Stanthorpe 100K map tile Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems (GDEs)
Mapsheet number 9240
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Surface expression GDE (points)

Known GDE

Spring at Pikedale Junction
Surface ecosystems dependent on the surface expression of groundwater

Derived GDE - moderate confidence

Surface expression GDE (lines)

Derived GDE - high confidence

Ecosystems near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (granite) aquifers in low rainfall areas (eMDB_RS_01I)
Channels near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (granite) aquifers in low rainfall areas
Surface ecosystems dependent on the surface expression of groundwater
Alluvia supported by groundwater flow from granite

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from fractured rock (e.g. Texas beds) aquifers (eMDB_RS_01J)
Channels intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from fractured rock (e.g. Texas beds) aquifers
Surface ecosystems dependent on the surface expression of groundwater
Alluvia supported by groundwater flow from fractured rock (e.g. Texas beds)

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from fractured rock (e.g. Texas beds) aquifers (eMDB_RS_01J)
Channels intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from fractured rock (e.g. Texas beds) aquifers
Parsons S, Evans R and Hoban M (2008) Surface-groundwater connectivity assessment. A report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. CSIRO, Australia.
Alluvia supported by groundwater flow from fractured rock (e.g. Texas beds)

Ecosystems near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (granite) aquifers in high rainfall areas (eMDB_RS_01Q)
Channels near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (granite) aquifers in high rainfall areas
Alluvia supported by groundwater flow from granite

Ecosystems near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (granite) aquifers in high rainfall areas (eMDB_RS_01Q)
Channels near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (granite) aquifers in high rainfall areas
Parsons S, Evans R and Hoban M (2008) Surface-groundwater connectivity assessment. A report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project. CSIRO, Australia.
Alluvia supported by groundwater flow from granite

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (rhyodacite) aquifers (eMDB_RS_01R)
Channels intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (rhyodacite) aquifers
Alluvia supported by groundwater flow from rhyodacite

Ecosystems near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (granite) in high rainfall areas (eMDB_RS_07D)
Channels near-permanently connected to granite aquifers with fresh salinity in high rainfall areas

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (granite) in low rainfall areas (eMDB_RS_07A)
First or second order channels intermittently connected to granite aquifers with fresh salinity in low rainfall areas

Ecosystems near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (granite) in low rainfall areas (eMDB_RS_07B)
First or second order channels near-permanently connected to granite aquifers with fresh salinity in low rainfall areas

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (granite) in high rainfall areas (eMDB_RS_07C)
First order channels intermittently connected to granite aquifers with fresh salinity in high rainfall areas

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (rhyodacite) (eMDB_RS_07E)
First order channels intermittently connected to rhyodacite aquifers with fresh salinity in high rainfall areas

Derived GDE - low confidence

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (e.g. Texas beds) (eMDB_RS_08A)
Second order channels intermittently connected to metamorphic rock aquifers with fresh salinity

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (limestone) (eMDB_RS_08B)
Channels intermittently connected to limestone aquifers with fresh salinity

Surface expression GDE (areas)

81-100% GDE, known GDE

81-100% GDE, derived GDE - high confidence

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from fractured rock (e.g. Texas beds) aquifers (eMDB_RS_01J)
Lacustrine wetlands, palustrine wetlands, and riverine waterbodies intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from fractured rock (e.g. Texas beds) aquifers
Alluvia supported by groundwater flow from fractured rock (e.g. Texas beds)

Ecosystems near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (granite) aquifers in high rainfall areas (eMDB_RS_01Q)
Lacustrine wetlands, palustrine wetlands, and riverine waterbodies near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (granite) aquifers in high

81-100% GDE, derived GDE - moderate confidence

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (granite) in high rainfall areas (eMDB_RS_07C)
Lacustrine wetlands, palustrine wetlands, and riverine waterbodies within 50 metres of a channel and intermittently connected to granite aquifers with fresh salinity in high rainfall areas
81-100 Derived GDE - Moderate Confidence

Ecosystems near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (granite) in high rainfall areas (eMDB_RS_07D)
Lacustrine wetlands, palustrine wetlands, and riverine waterbodies within 50 metres of a channel and near-permanently connected to granite aquifers with fresh salinity in high rainfall areas
81-100 Derived GDE - Moderate Confidence

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (e.g. Texas beds) (eMDB_RS_08A)
Lacustrine and palustrine wetlands within 50 metres of a channel intermittently connected to metamorphic rock aquifers with fresh salinity
81-100 Derived GDE - Moderate Confidence

