Land Resources of Auvergne Station
A supplement to the Land Resources of the Victoria River District
Napier, Diane; Edmeades, Bart; Lynch, Brian; McGregor, Robert; Northern Territory. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Hill, J.V.
E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT; Jul-18
2018-06-30
Auvergne Station; NT Portion 2676; Victoria River Downs; Victoria River District
This report for Auvergne Station is a supplement to Land Resources of the Victoria River District (2012) and completes the land resource assessment of the district which covers 24 properties and approximately 78 760 km² of pastoral land. Land unit mapping at 1:100 000 describes the landforms, soils and vegetation in the district.
Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT)
Table of contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Previous mapping; 3. Survey methodology and data collection; 4. Lithology; 5. Landform; 6. Soil; 7. Soil physical and chemical characteristics; 8. Vegetation; 9. Land evaluation; 10. Soil erosion; 11. Land unit descriptions; 12. References; Appendices 1 - 12.
English
Soils -- Northern Territory -- Auvergne Station; Land use -- Northern Territory -- Auvergne Station; Geology -- Northern Territory -- Auvergne Station; land resource assessment; land units; soil landscapes; vegetation communities
Northern Territory Government
Palmerston
Jul-18
204 pages ; colour photographs, maps, figures, tables ; 30 cm.
application/pdf
9781743501498
Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
Northern Territory Government
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http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=E3F20A909A8123ADE040CD9B21446CC0; http://hdl.handle.net/10070/245323 [Land resources of the Victoria River District]
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/300258
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/378762
Land Resources of Auvergne Station A supplement to the Land Resources of the Victoria River District iv Low Hills .................................................................................................................. 15 Rises ........................................................................................................................ 16 Plains ....................................................................................................................... 16 Alluvial Plains .......................................................................................................... 16 Drainage Systems ................................................................................................... 16 Wetlands .................................................................................................................. 17 Marine ...................................................................................................................... 17 6. Soil ............................................................................................................................... 19 Soil Orders ............................................................................................................... 19 Kandosols ................................................................................................................ 19 Rudosols .................................................................................................................. 19 Vertosols .................................................................................................................. 19 Dermosols ............................................................................................................... 20 Tenosols .................................................................................................................. 20 Chromosols ............................................................................................................. 20 Hydrosols ................................................................................................................. 20 7. Soil Physical and Chemical Characteristics ............................................................ 23 Inherent Erosion Potential ....................................................................................... 25 Acid Sulfate Soils ..................................................................................................... 28 Saline Soils .............................................................................................................. 28 Sodicity .................................................................................................................... 33 8. Vegetation ................................................................................................................... 39 Vegetation community groups ................................................................................. 39 Pasture Ratings ....................................................................................................... 48 9. Land Evaluation .......................................................................................................... 51 Slope ....................................................................................................................... 53 Rock Outcrop ........................................................................................................... 53 Soil Depth ................................................................................................................ 54 Soil Drainage ........................................................................................................... 55 Sensitive and Significant Habitats ........................................................................... 57 Acid Sulfate Soils ..................................................................................................... 60 Saline Soils .............................................................................................................. 60 Erosion Risk ............................................................................................................ 62 Low Erosion Risk .............................................................................................. 63 Moderate Erosion Risk ..................................................................................... 63