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Soil survey of the Burdekin River Irrigation Area, North Queensland, Selkirk Section - SLK

This publication set is a soil survey of the Burdekin River Irrigation Area, Selkirk section, North Queensland. The study area covers part of the Giru (8358-4) 1:50,000 map sheet. Approximately 5,600 hectares of land were mapped at a scale of 1:25,000 and land suitability for a range of crops was evaluated. Approximately 1050 sites were assessed using the free survey method and 88 soils were identified. This project is part of a series conducted across the Burdekin River Irrigation Area.

View more on [soil and land management] (http://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/soil).

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  • Soils reportPDF

    This PDF report discusses the results of the Burdekin River Irrigation Area -Selkirk section soil and land suitability survey.

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  • Soils mapPDF

    This PDF is a soils map of the Burdekin River Irrigation Area, Selkirk section in North Queensland. This map can be viewed in Google Earth via the Queensland Globe. It can also be downloaded in spatial data format. For more information...

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  • Land suitability mapPDF

    This is a land suitability map of the Burdekin River Irrigation Area, Selkirk section in North Queensland. Suitability ratings for rice, low-volume-irrigated mangoes and furrow-irrigated capsicums, maize, and sugarcane are shown. This...

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Version 1.0
Category Environment, land and water
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
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Environment and Science, Queensland Government, Soil survey of the Burdekin River Irrigation Area, North Queensland, Selkirk Section - SLK, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 sourced on 16 February 2019

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