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Flood potential in Australia map

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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The map shows the spatial distribution of short-duration rapid-onset floods and long-duration slow-rise floods. The Great Dividing Range in eastern Australia provides a natural separation of slower, wider rivers flowing west from faster, narrower coastal rivers flowing east.

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Field Value
Title Flood potential in Australia map
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/7acea0de-61cb-461b-92dd-5c14685a2762
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        110.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        156.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        156.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        110.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        110.0,
        -44.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Flood potential in Australia map". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/flood-potential-in-australia-map