Indicators of Catchment Condition in the Intensive Land Use Zone of Australia – Land Condition Sub-index

\n\nIt should be noted that this data is now somwhat dated!\n\nThe Land Condition Sub-index was based on three indicators: Predicted 2050\nsalinity, Soil degradation hazard, and Hillslope erosion ratio.\n\nThe general pattern of poorer land condition is amplified at the 500 km2\ncatchment level. Large parts of western NSW and northern South Australia are\nshown with relatively good land condition whereas in southwest W the poorer\ncondition categories predominate. The Upper Condamine and larger areas of the\nFitzroy catchments in Queensland also have relative poorer condition based on\nthe land sub-index. The Hunter River basin stands out in New South Wales as\ngenerally poor.\n\nData are available as:\n\n * continental maps at 5km (0.05 deg) cell resolution for the ILZ;\n * spatial averages over CRES defined catchments (CRES, 2000) in the ILZ;\n * spatial averages over the AWRC river basins in the ILZ.\n\nSee [further metadata](http://data.daff.gov.au/anrdl/metadata_files/pa_iccilr9ab\n__06521axx.xml) for more detail.\n\n