Water is Life in the Murray River
A collaboration with ZoosSA/Conservation Ark
The importance of water to all of us has been underlined by nine years of drought, severe cuts to irrigation water and water restrictions in towns and cities. For plants and animals in the Murray River ecosystem, water is just as critical to their well-being and survival. The plants and animals of the River Murray have evolved to cope with the wide natural variation in conditions, from droughts to floods. Each group of animals and plants have strategies to adapt to dry and wet conditions, so that they can survive and thrive on the floodplain, along the river banks and in the river itself.
Internationally renown author Sean Williams composed the poem Reflections on water as part of Water is Life. Read his poem here.
For more information about this collaboration with ZoosSA and Conservation Ark, click here.
Listen to a series of interviews as Dr Anne Jensen of the Water Research Centre talks with researchers from the Environment Institute of The University of Adelaide about the reasons why water is so important for a healthy Murray River.
| Themes and Speakers | Interviews | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water is Life for Birds and the Coorong Interviews: David Paton | Download |
| 2 | Water is Life for Fish, Frogs, Turtles and Yabbies Interviews: Scotte Wedderburn, Michael Tyler, Mark Hutchinson and Keith Walker | Download |
| 3 | Water is Life for Plants and Animals on the Murray Floodplain Interviews: Bill Breed and Anne Jensen | Download |
| 4 | Water Regimes that Support Murray River Life and Water Plants Interviews: George Ganf, Abigail Goodman, Anne Jensen and Kane Aldridge | Download |
| 5 | Water is Life for Soils along the Murray River Interview: David Chittleborough and Anne McNeil | Download |
A copy of the Water is Life audio trail map at the Adelaide Zoo, click here.
