Land Research Series, Issues 4-6Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia, 1960 - Agriculture |
Contents
no | 7 |
CLIMATE IN RELATION TO PLANT GROWTH | 14 |
GEOLOGY OF THE NORTH KIMBERLEY AREA W A | 20 |
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Acacia Alice Springs Alice Springs area alliance alluvial alluvium aneura mulga annual Sorghum spp Aristida associated Aust Australia basins Bassia Bassia spp bluebush calcareous calcrete cattle clay column refer comparable climatic station dissected drainage dune Eragrostis eriopoda erosional Eucalyptus flat ft high Georgina basin grandifolia grass pastures grasses and forbs grazing igneous red earths land system consists lateritic limestone MacDonnell Ranges mainly minor Mitchell grass moderate pastures mulga North Kimberley area Northern Territory numbers in parentheses occur outcrops pasture land perennial plateaux Plectrachne Plectrachne pungens podzolics poor pastures Proterozoic quartzite rainfall ranges red clayey sands red earths River saltbush sand plain sandstone sandy scarps shale shallow short grasses shrubs and low small areas soft spinifex soil groupings Sorghum plumosum Sparse low trees Sparse shrubs species spinifex sub-alliance tectifica Tennant Creek texture-contrast soils Triodia pungens tussock grasses tussocks undulating unit vegetation weathered land surface Woodland yd wide yellow podzolics