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The land resources of Cobourg Peninsula

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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

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