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Soil and Land Suitability Assessment for Irrigated Agriculture in the Gunn Point area, Northern Territory

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Title

Soil and Land Suitability Assessment for Irrigated Agriculture in the Gunn Point area, Northern Territory,

Other title

Agricultural Land Suitability Series - Report 7, Land Units Gunn Point,

Creator

Easey, D, Brocklehurst, P, Emberg, J,

Editor

Hill, J. V,

Issued by

Northern Territory. Department of Environment and Natural Resources,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Technical Report 7/2017, Agricultural Land Suitability Series - Report 7,

Date

2017-02-01,

Location

Gunn Point,

Description

A soil and land suitability investigation for irrigated agriculture was undertaken on lands north east of Darwin in the Gunn Point area of the Northern Territory covering 7619 ha. The overall intention of the assessment was to identify soil and land resources in the Darwin region suitable for a potential new irrigated horticultural precinct., Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).,

Notes

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

Table of contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Landscapes -- 4. Land Units -- 5. Soil -- 6. Vegetation -- 7. Land Evaluation -- 8. Management Considerations -- 9. References -- Appendices,

Language

English,

Subject

Land Resources, Land Suitability Assessment, Soil Survey, Irrigated Agriculture, Gunn Point, Land capability for agriculture, Soil surveys -- Northern Territory -- Gunn Point, Soils, Northern Territory, Land capability for agriculture -- Northern Territory -- Gunn Point, Land Units, Irrigation, Irrigation -- Northern Territory -- Gunn Point, Soils -- Northern Territory -- Gunn Point, Soil surveys,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Darwin,

Edition

1,

Series

Technical Report 7/2017, Agricultural Land Suitability Series - Report 7,

Format

127 pages : colour illustrations and maps ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

9781743501276,

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=3F592972C2006A85E050CD9B21441C22,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/266788,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/447781