water as a resource

Cards (21)

  • the different types of resources are renewable non renewable and continuous
  • the process of water cycle are evaporation then condensation then precipitation then infiltration then translation then groundwater
  • Available water is accessible without treatment
  • Potential water is water that needs to be treated to use
  • the process of removing salt from water is Desalination
  • wearing away the earths surface is Erosion
  • examples of available water is dams and rivers
  • surface water is above ground
  • ground water is under surface and held in soil, rocks
  • pumping water causes groundwater level to fall
  • some ways water connects places are economic and social and environmental.
  • irrigation is the pumping of water from pipes
  • kati thanda is the driest
  • Tully is the wetest
  • Every Australian is responsible for using more than 1 million litres of water per year
  • Rice is grown mostly in Asia (90%)
  • The Mekong Delta is where rice is grown in Vietnam
  • Australian rice growers use less than 50% water
  • Griffith receives about 400 millimeters of rain per year, with 100 millimeters falling in the summer
  • 2010--11 Australia's wettest years
  • 2019 australias driest year