3.4- Australia

Question 1

What is the name of the high pressure belt, where Australia lies?

Answer 1

Sub-tropical ridge

Question 2

When did the El-Nino events occur, during which dry conditions where made worse?

Answer 2

2002/3 and 2006/7

Question 3

What was the name of the drought, which lasted from 1997-2009?

Answer 3

Millennium Drought

Question 4

What % of the vegetation has been removed from basins, since the Europeans arrived in the 1800s?

Answer 4

90%

Question 5

What % of rainfall us evaporated from surface water?

Answer 5

94%

Question 6

What % of remaining surface water is pumped for human use?

Answer 6

42%

Question 7

Has the climate change model been proven?

Answer 7

No, but it is most plausible

Question 8

What % of accessible water resources is groundwater?

Answer 8

17%

Question 9

What % of total water use is groundwater?

Answer 9

30%

Question 10

How many people depend on a limited water supply?

Answer 10

35 Million People

Question 11

How many Ramsar listed wetlands exist in the basin?

Answer 11

16 Wetlands