Land Systems of the Western Desert. (IMAGE)

University of Adelaide

Land Systems of the Western Desert.

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Land systems of the Western Desert include (A) stony plains, (B) sand plains, (C) sandridge desert and (D) montane desert uplands. These coarse-scale geographical units feature prominently in past ecological and archaeological models of pre-contact Aboriginal land use. Recent satellite modelling depicts the highly varied suitability of foraging habitats within these arid land systems.

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Photos: W. Boone Law.

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