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Elevation (m)
Land use
Water
Conservation
Dryland agriculture
Grazing
Irrigated cropping
Irrigated horticulture
Irrigated sugar
Mining
Production Forestry
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Annual rainfall (mm)
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Limestone
Mafic
Metamorphics
Regolith
Rhyolite
Sediments
Ultramafic
Water
Figure 2. Burdekin River land use, elevation, annual average rainfall, and geology.
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