Davenport (Environmental Association 8.3.15)

An easterly sloping plain with gypcrete on the interfluves and locally, low escarpments. The cover of chenopod shrubland and low fringing woodland is used for extensive livestock grazing.

Climate

Mean annual rainfall

125 mm

Mean annual evaporation

3800 mm

Landform parameters

Landscape description

DURICRUSTED PLAINS

Relief class

Very low (6 to 30 m)

Maximum relief

20 m

Mean altitude

50 m

Grain

Very coarse (Greater than 1,280 m)

Drainage network

Rare

Location

Longitude

136.32° E

Latitude

28.63° S

Area

3060 Km²

Groundwater resources and quality

Fractured rocks

None

Sedimentary rocks

Mainly for livestock (3,001 to 7,000 mg/L)

Shallow unconsolidated sediments

None

Elevation profile