Equivalent Fresh Water Head Difference Between Aquifers in the Murray Basin

A hydrogeological mapping dataset showing the equivalent fresh water head difference, in meters, between the shallowest and deepest aquifers over the whole Murray Basin. It was produced by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) and other government agencies, sourced from a 1:250,000 scale map series. The data was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Mapping groundwater flow patterns based on hydraulic head differences.
• Assessing salinisation risk in agricultural areas based on aquifer pressure differentials.
• Informing water logging management strategies based on hydrogeological mapping.
• Supporting land management decisions based on basin-wide aquifer data.

Strengths

• Sourced from a 1:250,000 scale map series published by Geoscience Australia.
• Produced jointly by Commonwealth, New South Wales, Victorian, and South Australian government authorities.
• Issued under the authority of the Minister for Primary Industry and Energy and the Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council.

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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), Geoscience Australia, NSW Department of Water Resources, Vic Rural Water Corporation, SA Department of Mines and Energy.

Collection Method

Appended from the 1:250,000 scale Murray Basin Hydrogeological Map Series.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 21:05:43.678868; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Murray Basin, Australia.