What is a Catchment?

This page contains the following sections
	Understanding Catchments • Resources • Activities • Who Can Help?

What are the physical boundaries of a catchment?
What are the different types of environments within catchments?
How large or small can a catchment be?
What are the physical, biological and chemical processes working within catchments?
What are the physical, biological and chemical processes that connect a catchment from the top of the watershed to the ocean?

Type	Description	Resources Covering the Topic
Easy	- What is a Catchment? - Explanation and web interactives.	KESAB Patawalonga and Torrens Waterwatch http://www.cwmb.sa.gov.au/kwc/section1/1-01.htm
	- What is a Catchment Fact Sheet. - Simple and clear.	NAB Catchment Board http://www.nabcatchment.net/publications/ factsheets/what_is_a_catchment.pdf
	- Without Water We Cannot Live. - Poster with a message about healthy water and why water it is important. - Open the links at the bottom of the poster for more information.	Kids for Saving Earth http://www.kidsforsavingearth.org/water/water1.htm
	- What is a Catchment?	Queensland Catchment Education http://www.env.qld.gov.au/environment/environment/ coast/cc.html#Catchment%20areas%20are%20important
	- For maps, definitions, plans, community projects, local catchment information.	SA Catchment Water Management Boards http://www.catchments.net/
	- Downloadable poster which describes the catchment as an interconnected system.	Queensland Government http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/resourcenet/education/ modules/junior_secondary/catchment_management/ resource_sheet_13.html
More Comprehensive	- What is a catchment?	NSW EPA http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/mao/catchment.htm#what
	- Map and interactive tour of the Murray Darling Basin.	Murray Darling Basin Commission http://www.mdbc.gov.au/tour/tour.htm
	- How the River Murray was Formed.	River Murray Urban Users Committee http://www.murrayusers.sa.gov.au/RMformed.htm# The%20River%20Murray%20and%20the%20 Murray-Darling%20Basin
	- EPA Backgrounder on Water. - The system of interconnected water bodies.	NSW http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/soe/soe2000/ bw/bw_1.htm#bw_1_h003
More Complex	- Map and interactive tour of the Murray Darling Basin.	Murray Darling Basin Commission http://www.mdbc.gov.au/tour/tour.htm

Band	Activity	Contact
Early Years	- What About Catchments? - Sandpit activity.	KESAB Patawalonga and Torrens Waterwatch Curriculum Resource http://www.cwmb.sa.gov.au/kwc/
	- Act a Catchment. - Hands on activity.	Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board http://www.onkaparinga.net/caring/ waterwatch.shtml#catch
	- Act a catchment. - Is Your Catchment Up The Creek?	North Adelaide Barossa Waterwatch http://www.nab.waterwatch.org.au/
Primary Years	- What is a Catchment? - Explanation and web interactives.	KESAB Patawalonga and Torrens Waterwatch http://www.cwmb.sa.gov.au/kwc/section1/1-01.htm
	- For maps, definitions, plans, community projects, local catchment information.	SA Catchment Water Management Boards http://www.catchments.net/
	- Catchment Crusaders. - Interactive web activity.	KESAB Watercare Club http://www.cwmb.sa.gov.au/kwc/interactive/cc/index.htm
	- What About Catchments? - Sandpit activity.	KESAB Patawalonga and Torrens Waterwatch Curriculum Resource http://www.cwmb.sa.gov.au/kwc/
	- Act a Catchment. - Hands on activity.	Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board http://www.onkaparinga.net/caring/ waterwatch.shtml#catch
	- Act a Catchment. - Is Your Catchment Up The Creek?	North Adelaide & Barossa Waterwatch http://www.nab.waterwatch.org.au/
	- The River Murray Story. - Classroom session looking at catchments and land uses following a story about the River as it travels from the source to the sea. - Offered in Upper and Lower Murray Regions.	River Murray Waterwatch http://www.sa.waterwatch.org.au/catchmen.htm http://www.lm.net.au/~sacare/waterwatch/index.html
Middle Years	- Catchment Crusaders. - Interactive web activity. Many interactive activities to explore catchments.	KESAB Watercare Club http://www.cwmb.sa.gov.au/kwc/interactive/cc/index.htm
	- For maps, definitions, plans, community projects, local catchment information.	SA Catchment Water Management Boards http://www.catchments.net/
	- Map and interactive tour of the Murray Darling Basin.	Murray Darling Basin Commission http://www.mdbc.gov.au/tour/tour.htm
Senior Years	- Catchment Crusaders. - Interactive web activity. Many interactive activities to explore catchments.	KESAB Watercare Club http://www.cwmb.sa.gov.au/kwc/interactive/cc/index.htm
Senior Years	- For maps, definitions, plans, community projects, local catchment information.	SA Catchment Water Management Boards http://www.catchments.net/

Organisation	Who Can Help?
Catchment Water Management Boards across the State	Catchment Water Management Boards (CWMB): Arid Areas Catchment Water Management Boards (CWMB): Eyre Peninsula Catchment Water Management Boards (CWMB): North Adelaide & Barossa Catchment Water Management Boards (CWMB): Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Boards (CWMB): Torrens Catchment Water Management Boards (CWMB): Patawalonga Catchment Water Management Boards (CWMB): River Murray Catchment Water Management Boards (CWMB): South East
Community Action: Local Action Planning Committees	Catchment Water Management Boards (CWMB): River Murray
Waterwatch SA	Waterwatch State Office Waterwatch: Broughton Wakefield Waterwatch: KESAB Patawalonga & Torrens Waterwatch: North Adelaide & Barossa Waterwatch: Onkaparinga Waterwatch Network Waterwatch: River Murray (Upper) Waterwatch: River Murray (Lower) Waterwatch: South East
Our Patch/Catchment Care	Catchment Care - North Adelaide and Barossa Catchment Water Management Board (CWMB) Our Patch - Patawalonga and Torrens CWMBs Our Patch - Onkaparinga CWMB
Urban Forest Biodiversity Program	Urban Forest Biodiversity Program
Mount Lofty Ranges Watershed Protection Office	Mount Lofty Ranges Watershed Protection Office
Gould League	Gould League