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Great Australian Bight

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Spencer Gulf

Gulf StVincent

Lock

Robe

Quorn

BurraCleve

Kimba

Clare

Keith

Berri

Hawker

Penola

Gawler

Kadina

Ceduna

MorganMoonta

Loxton

Cummins Renmark

Whyalla

Maitland

Elliston

Meningie

Kingston

Pinnaroo

Yorketown

Kingscote

Mt Barker

Nuriootpa

Jamestown

Mt Gambier

Naracoorte

Port Pirie

Fowlers Bay

Strathalbyn

Streaky Bay

Port Augusta

Port Lincoln

Murray Bridge

Victor Harbor

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Main Road© Copyright Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources 2012. All Rights Reserved. All works and information displayed are subject to Copyright. For the reproduct ion or publication beyond that permit ted by the Copyright Act 1968 (Cwlth) written permission must be sought from the Department.

Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information displayed, the Department, its agents, officers and employees make no representat ions, either express or implied, that the information displayed is accurate or fit for any purpose and expressly disclaims all liability for loss or damage arising from reliance upon the information displayed.

Land Assessment: DEWNR Soil and Land Program, 2009Map Product ion: DEWNR Science R esource CentreMap Projec tion: Lambert Conformal ConicMap Datum: GDA94

NOTES ON USE OF THE MAP:1. This work is not a soil survey. I t should be considered as a landscape survey supplemented by soils information. Soil surveys which describe and map the distribut ion patterns and propert ies of spec if ic soil classes require detailed field and laboratory work, and subsequent data analysis. This detailed work has not been undertaken.2. Due to the relatively small scale of the mapping and the low density of ground truthing, variations within mapping units will occur. There will be topographic features which are not described and soil classes which are not lis ted. Boundaries between mapping units should be treated as trans ition zones.3. The map is intended to prov ide a regional overview and should not be used to draw conclusions about conditions at specific locations.4. Information describing specific features of mapped areas applies to the majority of the area, and unspecified variations may occur. T his information is derived from limited f ield and / or laboratory verification, and estimates based on personal experience or judgement may be used where data are unavailable.5. Under no circumstances must the scale of the map be enlarged beyond its scale of publication. 6. Advice from DEWNR Soil and Land Program should be sought prior to using this information for commercial decision making.

S O U T H E R N S O U T H A U S T R A L I ALAND TYPES

SOILS FORMED ON UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENTS / DEEPLY WEATHERED ROCK

SOILS FORMED ON DEEPLY WEATHERED MATERIAL WITH IRONSTONE

SOILS FORMED ON OUTWASH SEDIMENTS DERIVED FROM BASEMENT ROCK HIGHS

Plateaux, rises and low hills with mainly acid to neutral sandy to loamy texture contrast or gradational soil with ironstone

SOILS FORMED ON BASEMENT ROCK

Low hills and rises with mainly neutral to alkaline gradational soil, calcareous soil and / or shallow stony soil

Low hills and rises with mainly sandy to loamy, texture contrast soil with calcareous subsoil

Low hills and rises with mainly acid to neutral, sandy to sandy loam texture contrast soil

Low hills and rises with mainly acid to neutral, loam to clay loam texture contrast soil

Non arable hills and rises with shallow stony soil and variable rock outcrop

Rises and plains with mainly neutral to alkaline, sandy texture contrast soil with calcareous subsoilRises and plains with mainly loamy texture contrast or gradational soilRises and plains with mainly calcareous soilRises, plains and low hills with mainly acid to neutral, sandy texture contrast soil or deep sandRises and plains with mainly neutral to alkaline clay loamy to clayey soil

Plains and gentle slopes with mainly deep texture contrast soil with calcareous subsoilPlains and gentle slopes with mainly deep calcareoussoil or gradational / clayey soil with calcareous subsoilPlains and gentle slopes with mainly deep neutral to acid soil

SOILS FORMED ON RELICT COASTAL DUNESRelict coastal dunes with shallow soil on calcrete, sandy texture contrast soil and / or deep sand

SALINE LANDSaline land, saline to brackish lakes and lagoons, and associated gypsum deposits and lunettes

MODERN WATERCOURSE / FRESHWATER WETLANDFlats, terraces and watercourses with modern alluvial soil; freshwater wetlands with swamp soils; and associated landforms

COASTAL LANDBeaches, dunes, swamps, back plains, mud and samphire flats, shellgrit flats, tidal flats, mangroves and coastal cliffs

DUNE FIELDSDune / swale systems with mainly acid to neutral, bleached siliceous sand on dunesDune / swale systems with mainly neutral to alkaline, unbleached siliceous sand with calcareous subsoil on dunes

SOILS FORMED ON SOFT / RUBBLY CALCAREOUS SEDIMENTSPlains and rises with mainly loamy calcareous soilPlains, rises and dunes with mainly shelly sand to sandy loam

SOILS FORMED ON CALCRETEPlains and rises with mainly shallow calcareous soil (ormixed calcareous and non-calcareous soil) on calcretePlains and rises with mainly shallow non-calcareous soil on calcrete

SOILS FORMED ON MARINE / LAGOONAL CLAY OR LIMESTONECorridor plains between relict coastal dunes with mainly neutral to alkaline, sandy texture contrast soil or shallow soil on limestonePlains with mainly neutral to alkaline gradational or texture contrast soil, often marginally salineRises and plains on calcreted Miocene limestone with mainly shallow loamy soils

MISCELLANEOUSLake; Reservoir; Urban; Mine

SOILS FORMED ON VOLCANIC ASHRises, plains and low hills mantled by volcanic ash

DEH MapID: 2012-5726