Territory Stories

Soil and Land Suitability Assessment for Irrigated Agriculture in the Tennant Creek West Area

Details:

Title

Soil and Land Suitability Assessment for Irrigated Agriculture in the Tennant Creek West Area,

Creator

Carnavas, M, Grealish, G, Burley, P,

Editor

Hill, J. V.,

Collection

E-Publications, PublicationNT, E-Books, DENR Technical Report 10/2016, Agricultural Land Suitability Series - Report 4,

Date

2016-11,

Location

Tennant Creek West Area, Karlantijpa South Aboriginal Land Trust area Por 3556), NT Portion 3556,

Description

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT)., This report describes the dominant landform, soils and vegetation of the surrounds of the Tennant Creek West Area, Northern Territory. The study area covers 578 km2 and is located approximately 50km west of the Tennant Creek township. The primary purpose of the soil and land suitability investigation was to map, describe and evaluate soil landscapes to inform future irrigation development in an area with identified potential for groundwater extraction.,

Table of contents

Report cover; Executive Summary; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Background Information; 3. Methodology; 4. Landscapes; 5. Land Units; 6. Soil; 7. Vegetation; 8. Land Evaluation; 9. References; Appendices.,

Language

English,

Subject

Soil surveys -- Northern Territory -- Tennant Creek West Area, Land Suitability, Irrigated Agriculture, Soil Survey, Land Capability for agriculture,

Publisher name

Rangelands Division, Department of Environment and Natural Resources,

Place of publication

Darwin (N.T.),

Series

DENR Technical Report 10/2016, Agricultural Land Suitability Series - Report 4,

Format

x 167 pages; colour illustations, tables, figures, maps; x 30cm,

File type

application/pdf.,

ISBN

9781743501047,

Copyright owner

Check within Publication or with content Publisher.,

Related links

http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=2552BF85E5063927E050CD9B21446AB6,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/265373,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/460210