Land Research Series, Issue 14Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia, 1965 - Agriculture |
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... yd long , locally dissected into rounded spurs up to 50 ft high ; shallow gully - head embayments , with short slopes up to 35 , with small slump scars ; narrow , rocky crests Rounded hills and rises : up to 50 ft high , with straight ...
... yd long , locally dissected into rounded spurs up to 50 ft high ; shallow gully - head embayments , with short slopes up to 35 , with small slump scars ; narrow , rocky crests Rounded hills and rises : up to 50 ft high , with straight ...
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... yd long ; locally , dissected foot slopes up to 1 mile long Stripped interfluves : marginal slopes of unit 1 , up to 200 yd long , generally about 5 ° but com- monly stepped , with short bouldery sectors up to 10 ; also , more strongly ...
... yd long ; locally , dissected foot slopes up to 1 mile long Stripped interfluves : marginal slopes of unit 1 , up to 200 yd long , generally about 5 ° but com- monly stepped , with short bouldery sectors up to 10 ; also , more strongly ...
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... yd long , locally attaining 300 yd Undulating terrain : up to 50 ft of relief , with flattish interfluve crests up to 300 yd wide , slopes less than 2 ° , and marginal slopes to 6 ° and up to 150 yd long Small valley floors : up to 100 yd ...
... yd long , locally attaining 300 yd Undulating terrain : up to 50 ft of relief , with flattish interfluve crests up to 300 yd wide , slopes less than 2 ° , and marginal slopes to 6 ° and up to 150 yd long Small valley floors : up to 100 yd ...
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INTRODUCTION TO LANDS OF THE PORT MORESBY | 11 |
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50 yd wide acid brown Acid red agglomerate alkaline olive alluvial plains alluvial soils back plains backing ranges beach ridges brown clay soils coastal hill zone cracking clay soils crests cross slopes Dark cracking clay drainage drained alluvial soils flood-plains flooding fluvial plains fluvial plains zone foot slopes foothill zone ft deep ft high ft wide gabbro Galley Reach herbaceous Imperata inland Jackson's Airport land system limestone lithosols locally Low evergreen forest lower lowlands luvial soils mangrove margins meandering Mid-height evergreen forest mile wide minor Miocene mixed herbaceous vegetation Moderately well-drain mudstone occur olive silty clays Ophiuros Ophiuros-Eucalyptus alba Palipala Pandanus peats Pliocene Port Moresby red to brown rocks sand sandy Savannah Savannah Themeda seasonal semi-deciduous thicket slightly deciduous forest small Land Form Sogeri Plateau SQ MILES Tall evergreen forest Tall grassland Saccharum Themeda tidal flats tuff undulating terrain Unit Area upland zone Vanapa volcanic WAIGANI yd long