Your gateway to a wide range of natural resources information and associated maps

Victorian Resources Online

  1. Victorian Resources Online
    1. Catchment Management Regions
      1. Corangamite Region
        1. Landform
        2. Land Use
        3. Soil
          1. Soils of the Corangamite Region
          2. Soil/Landform Mapping
          3. Detailed Soil Surveys
          4. Soil Pits
          5. Soil Management
          6. Soil Health
        4. Land and Water Management
  2. Soil and Land Survey Directory
  3. VRO Sitemap
  4. VRO Feedback

6.2.5 Alluvium, alluvial terraces, floodplains and coastal plains of the Sedimentary Western Plains

Alluvium, alluvial terraces and floodplains are prevalent in the valley floors of the dissected sedimentary plains of the Heytesbury region. An extensive coastal plain occurs across the Moolap Sunkland, west of the uplifted Bellarine Block. This area was a shallow seaway both during the last interglacial (ca 125 000 years ago) and the Holocene maximum (ca 6000 years ago) (Marsden 1988).

Associated soil types include mottled sodic texture contrast soils, grey and black cracking clays and some dark loams.

Geomorphic unit 6.2.5
Soil-landform units

Soil-landform unit
Original unit ID
Unit description
Area (km2)
20
Alluvial plain and valley sides (Moorabool River)
76
311
Elevated longitidinal coastal dunes (Cape Otway)
34
-
Undulating rises and plains (St Leonards)
24
Barwon River L.S.Floodplain (Barwon River and its tributaries)
27
Gellibrand River L.S.Floodplain (Gellibrand, Aire and Barham rivers)
3
137
Gently undulating lunettes (Bungador)
2
116
Alluvial plain (Pirron Yallock)
37
221
Alluvial plain (Waurn Ponds)
1
144
Gently undulating plain (east of Inverleigh)
1
118
Near-level plains (Point Henry)
3
211
Gently undulating plain (east of Inverleigh)
10
218
Undulating plains (Barwon Heads)
10
-
Level and gently undulating plains (Yarram Creek)
52
Point Roadknight L.S.Longitudinal coastal dunes
5
-
Dunefield; undulating plains and rises (Point Lonsdale)
12
2
Swamps and depressions (south of Swan Marsh)
72
138
Swamps and flats (Leslie Manor)
11
Connewarre L.S.Flat estuarine lowlands with braided channels
6
Page top

For information about DJPR please contact:

Phone: 136 186

National Relay Service: 133 677 or relayservice.gov.au

Email: customer.service@ecodev.vic.gov.au

Online: Contact us

Copyright

Privacy

Disclaimer

Accessibility
Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions - Government of Victoria

© State of Victoria (Agriculture Victoria) 1996 - .

Creative Commons License

This work, Victorian Resources Online, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. You are free to re-use the work under that licence, on the condition that you credit the State of Victoria (Agriculture Victoria) as author, indicate if changes were made and comply with the other licence terms.


The licence does not apply to ‘branding’ or some ‘images or photographs’ that may be owned by third parties. We ask you to seek prior approval to use images using the VRO feedback form. Access to higher quality images can also be provided on request.


This page was last updated on .