the Swan Canning River System

Question 1

What is the larger catchment area that the swan river belongs to

Answer 1

Canning river

Question 2

What is a waterway pollutant

Answer 2

Any substance that causes water pollution

Question 3

List 5 factors that have increased pollution of our waterways

Answer 3

1. Litter
2. population
3. Climate Change
4. Food Factories
5. Man Made chemicals

Question 4

Why is salt a pollutant of waterways

Answer 4

It can kill plant and animal life

Question 5

How long is the swan river

Answer 5

67kms long

Question 6

How long is the canning river

Answer 6

100kms long

Question 7

What is the deepest point of the swan river

Answer 7

21 meters

Question 8

How much water is in the Swan and Canning Rivers

Answer 8

55 gigaliters

Question 9

how large is the swan river catchment

Answer 9

2126 sq kilometers

Question 10

What causes algae Bloom

Answer 10

High level of nutrients entering the river. A lot of nutrients especially nitrogen and phosphorus feed the algae and make them grow

Question 11

What are the main rivers that run through Perth

Answer 11

The Swan and Canning River

Question 12

Why do we need healthy land

Answer 12

so that we can have healthy rivers, the rivers have to be healthy to keep our land healthly

Question 13

What carries Nutrients and pollution into the waterways

Answer 13

Storm water run off, groundwater and drains

Question 14

What is the climate like in the swan river catchment

Answer 14

Mediterranean climate, wet winters and dry, hot summers

Question 15

What river provides a very large share of water flow into the swan river

Answer 15

The Avon River

Question 16

What is an estuary

Answer 16

it is where the river meets the sea

Question 17

What is an example of man made pressures facing the swan river?

Answer 17

1. Algal blooms

Question 18

Why do we need to have healthy land to have healthy rivers?

Answer 18

whatever is lying around in your gutters outside your house or on the road will end up in the waters. Any fertilisers you put on your garden will also through runoff or going through the soil to the groundwater and into our waterways. We must keep our land healthy to keep our water healthy.