Agricultural Land Suitability Series ? Report 16b

This report describes the soil and land capability study of the Lower Weaber and Keep River Plains (23,716 ha). This was a joint Commonwealth and Northern Territory project and is one of a number of parallel studies undertaken to better understand the soil and water resources within the Lower Weaber and Keep River Plains. The investigation has assessed land based constraints and determined land capability outcomes for potential future agricultural development. Section 2 of the study, which encompasses 16,929 ha of the Lower Keep River Plain has reinterpreted legacy soil data only. Pre-existing mapping in the Lower Keep was re-examined with the aid of additional landscape observations and high resolution aerial imagery. As a consequence the outcomes are of lower confidence, and convey less certainty with regard to land capability outcomes.Executive Summary; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 3. Landform groups and land units; 4. Root zone salinity assessment; 5. Land evaluation; 6. References; Appendices.Made available by via Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT)