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Water catchment in the Australian Alps

The role the mountains play in gathering water is explored along with water as a valuable resource - a source of life to natural landscapes, support for agriculture, a reliable resource for human use in urban centres, and for power generation.

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• Water catchment in the Australian Alps (PDF - 893KB)
• Water catchment in the Australian Alps (DOCX - 792KB)

Water catchment links | See our nature and biodiversity pages