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NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Hydrogeological Landscapes for the Eastern Murray Catchment: May 2015 (Second Edition)

*Update: Data package containing HGL shapefile added to resources on 16 March 2022.

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 Eastern Murray study area upstream of Corowa. 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 Eastern Murray 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. This second edition of the dataset incorporates minor edits made to ensure dataset is compatible with eSPADE, and includes the published version of the Eastern Murray HGL report.

Spatial resolution for this product is 1:250 000.

Data and Resources

  • Data Quality Statement PDF

    DQS - Hydrogeological Landscapes for the Eastern Murray Catchment: May 2015...

  • Attributes of Eastern Murray HGL XLS

    Summary of HGL attributes of Eastern Murray study area.

  • Download Package ZIP

    ArcGIS Geodatabase and Shapefile an Excel table displaying HGL attributes.

  • Main Report PDF

    Report excluding appendices – Hydrogeological Landscapes for the Eastern...

  • Appendix A PDF

    Eastern Murray HGL map and summary table.

  • Appendix B PDF

    Detailed Eastern Murray HGL unit descriptions.

  • Appendices C & D PDF

    Data sources and dataset attribute table information and colour schemes.

  • Full Report HTML

    Full report including appendices – Hydrogeological Landscapes for the Eastern...

  • Guidelines for Managing Salinity in Rural Areas HTML

    This document more fully describes salinity management in rural areas in...

Metadata Summary What is metadata?

Field Value
Language English
Alternative Title Eastern Murray Hydrogeological Landscapes 2015
Edition Second
Purpose This data package was originally generated for the Murray Catchment Management Authority (MCMA), and was updated for publication in 2015.
Frequency of change Not planned
Keywords GEOSCIENCES-Geology,GEOSCIENCES-Geomorphology,HAZARDS,LAND-Use,SOIL,WATER-Salinity,GEOSCIENCES-Hydrogeology,BOUNDARIES-Biophysical
Metadata Date 2015-09-17
Date of Asset Creation 2015-09-17
Date of Asset Publication 2015-05-30
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Equivalent Scale 250000
Vector representation
Record 1
Object type
Complex
Object count
Geospatial Topic Geoscientific information
Extent

Dataset extent
Temporal Coverage From 2008-01-07 - 2011-06-30
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 2015"