Salinity In Australia

A biome is a large area or habitat that occupies the earth. Animals, plants along with flora and fauna occupy biome habitats. They cleverly adapt to their environment and geographical location. The area that I have chosen to research are the Flinders Ranges. The Flinders Rangers are in South Australia, covering 37,000 square kilometres. The biome expands from Crystal Brook in the south to Mount Hopeless in the north. There are several main general features associated with this semi-arid biome. It has landforms that are above sea level. The biome has high mountain ranges with summits reaching 900 metres. The area has steep gorges, cliffs, ridges and plateaus. The biome edges have grasslands and foothills which contain creeks, gorges, valleys,

This biome is large community of plants and animals..Also, biomes, such as the forest, freshwater, and marine,may have more consequences . The most imports biomes are the freshwater and marine because those biomes help us get water to drink and for the crops and the marine biome is also important the study of the between people and the physical environment of the sea.

A biome is a large, natural community of distinct vegetation and growth habits that occupy a large geographic area. There are many different forms of biomes. Their main classification is there average temperature and average precipitation. The precipitation and temperature determine what plants can survive in the area. However, over millions of years plants have been able to adapt to their biomes in order to survive.

The Salar de Uyuni salt flats are located in Daniel Campos Province Potosí, Bolivia, they have become Bolivia’s largest mineral resource. The resources that they are known for producing are salt, magnesium, potassium, and boron. The Salar are remnants of many lakes that use to occupy Bolivian Altiplano in the Late Pleistocene(Orris). Salar de Uyuni has become the world’s largest salt plan. The Salar serves as a major transport route across the Bolivian Altiplano and serves as major breeding ground for many species(Mason). The formation of Salar de Uyuni flats started from a large drainage system. Which then has to become an enclosed basin that does not drain to the sea and will wash away salt and arid climate where evaporation exceeds precition leaving behind salt(Orris). This has caused an extraordinary flatness to the entire Salar salt flats.

A biome is a large geographical area of distinctive plant and animal groups, which are adapted to that particular environment. The climate and geography of a region determines what type of biome can exist in that region. Major biomes include deserts, forests, grasslands, tundra, and several types of aquatic environment. As can see on the topography map, The Goulburn has two Biomes:-

Biomes are large ecological spaces on the Earth’s surface where fauna and flora have adapted to the environment. As Australia is a huge area it has great number of different biomes. The main biomes found here include wetlands and rivers, savanna, sea grass meadows, old growth forests and deserts.

(Salton Sea Symposium, 1998) However , the condition of the Sea has drastically changed and so has the amount of healthy living organisms in the Sea. By the 1980�s the water level rose greatly and gave way to abandoned businesses, deteriorating structures and empty beaches. The above was due to the fact that evaporation is the only outlet to the Salton Sea , in fact 1.35 million acre feet of water is lost each year , thus increasing its salinity even more. The salinity of the Salton Sea has increased to 45,000 parts per thousand or 45 PPT; the Pacific Ocean is currently 35 PPT.

A biome is a major biological community that occurs over a large area of land. Each biome is characterized by particular environmental and geographic conditions such as precipitation, temperature, wind, soil conditions, proximity to water, amount of sunlight. Did you know that there are five major biomes on the whole Earth? Even though we live on a big world different regions in the same biome tend to support similar types of plant and animal life. There is some overlap between biomes, but scientist usually identify these major biomes on earth: Tundra, Taiga, Temperate forest, Tropical forest, Desert, Savanna, Chaparral, Freshwater, and Marine.

The Murray Darling river travels through many states in Australia including NSW and Queensland making it the biggest and most important source of water in Australia. The Murray Darling is largely affected by salinity in the water and soil. Salinity is a reoccurring problem in Australia especially in The Murray Darling Basin, as salinity dates back to 140 million years ago when seas dried up and left salt on the sea floor, When the Murray Darling was discovered, traces of salt were found in the water and in the soil. Salinity in the Murray Darling makes the inhabitable for some species. Salinity is caused in many ways including Irrigation and clearance of deep-rooted native vegetation with shallow-rooted introduces plants. Both these points

The Water Education Foundation published an article on excess salinity that is in the water here in the valley. Our bodies need some salt to absorb water to be able to survive. Too much intake of salt can be a problem, and that is what is happening here in the Central Valley. “Excess salinity – that which is greater than the standard set to protect beneficial uses – poses a growing threat to food production and drinking water quality.” If there is no solution to the problem, it means that California will lose significant portions of prime agricultural land which provides food for the state, the nation and throughout the world. In a March 2009 study, The Economic Impacts of Central Valley Salinity, the University of California, Davis reported that if salinity increases at the current rate until 2030, the direct annual costs will range from $1 billion to $1.5 billion, with income impacts to the Central Valley between $1.2 billion and $2.2 billion.

(Unknown, 2016) Each plant has its own tolerance levels towards salt. Salt water can also have a negative impact on plant growth if too much salt is absorbed by the plant. At lower salinity levels, the effects are not always apparent, but they still exist. Salt reduces a plant's ability to absorb water and it interferes with the nutrients availability in soils. It can disrupt plant nutrition, growth, flower quality and quantity, stem length, leaf health. (Henson.J, 2012) When salt is dissolved in water, the sodium and chloride ions separate and can harm plants. Chloride ions are absorbed through the roots and then transported to the leaves, to which it is accumulated there, to toxic levels. Toxic levels are what cause the characteristic marginal leaf scorch. (University of Vermont Extension, unknown) If plants are in an environment with more salt then the optimum range they have they will

In total, the Basin contains about 40% of Australia's farms and 70% of Australia's irrigated land area.

A biome, also known as life zones, consists of all plants, animals, and other organisms, as well the physical environment in a particular area. A biome is characterized by its’ plant life, climate, and location. The climate and physical features determine the boundaries of a biome. A biome is made up of many different ecosystems. The ecosystems tend to have the same pants and animals as neighboring biomes around the boundaries. The major biomes are the tundra, taiga, tropical rain forest, temperate forests, desert, grassland, savanna, chaparral, and marine. Each biome has it’s own characteristics such as the tundra.

Biomes are all over the world, that’s why they are considered the “world’s major communities.” Biomes are large areas scattered around the earth, filled with animals and plants acclimating to their environments. You can classify biomes in many different ways, by their climate, their biodiversity, human activity, their animals and plants, and their habitats. There are only five conspicuous types of biomes, Grassland, Tundra, Desert, Aquatic, and forest. Without biomes, the earth would be unbalanced. Throughout the years, we have cause a lot of damage towards our earth, such as causing pollution, and abolishing natural habitats. If we continue living like this, there might be more serious or severe implications on the biomes. Knowing that we share the world with so many other species of plants and animals, we should consider the consequences of our actions.

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