Publication Date
1987
DPIRD Collections
Natural resources
Series Number
73
Abstract
The inventory and condition survey of rangelands in the Carnarvon Basin, undertaken by the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA) between 1980 and 1982, describes and maps the natural resources of the region’s pastoral leasehold land. This survey report provides a baseline record of the existence and condition of the natural area’s resources, to assist with the planning and implementation of land management practices. The report identified and described the condition of soils, landforms, vegetation, habitat, ecosystems, and declared plants and animals. It also assessed the impact of pastoralism and made land management recommendations. The area surveyed covers about 74 500km² in the Carnarvon Basin and Shark Bay regions, and includes the catchments of the Lyndon and Minilya rivers and the lower reaches of the Gascoyne and Wooramel Rivers. The vegetation of the Carnarvon Basin area is mainly dominated by perennial shrubs. A small number of botanical families contain a large proportion of the dominant perennials in the area. Of these Acacia, Eremophila and Cassia are pre-eminent in the taller shrub communities, Atriplex and Maireana in the low chenopod shrublands, Eucalyptus in the low woodlands and Triodia and Plectrachne in the hummock grasslands.
Number of Pages
478
Keywords
Soil conservation, Soil degradation, Rangelands, Carnarvon Basin (WA), Soil surveys, Western Australia, Vegetation
Disciplines
Agricultural and Resource Economics | Agricultural Economics | Agricultural Science | Agriculture | Desert Ecology | Environmental Education | Environmental Health | Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment | Environmental Monitoring | Geology | Geomorphology | Natural Resource Economics | Natural Resources and Conservation | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Physical and Environmental Geography | Soil Science | Sustainability | Systems Biology | Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology
Recommended Citation
Payne, A L, Spencer, G F, and Curry, P J. (1987), An inventory and condition survey of rangelands in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Department of Agriculture and Food. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia, Perth. Technical Bulletin 73.
Maps
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An inventory and condition survey of rangelands in the Carnarvon Basin - WA Part 2.pdf (8466 kB)
An inventory and condition survey of rangelands in the Carnarvon Basin - WA Part 3.pdf (3563 kB)
Land systems of the Carnarvon basin map – Ajana sheet.pdf (23066 kB)
Land systems of the Carnarvon basin map – Edel sheet.pdf (22341 kB)
Land systems of the Carnarvon basin map – Glenburgh sheet.pdf (23828 kB)
Land systems of the Carnarvon basin map – Minilya and Quobba sheets.pdf (30031 kB)
Land systems of the Carnarvon basin map – Ningaloo Yanrey sheet.pdf (25657 kB)
Land systems of the Carnarvon basin map – Shark Bay sheet.pdf (21145 kB)
Land systems of the Carnarvon basin map – Kennedy Range sheet.pdf (37098 kB)
Land systems of the Carnarvon basin map – Wooramel sheet.pdf (33451 kB)
Land systems of the Carnarvon basin map – Winning Pool Edmund sheet.pdf (45463 kB)
Land systems of the Carnarvon basin map – Yaringa-Byro sheets.pdf (31042 kB)
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