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Metadata : Springs of the Northern Territory |
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Name:AS/NZS ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata, ANZLIC Metadata Profile
Version:1.0
Date Metadata Extracted:2025-01-25
Date Metadata Last Updated:2019-09-26
Current URL (HTML format) : http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=E9D78F668FC02B33E040CD9B214403C3
Current URL (XML format) : http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=xml&metadata_id=E9D78F668FC02B33E040CD9B214403C3
Citation
ANZLIC Identifier:E9D78F668FC02B33E040CD9B214403C3
Title: Springs of the Northern Territory
Citation Date:2013-09-01
Date Type:creation
Custodian:Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security
Description
The dataset is a Northern Territory wide compilation of springs, recorded at various times and by various workers. Springs are places where groundwater discharges to the surface. They are mostly natural but several man-made features are also included here. They are classified into nine types related mainly to their geometry. A selection of key attributes of the springs is also contained in the dataset.
- geoscientificInformation
- imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
- inlandWaters
Bounding Coordinates:
- North Bounding Coordinate:-10
- South Bounding Coordinate:-26
- East Bounding Coordinate:138
- West Bounding Coordinate:129
Dataset Status
Dataset ID:
Language:English
Character Set: Latin 1
Progress:completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency:notPlanned
Data Currency Start Date:2013-09-01
Data Currency End Date:2019-06-12
Access Constraint:
Download the spatial data package (contains spatial data, maps and reports) via data.nt.gov.au/
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You are free to copy, communicate and adapt the licensed material, provided that you abide by the licence terms (including Attribution) and attribute the licensed material using the statement:
Supplied by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Copyright Northern Territory Government.
Data Quality
Lineage:The data was compiled from numerous existing sources including the Hydstra database and several regional water assessment projects. These are noted in the Reference field. The main characteristic that warranted inclusion of a feature into the dataset was that it was described as a spring.
Positional Accuracy:The dataset is a collection of point features that represent the point at which water emerges from the ground (the source of the spring). It should be noted that some springs have considerable areal extent and could be represented as polygonal features. In such cases the spring is represented here as a point, sometimes at a place where a water sample was taken or where the outflow was measured or where it is accessible. Many springs have been viewed on Google Earth and the locations adjusted in cases where the source of the spring is obvious.
There is also an overlap between springs that can be represented as points and places where groundwater discharges into a stretch of a stream bed. The latter type of spring is only represented here if the stretch if the stream is relatively small, say less than a few hundred metres. Longer discharge features are included in the End of Dry Season Flows dataset which is made up of linear features.
The actual positional accuracy of features is highly variable due to the range of time over which the data was acquired and methods by which they were captured. Sites with HYDSTRA station numbers will generally have some indication of positional accuracy.
Attribute Accuracy:Most attributes have been taken directly from the original source of data and the accuracy is unknown. Several fields including AQUIFER, AQ_TYPE, FLOW_TYPE and PHOTOS have been added later to enhance the data. AQUIFER was interpreted from hydrogeological or geological maps, AQ_TYPE from hydrogeological maps and FLOW_TYPE was interpreted from inspection of stream flow records. The Photos field was compiled by cross checking with the Water Resources photo database.
Logical Consistency:Point topology rules applied are point must be disjointed (points separated spatially from other points in the same feature class) and must be properly inside (points fall within area features).
Completeness:Complete
Contacts
Name Organisation Position Role Phone Fax Data Requests Officer Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security Geospatial Services Branch (on behalf of department) distributor datarequests.depws@nt.gov.au
Data Dictionary
Attribute Attribute Description Possible Code Code Description AQUIFER name of aquifer that supplies the spring
AQ_TYPE standard aquifer classification as per NT groundwater mapping
BANK left or right bank of stream where spring located along a river bank DATE_ENT date when data entered DATE_REC Date when observations made DESCRIPTION Any information that does not go into other fields
DISCHARGE Discharge size EC spring water electrical conductivity (microSiemens/cm)
ECOSYS notes about any ecosystem associated with the spring
EC_MAX Maximum value of EC where more than one measurement available
EC_min Minimum value of EC where more than one measurement available
FLOW spring flow (litres/second)
FLOW_TYPE nature of spring flow
HARDNESS spring water hardness (milligrams/litres)
HOT "Yes" if temperature is above 37 degrees celcius (body temperature) LATITUDE decimal degrees, GDA 94 LONGITUDE decimal degrees, GDA 94 NAME Spring name OTHERNAME Alternative spring name(s) PH spring water pH (pH units)
PHOTOGRAPH photo(s) available in Water Resources photo database
REFERENCE publication or other source of information
SITE Hydstra site # STREAM Name of stream that spring is closely associated with
TEMP spring water temperature (degrees Celsius)
TYPE Classification of spring based mainly on shape
Supplementary Information
Dataset only, no map and no report.
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