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Groundwater Resources of the Katherine Area

Details:

Title

Groundwater Resources of the Katherine Area,

Creator

Groundwater Enterprises,

Editor

Groves, Hannah, Costar, Adrian,

Sponsored by

Northern Territory. Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Mapping the Future, Technical Report 10/2024,

Date

2022-06,

Location

Katherine area,

Abstract

A water resource investigation was undertaken in the Katherine area of the Northern Territory, covering an area of 986 square kilometres. The overall intention of the assessment was to map and describe the water resources to determine general capability outcomes for strategic land use planning and land suitability for potential irrigated agriculture.,

Notes

Made available by via Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT), A report prepared for the Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security by Groundwater Enterprises. June 2022.,

Table of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Topography and Drainage; 3. Geological Setting; 4. Hydrogeology; 5. Groundwater Resource Potential and Risk Class; 6. Groundwater Availability; 7. Conclusions; 8. References,

Language

English,

Subject

Water resources, Land resources, Land unit mapping, Land suitability for irrigated agriculture, Land evaluation, General land capability, Soil assessment,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Palmerston,

Edition

1,

Series

Mapping the Future, Technical Report 10/2024,

Format

viii, 38 pages : colour maps ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

9781743504314,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

License

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

Related links

https://depws.nt.gov.au/land-resource-management/development-opportunities [Mapping the Future web page],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/950982,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/950983