Estuarine Habitat Maps and Boundaries for South Australia

Australian Ocean Data Network provides habitat mapping and outer boundaries for estuaries in South Australia. The data was developed for the draft 'Estuaries Policy and Action Plan' and is intended for natural resource management and conservation planning. A related 2009 report, 'Working Towards a State-wide Inventory of Estuaries', describes attributes in associated inventory and water quality tables.

Use Cases

• Identify estuarine habitats for conservation planning based on the described habitat mapping.
• Support natural resource management decisions based on the estuarine boundary data.
• Analyze spatial relationships between estuaries and other coastal features based on the provided geospatial boundaries.

Strengths

• Data is associated with a formal policy and action plan (draft 'Estuaries Policy and Action Plan').
• Detailed attribute descriptions are referenced in a specific 2009 technical report.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Likely derived from mapping and policy development work for the draft 'Estuaries Policy and Action Plan'.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-22 02:46:52.335881; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Australia