Landscape Zones of the Lake Eyre Basin

The dataset divides the Lake Eyre Basin into nine landscape zones, based on the elements that govern form and processes of the surface waters. They are: Uplands, Rocky Fringe, Western Rivers, Northern Plains, Central Plains, Channel Country-Vertic Downs, Channel Country-Stony Domes, Lakes & Dunes, Mega-lakes.
This dataset is described in Gresley A. Wakelin-King (2022) Landscapes of the Lake Eyre Basin: the catchment-scale context that creates fluvial diversity, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 146:1, 109-167, DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2021.2003514. The paper provides the first integrated overview of the Lake Eyre Basin's geomorphology, and is the first whole-of-catchment description of any of its rivers. The information is intended to support the work of land managers and ecologists, by providing a process-based look at the landscapes that support habitat. The landscape zones are designed to be compatible with the regional context stage of a River Styles analysis.

Dataset citation: Wakelin-King, Gresley A., 2021. Lake Eyre Basin Landscape Zones (digital datset). Wakelin Associates, Melbourne. DOI 10.26181/616cc5686abd5

本数据集以控制地表水体形态与过程的核心要素为依据，将艾尔湖盆地（Lake Eyre Basin）划分为9个景观带，具体包括：高地（Uplands）、岩质边缘带（Rocky Fringe）、西部河流带（Western Rivers）、北部平原（Northern Plains）、中部平原（Central Plains）、河谷地带-垂直冲积平原（Channel Country-Vertic Downs）、河谷地带-石质穹丘带（Channel Country-Stony Domes）、湖泊与沙丘带（Lakes & Dunes）以及巨型湖泊带（Mega-lakes）。
该数据集的相关学术描述出自Gresley A. Wakelin-King于2022年发表的论文《艾尔湖盆地景观：塑造河流多样性的流域尺度背景》（Landscapes of the Lake Eyre Basin: the catchment-scale context that creates fluvial diversity），刊载于《南澳大利亚皇家学会会刊》（Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia）第146卷第1期，页码范围为109-167，DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2021.2003514。该论文首次对艾尔湖盆地的地貌特征开展系统性综合梳理，同时也是全球范围内首个针对该流域全部河流的全流域专项描述。本数据集旨在通过提供支撑栖息地发育的过程导向型景观分析视角，为土地管理者与生态学家的相关研究提供支持。本次划分的景观带可与河流样式分析（River Styles analysis）的区域背景分析阶段适配。
数据集引用信息：Wakelin-King, Gresley A., 2021. 艾尔湖盆地景观带（数字数据集）. 沃克林联合公司（Wakelin Associates）, 墨尔本. DOI: 10.26181/616cc5686abd5