The Otway Basin dataset covers descriptive attributes for groundwater features across approximately 150,000 square kilometres of southeastern Australia, from Cape Jaffa to Port Phillip Bay and Tasmania's north-west. It was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network and includes themes such as location, geology, hydrogeology, groundwater management, and land use. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-05.
Use Cases
- Map groundwater management zones based on spatial groundwater features.
- Analyze the relationship between geological structures and aquifer connectivity based on fault system descriptions.
- Study land use impacts on groundwater resources based on land use and industry type attributes.
- Model groundwater flow influenced by tectonic blocks and sedimentary cycles described in the geological history.
Strengths
- Covers a large geographic area of approximately 150,000 square kilometres.
- Groups descriptive information into 11 thematic categories, including hydrogeology and groundwater management.
- Includes detailed geological context describing basin formation, sedimentary cycles, and fault systems.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data is provided in PDF format, which may hinder direct computational analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-05 01:42:52.165291; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Otway Basin, southeastern Australia, spanning from Cape Jaffa, South Australia to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria and Tasmania's north-west.