Title

Fluvially-drained portions of Victorian coastal catchments 

Alternate title

EST_FLUV 

Purpose

Areas of catchments that drain to points on main tributaries immediately upstream of Victorian estuaries, excluding the Gippsland Lakes basin. It complements the Est_catchments layer that comprises areas of catchments draining directly to estuaries. The ESTUARIES layer is an updated version of one that included estuaries and their upstream limits for catchment delineation. Attributes relating to population, outcropping geology, land use, geomorphology and rainfall are associated with each catchment polygon. In order to assess the relationships between catchment-based activities and estuary condition attributes from this layer were analysed as part of the Deakin University project "Linking catchments to the sea: Understanding how human activities impact on Victorian estuaries". Methods and results from this project are reported in Barton, J.L., Pope, A.J., Quinn, G.P. and Sherwood, J.E. (2008) Identifying threats to the ecological condition of Victorian estuaries (Department of Sustainability and Environment Technical Report, ISBN 978-1-74208-745-0 (online)). 

Status

Completed  

Topic category

• Inland waters

Classification

Unclassified  

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