Land resources of the Victoria River District
Napier, Diane E; Hill, Jason V; Northern Territory. Department of Land Resource Management. Land Resource Assessment Branch
E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT; Technical Report Number 19/2012
2012
Victoria River
This Technical Report describes a land resource survey. It was mapped at a survey scale of 1:100 000 and includes a description of the landforms, soils and vegetation for 237 land units. The surveyed area of 74 502km2 is located 700km south west of Darwin and covers 23 major land holdings in the Victoria River District, (VRD) Northern Territory. The objectives of the project were to map, describe and evaluate the pastoral lands of the VRD and provide this information to land managers, industry, government and other relevant stakeholders.
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1. Introduction; 2. Previous Mapping; 3. Survey Collection Methodology and Data Collection; 4. Lithology and Stratigraphy; 5. Landform; 6. Soil Classification; 7. Vegetation; 8. Land Evaluation; 9. Soil Erosion; 10. Land Unit Descriptions; References; Appendices x 10. Tables x 49. Figures x 10.
English
Soils -- Northern Territory -- Victoria River; Land use -- Northern Territory -- Victoria River; Geology -- Northern Territory -- Victoria River
Northern Territory Government
Palmerston
Technical Report Number 19/2012
vii, 363 pages : colour illustrations and maps ; 30 cm.
application/pdf
9781743500187
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Northern Territory Government
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Plains Land Unit: 6g2 Lithology Group: Sandstone Sites: 5 Area: 14 km Soil Common Soil Shallow Brown Kandosols Common Soil Characteristics Surface texture class Clay Loamy Subsoil texture class Clayey Soil colour Brown Surface soil gravels 0 - 10% Subsoils gravels 0 - 10% Soil depth 0.25 - 0.5m Field surface pH 6.5 - 7.5 Field subsoil pH 8.5 - 9.5 Other soils described Shallow Brown Dermosols Vegetation Common vegetation community Tussock grasslands No sites Pasture rating Mixed spp. low tussock grassland 5 Moderate Other communities: Nil Stratum Frequency of dominant species Other common species in decreasing frequency Upper stratum - Eucalyptus pruinosa, Corymbia terminalis (20%) Mid stratum - Carissa lanceolata (60%), Hakea arborescens, Eucalyptus pruinosa (20%) Ground stratum Brachyachne convergens (60%), Aristida latifolia, Aristida holathera (40%) Enneapogon polyphyllus, Chrysopogon fallax (40%), Neptunia dimorphantha, Heteropogon contortus, Sporobolus australasicus (20%) Land Evaluation Comments Well drained Shallow soils Gentle slopes No rock outcrop Moderate erosion risk: Any disturbance will require erosion and sediment control planning. Sandstone substrate is fine grained and on occasions calcareous. Landform General Description Level to gently undulating colluvial sandstone plains; abundant surface gravel; tussock grassland; shallow brown soils Slopes 0 - 3% Parent material Sandstone Surface Gravel > 50% Rock Outcrop Nil Drainage Well Runoff Moderately rapid 267267 of the Victoria River DistrictLAND RESOURCES 267 Plains Land Unit: 6g2 Lithology Group: Sandstone Sites: 5 Area: 14 km2 Landform Soil Vegetation Land Evaluation Comments Stratum Frequency of Dominant Species Other Common Species in Decreasing Frequency
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