Lunettes

Landscape
Lunettes form on the eastern edge of most lakes and many swamps. They are generally formed as low rises from the material blown out of water bodies and deposited on their leeside during drier climatic periods. Due to restrictions of scale, lunettes may either be exaggerated in size or be too small to represent on the map. In some cases the lunettes have been mapped as a complex of lunettes (eg. on the Edenhope-Goroke road, north of the Wimmera Highway) or have been included in the Swamp and Lake Complex.

Native Vegetation
Although many of the lunettes are not highly vegetated Red Gums can occur, particularly on the lower slopes leading to the waterbody or swamp.

Representative Soil Type for Land Element
Soil types on lunettes are likely to vary depending on the nature of the material blown out of the water body. There is often a sandy topsoil over clay and a calcium carbonate horizon may occur. The depth of the clay is variable.