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Salinity Province 69, Majors Creek

Thumbnail image showing the location of the Majors Creek Salinity Province in VictoriaDryland salinity occurrence in the medium sized Majors Creek Salinity Province is due mainly to saline groundwater discharge from local to intermediate scale Groundwater Flow Systems along drainage lines, with few ‘break-of-slope’ style occurrences. Discharge areas up to 46 ha have been mapped in the province; however most areas occur as smaller patches along drainage lines, especially northeast of Pyalong.

Much of the north of the province is Federal Defence held land where salinity significance appears to have declined due to the effects of the 1999 - 2009 drought years, as well as improved land management on the Puckapunyal reserve. Mostly grazing country, salinity management should focus on increasing the area of perennial pasture and the protection of remaining discharge areas.



Province Attributes

Catchment Management Region:GOULBURN BROKEN
Priority Status:High
Province Area:64,090 ha
Recorded Soil Salinity Area 1:357 ha
Dominant Surface Geology Type:Sedimentary
Influence of Geological Structure on Salinity Occurrence/s:Definite
Relevant Geomorphological Mapping Units (GMUs):2.1.X
Predominant Groundwater Flow Systems (GFSs):Local/Intermediate
Relevant Irrigation Areas:N/A


Majors Creek Salinity Province Map

A detailed map showing the Majors Creek Salinity Province

Links to further reading and material related to the Goulburn Broken Salinity Province
For further information relating to groundwater levels and salinities in this Province please see: Visualising Victoria's Groundwater (VVG)



1 Please Note: The ‘Recorded Soil Salinity Area’ indicated in the Salinity Province Attribute Table, comprises the total geographic area that has been mapped as having, or showing symptoms of, dryland soil salinity at some time (past or present). As dryland salinity occurrence in the Victorian landscape exhibits many different levels of severity and can change due to climate, landuse and vegetation, previously mapped areas may no longer be showing symptoms. In addition, as not all parts of the State have been mapped, or mapped in the same way, the mapping may not have captured some occurrences.

The soil salinity mapping used to calculate this ‘area’ does not cover irrigation regions. In irrigation regions, depth to watertable and watertable salinity mapping has been used to convey the threat of high watertables on soil waterlogging and/or soil salinisation and these areas are not included in this ‘area‘ calculation.

Please contact the Department, your Catchment Management Authority or your rural water provider for more information about salinity in your location.
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