Territory Stories

The land resources of Cobourg Peninsula

Details:

Title

The land resources of Cobourg Peninsula

Other title

by B. Wood and D. Sivertsen

Creator

Wood, B.; Sivertsen, D.; Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory

Collection

E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT

Date

1986-02-26

Location

Cobourg Peninsula

Description

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).; This report describes a land system survey over the Cobourg Peninsula broadly describing landform, soils and vegetation to assist the effective planning and management of the area as a National Park.

Notes

Date:1986

Table of contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Summary Descriptions -- 3. Land Systems -- 4. Soils -- 5. Vegetation -- Appendices -- Acknowledgements.

Language

English

Subject

Land use -- Northern Territory -- Cobourg Peninsula; Vegetation mapping -- Northern Territory -- Cobourg Peninsula

Publisher name

Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory

Place of publication

Darwin

Format

iv, 80, [6] p. : col. ills. ; 30 cm.

File type

application/pdf.

Copyright owner

Check within Publication or with content Publisher.

Related links

http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=2DBCB77120E006B6E040CD9B0F274EFE; http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=2DBCB77120E006B6E040CD9B0F274EFE [NTLIS Metadata Tool]

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/236288

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/642546

Page content

lITTORAL LAND SYSTEM (l) (191.8 km 2 1 sampl ing si tes) Estuarine plains and mangrove flats, flooded periodically, extensively developed on the southern Peninsula but can occur throughout; solonchaks and alluvial sons; closed mangrove forests interspersed with areas of bare mud flats. 1 2 1 ~iimi7i777-7YI /;j Unit 1 . ~)~G.] Flat pla-ins, - ,solonchaks (Carpentaria): Unit 2 '{SJ _P O%),. ~ No vegetation. ( eommtt~). " REPRESENTATIVE SITE ~~~~ M~f ~a 19. Flat plains, tidal channels and regularly inundated lowlands, solonchaks (Carpentaria) and al -luv-ial soils (Sal ine Muds); Closed communities of varying height, species composition varies consider-ably although the species are rigidly banded in monospecif~c stands depenaing on various environmental factors. (Community 12) . NO REPRESENTATIVE SITE. , ~ t~ &- ~-cr ~~~ \) , (... Y\ ~ ~~~ ~ '"\ ""~ - 17