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1
Narrabri receives 400 mm of rainfall every year , this higher than average rainfall, which ecosystem developed?
cedar forest
Pilliga dry sclerophyll forest
red gum forest
rainforest
2
Which sections of the environment does the water cycle operate ?
lithosphere and atmosphere
biosphere and atmosphere
hydrosphere and Lithosphere
Atmosphere and hydrosphere
3
Whereabouts in NSW will you rice plantations ?
Leeton
Brewarrina
Orange
Narrabri
4
Before farmers cleared the land what was the main landscape in central and western NSW around the Murray Darling Basin?
desert
grasslands
dry sclerophyll forest
rainforest
5
Which word best describes the patterns of temperature and rainfall , over a long period of time (50 years)?
weather
monsoon
climate
cylcone
6
What type of river land is pictured below ?
mangrove
thalweg
wetland
meander
7
What are the names of the lines on a topographic map that form a grid that is used to locate places?
eastings and westings
southings and westing s
eastings and northings
northings and southings
8
What is the name of the side of the mountain range that receives the most orographic rain?
windward
leeward
eastwood
southerly
9
Which section of the Lachlan River would you find rice plantations
levee banks
meanders
floodplains
oxbow lake
10
Which is the only natural stakeholder in the Murray darling basin ?
NSW Water
dams and water storage
ecosystems - plants and animals
Austrlain Conservation Foundation
11
What is water harvesting ?
searching for aquifers
Diverting and collecting in dams the surface water from the floodplain
Pumping water to the surface
collecting water and bottling it for consumers
12
What causes the rain shadow in the north -eastern basin of the Murray Darling basin
Mc Donnell Ranges
the Grampian mountain range
Great Dividing Range
KImberley ranges
13
How will climate change alter the Murray darling Basin ?
all of the above
shorter and dangerous floods
Increase the frequency of bushfire
Longer droughts
14
Which famous indigenous artifects are found in the Barwon River at Brewarrina ?
marin traps
fish traps
fish netting
crab pots
15
What is the name of the weather system that delivers most of the rain in the southern sections of the MDB?
wet season
subtropical winter low pressure systems
monsoon
cyclone
