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96. Cantani - Alluvial Ridge

This information has been developed from one or more of these publications:

  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Westernport Bay Catchment (1984) by Neville Rosengren.
  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Western Region of Melbourne (1986) by Neville Rosengren
  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance on the Coast of Port Phillip Bay (1988) by Neville Rosengren.
  • Sites of Environmental Significance in the Flood Plain of the Upper Yarra Valley Region (1983) by Neville Rosengren, Douglas Frood and Kim Lowe (as part of a study of Sites of Environmental Significance by the University of Melbourne for the then Upper Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Authority).
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Location:

Catani - 850710. Four kilometres east of Catani.


Access:

North Yanathan Road.

Ownership:

Private land.

Geomorphology:

Low, parallel sandy ridges are former levee banks of an alluvial fan stream draining to the north from the Heath Hill escarpment. This may have been one of the distributaries of the Lang Lang River before the development of the Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp.

Significance:

Local. The ridges are minor landscape features but are important in illustrating the development of the lowlands in this area.

Management:

Class 2. Extensive building construction, excavation, or levelling of the area should not be permitted.


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