Soil erosion is filling vital inland river waterholes, putting the squeeze on fish, turtles and crayfish

  • Written by: John Tibby, Associate Professor in Environmental Change, University of Adelaide
Soil erosion is filling vital inland river waterholes, putting the squeeze on fish, turtles and crayfishJohn Tibby, Author provided

During droughts, Australia’s inland rivers dry up, leaving waterholes as the only wet places in a parched landscape. Fish, turtles, crayfish and other aquatic animals retreat to these vital refuges.

But our research, published today, reveals these waterholes are in danger of filling up with eroded soil from farms....

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