Soil Conservation Guidelines for Queensland
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Preface and ForewordPDF
This is the Preface and Foreword to the Soil Conservation Guidelines for Queensland.
4 recent views 529 total viewsChapter 1 - IntroductionPDF
This chapter of the Soil Conservation Guidelines for Queensland describes the processes of land degradation and their impacts. It then outlines how the history of land management in Queensland has contributed to land degradation problems.
10 recent views 462 total viewsChapter 2 - Soil conservation planningPDF
This chapter of the Soil Conservation Guidelines for Queensland describes how to write a soil conservation plan for a property, and uses case studies to explore multiple layout options.
4 recent views 464 total viewsChapter 3 - Peak discharge estimationPDF
This chapter of the Soil Conservation Guidelines for Queensland describes how to estimate peak discharge for small catchments. This parameter is important to the design of soil conservation structures like contour banks.
6 recent views 309 total viewsChapter 4 - The empirical version of the ...PDF
This chapter of the Soil Conservation Guidelines for Queensland describes how to calculate the peak discharge expected from a soil conservation structure design, such as a contour bank or waterway.
7 recent views 248 total viewsChapter 5 - Darling Downs flood frequency modelPDF
This chapter of the Soil Conservation Guidelines for Queensland details the flood frequency estimation model used in the Darling Downs region of South East Queensland.
3 recent views 226 total viewsChapter 6 - Channel design principlesPDF
This chapter of the Soil Conservation Guidelines for Queensland discusses ways to design water channels and weirs in such a way that they remain stable for as long as possible. This minimises maintenance costs.
5 recent views 215 total viewsChapter 7 - Contour banksPDF
This chapter of the Soil Conservation Guidelines for Queensland details how to design, build and maintain contour banks that remain stable and divert water effectively, without interfering with practices such as Controlled Traffic Farming.
1 recent views 343 total viewsChapter 8 - Diversion banksPDF
This chapter of the Soil Conservation Guidelines for Queensland discusses how to design diversion banks, which can be used to protect vulnerable land or infrastructure from surface water flows.
5 recent views 268 total viewsChapter 9 - WaterwaysPDF
This chapter of the Soil Conservation Guidelines for Queensland discusses how to design, construct and maintain soil conservation waterways.
3 recent views 345 total viewsChapter 10 - Land management on flood plainsPDF
This chapter of the Soil Conservation Guidelines for Queensland provides information about the nature of flooding in rural areas, its impacts and strategies for managing flooding on floodplains to protect soil.
2 recent views 268 total viewsChapter 11 - Stream stabilityPDF
This chapter of the Soil Conservation Guidelines for Queensland provides introductory information about how to stabilise streams to prevent erosion.
1 recent views 265 total viewsChapter 12 - Soil conservation in horticulturePDF
This chapter of the Soil Conservation Guidelines for Queensland provides general information on how to control erosion in horticultural cropping.
1 recent views 232 total viewsChapter 13 - Gully erosion and its controlPDF
This chapter of the Soil Conservation Guidelines for Queensland describes the impacts of gully erosion, the factors that contribute to gully development, strategies to prevent gully erosion and options for controlling it.
2 recent views 336 total viewsChapter 14 - Property infrastructurePDF
This chapter of the Soil Conservation Guidelines for Queensland describes how to site, construct and maintain infrastructure such as access roads and tracks, fences, and stockyards to avoid erosion and reduce maintenance requirements.
8 recent views 325 total viewsAppendicesPDF
This section of the Soil Conservation Guidelines for Queensland contains tables and charts that are frequently used in soil conservation design, consolidated in one place for ease of use.
4 recent views 257 total viewsRamwade Flow Calculator ToolXLSX
This is the latest version of the RAMWADE (RAtional Method WAterway DEsign) tool (version 7, April 2016).
2 recent views 207 total viewsAdditional information
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