These soils have developed on Quaternary unconsolidated material, generally of aeolian origin in the North West Dunefields and Plains, in the north of the region. The soil has a neutral to alkaline surface over a strongly alkaline subsoil.
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Site code | Soil-landform unit | Component | ASC | FK | 1:100 000 mapsheet |
LS17 | Perenna undulating sand plains and rises | Dunecrest | Hypercalcic, Mottled-Subnatric, Yellow, Sodosol | Dy3.43 / Dy5.43 | T7225 - Nhill |
WAR33 | Hopetoun rises and swales | Plain | Melanic, Hypernatric, Yellow, Sodosol | Dy2.13 | T7325 - Warracknabeal |
WLRA128 | Charlton gentle rises | Plain | Hypercalcic, Mottled-Subnatric, Yellow Sodosol | Dy2.13 | T7425 - Donald |