The Modewarre Salinity Province is one of the smaller provinces in the Corangamite CMA region at some 345,000 ha. It is underlain by intermediate scale sedimentary Pliocene sands Groundwater Flow Systems (GFSs) and local-intermediate scale fractured basalt plains GFSs. |
Catchment Management Region: | CORANGAMITE |
Priority Status: | High |
Province Area: | 34,590 ha |
Recorded Soil Salinity Area 1: | 103 ha |
Dominant Surface Geology Type: | Sedimentary |
Influence of Geological Structure on Salinity Occurrence/s: | None |
Relevant Geomorphological Mapping Units (GMUs): | 6.2.4, 6.1.4 |
Predominant Groundwater Flow Systems (GFSs): | Local/Intermediate & Intermediate/Regional |
Relevant Irrigation Areas: | N/A |