The effects of droughts
Droughts affect all Australians' lives, even if you are far from the drought. Some effects and impacts of droughts in Australia are:
- Financial losses - Personal deprivations - Environmental damage - Crops dying - Cattle die of hunger and thirst - Water quality declines, due to the dams drying up - Severe dust storms and bush fires can occur - The Warragamba Dam, which supplied for 80 percent of the water in the Sydney area, fell from 76 percent capacity in 2002 to around 42 percent in 2005. Effects of the federation droughtSome of the effects of the federation drought were:
- Economic depression - Labour strikes - Sheep and cattle numbers dropped from 91-54 million. - Rabbit numbers increased, resulting in farmers losing their properties. |
Effects of the millennium drought
Some of the effects of the millennium drought were:
- Crops dying
- Cattle and sheep dying
- Personal deprivations
- Water quality is poor
- Poor soil quality
- Health problems related to dirty water or no water
- Crops dying
- Cattle and sheep dying
- Personal deprivations
- Water quality is poor
- Poor soil quality
- Health problems related to dirty water or no water