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Connected by Water

How does the flow of water affect those connected to it?

TASK: Answer these questions: 

1. Why is rainfall so variable across the Murray Darling Basin.

2. Why does it rain some years and not others?

3. How does this affect the communities that live in this huge Basin?

4. How can we look after our water?

5. How does water affect people Economically, culturally, spiritually?

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EXTENSION: Describe the effects that river regulation including dams, locks, farming (irrigating), have on river quality.

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