Tartwaup (Environmental Association 1.3.4)

A gently undulating limestone plain with small areas of low, superimposed sand or calcarenite dunes. Pastures for intensive grazing of beef and dairy cattle, and pine plantations dominate the landscape. Some smaller areas are sown for cereals for feed crops and others are used for market gardening.

Views vary from detailed in the plantations to middleground panoramic in pastoral areas. Backdrop features are provided by pine plantations, and by the volcanic landforms of the Mt. Gambier association (1.3.5).

Climate

Mean annual rainfall

800-850 mm

Mean annual evaporation

1600 mm

Landform parameters

Landscape description

LIMESTONE PLAINS

Relief class

Very low (6 to 30 m)

Maximum relief

40 m

Mean altitude

40 m

Grain

Very coarse (Greater than 1,280 m)

Drainage network

None

Location

Longitude

140.68° E

Latitude

37.78° S

Area

370 Km²

Groundwater resources and quality

Fractured rocks

None

Sedimentary rocks

General suitability (less than 100 mg/L)

Shallow unconsolidated sediments

General suitability (less than 100 mg/L)

Elevation profile