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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
Slowly moving river of ice.
Glaciers
Water that’s safe to drink.
Potable
Cannot be replenished at the rate at which it is used.
Non-renewable resource
The movement of rock or soil by water (or wind).
Erosion
Raw material occurring in nature that is valued depending on how it is used.
Natural Resource
Text based and concerned about comments and what people think.
Qualitative data
Drinking water to replenish moisture levels.
Hydration
The limited availability or supply of water.
Water scarcity
Ice permanently attached to a land mass.
Ice shelfs
Number based allowing for measurement and modelling.
Quantitative data
A hazard relating to the amount of water available such as flooding or drought.
Hydrological Hazard
Water as either a solid, liquid or gas.
Three states of water
The ongoing capacity of Earth to maintain all life.
Sustainability
Area that acts as a catchment, collecting water for a river, lake or reservoir.
Watershed
Groundwater.
Aquifer
A drilled hole to access water, drilled into a groundwater supply.
Bore
The day a city’s water supply is exhausted (taps run dry).
Day Zero
Water used for personal hygiene and cleaning.
Sanitation
Extended period of little or no rain.
Drought
Occurs when the demand or need for water exceeds the available amount.
Water stress
Four vertical lines and 1 horizontal line per 5 units.
Tally marks
Does not run out because it is naturally replenished.
Renewable resource
Can be continued and maintained within minimum impact on the environment.
Sustainability
A shared tap which is installed for areas which do not have independent running water.
Public standpipe