Land systems

Land systems are defined as areas or regions with recurring patterns of component parts, in geographical, geological, and ecological terms.

Land systems are generally seen in terms of:-

and can also have other components that may be recurrent across regional landscapes.

They are used extensively in surveys of land use planning and land management in Australia [1] [2][3][4]


Notes

  1. ↑ http://vro.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/gbbregn.nsf/pages/gbb_landform_landsys
  2. ↑ Purdie, Rosemary; CSIRO. Division of Water and Land Resources (1984), Land systems of the Simpson Desert region, Institute of Biological Resources, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia, ISBN 978-0-643-03724-3
  3. ↑ Speck, N. H; CSIRO. Division of Land Research and Regional Survey (1960), Land systems North Kimberley area, Western Australia, CSIRO, retrieved 19 January 2013
  4. ↑ Richley, L. R. (Lindsay Rouse); Tasmania. Dept. of Agriculture (1978), Land systems of Tasmania, region 3 : a report, Tasmanian Dept. of Agriculture, ISBN 978-0-7246-0598-9
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