Land+Use

Land Use
Look at the satellite picture of Victoria's land use:

Compare the categories of land use on the map with the 3 main land uses you have notes on in your book. What extra categories would you like to add? Discuss the difference between intensive farming and extensive farming. Take notes in your book. What are examples of each? What type of farming do we have locally?

Look at the website on this PDF file: Scroll down to table 1. 1. What percentages of Australian land use is Nature Conservation? 2. How does this compare to mining? 3. What things might you expect under the heading of urban intensive uses? 4. What type of farming takes the most land in Australia? 5. How much land in Australia is irrigated?

Writing task
Describe the land use of the Kyabram District(max 100 words).