Soils and Irrigated Land Suitability of the Bundaberg Area, South-East
Land Resources Bulletin Soils and Irrigated Land Suitability of the Bundaberg Area, South East Queensland T.E. Donnollan, P.R. Wilson, P.R. Zund and S.A. Irvine Resource Management Department of Natural Resources, Queensland Brisbane 1998 ii DNRQ980142 ISSN 1327-5763 This publication was prepared by officers of the Department of Natural Resources. It may be distributed to other interested individuals and organisations. National Heritage Trust provided funding for this project and this support is gratefully acknowledged. This report is intended to provide information only on the subject under review. It is not intended to, nor does it constitute expert advice. Readers are warned against relying solely on the information contained herein. Further professional advice should be sought before acting on the information conveyed by this report. While all care has been taken in the preparation of this report, neither the Department of Natural Resources nor its officers or staff accepts any responsibility for any loss or damage that may result from any inaccuracy or omission in the information contained herein. State of Queensland, Department of Natural Resources 1998 Department of Natural Resources Locked Bag 40 Coorparoo DC Qld 4151 iii Contents List of figures iv List of tables iv Summary v Introduction 1 Survey methodology 3 Resources of the area 4 Climate 4 Irrigation water sources 4 Geomorphology and geology 5 Soils – morphology 7 Soils - chemistry 20 Land use 28 Present land use 28 Irrigated land suitability 28 Agricultural land classes 39 Land degradation 40 Acknowledgements 42 References 43 Appendices I. Areas of land suitability for the irrigated land uses for sugarcane, macadamia, cucurbits (pumpkin, cucumber, melon), vegetables (tomato, capsicum) and peanuts for the North Section, Bundaberg area 45 II.
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