A hydrogeological inventory for the Darling Basin, covering approximately 130,000 square kilometres in western New South Wales. The dataset, provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network, contains descriptive attribute information grouped into themes like location, geology, hydrogeology, and groundwater management. It was last updated on 2026-05-05.
Use Cases
- Mapping groundwater management zones based on administrative and hydrogeological boundaries.
- Analyzing potential hydrocarbon resources based on descriptions of reservoir porosity and permeability.
- Studying basin tectonics and sedimentary facies based on descriptions of trough formation and spatial variation.
- Assessing land use and environmental impacts based on grouped themes covering environment and industry.
Strengths
- Covers a large geographic area of approximately 130,000 square kilometres.
- Descriptive information is grouped into 11 distinct thematic categories.
- Includes detailed geological context, such as the basin containing over 8,000 m of Devonian sedimentary rocks.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Data is provided in PDF format, which may limit automated analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-05 00:32:30.666073; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Darling Basin in western New South Wales, Australia, with parts in South Australia and Victoria.