Byron Flora and Fauna Study 1999 - Byron Shire Council
Byron Flora and Fauna Study 1999 - Byron Shire Council
Byron Flora and Fauna Study 1999 - Byron Shire Council
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A GREENPRINT FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE<br />
Geology Map Description Area (ha)<br />
group<br />
code<br />
Alluvial cr Crabbes Creek - level to gently undulating mid to upper alluvial plains,<br />
draining metasediments 69.46<br />
dp Disputed Plain - basalt derived valley in-fills <strong>and</strong> alluvial fans 318.56<br />
dpa Disputed Plain - fans derived from siliceous areas 125.22<br />
el Eltham - floodplains draining highly weathered basalt 680.63<br />
ela Eltham - narrow, more dissected floodplain 183.84<br />
mu Mullumbimby - alluvial - predom. metamorphic <strong>and</strong> rhyolitic derived 3426.79<br />
my Myocum - drainage plains of Lismore basalts 1299.92<br />
og Ophir Glen - sheet-flood fans, alluvial fans <strong>and</strong> valley in-fills<br />
- derived from metasediments 45.59<br />
te Terania - alluvial, draining basalt, rhyolite <strong>and</strong> s<strong>and</strong>stone - level to<br />
gently undulating plains 17.20<br />
tu Tuckean - Quaternary alluvium - level to gently concave swampy<br />
depress <strong>and</strong> infilled lagoon 50.87<br />
Total alluvial 6218.07<br />
Sediments ba Bagotville - Bundamba Group sediments, low rolling hills 549.52<br />
baa Bagotville - Bundamba Group sediments, cliffs <strong>and</strong> short steep<br />
cliff footslopes 330.40<br />
bab Bagotville - low to gently undulating rises 128.99<br />
ku Kunghur - Bundamba group sediments, undulating rolling hills 62.83<br />
Total sediments 1071.74<br />
Swamp tya Tyagarah - l<strong>and</strong>scape variation of ‘ty’- wet areas that have not<br />
been drained 268.25<br />
Total swamp 268.25<br />
Beach s<strong>and</strong> ab Angel’s Beach - mainl<strong>and</strong>, barrier beaches, associated fore <strong>and</strong><br />
hind dunes on Holocene s<strong>and</strong>s 399.58<br />
Total beach s<strong>and</strong> 399.58<br />
Water 377.13<br />
Total water 377.13<br />
Estuarine bp Burns Point - estuarine 98.30<br />
Total estuarine 98.30<br />
Disturbed xx disturbed - disturbed by human activity to a depth of at least 100cm.<br />
Original soil removed, greatly disturbed or buried. 309.75<br />
Total disturbed 309.75<br />
(blank) 33.29<br />
GRAND TOTAL 56675.52<br />
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