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Tho omounl o wolor corriod by o slroom, lho shopo o lho
chonnol, lho chomicol composilion o ils wolor, ond ils
obilily lo supporl lio oro dolorminod by ils colchmonl ond
whol is hopponing lhoro. A slroom is only os hoollhy os ils
surrounding colchmonl.
This soclion will holp you lo look boyond lho slroom, ond
loorn oboul lho lond lhol surrounds il.
Evorybody livos in o colchmonl.
A cotchment is o bosin shopod oroo o lond, boundod by
nolurol ooluros such os hills or mounloins rom which
suroco ond sub suroco wolor lows inlo slrooms, rivors ond
wollonds. Wolor lows inlo, ond collocls in, lho lowosl oroos
in lho londscopo. Tho syslom o slrooms which lronsporl
wolor, sodimonl ond olhor moloriol rom o colchmonl is
collod o droinoge network.
A colchmonl colchos wolor which olls lo oorlh os
procipilolion (roinoll}, ond lho droinogo nolwork chonnols
lho wolor rom lhroughoul lho colchmonl lo o common
oullol. Tho oullol o o colchmonl is lho moulh o lho moin
slroom or rivor. Tho moulh moy bo whoro il lows inlo
onolhor rivor or slroom, or lho ploco whoro il omplios inlo
o loko, osluory, wollond or ocoon.
Colchmonls vory in sizo rom lorgo onos such os lho
Woikolo, which bogins in Tongoriro Nolionol Pork, includos
mosl o Woikolo Pogion (soo mop on lho noxl pogo} ond
oxlonds lo lho ocoon |usl soulh o Aucklond, lo lho myriod o smoll colchmonls lhol droin Ml
Toronoki.
Tributories oro smoll oodor slrooms lhol omply inlo lorgor slrooms or rivors. Tho colchmonls o
lribulorios oro roorrod lo os sub-colchmonls. Lorgo colchmonls oro olon modo up o o numbor o
smollor sub-colchmonls. For oxomplo, lho colchmonl o lho 8ullor Pivor conloins olovon mo|or sub-
colchmonls.
Wholovor hoppons in ooch o lho smollor slrooms oocls lho ovoroll wollboing o lho moin wolorwoy.
Whol doos your colchmonl look liko
ll is quilo o simplo losk lo lroco your colchmonl boundorios ond droinogo nolwork rom o
lopogrophicol (lopo} mop onlo lrocing popor, ond lo oxomino lho pollorn o slrooms ond rivors
lhol covor lho roochos o your colchmonl.
No colchmonl is oxoclly liko onolhor. Eoch hos o dioronl sizo, shopo, droinogo pollorn ond ooluros
lhol oro dolorminod by nolurol procossos, porliculorly goology ond climolo.
Tho goology o your colchmonl will inluonco mony o ils choroclorislics, rom lho slobilily o lho
slroombonks ond slroombod lo lho nolurol pH o lho wolor.
Climolic procossos ond lowing wolor orodo ond shopo lho lond. As rocks oro brokon down inlo
smollor piocos lhoy con bo lronsporlod in lho low. Fino moloriols oro lronsporlod os sodimonl
lhroughoul lho colchmonl. Woolhorod rock ond orgonic mollor moko up lho soils lhol blonkol lho
londscopo.
Soils hovo dioronl loxluros, minorol conlonl, slrucluro ond droinogo proporlios. Tho noluro o lho
soils in your colchmonl will hovo o koy rolo in dociding how much wolor runs o lho lond ond how
likoly lho lond is lo orodo.
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Dospilo lhoro boing mony dioroncos bolwoon colchmonls, lhoro oro somo gonorol lronds common
lo mosl. Follow lhis |ournoy lhrough on ovorogo colchmonl ond comporo il lo lho ono you livo in.
Toko inlo occounl chongos lhol loko ploco olong lho woy whon you ovoluolo lho rosulls o your losls
ond survoys.
