangelands Division,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Agricultural Land Suitability Series - Report 15, DENR Technical Report 18/2018,

Date

2019-02-26,

Location

NT Portions 4478 and 4663, Northern Territory., Larrimah Township Area, Sturt Plateau,

Description

This report describes findings from a soil and land suitability investigation undertaken during 2018 to assess irrigated agricultural potential on crown lands surrounding the township of Larrimah. The investigation covers an area of 5 930 ha, and has identified more than 2 180 ha of versatile land suited to a range of irrigated agricultural cropping options.,

Notes

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).,

Table of contents

Executive Summary; Table of contents. 1. Introduction; 2. Previous land resource investigations; 3. Methodology; 4. Climate; 5. Geology; 6. Landscapes; 7. Land units; 8. Vegetation; 9. Land evaluation; 10. Land management; 11. References; 12. Appendices.,

Language

English,

Subject

Land Suitability Assessment, Irrigated Agriculture, Land Units, Soil Survey, Soils, Land Capability for Agriculture,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Darwin, Northern Territory,

Edition

1,

Series

Agricultural Land Suitability Series - Report 15, DENR Technical Report 18/2018,

Format

x 204 pages : colour illustrations, maps ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

9781743501917,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Related links

http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=6D3AD55378523A9DE050CD9B21446985,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/306480,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/347163

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/347161,