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Groundwater-surface water connectivity

Image Groundwater-surface water connectivity

TLF ID M012549

This is an online resource about groundwater-surface water connectivity. The resource provides a definition, describes what groundwater-surface water connectivity is, and identifies the complexities of the relationship between groundwater and surface water. Diagrams depicting the movement of groundwater water are provided. This resource is part of a larger resource about groundwater.

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Educational value
  • This is a useful resource for the Water in the world unit of study in year 7 geography. It is relevant for the content description referring to the form water takes as an available resource and the way it moves through the environment. The explanation and diagrams are useful here as they describe the movement of groundwater and surface water.
  • The resource is also relevant for the unit's content description referring to the nature of water scarcity and ways of overcoming it. The information about Australia's increasing demand for groundwater due to the decline in availability of surface water is useful here.
Year level

7

Topics Rainfall Environmental management Water cycle Water resources Human settlements Geographic location Water use Groundwater Surface runoff Water treatment
Learning area
  • Humanities and social sciences
  • Geography

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Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Commonwealth of Australia
  • Organization: Commonwealth of Australia
  • URL: http://www.ga.gov.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: Geoscience Australia
  • Organization: Geoscience Australia
  • Description: Publisher
  • URL: http://www.ga.gov.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Image
  • Text
Rights
  • © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2012. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en