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.
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9781743500187
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Plains Land Unit: 6n4 Lithology Group: Tertiary Sediments Sites: 23 Area: 1740 km Soil Common Soil Red Kandosols Common Soil Characteristics Surface texture class Sandy Subsoil texture class Clay loamy Soil colour Red Surface soil gravels Nil Subsoils gravels Nil Soil depth 1.0 - 1.5m Field surface pH 5.5 - 6.5 Field subsoil pH 5.5 - 6.5 Other soils described Red-Orthic Tenosols Vegetation Common vegetation community Shrublands No sites Pasture rating Acacia sp. mid to tall sparse to open shrubland 12 Poor Acacia sp. mid to tall open shrubland 7 Poor Other communities: Acacia stipuligera tall shrubland, Triodia pungens or Triodia bitextura mid hummock grassland Stratum Frequency of dominant species Other common species in decreasing frequency Upper stratum Corymbia terminalis (61%), Eucalyptus pruinosa, Eucalyptus brevifolia (30%) Corymbia flavescens (13%), Hakea lorea (9%) Mid stratum Acacia lysiphloia (39%), Acacia ancistrocarpa, Acacia stipuligera (17%) Acacia sericophylla, Eucalyptus brevifolia (13%), Grevillea refracta, Grevillea striata, Acacia drepanocarpa (9%) Ground stratum Triodia pungens (52%), Triodia sp. (30%), Triodia bitextura (17%) Chrysopogon fallax (26%), Aristida holathera (22%), Aristida inaequiglumis, Yakirra australiensis, Goodenia azurea, Mirbelia viminalis, Scaevola sp. (13%) Land Evaluation Comments Well drained Deep soils Minimal slopes No rock outcrop Low erosion risk: Any disturbance will require erosion and sediment control planning Landform General Description Level to gently undulating plains on tertiary sediments; Acacia shrubland; deep sandy red earths Slopes 0 - 1% Parent material Tertiary Sediments Surface Gravel Nil Rock Outcrop Nil Drainage Well Runoff Slow 282 of the Victoria River DistrictLAND RESOURCES 282 Plains Land Unit: 6n4 Lithology Group: Tertiary Sediments Sites: 23 Area: 1740 km 2 Landform Soil Vegetation Land Evaluation Comments Stratum Frequency of Dominant Species Other Common Species in Decreasing Frequency