Question

6. Distinguish between the following:
(a) The Murray-Darling Basin and the Western Plateau​

Answer 1

Answer:

The Murray–Darling basin is a large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia. Its name is derived from its two major rivers, the Murray River and the Darling River. The basin, which drains around one-seventh of the Australian land mass,[1] is one of the most significant agricultural areas in Australia. It spans most of the states of New South Wales and Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, and parts of the states of Queensland (lower third) and South Australia (southeastern corner). The basin is 3,375 kilometres (2,097 mi) in length, with the Murray River being 2,508 km (1,558 mi) long.

Most of the 1,061,469 km2 (409,835 sq mi) basin is flat, low-lying and far inland, and receives little direct rainfall. The many rivers it contains tend to be long and slow-flowing, and carry a volume of water that is large only by Australian standards.

The Snowy Mountains Scheme provides some security of water flows to the Murray–Darling basin, providing approximately 2,100 gigalitres (7.4×1010 cu ft) of water a year to the basin for use in Australia's irrigated agriculture industry, which is worth about A$3 billion per annum, representing more than 40% of the gross value of the nation's agricultural production.

Answer 2

Murray- Darling basin -  geographical area of 1.031 million km^2

Western Plateau -  cover area of 2.7 million km^2

Explanation:

Murray- Darling basin comprises of two main rivers of Australia i.e. Murray and Darling river. It the vast geographical area of 1.031 million km^2, in the interior of the southeastern part of Australia.

there are many issues that are related to this basin is that the water is salinity, the problem of blue algal blooms, water quality is not good.

Western Plateau - it is referred to as one of the biggest drainage divisions of Australia. It covers an area of 2.7 million km^2 which is more than the area cover by the Murray-Darling Basin.

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