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Geography 7-10 / Year 7 / Knowledge and understanding / Water in the world
Curriculum content descriptions
the location and distribution of water resources in Australia, their implications, and strategies to manage the sustainability of water (AC9HG7K02)
Elaborations
- representing the location of Australia’s water resources, such as surface water and groundwater
- describing the distribution of Australia’s water resources, and its implications for people; for example, limited access to water for people in rural and remote places and its implications
- identifying the causes of variability in water resources or water scarcity; for example, an absolute shortage of water (physical cause), inadequate development of water resources (economic cause), or the ways water is used (such as farming, industry, drinking, washing or watering)
- explaining the factors that contribute to variability in water resources or water scarcity; for example, location, climate, topography, seasonality or evaporation
- examining why water is a difficult resource for communities to manage and sustain; for example, because of its shared and competing uses, and variability of supply over time
- examining how a strategy may manage the sustainability of water resources; for example, recycling (“grey water”), stormwater harvesting and re-use, desalination, inter-regional transfer of water and trade in virtual water, and reducing water consumption
General capabilities
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms
Geographic location, Environmental management, Rainfall, Water use, Water resources, Water treatment