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Know
our Catchments - Goulburn Broken
Victorian Essential Learning Standards Domains and (Levels):
Humanities - Geography (4,5)
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Student
activities
Need
some help? Use the catchment information in earlier pages of this
newsletter and these websites:
Answer
the following questions:
| 1. |
How
many people live in the Goulburn Broken Catchment? |
| 2. |
Explain
the role of Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority. |
| 3. |
Other
agencies work with the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management
Authority to manage land and water issues. List four of the
issues addressed by these partnerships. |
| 4. |
Explain the meaning of the term "integrated catchment management".
Refer to website:
nrw.qld.gov.au/education/teachers/catchment/activities/activity09.html
then click on Resource sheet
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Mapping
Exercise :
Use
the print version
map and images of the Goulburn Broken Catchment - teachers
can photocopy.
When working on the map use different colours and a key. Keep it
as neat as possible as there is a lot to mark on the map. Use small
neat printing.
| 1. |
Use
blue pencil to trace along the length of the Goulburn River,
Broken River and the Murray River. |
| 2. |
Use
black pencil to trace and label the Hume Highway through the
region. Name two highways that pass through Shepparton. |
| 3. |
Name
and label four suitable locations for recreational activities,
for example water skiing, bush walking, camping, etc. |
| 4. |
Use small arrows to show the direction of flow of the following
rivers: a) Goulburn at Seymour b) Broken at Benalla c) Murray
at Cobram |
| 5. |
Name the river the Goulburn flows into, ie, the Goulburn is
a tributary of _ _ _ _ _ _ River |
| 6. |
Name
the town nearest to the mouth of the Goulburn |
| 7. |
Name
the small town near the source of the Goulburn River. W_ _ _
_ P_ _ _ _ |
| 8. |
List
6 important agricultural products from the Goulburn Broken Catchment.
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| 9. |
Match the photographs (A, B, C, D, E) to a location on your
map. |
| 10. |
What does the term catchment mean? |
Other
activities:
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Make
up fact sheet about your Catchment. Send examples from the class
to LandLearn at landlearn.program@dpi.vic.gov.au
or post to Private Bag 1, Tatura 3616. |
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"The Shepparton Irrigation Region - A
Natural Food Bowl". Download
Map and activities at www.landlearn.net.au > curriculum activities > Food and Food Production > "The Shepparton Irrigation Region - A natural food bowl" |
To complete these activities you'll need:
» print
version map and images of the Goulburn Broken Catchment
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