Land units Northern Barkly

This spatial dataset provides polygon information delineating land unit boundaries at a scale of 1: 25 000 and 1:50,000 within the northern Barkly tablelands, Northern Territory and describes dominant landform, soils and vegetation. The study area covers an area of 600 km2 located east of Elliott township along the Barkly Stock Route and Tableland Highway over parts of the stations; Eva Downs, Anthony Lagoon, Cresswell Downs and Brunette Downs.

The primary purpose of the investigation is to map, describe and evaluate soil landscapes to inform future irrigation development in an area with identified potential for groundwater extraction. Core landform, soil and vegetation attributes attached to the land units are included with the spatial dataset.