The Murray River

 
Lots Of Information           http://www.edna.edu.au/discover/index.html?queryText=Murray+River#resulttab

Helpful Resources
 http://www.warrandytehigh.vic.edu.au/murray.htm

An Excellent Page On Rivers Including The Murray - worksheets too!
 http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/river/links.html

This site has great links, some pictures
 http://www.schools.ash.org.au/pembroke/water/MURRAY.HTML  Comes from water topic :- http://www.schools.ash.org.au/pembroke/water/water_index.html

The Drought And The River Murray
 http://www.dwr.sa.gov.au/water/rm_drought/index.html

Rivers Of The World That Can Be Researched

 http://www.bps.sa.edu.au/year9/rivers/r_australia.htm   includes some Australian  rivers including the Murray

The Australian Rivers Are:-

Brisbane

Darling

Derwent

Hawkesbury

Murray

Ord

Swan

Yarra


Salinity

SALINITY - Australia's Silent Flood - Links here.

Lots of material on salinity
http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/sose/geography/sal.htm

More here - but harder
http://www.csiro.au/index.asp?type=capability&id=Land%20and%20Water_Salinity
 
Activity ~Murray River - History of river life through story
 http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/sose/history/fed100/projectsnat/source/Sourcemrhis.htm

SA Water - resources

 http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/epa/water.html
 
 http://www.dwr.sa.gov.au/


Water Cycle
A great example of the water cycle
 http://www.wrc.wa.gov.au/schools/water_cycle.html

See how water soaks into different types of surfaces and make inferences to the urban environment.
KESAB Patawalonga and Torrens Waterwatch
http://www.cwmb.sa.gov.au/kwc/section1/1-15.htm


USA Based Site.
 http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/cycle.html

Wayne Roy
May 2003

Index

Wayne
Updated Nov. - Dec. 2004
Feb.  - May  2005