Consuelo 100K map tile Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems (GDEs)
Mapsheet number 8548
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Surface expression GDE (points)

Known GDE

Foleys spring
Surface ecosystems dependent on the surface expression of groundwater
Permeable rocks (rocks with predominantly primary porosity)
Fresh riverine and palustrine spring wetlands in active watercourses with semi-permanent groundwater connectivity to local and regional groundwater flow systems (spring type 3)

Ferntree Sp
Surface ecosystems dependent on the surface expression of groundwater
Permeable rocks (rocks with predominantly primary porosity)
Fresh riverine and palustrine spring wetlands in active watercourses with semi-permanent groundwater connectivity to local and regional groundwater flow systems (spring type 3)

Cabbage Tree Sp
Surface ecosystems dependent on the surface expression of groundwater
Permeable rocks (rocks with predominantly primary porosity)
Fresh riverine and palustrine spring wetlands in active watercourses with semi-permanent groundwater connectivity to local and regional groundwater flow systems (spring type 3)

Auchenflower Sp
Riverine spring wetlands in active watercourses with permanent to semi-permanent groundwater connectivity to local groundwater flow systems (spring type 4)

Riverine spring wetlands in active watercourses with permanent to semi-permanent groundwater connectivity to local groundwater flow systems (spring type 4)

Middle Spring
Riverine spring wetlands in active watercourses with permanent to semi-permanent groundwater connectivity to local groundwater flow systems (spring type 4)

un-named

Death Adder

Heavenly

Jam Tin

Bobindi

Murder

Derived GDE - moderate confidence

Turtle Spring

Oak Spring

Top Spring

Dingo Spring

Surface expression GDE (lines)

Derived GDE - high confidence

Permeable rock aquifers (basalts) (100 hectares or more) with fresh, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (SURAT_RS_02A)
Channels on or within 100 metres of basalt plains and hills (100 hectares or more) with fresh, intermittent flow

Permeable rock aquifers (basalts) with fresh, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (LEB_RS_06B)
Channels on basalt plains and hills with fresh, intermittent flow

Permeable rock aquifers (basalts) with fresh, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (LEB_RS_06B)
Channels within 50 metres of the basalt plains and hills contact zone with fresh, intermittent flow

Permeable rock aquifers (sandstones) with fluctuating, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (LEB_RS_07B)
Channels on sandstone ranges with fluctuating, intermittent flow

Quaternary alluvial aquifers overlying sandstone ranges with fluctuating, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (LEB_RS_01S)
Channels on alluvia overlying sandstone ranges with fluctuating, intermittent flow

Quaternary alluvial aquifers overlying sandstone ranges with fresh, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (SURAT_RS_01A)
Channels on alluvia overlying sandstone ranges with fresh, intermittent flow

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in relatively homogenous consolidated sedimentary rock (eMDB_RS_05A)
Channels intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in relatively homogenous consolidated sedimentary rock
Consolidated sedimentary rocks (e.g. Gubberamunda Sandstone, Hooray Sandstone, Hutton Sandstone, Precipice Sandstone, Springbok Sandstone)

Derived GDE - low confidence

Permeable consolidated sedimentary rock aquifers with fresh, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (SURAT_RS_03A)
Second order or greater channels on sandstone with fresh, intermittent flow
Quartzose sandstones (e.g. Boxvale Sandstone, Clematis Sandstone, Hutton Sandstone, Precipice Sandstone)

Permeable rock aquifers (basalts) (less than 100 hectares) with fresh, episodic groundwater connectivity regime (SURAT_RS_02B)
Channels within 20 metres of the edge of basalt plains and hills (less than 100 hectares) with fresh, episodic flow

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in permeable rock (basalt) (eMDB_RS_06C)
Channels within 50 metres of basalt plains and hills and intermittently connected to basalt aquifers with fresh salinity

Surface expression GDE (areas)

81-100% GDE, known GDE

81-100% GDE, derived GDE - high confidence

81-100% GDE, derived GDE - moderate confidence

Permeable rock aquifers (basalts) (100 hectares or more) with fresh, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (SURAT_RS_02A)
Lacustrine and palustrine wetlands, and riverine waterbodies within 50 metres of the edge of basalt plains and hills (100 hectares or more) with fresh, intermittent flow
81-100 Derived GDE - Moderate Confidence

Quaternary alluvial aquifers overlying sandstone ranges with fresh, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (SURAT_RS_01A)
Lacustrine and palustrine wetlands, and riverine waterbodies on alluvia overlying sandstone ranges with fresh, intermittent flow
81-100 Derived GDE - Moderate Confidence

81-100% GDE, derived GDE - low confidence

Permeable consolidated sedimentary rock aquifers with fresh, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (SURAT_RS_03A)
Lacustrine and palustrine wetlands, and riverine waterbodies within 50 metres of a second order or greater channel on sandstone with fresh, intermittent flow
Quartzose sandstones (e.g. Boxvale Sandstone, Clematis Sandstone, Hutton Sandstone, Precipice Sandstone)

01-80% GDE, derived GDE - high confidence

01-80% GDE, derived GDE - moderate confidence

01-80% GDE, derived GDE - low confidence

Terrestrial GDE

Permeable rock aquifers (basalts) (100 hectares or more) with fresh, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (SURAT_RS_02A)
Treed regional ecosystems within 50 metres of a channel on basalt plains and hills (100 hectares or more) with fresh, intermittent flow
Surface ecosystems dependent on the sub-surface presence of groundwater

Treed regional ecosystems within 50 metres of the edge of basalt plains and hills (100 hectares or more) with fresh, intermittent flow
Surface ecosystems dependent on the sub-surface presence of groundwater

