Updated: 27 Jul 2004

Australian Surface Water Management Areas (ASWMA) 2000

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The product is a digital representation of the boundaries and names of Surface Water Management Areas defined by State and Territory water management agencies for use in national water resources reporting.

Surface Water Management Areas generally correspond to Australia's River Basin boundaries, however in some States and Territories the Areas are a sub-set or a major part of Australia's River Basins.

The dataset is produced by the National Land and Water Resources Audit (NLWRA) and distributed by Geoscience Australia. The Data is suitable for GIS applications.

Product Specifications

Coverage: Australia.

Currency: November 2000

Coordinates: Geographical

Datum: GDA94

Format: ArcInfo Export, ArcView Shapefile and MapInfo mid/mif

Medium: Free online and CD-ROM (fee applies)