Salt of the Earth
by Rodney Campbell on Nov.07, 2019, under Life, Photography
Salinity refers to the concentrations of salt in water or soils
Soil salinity and dryland salinity are two problems degrading the environment of Australia
We were on our way inland to stay at my uncles place in a small farming town in the wheat belt of regional Western Australia
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Western Australia is the state most affected by salinity with nearly 7,000 farms and almost 2 million hectares of agricultural land showing signs of salinity. Some so badly salinised land unable to be used for production
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From the air it is spectacularly pretty but down below it’s devastating for the land
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