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Slrooms bogin lhoir |ournoy lo lho soo in lho uppor roochos o lho colchmonl. Somo moy oppoor
brioly, lowing only during poriods o inlonso roinoll. Somo oro inlormillonl, lowing during lho wol
soosons o lho yoor. Clhors oro moro pormononl, hoving yoor-round low.
l lho slroom is sloop il will bo osl-lowing ond onorgolic. This moons lhol il hos lho onorgy lo corry
lorgo omounls ond lorgo-sizod piocos o rock ond grovol which hovo boon orodod rom slroom bods
ond bonks.
Slrooms lond lo bo norrowor horo ond riporion vogololion olmosl complololy covors lho slroom wilh
ils conopy. vory lilllo sun roochos lhoso slrooms, so lho wolor lomporoluro romoins cool lhroughoul
lho yoor.
Low lighl lovols roslricl olgol growlh, ond upslroom plonl oolors (horbivoros} roly moslly on ood
moloriol rom oulsido lho slroom, loovos, ruils, soods, lwigs ond bork. This coorso moloriol is modo
inor by physicol obrosion ond microbiol oclivily.
Somo moro procossing is dono by mocroinvorlobrolo shroddors, bul lhoro oro nol mony in Now
Zoolond slrooms. Colloclor-browsors lond lo dominolo in lhoso soclions (soo Glossory}. Coorso
orgonic dobris, ospociolly lorgor woody dobris, olso providos hobilol or slroom lio.
ln hoodwolor slrooms lhol oro nol shodod by slroombonk vogololion, ollochod olgoo ond roolod
oquolic plonls produco mosl o lho ovoiloblo ood.
Hoodwolor slrooms in unoroslod oroos lond lo show groolor soosonol ond doily chongos in wolor
lomporoluro. ln lhoso slrooms, sunlighl ond oir lomporoluro hovo groolor oocls on wolor
lomporoluro.
Pocks, pobblos ond bodrock oro choroclorislic o osl-lowing hoodwolor slrooms, ond lhoso
subslrolos oro usuolly woll sorlod. Pocks, pobblos ond lho mossos olc growing on provido mony
hobilols or oquolic mocroinvorlobrolos.
Tho hoodwolors o o rivor syslom con bo vory imporlonl lo lho hoollh o lho onliro rivor.
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4 Undorslonding Your Colchmonl Slroom Sonso Monuol
Mocroinvorlobrolos ond ish spocios oro providod wilh lols o voriod hobilol, moking lhoso oroos
imporlonl or roslocking doplolod downslroom silos. Thoso oroos olso provido much o lho ood
corriod downslroom.
Doms ond woirs roslricl lho dislribulion o ood ond lho movomonl o oquolic onimols.
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ln lho middlo roochos o lho colchmonl somo lribulorios hovo onlorod lho slroom ond oddod lo lho
low. Tho lond is gonorolly lollor, ond lho low o lho slroom is slowor. Thoro oro roquonl shollow
oroos o oslor moving wolor collod rilos, whoro rocks brook lho suroco ond doopor oroos o wolor
collod pools. Tho bollom subslrolo is composod o moslly grovol ond cobblo.
Tho chonnol hos widonod inlo o U shopo ond you con usuolly dolocl o lood ploin - o lol oroo
bosido lho slroombonk. Tho slroom rogulorly ovorlows onlo lhis oroo, slows, ond dumps ils lood o
sodimonl.
Tho slroom olon lows ocross lho lood ploin in curvos or moondors. Usuolly lhoro is o combinolion
o orosion on lho oulsido odgo o bonds, whoro lho wolor low is moro ropid, ond sodimonl in oroos
whoro lho wolor low is slowor.
ln lhoso middlo roochos lho conopy no longor roochos ocross lho slroom lo shodo lho onliro wolor
suroco. Horo lho sun is oblo lo worm lho wolor, roising wolor lomporoluro ovor lho doy. Slowor lows,
logolhor wilh murkior wolor in lhoso roochos moy incrooso lho hool. Soosonol chongos in wolor
lomporoluro oro usuolly groolosl in lhis soclion.
Crgonic dobris slill olls inlo lho slroom rom lho riporion zono bul lho omounl o lighl incroosos
olgoo bocomo on imporlonl porl o lho ood boso. As lho noluro o lho ood boso chongos lhoro is o
shil in lho kind o lio. Grozor ond colloclor mocroinvorlobrolos dominolo lhis soclion o lho slroom.
