High School Water Conservation Booklet Name: - Bundaberg ...

Catchments: Erosion Control Our WaterwaysWhen it rains in the catchment areas the water collects into streams andcreeks and flows to where it usually joins a major river.♦ Look at a map of your local area and identify all the rivers and creeks. Find out wherethese waterways come from and where they are going. Where are the catchment areas inBundaberg and the surrounding region?♦ Trace a path of the Burnett River, the Elliott River, Gregory River and the Kolan River onits journey to the sea. Identify the types of natural and constructed environments theriver winds its way through. Find out the land use activities that may effect the waterquality in the areas that the river flows through.♦ Locate, through co-ordinates, key waterways in the local area. Use grid paper totranspose the map of the local area and its waterway.14