Soil and Land Capability Assessment of the Lower Weaber and Keep River Plains, Northern Territory. Section 1: Lower Weaber and Upper Keep
Details:
Title
Soil and Land Capability Assessment of the Lower Weaber and Keep River Plains, Northern Territory. Section 1: Lower Weaber and Upper Keep,
Other title
Agricultural Land Suitability Series – Report 16a,
Creator
Carnavas, M,
Burley, P,
Hempel, J,
Burgess, J,
Northern Territory. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Land Assessment Branch,
Editor
Hill, J. V.,
Collection
E-Publications,
E-Books,
PublicationNT,
DENR Technical Report 38/2019,
Agricultural Land Suitability Series – Report 16a,
Date
2019-10-01,
Location
Lower Weaber Plains,
Upper 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 1 encompasses 6,787 ha within the Lower Weaber and Upper Keep River Plains. It incorporates both collated legacy data published in Aldrick and Moody (1977) and new analytical soil data collected in 2018, in combination with analysis of high resolution aerial imagery to generate reliable 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. Background information; 3. Methodology; 4. Landscape; 5. Land units; 6. Soil; 7. Vegetation; 8. Root zone salinity assessment; 9. Land management; 10. Land evaluation; 11. References; Appendices,
Language
English,
Subject
Land resource information,
Soil survey,
Vegetation assessment,
Salinity assessment,
Land capability assessment,
Publisher name
Northern Territory Government,
Place of publication
Palmerston,
Series
DENR Technical Report 38/2019,
Agricultural Land Suitability Series – Report 16a,