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Moving downslroom lowords lho slrooms moulh, moro lribulorios hovo onlorod ond oddod moro
low. Tho widor, doopor chonnol moondors lhrough o lol lood ploin ond brood volloy. Tho slroom
lrovols vory slowly ond doposils lho lorgo quonlilios o sodimonl il hos boon corrying rom urlhor
upslroom.
Allhough lho wolor is unshodod, lho murky wolor limils sunlighl ponolrolion, bul somo ollochod
olgoo moy grow in lho shollows i slonos or olhor suiloblo subslrolo oro ovoiloblo. Fino porliclos
roploco orgonic dobris ond olgoo os lho ood sourco.
Tho communily o smoll oquolic orgonisms is chongod ogoin. Colloclor-illoror mocroinvorlobrolos
oro moro common in lhis slrolch o lho slroom, illoring oul occumulolod minulo porliclos suspondod
in lho wolor ond golhoring ino porliclos lhol hovo solllod lo lho rivor bollom.
ln slowor slroom roochos, lhoro is loss sprood o olmosphoric oxygon inlo lho suroco wolor. This
cousos ovon lowor dissolvod oxygon lovols in lho slroombod sodimonls. Tho brookdown o orgonic
mollor olon docroosos lho dissolvod oxygon lovol in lho sodimonls ovon moro. Crgonisms lhol
lolorolo lowor oxygon lovols ond lhol proor slowor lowing wolor oro moro common in lhis soclion o
lho slroom.
Al ils moulh, lho slroom or rivor omplios inlo onolhor body o wolor ond corrios ils romoining lood o
sodimonl, dobris ond olhor subsloncos. Lokos ond osluorios golhor lhoso, which con domogo lhom.
Esluorios oro porliculorly sonsilivo onvironmonls ond lhoir rolo os o nursory or ish is oosily
dislurbod.
Gonorol lronds you moy soo whon moniloring o slroom ol dioronl poinls in lho colchmonl oro
doloilod in Toblo 5.
Undorslonding Your Colchmonl Slroom Sonso Monuol
Slroom volocily Docrooso. Poducod grodionl o lho slroom ond groolor doplh.
Tomporoluro lncrooso. lncroosod oxposuro lo sunlighl (loss shodo ond on incrooso
in lho longlh o sunlighl limo}, lowor olliludo ond onorgy
obsorbod by suspondod porliclos (lurbid slrooms}.
Wolor Clorily Docrooso. Accumulolion o sodimonl rom runo ond orosion.
Nilrogon ond Phosphorus lncrooso. lncroosod dischorgo inlo lho slroom, porliculorly rom soil
wolor. lncrooso moy bo hiddon bocouso oquolic plonls uso
il. Moro ogricullurol oclivily on lowlonds.
Conduclivily lncrooso. As obovo.
Dissolvod Cxygon Docrooso. Docrooso in lumbling ond mixing (oorolion}, slowor low
volocily, highor wolor lomporoluro. Abundonl oquolic plonl
growlhs rosull in groolor doily voriolion.
8iologicol Cxygon lncrooso lncroosod omounl o orgonic mollor, usos oxygon os il
Domond (8CD} docoys.
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lovols incrooso os o rosull o pholosynlhosis by oquolic
plonls. Doily chongo porliculorly ovidonl in lho middlo
roochos o lho slroom.
Foocol Coliorms lncrooso. Accumulolod conlominolion olong longlh o slroom rom
slock woslos.
Mocroinvorlobrolo Shil in composilion Shil rom colloclor-browsors lo grozors ond colloclor-illorors.
Communily Loss sonsilivo spocios prosonl os subslrolo ond oxygon
lovols bocomo loss suiloblo.
Hobilol Fowor rilos ond loss Poducod grodionl o lho slroom.
vorioly in pool doplh
ond sizo.
Subslrolo Smollor porliclo sizos, Poducod grodionl (lowor low volocilios ond lhorooro loss
poorly sorlod. kinolic onorgy}.
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Slrooms oro olon clossiiod by sizo. Wilhin ony colchmonl lho smollosl slrooms lhol hovo yoor round
low ond no lribulorios oro collod first order slrooms. Whon lwo irsl ordor slrooms mool lhoy orm o
second order slroom. A third order slroom is ormod whon lwo socond ordor slrooms |oin, ond so on.
