Brief description
A compilation of thematic summaries of 42 Australian Groundwater Provinces. These consistently compiled 42 summaries comprise the National Hydrogeological Inventory. The layer provides the polygons for each groundwater province in the inventory and thematic information for each province, including location and administration information, demographics, physical geography, surface water, geology, hydrogeology, groundwater, groundwater management and use, environment, land use and industry types and scientific stimulus.Lineage
Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeeded
Statement: This dataset for the National Hydrogeological Inventory was created through the compilation and analysis of various national geospatial datasets and a range of supporting scientific and technical literature. In most cases, the spatial boundary (polygon) for the region was sourced from the Geoscience Australia Geological Provinces 2018 dataset. The geospatial data reported for the region of interest were selected by spatial queries of the region's polygon using Geographic Information System (GIS) applications. A variety of national-scale datasets were assessed for each region, with these data relevant to the study of groundwater, hydrogeology and related social, cultural or environmental characteristics. These data are published by various organisations (mostly Australian Government entities) and include fundamental Australian datasets such as the National Groundwater Information System (NGIS), National Aquifer Framework, Atlas of Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems and the Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD). A complete list of all data used to develop the National Hydrogeological Inventory, and the various data processing and analysis methods used, will be released as part of a future Geoscience Australia publication focused on the hydrogeological inventory methodology.
The dataset also contains written summary information about the geology, hydrogeology and related features of the region of interest. These narrative summaries were compiled by Geoscience Australia researchers based on literature review and analysis of a range of scientific and technical publications about the region. The reports use similar document templates to ensure the consistency of information provided across the entire Australian continent.
Notes
PurposeA compendium of consistently compiled summaries that comprise the National Hydrogeological Inventory
Issued: 28 09 2023
text: westlimit=112.00; southlimit=-44.00; eastlimit=154.00; northlimit=-9.00
Subjects
Basin Analysis |
EARTH SCIENCES |
ECOLOGY |
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES |
Environmental Management |
Exploring for the Future |
GEOLOGY |
Hydrogeology |
Land Use and Environmental Planning |
National Groundwater Systems |
National Hydrogeological Inventory |
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE |
Published_External |
Sedimentology |
Stratigraphy (incl. Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy) |
environment |
geoscientificInformation |
inlandWaters |
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Other Information
National Hydrogeological Inventory data layer in Geoscience Australia Portal
Geoscience Australia Portal | Groundwater Persona
Identifiers
- DOI : 10.26186/148897
- URI : pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/148897
- global : 77a96e76-a39e-483d-976b-4137a79141f8