Salinity Distribution in Starland County

 
 
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 Starland County has 1 542 saline seeps which occupy a total of 2 320 ha (5 731 ac), representing 0.9% of the municipality's total area. The visibly saline areas have such high salinity levels that annual crops cannot be grown and forage crops have significantly reduced yields. Often the lands surrounding the visibly saline areas are also weakly saline, resulting in reduced yields especially for salt-sensitive crops.
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Salinity distribution by type in Starland County
Salinity type
Number of seeps
Area (ha)
Percent of total saline area
Contact/slope change
276
176.58
7.6
Outcrop
7
3.05
0.1
Depression bottom
972
1 611.07
69.5
Coulee bottom
218
163.67
7
Slough ring
61
361.88
15.6
Irrigation canal seepage
8
4.08
0.2
Total
1 542
2 320.33
100

Depression bottom salinity occupies the greatest area (69.5% of all saline land in the County), followed by slough ring salinity (15.6%), contact/slope change salinity (7.6%), coulee bottom salinity (7.0%), irrigation canal seepage (0.2%), and outcrop salinity (0.1%). There is no evidence of artesian salinity or natural/irrigation salinity.

Number of saline seeps by type in Starland County


Salinity Type

Please refer to Salinity Classification, Mapping and Management in Alberta for more information.

 
 
 
 
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This information published to the web on February 12, 2004.
Last Reviewed/Revised on December 4, 2017.