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A significant geographical and agricultural area in eastern Australia nurtured by the 2 river systems that flow through it.

Murray Darling Basin

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Slowly moving river of ice.

Glaciers

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Water that’s safe to drink.

Potable

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Cannot be replenished at the rate at which it is used.

Non-renewable resource

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The movement of rock or soil by water (or wind).

Erosion

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Raw material occurring in nature that is valued depending on how it is used.

Natural Resource

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Text based and concerned about comments and what people think.

Qualitative data

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Drinking water to replenish moisture levels.

Hydration

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The limited availability or supply of water.

Water scarcity

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Ice permanently attached to a land mass.

Ice shelfs

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Number based allowing for measurement and modelling.

Quantitative data

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A hazard relating to the amount of water available such as flooding or drought.

Hydrological Hazard

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Water as either a solid, liquid or gas.

Three states of water

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The ongoing capacity of Earth to maintain all life.

Sustainability

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Area that acts as a catchment, collecting water for a river, lake or reservoir.

Watershed

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Groundwater.

Aquifer

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A drilled hole to access water, drilled into a groundwater supply.

Bore

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The day a city’s water supply is exhausted (taps run dry).

Day Zero

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Water used for personal hygiene and cleaning.

Sanitation

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Extended period of little or no rain.

Drought

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Occurs when the demand or need for water exceeds the available amount.

Water stress

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Four vertical lines and 1 horizontal line per 5 units.

Tally marks

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Does not run out because it is naturally replenished.

Renewable resource

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Can be continued and maintained within minimum impact on the environment.

Sustainability

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A shared tap which is installed for areas which do not have independent running water.

Public standpipe

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