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Hydrogeological Landscapes for the Central West Catchment Management Authority Western Study Area: May 2013 (Second Edition)

This dataset has largely been superseded by the Hydrogeological Landscapes of the Central West Local Land Services Region: Nov 2020 and Residual Hydrogeological Landscapes of the Central West CMA Catchment: Nov 2020 datasets.

NOTE: The water EC attributes for datasets associated with this product were revised in December 2016. This change mostly affects the eastern Central West area covered by the original 2008 mapping. The revised datasets have been given the suffix '_Dec2016' to distinguish them from the previous 2013 versions. No changes have been made to the linework.

The Hydrogeological Landscape (HGL) concept provides a structure for the understanding of how salinity manifests itself in the landscape and how differences in salinity are expressed across the landscape. A HGL spatially defines areas of similar salt stores and pathways for salt mobilisation. The process of HGL determination relies on the integration of a number of factors: geology, soils, slope, regolith depth, and climate; an understanding of the differences in salinity development; and the impacts (land salinity/salt load/water electrical conductivity) in landscapes. Information sources such as soils maps, site characterisation, salinity site mapping, hydrogeological conditions and surface and groundwater data are combined to develop standard templates for each HGL. The focus of this dataset is the Western Central West study area west of the Newell Highway. It comprises introductory information on HGLs; HGL templates; and maps and digital spatial data developed for the project, including derivative maps to assist in land management decision making in the Western Central West study area. This includes information on salinity management from the perspectives of land use design, scales and types of management, landscape function, management strategies, actions and outcomes, as well as land use to be avoided. In addition, HGL mapping carried out in 2008 has been incorporated into the GIS component of this product and edge-matched with the Western HGLs where possible.

Spatial resolution for this product is 1:250 000.

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Field Value
Language English
Alternative Title Western Central West Hydrogeological Landscapes – Phase 2
Edition Second
Purpose This data package was generated for the Central West Catchment Management Authority (CWCMA). It follows on from the Western Central West HGL mapping project carried out in 2011-2012
Frequency of change Not planned
Keywords GEOSCIENCES-Geology,GEOSCIENCES-Geomorphology,HAZARDS,LAND-Use,SOIL,WATER-Salinity,GEOSCIENCES-Hydrogeology,BOUNDARIES-Biophysical
Metadata Date 2013-05-30
Date of Asset Creation 2013-05-30
Date of Asset Revision 2016-12-13
Date of Asset Publication 2013-05-31
Date of Next Update 2013-05-31
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Equivalent Scale 50000
Vector representation
Record 1
Object type
Complex
Object count
Geospatial Topic Geoscientific information
Extent

Dataset extent
Temporal Coverage From 2008-01-10 - 2013-01-05
Datum GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long)
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Attribution NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water asserts the right to be attributed as author of the original material in the following manner: "© State Government of NSW and NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 2013"