Geomorphological Units of the Wimmera Area
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| Geomorphological Units of the Wimmera Area |
| Western Uplands (WU) |
| 2.1.1 Ridges, escarpments, mountains on non-granitic Palaeozoic rocks | 2.1.2 Hills, valley lopes and plains on non-granitic Palaeozoic rocks |
| 2.1.3 Ridges, escarpments mountains on granitic Palaeozoic rocks | 2.1.4 Hills, valley slopes and plains on granitic Palaeozoic rocks |
| 2.1.5 Plateaux and rises of residual Cainozoic landscapes | 2.1.7 Dissected uplands: Terraces and floodplains |
| 2.2.2 Grampians complex: Sandstone hills | 2.2.3 Grampians complex: Valleys, alluvial terrace and floodplains |
| 2.3.1 Tablelands: Low relief, low drainage density | 2.3.2 Tablelands: High relief, low drainage density |
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| Northern Riverine Plains (RP) |
| 4.1.1 Meander belot below plain level, sometimes source-bordering dunes | 4.1.2 Areas of inundation away from modern channels |
| 4.2.1 Plains with leveed channels, sometimes source-bordering dunes | 4.2.2 Plains without leveed channels |
| 4.2.3 Plains with lakes and depression with lunettes | 4.3 Alluvial fans and aprons |
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| North Western Dunefields and Plains (DP) |
| 5.1.3 Linear calareous dunes sub-dominant | 5.1.4 Hummocky calcareous dunes dominant |
| 5.1.5 Hummocky calcareous dunes sub-dominant | 5.2.1 Paraolic siliceous dunes |
| 5.2.2 Linear siliceous dunes | 5.3.3 Linear depression |
| 5.4 Clay plain with subdued ridges | 5.5.1 Prominent ridge tops with remnant aeolian sands and oriented swales with lakes and lunettes |
| 5.5.2 Low ridge tops with remnant aeolian sands and oriented swales with lakes and lunettes | 5.5.3 Prominent ridges with eroded ferrubinized northern spurs |
| 5.6 Hills and low hills | |
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| Western Plains (WP) |
| 6.2.1 Sedimentary derived plains with ridges | |
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