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In this section you will find detailed information, including national overviews and state and regional level assessments, from the 2000-2002 National Land and Water Resources Audit theme assessments.
Rivers - Assessment of River Condition - South Australia
TORRENS RIVER
Assessment Of River Condition
The Torrens River Basin rises in the Adelaide Hills 50 km to northeast of the CBD. The main channel flows through Adelaide meeting the coast at Glenelg. Rainfall ranges from 450 mm at the coast to 1050 mm in upland regions. It contains major urban water supply infrastructure: Millbrook and Kangaroo Creek Reservoirs, and Hope Valley Reservoir and Filtration Plant. The western regions are urban, eastern and upland regions contain grazing, horticulture and forestry.
The Torrens River Basin (504) ARCE was substantially modified and the ARCB was in reference condition. The basin condition was substantially modified based on the hydrological disturbance index, substantially modified based on the catchment disturbance index, moderately modified based on the habitat index and moderately modified based on the nutrient and suspended load index.
Environment Index
Biota Index
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TORRENS RIVER
Environment Index scores compared to Biota Index scores for all reaches.
Further Information
- Exit to more information on the AUSRIVAS for an introduction, models, taxonomy and downloads.
- Assessment of River Condition: and audit of the ecological condition of Australian rivers (by R. Norris, I. Prosser, B. Young, P. Liston, N. Bauer, N. Davies, F. Dyer, S. Linke, and M. Thoms)(PDF 4418 KB)
- View the Audit's Australian Catchment, River and Estuary Assessment 2002
- View the Audit's Australian Agriculture Assessment 2001
- Link to Data Library to download data and metadata
- Link to the Map Maker to make a map using this information.
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