MAP LOCALITY Study Area SOIL TYPES LAND UNITS North East ... · THE AUSTRALIAN SOIL...

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29 25 1 11 1 5 5 1 26 5 2 1 6 9 26 12 1 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 23 9 26 27 26 1 18 28 1 29 14 5 44 1 58 32 1 34 66 35 6 28 66 Brace Point Deception Point Murrow Point Luxmore Head Tamar Point Sinclair Point Pinyianappi Beach Wallamajara Beach TIMOR SEA THE NARROWS PORT COCKBURN APSLEY STRAIT THE NARROWS PORT COCKBURN TIMOR SEA Murrow Point Deception Point Brace Point Tamar Point Sinclair Point Luxmore Head APSLEY STRAIT THE NARROWS PORT COCKBURN TIMOR SEA Murrow Point Deception Point Brace Point Tamar Point Sinclair Point Luxmore Head APSLEY STRAIT Harris Island Bathurst Island Melville Island Harris Island Bathurst Island Melville Island Harris Island Bathurst Island Melville Island Creek Dudwell Dudwell Creek Dudwell Creek Pirlangimpi Pirlangimpi Pirlangimpi 8b 12a 12a 12a 12a 12a 12a 12a 12a 12a 12a 12a 12a 12a 12a 12a 12a 12a 12a 12a 12a 12a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 7a 11b 8d 8d 8d 8d 8d 8d 8d 8d 8d 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 8a 12d 12d 12d 12d 12d 12d 12d 12d 12d 12d 12d 5a 5a 11a 11a 11a 11a 11a 11a 11a 10c 10c 10c 10c 10c 10c 10c 10c 10c 10c 10c 10c 10c 10c 10c 10c 10c 10c 10c 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 10a 8c 8c 8c 8c 8c 8c 8c 8c 8c 8c 8c 8c 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 10b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 12b 6a 6a 6a 6a 6a 8c1 8c1 8c1 8c1 8c1 8a1 8a1 8a1 8a1 8a1 8a1 8a1 8a1 8a1 8a1 8a1 8a1 8a1 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 12c 8d 8a1 8a1 8a1 10a 8c 10c 10c 12c 12c 10b 5a 10b 8a1 8a1 8a1 8a1 635000mE 635000mE 8730000mN 8730000mN 640000mE 645000mE 650000mE 640000mE 645000mE 650000mE 8735000mN 8740000mN 8745000mN 8735000mN 8740000mN 8745000mN 635000mE 8730000mN 640000mE 645000mE 650000mE 8735000mN 8740000mN 8745000mN 635000mE 640000mE 645000mE 650000mE 8730000mN 8735000mN 8740000mN 8745000mN 635000mE 8730000mN 640000mE 645000mE 650000mE 8735000mN 8740000mN 8745000mN 635000mE 640000mE 645000mE 650000mE 8730000mN 8735000mN 8740000mN 8745000mN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/au/ Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike This publication is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence For further information contact: Manager, Land Assessment, Rangelands Division, Department of Land Resource Management Ph. (08) 8999 4443 Email: [email protected] Web: www.lrm.nt.gov.au Level 3, Goyder Centre, 25 Chung Wah Terrace, Palmerston, Northern Territory of Australia. Landform Soil description Landform description Land unit Vegetation description This map was produced on the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA 94) km 0 2 3 1 Black numbered lines are 5000 metre intervals of the Map Grid of Australia (MGA) Zone 52 Transverse Mercator Projection Horizontal Datum: GDA 94 Vertical Datum: metres AHD 5 km 4 C Northern Territory of Australia Land resource information has been derived from aerial photograph interpretation and field data describing landform, soil and vegetation. Mapping has been collected according to the national standards and prepared at a scale of 1 : 25 000. Enlarging this map beyond this scale will not provide further detail. A site inspection should always accompany mapping for specific areas. Kandosols Example of Land Unit Descriptions Woodland 5a 6a 7a LOW HILLS LOW RISES RISES 8a PLAINS 8a1 8b 8c 8c1 8d Dry monsoon vine thicket on lower slopes. Red Kandosols. Dry monsoon vine thicket. 