81-100% GDE, derived GDE - low confidence

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (e.g. Texas beds) (eMDB_RS_08A)
Riverine waterbodies within 50 metres of a channel intermittently connected to metamorphic rock aquifers with fresh salinity

01-80% GDE, derived GDE - high confidence

01-80% GDE, derived GDE - moderate confidence

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (granite) in high rainfall areas (eMDB_RS_07C)
Lacustrine wetlands, palustrine wetlands, and riverine waterbodies within 50 metres of a channel and intermittently connected to granite aquifers with fresh salinity in high rainfall areas

Ecosystems near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (granite) in high rainfall areas (eMDB_RS_07D)
Lacustrine wetlands, palustrine wetlands, and riverine waterbodies within 50 metres of a channel and near-permanently connected to granite aquifers with fresh salinity in high rainfall areas

01-80% GDE, derived GDE - low confidence

Terrestrial GDE

Ecosystems near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (granite) aquifers in low rainfall areas (eMDB_RS_01I)
Deep rooted regional ecosystems near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (granite) aquifers in low rainfall areas
Biodiversity status of pre-clearing and remnant regional ecosystems v10.0
Surface ecosystems dependent on the sub-surface presence of groundwater

Ecosystems near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (granite) aquifers in low rainfall areas (eMDB_RS_01I)
Riverine wetlands near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (granite) aquifers in low rainfall areas
Surface ecosystems dependent on the sub-surface presence of groundwater

Deep rooted regional ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from fractured rock (e.g. Texas beds) aquifers
Biodiversity status of pre-clearing and remnant regional ecosystems v10.0
Surface ecosystems dependent on the sub-surface presence of groundwater

Riverine wetlands intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from fractured rock (e.g. Texas beds) aquifers

Deep rooted regional ecosystems near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (granite) aquifers in high rainfall areas
Biodiversity status of pre-clearing and remnant regional ecosystems v10.0

Riverine wetlands near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (granite) aquifers in high rainfall areas

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (rhyodacite) aquifers (eMDB_RS_01R)
Deep rooted regional ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (rhyodacite) aquifers
Alluvia supported by groundwater flow from rhyodacite

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (rhyodacite) aquifers (eMDB_RS_01R)
Riverine wetlands intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity and neutral pH in unconsolidated Quaternary alluvia supported by groundwater flow from permeable rock (rhyodacite) aquifers
Alluvia supported by groundwater flow from rhyodacite

Deep rooted regional ecosystems within 50 metres of a channel and intermittently connected to granite aquifers with fresh salinity in high rainfall areas

Riverine wetlands within 50 metres of a channel and intermittently connected to granite aquifers with fresh salinity in high rainfall areas

Deep rooted regional ecosystems within 50 metres of a channel and near-permanently connected to granite aquifers with fresh salinity in high rainfall areas

Riverine wetlands within 50 metres of a channel and near-permanently connected to granite aquifers with fresh salinity in high rainfall areas

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (rhyodacite) (eMDB_RS_07E)
Deep rooted regional ecosystems within 50 metres of a channel and intermittently connected to rhyodacite aquifers with fresh salinity in high rainfall areas

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (granite) in low rainfall areas (eMDB_RS_07A)
Deep rooted regional ecosystems within 50 metres of a channel and intermittently connected to granite aquifers with fresh salinity in low rainfall areas

Ecosystems near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (granite) in low rainfall areas (eMDB_RS_07B)
Deep rooted regional ecosystems within 50 metres of a channel and near-permanently connected to granite aquifers with fresh salinity in low rainfall areas

Deep rooted regional ecosystems within 50 metres of a channel intermittently connected to metamorphic rock aquifers with fresh salinity

Riverine wetlands within 50 metres of a channel intermittently connected to metamorphic rock aquifers with fresh salinity

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (limestone) (eMDB_RS_08B)
Deep rooted regional ecosystems intermittently connected to limestone aquifers with fresh salinity

Subterranean GDE (caves)

Derived GDE - unknown confidence

Potential GDE aquifer

Unconsolidated sedimentary aquifers

Consolidated sedimentary aquifers

Igneous rock aquifers

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (granite) in low rainfall areas (eMDB_RS_07A)

Ecosystems near-permanently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (granite) in low rainfall areas (eMDB_RS_07B)

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (rhyodacite) (eMDB_RS_07E)
Biodiversity status of pre-clearing and remnant regional ecosystems v10.0; Detailed Surface Geology 2015

Metamorphic rock aquifers

Ecosystems intermittently connected to aquifers with fresh salinity in fractured rock (limestone) (eMDB_RS_08B)

Mixture of consolidated sedimentary, igneous and

or metamorphic rock aquifers

No identified aquifers