Estuarine Water Areas for Victoria, Australia, from Condition Index Projects

Areas of estuarine waters derived and updated by the Index of Estuary Condition funded by the Department Environment, Land, Water and Planning. The underlying estuarine areas were produced by Deakin University as part of two projects funded by the National Heritage Trust and the Department of Sustainability and Environment. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-09.

Use Cases

• Mapping estuarine boundaries based on the derived water areas.
• Assessing estuary condition changes based on the Index of Estuary Condition framework.
• Analyzing human impact on Victorian estuaries based on the underlying project data.
• Integrating estuarine spatial data with catchment models based on the project's linking methodology.

Strengths

• Data is derived from funded research projects by Deakin University and government departments.
• Dataset is updated, with a last update timestamp of 2026-04-09 09:00:54.445434.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including SHP, GDB, and WFS.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and spatial resolution are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing on Victorian estuaries.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (data_gov_au), with underlying data from Deakin University projects.

Collection Method

Derived and updated by the Index of Estuary Condition project; underlying areas produced by Deakin University.

Time Range

Projects referenced from 2008 and 2015; dataset updated in 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 09:00:54.445434; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely contains estuarine waters for Victoria, Australia.