The large Kerang Lakes Salinity Province is dominated by the terminal lake system of the Avoca and Loddon rivers. It is one of only two provinces located across a CMA boundary, with a small part of the far Northwest of the Province located within the Mallee CMA area (see map below). While the area concerned is geographically quite small, it contains a number of significant areas of mapped salinity; the largest of these is also partially located within the two adjacent CMA areas. These saline areas have been included in this Province because their characteristics and attributes are more closely related to those of the remainder of the Province than to those of the closest province in the Mallee CMA area. |
Catchment Management Region: | NORTH CENTRAL |
Priority Status: | High |
Province Area: | 108,370 ha |
Recorded Soil Salinity Area 1: | 1,009 ha |
Dominant Surface Geology Type: | Sedimentary |
Influence of Geological Structure on Salinity Occurrence/s: | Probable |
Relevant Geomorphological Mapping Units (GMUs): | 4.X, 5.1.X |
Predominant Groundwater Flow Systems (GFSs): | Local & Regional |
Relevant Irrigation Areas: | Torrumbarry |