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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

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1996

Packsaddle Creek region (WA)

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Assessment Of The Suitability For Agriculture Of The North-West Packsaddle Area Kununurra, N Schoknecht Jan 1996

Assessment Of The Suitability For Agriculture Of The North-West Packsaddle Area Kununurra, N Schoknecht

Resource management technical reports

A brief assessment of the suitablility for agriculture of about 260 ha in the North-west Packsaddle area was conducted in early September 1993. Nine map units based on soil and landform were identified, and their suitability for broadscale flood irrigated agriculture and spray or trickle irrigated horticulture assessed. The map units are based on field observations and extrapolation from existing surveys. The map was prepared at a scale of 1:20,000 and is only accurate at that scale.


Assessment Of The Suitability For Horticulture Of The Packsaddle Infill Area, Kununurra, N Schoknecht Jan 1996

Assessment Of The Suitability For Horticulture Of The Packsaddle Infill Area, Kununurra, N Schoknecht

Resource management technical reports

A brief assessment of the suitability of 142 ha in the Packsaddle infill area for horticulture was conducted in late August 1993. Of this area 100 ha is Crown Land, and 42 ha was recently sold as freehold. Eleven map units based on soil and landform were identified, and their suitability for horticulture assessed. The map units were based on field observations and extrapolation from existing surveys.