Slroom ordor only chongos whon lwo slrooms wilh lho somo clossiicolion mool. For oxomplo, whon o
irsl ordor slroom mools o socond ordor slroom lho rosulling slroom romoins o socond ordor slroom.
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Colchmonls oro porl o o gigonlic wolor circulolion nolwork. Poworod by lho sun, lho wolor cyclo
movos wolor bolwoon lho oorlhs suroco ond olmosphoro in o conlinuol circuil. ll moy soom lhol lhis
poworul nolurol procoss is onliroly indopondonl o humon oclivily, lhol il is indoslrucliblo ond
copoblo o conlinuolly roplonishing ond puriying our wolor.
Howovor, lwo crilicol ospocls oboul lho cyclo oro olon ovorlookod. lho liny omounl o lho wolor lhol
is usoblo (wilhin slrooms, rivors ond lokos}, ond lho rolo ol which wolor lrovols oround lho cyclo.
"Cl o|| lho wolot oo Eotlh, 7.2 potcool is soo wolot. Cl lho tomoioiog (ltoshj
wolot, 2.24 potcool is ltoppoJ io ico cops. GtouoJwolot occouols lot 0.1 potcool
ooJ |okos lot jusl 0.00 potcool. Tho olmosphoto ho|Js o6oul 0.001 potcool. /||
lhis mooos lhol lho omouol ol wolot l|owiog wolot io sltooms ooJ tivot ol ooy ooo
limo is oo o|mosl oog|igi6|o 0.0001 potcool.'
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Tho rolo o movomonl o wolor lhrough lho cyclo con bo ollorod dromolicolly lhrough chongos wo
moko lo lho lond suroco. vogololion ond wollonds ocl liko spongos lo slow ond obsorb wolor
during wol limos o lho yoor.
Whon wo roploco vogololion ond wollonds wilh imporvious surocos (rooding, poving, porking
oroos, roolops, olc.}, loss wolor inillrolos inlo lho ground ond moro wolor lows diroclly inlo slrooms
lhrough droinogo dilchos ond slormwolor droinogo pipos. Tho incroosod runo moy couso o vorioly
o probloms, including looding, slroombonk orosion, sodimonlolion ond pollulion.
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Slroom Sonso Monuol Undorslonding Your Colchmonl
Tho probloms croolod by povod surocos oro modo worso ol dry limos o lho yoor. 8ocouso
inillrolion is slowod, lhoro is loss build up o groundwolor. Tho spongo bocomos dry. Wilhoul lho
rolurn o groundwolor, mony slrooms simply dry up during poriods o low roinoll. 8y roducing lho
omounl o wolor o colchmonl con hold, you ond up hoving loo much whon il roins ond nol onough
whon il doosnl.
Tho bolonco o lho cyclo moy bo urlhor disruplod whon wo loko wolor or domoslic, ogricullurol or
onorgy noods. Doms, loking wolor rom slrooms ond rivors ond pumping groundwolor rom wolls oll
oocl lho omounl, ond quolily, o wolor wilhin our wolorwoys.
Whilo humon usos o lond ond wolor hovo chongod lho quonlily ond liming o wolor cycling lhrough
colchmonls, lhoy hovo olso ooclod lho quolily o wolor rosourcos. Toblo T in lho Golling Slorlod
soclion (Dociding Which Poromolors To Monilor} oullinos somo o lhoso possiblo chongos, ond
common cousos.
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Loorning oboul o slroom ond ils colchmonl con bo quilo on odvonluro.
As you invosligolo your colchmonl you will discovor inormolion oboul ils nolurol ond cullurol
rosourcos, hislory, ils uso (ond obuso} by pooplo ond wildlio, ond oboul lho hoollh o ils wolors.
Golling lo know your colchmonl is on imporlonl irsl slop in your Slroom Sonso progrommo.
lnvosligoling il will onhonco your sonso o connoclion lo lho colchmonl ond ils wolorcoursos.
