Soil and Land Capability Assessment of the Lower Weaber and Keep River Plains, Northern Territory. Section 2: Lower Keep
Details:
Title
Soil and Land Capability Assessment of the Lower Weaber and Keep River Plains, Northern Territory. Section 2: Lower Keep,
Other title
Agricultural Land Suitability Series – Report 16b,
Creator
Carnavas, M,
Burgess, J,
Northern Territory. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Land Assessment Branch,
Editor
Hill, J. V.,
Collection
E-Publications,
E-Books,
PublicationNT,
Agricultural Land Suitability Series – Report 16b,
DENR Technical Report 39/2019,
Date
2019-10-01,
Location
Lower Weaber Plains,
Lower Keep,
Keep River Plains,
Description
This report describes the soil and land capability study of the Lower Weaber and Keep River Plains (23,716 ha). This was a joint Commonwealth and Northern Territory project and is one of a number of parallel studies undertaken to better understand the soil and water resources within the Lower Weaber and Keep River Plains. The investigation has assessed land based constraints and determined land capability outcomes for potential future agricultural development. Section 2 of the study, which encompasses 16,929 ha of the Lower Keep River Plain has reinterpreted legacy soil data only. Pre-existing mapping in the Lower Keep was re-examined with the aid of additional landscape observations and high resolution aerial imagery. As a consequence the outcomes are of lower confidence, and convey less certainty with regard to land capability outcomes.,
Notes
Made available by via Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).,
Table of contents
Executive Summary; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 3. Landform groups and land units; 4. Root zone salinity assessment; 5. Land evaluation; 6. References; Appendices.,
Language
English,
Subject
Land resource information,
Soil survey,
Land capability assessment,
Salinity assessment,
Publisher name
Northern Territory Government,
Place of publication
Palmerston,
Series
Agricultural Land Suitability Series – Report 16b,
DENR Technical Report 39/2019,
Format
x, 99 pages : colour illustrations and maps ; 30 cm,