Inland water

Recent climate

The period since 2010–11 provided the first cooler than average year since 2001 (i.e. 2011), along with the warmest (2013), third-warmest (2014) and fifth-warmest (2015) years on record for Australia (BoM 2012,
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South East CoastSouth West CoastSouth Australian GulfNorth Western PlateauMurray DarlingNorth East CoastSouth Western PlateauTasmaniaTimor SeaLake EyreGulf of CarpentariaIndian Ocean
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Water resource development

After a few years of moderate change in urban water demand, recent years (2013–14) have seen an increase in water demand from larger urban water-consuming areas across Australia.
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South East CoastSouth West CoastNorth East CoastGreater BrisbaneGreater DarwinGreater HobartGreater AdelaideAustralian Capital TerritoryGreater MelbourneGreater PerthGreater Sydney
Inland water

Changing land use and management

Land use and land management can produce pressures on aquatic environments that include changes to flow, water quality and the availability of habitat.
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Timor SeaGreat Barrier ReefGreater Melbourne
Inland water

Pests and invasive species

SoE 2011 provided information on the pressure of invasive species, including cane toads (Rhinella marina, formerly Bufo marinus), common carp (Cyprinus carpio), eastern gambusia (Gambusia holbrooki),
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Pressures
Murray DarlingTasmaniaTimor SeaLake Eyre
Argent RM (2016). Inland water: Topics. In: Australia state of the environment 2016, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra, https://soe.environment.gov.au/theme/inland-water/topics?framework=106, DOI 10.4226/94/58b656cfc28d1