Question

Why are the soils in river plains immature though the farmlands are fertile?

Answer 1

Recent concerns have been expressed by Murray farmers downstream of Lake Hume about the devastation that flooding may cause to their properties. The prospect of more frequent flooding because of environmental flow releases, as part of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, has got them worried.  While this is understandable, and flooding can cause a lot of damage to farm infrastructure, productive farmland on floodplains only exists because of the flooding – and we should not forget that.

Answer 2

Answer:

Recent concerns have been expressed by Murray farmers downstream of Lake Hume about the devastation that flooding may cause to their properties. The prospect of more frequent flooding because of environmental flow releases, as part of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, has got them worried.  While this is understandable, and flooding can cause a lot of damage to farm infrastructure, productive farmland on floodplains only exists because of the flooding – and we should not forget that.

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