MySoil: Stony soils (Darling Range)

Soils that have rocks, stones or coarse gravels as a dominant profile feature. Often overlying bedrock.

Broadscale map (1:250 000) of the Darling range Agzone showing the distribution of shallow sandy duplexes. The majority of the map shows 3–10% stony soils from Perth through to Albany, with patches near Gingin with 50–100% and 25–50% stony soils.
A stylised diagram of the soil profile showing the topsoil and subsoil layers for Shallow gravel. Ironstone gravel soil over cemented gravels, rock or other hard or permanently cemented layers at <80cm.
Soil pit showing the profile of Shallow gravel in the Darling range region.

Further information

Soils [1]

Links
[1] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/climate-land-water/soils

Source URL: https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/mycrop/mysoil-stony-soils-darling-range
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