Surface Water Basins

Dataset Number1027
Dataset TitleSurface Water Basins
CustodianData Authority: Department for Environment and Water
Data Provider: Department for Environment and Water

Description

DescriptionPolygon coverage of the state's Surfacewater basins as defined by the Australian Water Resource Council. Each state was approached to provide basin boundaries which were amalgamated to produce an Australia wide dataset.
UsageTo delineate each surface water catchment basin within South Australia. Each basin encompasses a number of catchments relating to the stream network they contain.

Data Quality

LineageMaintained by the Department for Water, Land and Biodiversity in 1998. Initially captured under an AWRC program covering Australia. Capture scales varied from 1:10,000 to 1:250,000 for South Australia and was dependent on availability of contoured maps.
CompletenessDataset is complete.
Positional AccuracyAccurate to the scale of capture. In built up areas the detail is very good. Generally the arid areas of the state were captured at scales of approximately 1:250,000 and boundaries needed interpretation due to the flatness of the areas.

Geographic Extent

Extent NameSouth Australia
Min Easting or Longitude129
Min Northing or Latitude-38.25
Max Easting or Longitude141
Max Northing or Latitude-26

Dataset Status

Initially Acquired01-JAN-1991
Last Updated01-JAN-1998
Update FrequencyAs required
Maintenance MethodAs required.
AusGOALCC BY (Attribution)

Attributes

TableNameField AliasData TypeDescription
Landscape.SurfaceWaterBasinsF_CODE textFeature Code
Landscape.SurfaceWaterBasinsBNAME textName of the River basin
Landscape.SurfaceWaterBasinsBASIN Long IntegerBasin Number
Landscape.SurfaceWaterBasinsBASINC textBasin Number as a character field
Landscape.SurfaceWaterBasinsBNUM textBasin Number as a character field but using only the last digit for display.
Landscape.SurfaceWaterBasinsRNAME textName of the predominant River System in the basin.
Landscape.SurfaceWaterBasinsRNUM textRiver Number as an character field
Landscape.SurfaceWaterBasinsDNAME textDrainage System name for the Basin
Landscape.SurfaceWaterBasinsDNUM textDrainage System Number in Roman numerals

Contact Information

OrganisationDepartment for Environment and Water
Science Monitoring and Knowledge
Postal AddressGPO Box 1047

ADELAIDE
5001
EmailDEWNR.CustomerServiceCentre@sa.gov.au