Salinity is a major issue. This website focuses on salinity in Wagga Wagga, by explaining the issue, interest groups and geographical processes that make it a problem.
The IssueInterest GroupsGeographical Processes
Salinistion results from the accumulation of free salts to an extent that causes degradation of vegetation and soils. Salinisation is a natural process that results from:
Salt is a natural element of soils and water, but human practices have increased soil salinity by changing the natural balance of the water cycle in the landscape by allowing excess recharging of groundwater. Salinity is a condition inherent in the Australian landscape, but the nature of our land management causes it to become a problem.
- high levels of salt stored in our environment;
- landscape features that allow saline solutions to become mobile; and
- climatic trends that feed the cycle.
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