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Soil and Land Assessment of the Southern Part of Flying Fox Station for Irrigated Agriculture. Part A: Land Resources and General Land Capability.

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Title

Soil and Land Assessment of the Southern Part of Flying Fox Station for Irrigated Agriculture. Part A: Land Resources and General Land Capability.,

Other title

Agricultural Land Suitability Series, Report 14A,

Creator

Andrews, K, Burgess, J, McGrath, N, Wright, A, Walton, S, Northern Territory. Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security,

Editor

Hill, J.V.,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Technical Report No. 3/2021,

Date

2021-03-01,

Location

Flying Fox Station, Roper River Region,

Description

This report presents findings from a 52 938 ha soil and land resource mapping investigation of the southern part of Flying Fox Station, in the Roper River Region of the Northern Territory. While the study area was primarily selected because of its diverse geology, terrain and soils, it is also representative of the central Roper River region, and findings from the investigation will underpin and guide future agricultural development in the region.,

Notes

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

Table of contents

Executive Summary; 1. Introduction; 2. Previous land resource investigations; 3. Methodology; 4. Climate; 5. Geology; 6. Landscapes; 7. Land units; 8. Land capability assessment; 9. Land management; 10. References; Appendices.,

Language

English,

Subject

soil survey, land resource assessment, land units, land capability assessment,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Palmerston,

Edition

1,

Series

Technical Report No. 3/2021,

Format

208 pages : colour maps and illustrations ; 30cm,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

9781743502815,

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=6589A5D125EFB385E050CD9B2144202B, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/820014 [Report_print_Soil Land Assessment Flying Fox - Part A Land Resources General Land Capability], https://hdl.handle.net/10070/820013 [Report_screen_Soil Land Assessment Flying Fox - Part A Land Resources General Land Capability], https://hdl.handle.net/10070/829192 [Soil and Land Assessment of the Southern Part of Flying Fox Station for Irrigated Agriculture. Part B: Digital Soil Mapping and Crop Specific Land Suitability],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/820012,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/820013

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/820014,