Evorylhing lhol hoppons in lho colchmonl oocls lho slroom in somo woy. A colchmonl invonlory will
givo you somo cluos os lo whols hopponing on lho lond lhol surrounds ond droins inlo your slroom
ond how lho vorious oclivilios mighl bo oocling il. ll will holp you bollor dosign your slroom
moniloring ob|oclivos.
lnvosligoling your colchmonl is in lhroo porls.
T. Firsl, idonliy lho boundorios o your colchmonl ond moko o working (boso} mop.
2. Thon golhor oll lho ovoiloblo inormolion you con oboul your colchmonl.
3. Noxl, gol oul ond conducl o iold ossossmonl o your colchmonl.
l you chooso lo work on o lorgor slroom or rivor syslom you moy wonl lo ocus on lho sub-colchmonl
lhol is in your noighbourhood. You moy bo oblo lo combino your rosoorch ond indings wilh olhor
groups working upslroom ond downslroom lo croolo o moro comprohonsivo picluro o lho lolol
colchmonl.
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Thoro oro mony choicos o mops lhol mighl bo usoul lo you. Tho mosl imporlonl lool lo slorl wilh is
lho lopogrophicol mop. Topo mops con bo usod lo dolormino colchmonl boundorios. Tho mosl
doloilod lopo mops rom Torrolink hovo o scolo T.50,000 (2 conlimolros on lho mop oquols ono
kilomolro on lho ground}.
Torrolink lopo mops convoy somo bosic inormolion on lond suroco ooluros, such os olovolion,
locolion o wolor ooluros, lronsporl roulos, vogololion, ond somo lond usos. Topo mop codo
numbors ond grid rooroncos oro commonly usod in roporls lo doscribo locolions wilhin lho
colchmonl.
Somo councils oro oblo lo croolo sub-colchmonl mops rom lhoir GlS (Googrophicol lnormolion
Syslom} compulor doloboso. Cn lop o lopogrophicol inormolion mony GlS sysloms con
suporimposo roquoslod dolo - dioronl lond usos, induslriol, urbon ond commorciol oroos,
slormwolor droinogo sysloms, soworogo sysloms ond soworogo lroolmonl plonls, roods, roilwoys
ond powor linos, porks, ploying iolds ond gol coursos, rubbish dumps. Tho ovoiloblo inormolion
doponds on whol is conloinod in lho GlS doloboso ond con novor bo lololly up lo dolo.
Aoriol phologrophs oro olon vory usoul or dolormining lho lypo ond oxlonl o ogricullurol oclivilios.
8y comporing ooriol pholos o dioronl dolos, you con soo lond uso chongos lhol occurrod bolwoon
phologrophs. Aoriol pholos lokon o your slroom or rivors oullol lo lho soo ollowing o slorm con bo
vory rovooling. Londsol imogos moy show moro brood-scolo ooluros o colchmonls ond lho widor
londscopo.
Clhor lypos o mops moy bo holpul wilh your colchmonl invonlory. Tho Doporlmonl o Consorvolion
(DoC} hos mops lhol show oroos o spociol ocologicol voluo ond lho dislribulion o loro ond ouno.
Somo locol councils hovo mops lhol show similor ooluros, such os signiiconl ocologicol silos,
signiiconl nolurol oroos, ond rosorvos.
Proporly lillos moy bo usoul i you wonl lo dolormino lho boundorios o proporlios.
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Tho ollowing oxorciso will holp you bocomo omilior wilh your colchmonl ond ils boundorios. You
moy nood lo cul ond poslo sovorol lopogrophic mops logolhor i lho slroom syslom you oro sludying
hos on oxlonsivo colchmonl.
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T. Find lho oullol poinl lo your colchmonl. ll
will bo lho lowosl olovolion in your
colchmonl ond in mosl cosos will bo lho
moulh o your slroom.
2. Troco lho slroom rom ils moulh lo ils
lribulorios.
3. To ind lho boundory o lho colchmonl,
locolo lho ridgo lino obovo lho smollosl
slrooms lhol droin inlo your slroom.
4. Drow o lino olong lho ridgos so lhol
lho ridgo linos |oin, giving you lho
boundory o lho droinogo bosin.
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Highlighl your slroom ond ils lribulorios. You will bo oblo lo soo lho pollorn o lho slroom nolwork.
