North East (Wangaratta) Dam 2c NE 4

Summary

Location: Chesney Vale, Benalla Rural City, Goulburn Broken CMA

Primary Land use: Mixed farming; cropping and grazing
Australian Drainage Division: Murray-Darling (Division IV)
Australian River Basin: Broken River (Basin 4)

Catchment Geology: Pliocene to Holocene Shepparton Formation (Nws) (clay, sand, silt, gravel) in the lower catchment;
Pliocene to Pleistocene dissected granite-derived colluvium (Nc4) (sand) in middle catchment;
Late Devonian Chesney Vale Granite (G211) in the upper catchment (Mount Meg)

Catchment Geomorphology:
In the lower catchment -
4.0 Northern Riverine Plain (Tier 1);
4.3 Alluvial fans and aprons (Tier 2);
In the upper catchment -
1.0 Eastern Uplands (Tier 1);
1.4 Dissected landscapes at a range of elevations (Tier 2);
1.4.6 Outlying ridges and hills (Tier 3)

Australian Soil Classification: Sodosol (main catchment), Rudosol (far end of upper catchment).

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20 year monthly climate range