10a DRAINAGE SYSTEMS 10b 10c 11a SWAMPS 11b MARINE 12a 12b 12c 12d Cartography by Spatial Data and Mapping, Water Resources NT, Department of Land Resource Management, Northern Territory of Australia January 2015 Web: www.lrm.nt.gov.au/nrmapsnt Map Reference: NE-Bath-Is_Land-Resources_50k Very gently inclined upland plains. Red Kandosols. Eucalyptus miniata, Corymbia nesophila and Eucalyptus tetrodonta very tall open woodland. Gently inclined lower slopes. Red Kandosols. Eucalyptus tetrodonta, Eucalyptus miniata and Corymbia nesophila very tall open woodland. Undulating plains. Red Kandosols. Eucalyptus miniata and Eucalyptus tetrodonta tall woodland. Seasonal wet plains. Kandosolic Redoxic Hydrosols. Corymbia nesophila very tall open woodland. Closed depressions. Kandosolic Redoxic Hydrosols. Lophostemon lactifluus and mixed spp. mid high open woodland. Gently inclined lower slopes. Red Kandosols. Eucalyptus tetrodonta, Eucalyptus miniata and Corymbia nesophila very tall open woodland. PLAINS LAND UNIT DESCRIPTIONS GENERAL FEATURES 66 Pirlangimpi Drainage line Existing road Major Community Land unit boundary Study area boundary SOIL TYPES VEGETATION CLASSES LAND UNITS KATHERINE NHULUNBUY JABIRU DARWIN NORTHERN TERRITORY NORTHERN TERRITORY TIWI ISLANDS TIWI ISLANDS TIWI ISLANDS TIWI ISLANDS Melville Island Melville Island Bathurst Island Bathurst Island Study Area North East Bathurst Island Study Area North East Bathurst Island MAP LOCALITY MAP LOCALITY Milikapiti Pirlangimpi Pickertaramoor Wurrumiyanga Wurankuwu ALICE SPRINGS ALICE SPRINGS TENNANT CREEK TENNANT CREEK Executive Steering Committee for Australian Vegetation Information (ESCAVI) (2003). AUSTRALIAN VEGETATION ATTRIBUTE MANUAL: NATIONAL VEGETATION INFORMATION SYSTEM, VERSION 6. Department of Environment and Heritage, Canberra. Isbell R.F. (2002). THE AUSTRALIAN SOIL CLASSIFICATION. Revised Edition. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. National Committee on Soil and Terrain (2009) AUSTRALIAN SOIL AND LAND SURVEY FIELD HANDBOOK. 3rd Edition. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne. This product and all material forming part of it is copyright belonging to the Northern Territory of Australia. You may use this material for your personal, non-commercial use or use it within your organisation for non-commercial purposes, provided that an appropriate acknowledgement is made and the material is not altered in any way. Subject to the fair dealing provisions of the Copyright Act 1968, you must not make any other use of this product (including copying or reproducing it or part of it in any way) unless you have the written permission of the Northern Territory of Australia to do so. The Northern Territory of Australia does not warrant that the product or any part of it is correct or complete and will not be liable for any loss damage or injury suffered by any person as a result of it inaccuracy or incompleteness. Temporary access track Spot height: metres AHD LAND RESOURCES of NORTH EAST BATHURST ISLAND Samphire shrubland Open woodland Closed forest Open forest Sedgeland metres 0 2500 metres metres 0 2500 metres Hydrosols Beach ridges. Tenosolic Oxyaquic Hydrosols. Melaleuca dealbata mid high open woodland. Salt flats. Intertidal Hydrosols. Tecticornia spp. miniature samphire shrubland. Supratidal flats. Supratidal Hydrosols. Eleocharis spp. and Schoenoplectus littoralis medium sedgeland. Undulating steep hillslopes. Red Kandosols. Eucalyptus tetrodonta, Corymbia bleeseri and Eucalyptus miniata very tall woodland. Moderately inclined hillslopes. Brown Kandosols and Red Orthic Tenosols. Eucalyptus miniata and Eucalyptus tetrodonta tall woodland. Gently inclined hillslopes. Red Kandosols and Red Orthic Tenosols. Eucalyptus miniata and mixed spp. very tall open woodland. Seasonal wet plains prone to inundation and seasonal waterlogging. Kandosolic Redoxic Hydrosols and Brown Kandosols. Melaleuca viridiflora and/or Lophostemon lactifluus mid high open woodland. Drainage depressions including springs and alcoves. Kandosolic Redoxic Hydrosols and Oxyaquic Hydrosols. Lophostemon lactifluus or Melaleuca viridiflora or Melaleuca leucadendra tall woodland. Drainage depressions including springs and alcoves. Kandosolic Redoxic Hydrosols. Wet evergreen monsoon forest. Drainage depressions. Redoxic Hydrosols. Dapsilanthus spp. and/or Schoenus spp. medium closed sedgeland. Closed depressions. Kandosolic Redoxic Hydrosols. Melaleuca spp. tall open forest. Mangroves. Intertidal Hydrosols. Ceriops tagal, Bruguiera spp. and Rhizophora stylosa mid high to tall closed forest. 8a1 TIWI ISLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BIO-PHYSICAL RESOURCES OF NORTH EAST BATHURST ISLAND (Technical Report January 2015) Land Assessment, Rangelands Division, Department of Land Resource Management FIELD SITE LOCATIONS