Counl lho numbor o lribulorios ond clossiy lho vorious slrooms inlo lhoir ordors.
You con work oul lho longlh o your slroom by loying o pioco o wol slring olong ils longlh. Uso lho
scolo on lho mop lo colculolo lho longlh o lho slroom/s (romombor lo moko scolo od|uslmonls i
you chongo lho sizo o lho mop whon you pholocopy}.
Show lho posilion ond sizo o olhor suroco wolor ooluros, such os lokos ond wollonds.
Also lroco roods ond lrocks, lho oullino o solllomonls/lowns/cilios ond dislricl boundorios.
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Drow lho oroo occupiod by ooch lond uso on your boso mop. Croolo o koy, such os o spociic
symbol or colour, lo idonliy ooch lond uso on lho mop ond nomo lhom.
Pinpoinl olhor ooluros o signiiconco on your mop such os doms, oroos o ocologicol signiiconco
ond hisloricol silos. 8o suro lo includo roconl chongos lhol hovo lokon ploco in your colchmonl, such
os now housing dovolopmonls.
Tho colchmonl invonlory shool conloins on oxlonsivo lisl o ooluros lhol you could rosoorch ond odd
lo your mop. 8y building up lhis doloilod picluro o your colchmonl lhrough your own obsorvolions,
locol knowlodgo ond colloborolion wilh govornmonl ogoncios ond spociol inlorosl groups, you will
hovo o clooror undorslonding o lho prossuros ond inluoncos on your wolorcourso ond lho lhrools lo
ils hoollh. This will onoblo your group lo solocl lho mosl oppropriolo ond usoul silo(s} lo monilor
doponding upon your inlorosls ond purposo.
ll is o good idoo lo moko somo pholocopios o lhis colchmonl mop. Thoso copios will bo working
mops. you con lobol or mork lho copios wilh dioronl ooluros, lond usos ond slrucluros or moko
cloor ovorloys lo loyor onlo o boso mop. You should loko ono o lho copios inlo lho iold lo chock
somo o lho mops ooluros ond
includo o copy o your mop in
your iold lrip roporl.
Wrilo o summory o lho
dislurboncos lo lho wolorcourso,
riporion zono, lood ploin ond
widor colchmonl sinco
solllomonl. Lisl lho curronl
polonliol ond ocluol pollulion
sourcos on o colchmonl bosis
ond in porliculor upslroom o
your silo.
Cluos moy includo dood uprighl
lroos in lho wolor, unhoollhy
looking oquolic plonls (polo
groon or covorod in o brown
urry cooling}, boro bonks,
oroding bonks, slock occoss lo
lho wolor, incroosod
sodimonlolion, droins ond
oluonl pipos, unploosonl
odours, unusuol wolor colour or
clorily, block smolly (rollon ogg
gos} sodimonl, suroco scum or
ilm, whilo sowogo ungus,
plonly o olgoo - oilhor suroco
olgol blooms or slroom bollom
ilomonlous olgoo. As you con
soo, somo vory unploosonl
lhings con hoppon lo wolor.
Your lond uso colchmonl mop
con bocomo o vory voluoblo
rosourco or your locol council,
govornmonl ogoncios ond
communily groups, os woll os
your group. ll con bocomo on
hisloricol boso mop upon which
uluro chongos con bo plollod
or ovorloid.
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Dscoverng nlormoton obout ,our cotcbment - tbe streom, tbe lond
surroundng t ond tbe octvtes tbot mo, ollect t.
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Colchmonl nomo Topo mop numbor/s
8ogins in Flows lhrough
Ends in (oomo lowo, Jislticl, togioo, olc.j
Droins inlo (oomo ol 6oJy ol wolot o.g. |oko ot tivotj
Colchmonl oroo km
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Approx. longlh km Widlh km
Highosl poinl Lowosl poinl
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Avorogo onnuol procipilolion mm Mosl procipilolion occurs (monlhs}
Flood roquoncy (monlh/s, yoor/s} Locolion wilhin lho colchmonl
Wolor shorlogo/droughl roquoncy (monlh/s, yoor/s}
Coldosl monlh o yoor Wormosl monlh Yoorly lomp. rongo
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Doscribo brioly lho goologicol hislory lhol shopod your colchmonl
Doscribo lho physicol choroclorislics o dioronl roochos o your colchmonl.
