Corangamite Region Soil and Landform Units at 1:100,000 Scale

Corangamite region in Victoria, Australia, contains soil and land information from a 2002-2003 land resource assessment project. The dataset includes land degradation assessments for each soil-landform unit at a scale of 1:100,000. It was produced by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and is available via Victorian Resources Online.

Use Cases

• Regional land capability assessment based on soil-landform unit mapping.
• Land degradation risk modeling based on the included degradation assessments for each unit.
• Agricultural planning using the representative soil profile data as a guide for soil attributes like texture and pH.
• Environmental baseline studies for the Corangamite region based on the 1:100,000 scale soil and land information.

Strengths

• Includes land degradation assessments for each mapped soil-landform unit.
• Provides representative soil profile data for associated soil groups.
• Offers data at a defined cartographic scale of 1:100,000.

Limitations

• Soil attributes like texture and pH are expected to vary between sites; representative data should be used as a guide only.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria, Australia)

Collection Method

Primary data output from the Corangamite land resource assessment project.

Time Range

Project undertaken in 2002-2003.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 01:42:03.806997; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Corangamite region of Victoria, Australia.