GEOGRAPHY - The big dry, Australia
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- Global hazards case study 1 - The big dry, Australia
- Causes
- El Nino
- movement of rain clouds travelling away from Australia
- Australia becomes drier than normal - chance of rain decreases
- Australia located in a subtropical area of the world that produces dry, sinking air
- Rainfall very low and irregular
- El Nino
- Effects
- Environmental
- estimated 10,000 cattle dying per day
- land become barren - soil erosion
- increased bush and forest fires
- little crops
- Economic
- As crops fail, food prices rise
- Local businesses suffer
- livestock have to be sold
- Social
- farmers suffer
- Increased suicides among farmers
- Less food
- some farmers - no income for 3 years
- farmers suffer
- Environmental
- Responses
- Water restrictions: hoses sprinklers pools etc
- desalination plants
- changing salt water into freshwater
- long term
- $100m given from Australian government
- When, where?
- Mostly in the east of Australia
- 2 extreme droughts happened between 2002-2007
- named the millennium drought
- Causes
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