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Salinity Province 8, Beaufort

The Beaufort Salinity Province is an uplands province on the southern slopes of the Great Dividing Range with a mix of local to intermediate scale Groundwater Flow Systems. The salinity occurs as scattered patches that are mostly confined to drainage lines and may be associated with previous gold mining activity. About 30% of the province has natural or planted forest with the main landuse in the cleared areas being grazing with some minor cropping. Some of the saline areas have been planted with salt tolerant grasses and adjacent tree plantings. Little change in the salt affected areas has been observed in the last decade.

Province Attributes

Catchment Management Region:	GLENELG-HOPKINS
Priority Status:	High
Province Area:	47,7340 ha
Recorded Soil Salinity Area 1:	542 ha
Dominant Surface Geology Type:	Sedimentary
Influence of Geological Structure on Salinity Occurrence/s:	None
Relevant Geomorphological Mapping Units (GMUs):	2.1.X
Predominant Groundwater Flow Systems (GFSs):	Local/Intermediate
Relevant Irrigation Areas:	N/A

Beaufort Salinity Province Map



Links to further reading and material related to the Glenelg Hopkins Salinity Province
Groundwater Flow Systems (GFS) in the Glenelg Hopkins CMR

For further information relating to groundwater levels and salinities in this Province please see: Visualising Victoria's Groundwater (VVG)


¹ Please Note: The ‘Recorded Soil Salinity Area’ indicated in the Salinity Province Attribute Table, comprises the total geographic area that has been mapped as having, or showing symptoms of, dryland soil salinity at some time (past or present). As dryland salinity occurrence in the Victorian landscape exhibits many different levels of severity and can change due to climate, landuse and vegetation, previously mapped areas may no longer be showing symptoms. In addition, as not all parts of the State have been mapped, or mapped in the same way, the mapping may not have captured some occurrences.

The soil salinity mapping used to calculate this ‘area’ does not cover irrigation regions. In irrigation regions, depth to watertable and watertable salinity mapping has been used to convey the threat of high watertables on soil waterlogging and/or soil salinisation and these areas are not included in this ‘area‘ calculation.

Please contact the Department, your Catchment Management Authority or your rural water provider for more information about salinity in your location.