Victoria Desert (Environmental Association 8.2.1)

An extensive dunefield with occasional silcrete rises and shallow depressions. There is a mixed cover of low open woodland, tall shrubland, low shrubland, and a hummock grassland or hard spinifex.

Climate

Mean annual rainfall

150-200 mm

Mean annual evaporation

3000-3600 mm

Landform parameters

Landscape description

CONTINENTAL DUNEFIELD

Relief class

Very low (6 to 30 m)

Maximum relief

30 m

Mean altitude

220 m

Grain

Medium (320 to 640 m)

Drainage network

None

Location

Longitude

130.55° E

Latitude

28.83° S

Area

46200 Km²

Groundwater resources and quality

Fractured rocks

None

Sedimentary rocks

No Data/Unknown

Shallow unconsolidated sediments

None

Elevation profile