Permeable rock aquifers (basalts) with fresh, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (LEB_RS_06B)
Riverine wetlands within 50 metres of a channel on basalt plains and hills with fresh, intermittent flow
Surface ecosystems dependent on the sub-surface presence of groundwater

Riverine wetlands within 50 metres of the basalt plains and hills contact zone with fresh, intermittent flow

Treed regional ecosystems within 50 metres of a channel on basalt plains and hills with fresh, intermittent flow

Treed regional ecosystems within 50 metres of the basalt plains and hills contact zone with fresh, intermittent flow

Treed regional ecosystems within 50 metres of a channel on basalt plains and hills (100 hectares or more) with fresh, intermittent flow
81-100 Derived GDE - Moderate Confidence

Treed regional ecosystems within 50 metres of the edge of basalt plains and hills (100 hectares or more) with fresh, intermittent flow

Permeable rock aquifers (sandstones) with fluctuating, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (LEB_RS_07B)
Specific regional ecosystems containing Moreton Bay Ash on sandstone ranges with fluctuating, intermittent flow

Permeable rock aquifers (sandstones) with fluctuating, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (LEB_RS_07B)
Treed regional ecosystems within 50 metres of a channel on sandstone ranges with fluctuating, intermittent flow

Quaternary alluvial aquifers overlying sandstone ranges with fluctuating, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (LEB_RS_01S)
Treed regional ecosystems on alluvia overlying sandstone ranges with fluctuating, intermittent flow

Quaternary alluvial aquifers overlying sandstone ranges with fresh, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (SURAT_RS_01A)
Riverine wetlands on alluvia overlying sandstone ranges with fresh, intermittent flow

Treed regional ecosystems on alluvia overlying sandstone ranges with fresh, intermittent flow

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in relatively homogenous consolidated sedimentary rock (eMDB_RS_05A)
Deep rooted regional ecosystems within 50 metres of a channel and intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in relatively homogenous consolidated sedimentary rock
Biodiversity status of pre-clearing and remnant regional ecosystems v10.0
Consolidated sedimentary rocks (e.g. Gubberamunda Sandstone, Hooray Sandstone, Hutton Sandstone, Precipice Sandstone, Springbok Sandstone)

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in permeable rock (basalt) (eMDB_RS_06C)
Deep rooted regional ecosystems within 50 metres of a channel and intermittently connected to basalt aquifers with fresh salinity
Biodiversity status of pre-clearing and remnant regional ecosystems v10.0

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in permeable rock (basalt) (eMDB_RS_06C)
Deep rooted regional ecosystems within 50 metres of the edge of basalt plains and hills and intermittently connected to basalt aquifers with fresh salinity
Biodiversity status of pre-clearing and remnant regional ecosystems v10.0

Permeable consolidated sedimentary rock aquifers with fresh, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (SURAT_RS_03A)
Riverine wetlands within 50 metres of a second order or greater channel on sandstone with fresh, intermittent flow
Quartzose sandstones (e.g. Boxvale Sandstone, Clematis Sandstone, Hutton Sandstone, Precipice Sandstone)

Treed regional ecosystems within 50 metres of a second order or greater channel on sandstone with fresh, intermittent flow

Permeable rock aquifers (basalts) (less than 100 hectares) with fresh, episodic groundwater connectivity regime (SURAT_RS_02B)
Treed regional ecosystems within 20 metres of the edge of basalt plains and hills (less than 100 hectares) with fresh, episodic flow

Quaternary alluvial aquifers with fluctuating, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (LEB_RS_01P)
Specific regional ecosystems containing Eucalyptus species on alluvia with fluctuating, intermittent flow

Quaternary alluvial aquifers with fresh, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (SURAT_RS_01C)
Treed regional ecosystems on alluvia with fresh, intermittent flow

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia (eMDB_RS_01A)
Deep rooted regional ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia

Riverine wetlands within 50 metres of a channel on basalt plains and hills (100 hectares or more) with fresh, intermittent flow

Riverine wetlands within 50 metres of the edge of basalt plains and hills (100 hectares or more) with fresh, intermittent flow

Specific regional ecosystems containing Moreton Bay Ash on sandstone ranges with fluctuating, intermittent flow

Quaternary alluvial aquifers overlying sandstone ranges with fluctuating, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (LEB_RS_01S)
Riverine wetlands on alluvia overlying sandstone ranges with fluctuating, intermittent flow

Treed regional ecosystems on alluvia overlying sandstone ranges with fluctuating, intermittent flow

Riverine wetlands on alluvia overlying sandstone ranges with fresh, intermittent flow

Subterranean GDE (caves)

Derived GDE - unknown confidence

Potential GDE aquifer

Unconsolidated sedimentary aquifers

Quaternary alluvial aquifers with fluctuating, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (LEB_RS_01P)

Quaternary alluvial aquifers with fresh, intermittent groundwater connectivity regime (SURAT_RS_01C)

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia (eMDB_RS_01A)

Consolidated sedimentary aquifers

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in relatively homogenous consolidated sedimentary rock (eMDB_RS_05A)
Biodiversity status of pre-clearing and remnant regional ecosystems v10.0; Detailed Surface Geology 2015; Geology 250K
Consolidated sedimentary rocks (e.g. Gubberamunda Sandstone, Hooray Sandstone, Hutton Sandstone, Precipice Sandstone, Springbok Sandstone)

Igneous rock aquifers

Permeable rock aquifers (basalts) (less than 100 hectares) with fresh, episodic groundwater connectivity regime (SURAT_RS_02B)

Metamorphic rock aquifers

Mixture of consolidated sedimentary, igneous and

or metamorphic rock aquifers

No identified aquifers

Detailed Surface Geology 2015; Geology 250K