Place of Interest to Me

I love Australia and have always been interested in that area of the world, though I've never been there. I wanted to post something from Australia as my place of interest, so I did some research and discovered how rich Australia is in minerals. In fact, in 2011, Australia had the world’s largest economic resources of gold, iron ore, lead, rutile, zircon, nickel, uranium and zinc. However, what then caught my attention did not have to do with the minerals (though I would still be interested in learning more about their place in the global economy), but with the Murray-Darling Basin and its water issues. For a long time, the main purpose of the water from the basin was for domestic and agricultural needs, and became over-allocated for human use. This impacted the environment, and became even worse due to droughts, decreasing the amount of water in the rivers and increasing the salinity of the remaining water. As a result, there are now many endangered animal species in the area.

Murray-Darling Basin Authority Site