Landform

Victoria has a diversity of landforms which reflect variations in geology and the many different land forming processes which have occured over a range of geological periods and climatic regimes. Land forming processes include earth movements, erosion, river and marine action and volcanic activity.

Landform Description

Scale
Definitions
Current Understanding / Techniques

Landform Glossary

Land Systems
This section provides information on Land System mapping in Victoria and also details the history of the development of Victorian land studies (a major focus of the former Soil Conservation Authority).

Elevation
This 'Digital Elevation Model' provides a broadscale map of Victoria's relief.

Geomorphology
Geomorphology (or physiography) is used to classify land at a broad level in terms of its form and development process.

Geology Information

Geoscience Victoria's web mapping application allows users to search geospatial databases and display the results as maps or tables. Datasets that can be viewed and interrogated include mineral, petroleum and extractive industries tenements, land-use and airborne geophysical survey boundaries, gravity, magnetic and radiometric images, borehole & well data, surface geochemistry results, mines and mineral occurrences, and geological maps and interpretations at various scales.

Related Links

The Geoscience Australia website provides a Palaeographic Atlas (external link) - showing the evolution of the Australian landscape over geological time periods.