Carnarvon Basin Hydrogeological Inventory for Western Australia

A geospatial dataset from Geoscience Australia describing the hydrogeology of the Carnarvon Basin, a large sedimentary basin stretching over 1,000 km along the Western Australian coast. It contains descriptive attributes grouped into themes including location, geology, groundwater, and land use. The data was last updated on 2026-03-25.

Use Cases

• Map groundwater management zones based on administrative and hydrogeological boundaries.
• Analyze the relationship between surface water features and groundwater systems.
• Model sedimentary basin evolution based on described geological and structural history.
• Assess land use and industrial activity in relation to groundwater resources.

Strengths

• Covers a large, geologically significant basin stretching over 1,000 km.
• Attributes are organized into 11 distinct descriptive themes such as Hydrogeology and Land Use.
• Data is provided by the authoritative national geological survey, Geoscience Australia.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided in PDF format, which is not ideal for direct computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:48:34.437094; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia, from Geraldton to Karratha