Port Phillip & Westernport Geomorphological Units
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| Geomorphological Units |
| Eastern Uplands (EU) | Western Plains (WP) |
| 1.1.1 High elevation summit plateaux | 6.1.1 Eruption points: maars, scoria cones and lava shields, including associated ash and scoria deposits |
| 1.2.1 Moderate elevation plateaux and broad ridges | 6.1.2 Volcanic derived stony rises |
| 1.3.1 Low elevation low relief landscapes | 6.1.3 Volcanic derived plains with poorly developed drainage and shallow regolith |
| 1.3.3 Low elevation terraces, fans and floodplains | 6.1.5 Volcanic derived terraces, floodplains and lakes, swamps and lunettes and their deposits |
| 1.4.1 Prominent summits above 1200 m | 6.2.2 Sedimentary derived dissected plains |
| 1.4.2 Prominent summits between 500 and 1200 m | 6.2.4 Sedimentary derived plains and plains with low rises |
| 1.4.3 Escarpments and gorges | 6.2.5 Sedimentary derived terraces and floodplains, and coastal plains |
| 1.4.4 Deeply dissected ridge and valley landscapes | 6.3 Hills and low hills |
| 1.4.5 Moderately dissected ridge and valley landscapes |  |
| 1.4.6 Outlying ridges and hills | Eastern Plains (EP) |
| 7.1.1 Sunkland coastal plains with ridges and dunefields |
| Western Uplands (WU) | 7.1.2 Sunkland alluvial plains |
| 2.1.1 Dissected uplands: Ridges, escarpments, mountains on non-granitic Palaeozoic rocks | 7.1.3 Sunkland former swamps and lagoonal deposits |
| 2.1.2 Dissected uplands: Hills, valley slopes and plans on non-granitic Palaeozoic rocks | 7.2.1 Riverine flood plains and morasses |
| 2.1.3 Dissected uplands: Ridges, escarpments, mountains on granitic Palaeozoic rocks | 7.2.2 Riverine prior stream plains |
| 2.1.4 Dissected uplands: Hills, valley slopes and plains on granitic Palaeozoic rocks | 7.3.1 Higher level plains without dunes |
| 2.1.5 Dissected uplands: Plateaux and rises of residual Cainozoic landscapes | 7.3.2 Higher level plains with dunes |
| 2.1.6 Dissected uplands: Eruption points and volcanic plains | 7.3.3 Higher level dissected plains |
| 2.1.7 Dissected uplands: Terraces and floodplains | |
| Coast (C) |
| Southern Uplands (SU) | 8.1.3 Active cliffs: Subaerial dominant processes; with shore platform |
| 3.1.2 Moderate elevantion ranges | 8.4 Coastal Barriers |
| 3.2.1 Low elevation plateau and broad ridges | 8.5.1 Transgressive dunes: cliff top; stranded |
| 3.2.2 Low elevation ranges | 8.6.1 Low coasts: tidal |
| 3.2.3 Low elevation basaltic residuals | 8.7 Engineered coast |
| 3.3.1 Very low elevation plateaux | |
| 3.3.2 Very low elevation hills and low hills | |
| 3.3.3 Very low elevation basaltic residuals | |
| 3.3.4 Very low elevation terraces and floodplains | |
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