Mt. Desperate (Environmental Association 4.3.10)

Hills on metasediments with short footslopes and fans. The hills and most of the footslopes and fans retain a cover of open scrub and low open woodland used for livestock grazing but part of the footslopes and fans support a cultural grassland used for rotation cereal cultivation and livestock grazing.

Climate

Mean annual rainfall

300-425 mm

Mean annual evaporation

2050 mm

Landform parameters

Landscape description

HILLS/MOUNTAINS

Relief class

Low (31 to 90 m)

Maximum relief

150 m

Mean altitude

320 m

Grain

Fine (160 to 320 m)

Drainage network

Common

Location

Longitude

136.58° E

Latitude

33.6° S

Area

900 Km²

Groundwater resources and quality

Fractured rocks

Unsuitable for livestock (greater than 14,000 mg/L)

Sedimentary rocks

None

Shallow unconsolidated sediments

None

Elevation profile