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Soil and Land Suitability Assessment for Irrigated Agriculture in the Nangu Area, Daly River/Port Keats Aboriginal Land Trust

Details:

Title

Soil and Land Suitability Assessment for Irrigated Agriculture in the Nangu Area, Daly River/Port Keats Aboriginal Land Trust,

Other title

Agricultural Land Suitability Series, Report 8,

Creator

Burgess, J., McGrath, N., Andrews, K., Wright, A.,

Editor

Hill, J. V.,

Issued by

Northern Territory. Department of Environment and Natural Resources,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Agricultural Land Suitability Series, Report 8., Technical Report 16/2017,

Date

2018-02,

Location

Nangu Area, Daly River/Port Keats Aboriginal Land Trust, Wadeye,

Description

This report describes the soil and land suitability assessment investigation conducted in the Nangu Area, Daly River/Port Keats Aboriginal Land Trust, Northern Territory. The study area covers 60km2 and is located approximately 15km south-west of Wadeye community. 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.,

Notes

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

Table of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Previous land resource investigations; 3. Methodology; 4. Climate; 5. Geology; 6. Landscapes; 7. Vegetation; 8. Land Units; 9. Land evaluation; 10. Land management; 11. References; Appendices., Report_(HighRes)_Nangu_Area_Soil_Land_Suitability_Assessment.pdf -- Report_(LowRes)_Nangu_Area_Soil_Land_Suitability_Assessment.pdf,

Language

English,

Subject

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

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Darwin,

Edition

1,

Series

Agricultural Land Suitability Series, Report 8., Technical Report 16/2017,

Format

176 pages : colour illustrations and maps ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

9781743501382,

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=47D1B952D83E9D44E050CD9B21445962, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/405259 [Report_(HighRes)_Nangu_Area_Soil_Land_Suitability_Assessment.pdf], https://hdl.handle.net/10070/405260 [Report_(LowRes)_Nangu_Area_Soil_Land_Suitability_Assessment.pdf],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/286413,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/405260

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/405259,