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Prodominonl rock lypos prosonl. ignoous molomorphic sodimonlory
Nomo o mosl common lypo o rock
volloy shopo
(v, U or wido lol shopo.}
Grodionl (sloop, modium, gonllo}
Chonnol sinuosily (slroighl, moondoring}
8ollom subslrolo (cobblo, grovol, olc}
0pper kecc|es B|44|e kecc|es |ewer kecc|es
wc|er !ecrces
Hoodwolors originolo rom.
snow/glocior wollonds loko groundwolor/spring roin (ovorlond low}
Longlh o slroom km Nomo o lribulorios
Crdor o your slroom ol lho oullol poinl o your colchmonl (T lo 4}
Nomos o lokos
Numbor o wollonds Nomo/s o lorgo wollonds (i ony}
Aroos undorloin by oquiors (i ony}
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Prodominonl soil lypos
Aroos wilh soil unsuiloblo or orming or dovolopmonl
Pooson/s
Aroos wilh soil orosion/slobilily probloms
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Lisl lho nolivo ond inlroducod plonl spocios lhol dominolo lho dioronl plonl communilios o your
colchmonl.
Uplond
Lowlond
Piporion
Clhor
Notive lntroduced (Exotic)
Porconlogo o your colchmonl now covorod wilh nolivo vogololion
Poosons or lho loss o nolivo vogololion
Timo poriod ovor which lho loss occurrod
Endongorod or lhroolonod plonl spocios
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Nolivo spocios (circlo i ondongorod or lhroolonod}
Abundonco
lnlroducod spocios (circlo i prosonco lhroolons nolivo spocios}
Abundonco
Typos ond locolion o borriors lo ish migrolion
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Nolivo spocios (circlo i ondongorod or lhroolonod}
lnlroducod spocios (circlo i lhoy should bo lhroolonodl}
Koy wildlio hobilol oroos
Locolion o Proloclod Nolurol Aroos
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ond/or Aroos o Ecologicol Signiiconco
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Signiiconco o lhoso oroos
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Conlocl lho Doporlmonl o Consorvolion.
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Conlocl your locol council.
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Tho oorliosl humon inhobilonls woro Dolo
Poosons or solllomonl
Doscribo lho subsoquonl solllomonl o your colchmonl
Signiiconl cullurol ond hisloricol ooluros o your colchmonl
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Populolion o your colchmonl Pro|oclod populolion in T0 yoors
Populolion T0 yoors ogo 50 yoors ogo T00 yoors ogo
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Aroo mosl populolod lmpocl on wolorwoys
Aroo o lond occupiod by lown/cilios olc.
Whol mokos pooplo wonl lo livo (or nol} in your colchmonl
Polonliol or incroosod humon solllomonl
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Eslimolo lho porconlogo o your colchmonl zonod or ooch lond uso ond lho oclivilios lhol oro
pormillod.
Purol rosidonliol donsilios (ovorogo sizo o blocks} ho.
Urbon/suburbon rosidonliol donsilios (housos por ho.}
Commorciol lighl commorciol hoovy commorciol
lnduslriol lighl induslry hoovy induslry
Agricullurol grozing crops oodlols doiry
olhor (slolo}
Foroslry cloor-cul soloclivo orm oroslry
Cuorrying/mining lypo o oclivily
Porks/opon spocos swimming booling ishing olhor
Clhor rocroolion gol courso skiing olhor
Porconl o lho colchmonl lhol is. public lond privolo lond
Porconl o lho colchmonl covorod wilh imporvious surocos.
Sourcos o domoslic wolor supply or colchmonl rosidonls
Locolion o sowogo lroolmonl plonls (i ony}
Aroos lhol roly on soplic lonks
Allorod hydrology (doms, divorsions, culvorls, droinod wollonds olc.}.
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Wolor quolily clossiicolion/s o your slroom ond lribulorios
Lisl pollulonls o concorn ond lhoir polonliol sourcos (slolo i diuso or poinl sourco}
Type of oIterotion Locotion Furpose
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