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Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlikeThis publication is provided under a CreativeCommons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence

For further information contact:

Manager, Land Assessment, Rangelands Division, Department of Land Resource Management

Ph. (08) 8999 4443 Email: [email protected] Web: www.lrm.nt.gov.au

Level 3, Goyder Centre, 25 Chung Wah Terrace, Palmerston, Northern Territory of Australia.

Landform Soil descriptionLandform description

Land unit Vegetation description

This map was producedon the Geocentric Datum

of Australia 1994 (GDA 94)

km 0 2 31

Black numbered lines are 5000 metre intervals of the Map Grid of Australia (MGA) Zone 52Transverse Mercator Projection Horizontal Datum: GDA 94 Vertical Datum: metres AHD

5 km4

C Northern Territory of Australia

Land resource information has been derived from aerial photograph interpretation and field data describinglandform, soil and vegetation. Mapping has been collected according to the national standards and preparedat a scale of 1 : 25 000. Enlarging this map beyond this scale will not provide further detail. A site inspection

should always accompany mapping for specific areas.

Kandosols

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Cartography bySpatial Data and Mapping, Water Resources NT,

Department of Land Resource Management,Northern Territory of Australia

January 2015

Web: www.lrm.nt.gov.au/nrmapsntMap Reference: NE-Bath-Is_Land-Resources_50k

Very gently inclined upland plains. Red Kandosols. Eucalyptus miniata, Corymbia nesophila andEucalyptus tetrodonta very tall open woodland.

Gently inclined lower slopes. Red Kandosols. Eucalyptus tetrodonta, Eucalyptus miniata andCorymbia nesophila very tall open woodland.

Undulating plains. Red Kandosols. Eucalyptus miniata and Eucalyptus tetrodonta tall woodland.

Seasonal wet plains. Kandosolic Redoxic Hydrosols. Corymbia nesophila very tall open woodland.

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Gently inclined lower slopes. Red Kandosols. Eucalyptus tetrodonta, Eucalyptus miniata andCorymbia nesophila very tall open woodland.

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Executive Steering Committee for Australian Vegetation Information (ESCAVI) (2003).

AUSTRALIAN VEGETATION ATTRIBUTE MANUAL: NATIONAL VEGETATION INFORMATION SYSTEM, VERSION 6.

Department of Environment and Heritage, Canberra.

Isbell R.F. (2002). THE AUSTRALIAN SOIL CLASSIFICATION. Revised Edition. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

National Committee on Soil and Terrain (2009) AUSTRALIAN SOIL AND LAND SURVEY FIELD HANDBOOK.

3rd Edition. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

This product and all material forming part of it is copyright belonging to the Northern Territory of Australia.You may use this material for your personal, non-commercial use or use it within your organisation for

non-commercial purposes, provided that an appropriate acknowledgement is made and the material is notaltered in any way. Subject to the fair dealing provisions of the Copyright Act 1968, you must not make anyother use of this product (including copying or reproducing it or part of it in any way) unless you have the

written permission of the Northern Territory of Australia to do so.

The Northern Territory of Australia does not warrant that the product or any part of it is correct or completeand will not be liable for any loss damage or injury suffered by any person as a result of it inaccuracy

or incompleteness.

Temporary accesstrack

Spot height:metres AHD

LAND RESOURCES ofNORTH EAST BATHURST ISLAND

Samphire shrubland

Open woodland

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Beach ridges. Tenosolic Oxyaquic Hydrosols. Melaleuca dealbata mid high open woodland.

Salt flats. Intertidal Hydrosols. Tecticornia spp. miniature samphire shrubland.

Supratidal flats. Supratidal Hydrosols. Eleocharis spp. and Schoenoplectus littoralis mediumsedgeland.

Undulating steep hillslopes. Red Kandosols. Eucalyptus tetrodonta, Corymbia bleeseri andEucalyptus miniata very tall woodland.

Moderately inclined hillslopes. Brown Kandosols and Red Orthic Tenosols. Eucalyptus miniata andEucalyptus tetrodonta tall woodland.

Gently inclined hillslopes. Red Kandosols and Red Orthic Tenosols. Eucalyptus miniata and mixed spp.very tall open woodland.

Seasonal wet plains prone to inundation and seasonal waterlogging. Kandosolic Redoxic Hydrosolsand Brown Kandosols. Melaleuca viridiflora and/or Lophostemon lactifluus mid high open woodland.

Drainage depressions including springs and alcoves. Kandosolic Redoxic Hydrosols and OxyaquicHydrosols. Lophostemon lactifluus or Melaleuca viridiflora or Melaleuca leucadendra tall woodland.

Drainage depressions including springs and alcoves. Kandosolic Redoxic Hydrosols. Wet evergreenmonsoon forest.

Drainage depressions. Redoxic Hydrosols. Dapsilanthus spp. and/or Schoenus spp. medium closedsedgeland.

Closed depressions. Kandosolic Redoxic Hydrosols. Melaleuca spp. tall open forest.

Mangroves. Intertidal Hydrosols. Ceriops tagal, Bruguiera spp. and Rhizophora stylosa mid high totall closed forest.

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TIWI ISLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

BIO-PHYSICAL RESOURCES OF NORTH EAST BATHURST ISLAND

(Technical Report January 2015)

Land Assessment, Rangelands Division, Department of Land Resource Management

FIELD SITE LOCATIONS

Dept. Land Resource Management
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