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Soil and Land Suitability Assessment for Irrigated Agriculture in the Dunmarra Area

Details:

Title

Soil and Land Suitability Assessment for Irrigated Agriculture in the Dunmarra Area,

Other title

Agricultural Land Suitability Series - Report 10,

Creator

Burley, P, Carnarvas, M, Hempel, J, Northern Territory, Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Rangelands Division,

Editor

Napier, D,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Agricultural Land Suitability Series - Report 10, DENR Technical Report 5/2019,

Date

2019-02-01,

Location

Hayfield Station, Shenandoah Station, Kalala Station, Dunmarra Area,

Description

This report describes the dominant landform, soils and vegetation of the Dunmarra Area, Northern Territory. The study area covers 1040 km2 and is located midway between Daly Waters and Elliott via the Stuart Highway. The study area is predominantly over Shenandoah and Hayfield Stations and also part of Kalala Station. The primary purpose of the investigation was to map, describe and evaluate soil landscapes to inform future irrigation development in an area with identified potential for groundwater extraction.,

Map scale

1:50,000,

Notes

Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT),

Table of contents

Executive summary; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Background information; 3. Methodology; 4. Lithology and landscapes; 5. Land Units; 6. Soil; 7. Vegetation; 8. Inherent soil erodibility; 9. Land evaluation; 10. References; Appendices 1-9.,

Language

English,

Subject

Land Suitability Assessment, Irrigated Agriculture, Land Units, Soil Survey, Soils, Land Capability for Agriculture,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Palmerston,

Series

Agricultural Land Suitability Series - Report 10, DENR Technical Report 5/2019,

Format

x 214 pages; colour illustations, maps; 30 cm,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

9781743501955,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,

Related links

http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=47D26596EFD735FEE050CD9B214455E4,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/754063,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/780403

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/780402,