The Norman Creek Catchment Area
This map shows the Norman Creek catchment area.
What is a catchment?
Everyone lives in a catchment
A catchment is an area of land surrounded by natural features, such as hills, from which all water flows to a common low point, such as a creek, lake, river or bay.
Brisbane has 38 major creek catchments and more than 630 kilometres of waterways. As rain falls in a catchment, water flowing over the landscape can pick up and carry litter, soil, chemicals and other pollutants with it on its way to the local waterway.
The health of Brisbane’s waterways has been impacted by land use changes in their catchments, flood mitigation works and invasion by exotic plants and animals. Many now bear little resemblance to their ‘original’ state. Across Brisbane large numbers of community volunteers have formed groups committed to protect and restore the environmental values of their local catchments and creeks.
What is a catchment?
Everyone lives in a catchment
A catchment is an area of land surrounded by natural features, such as hills, from which all water flows to a common low point, such as a creek, lake, river or bay.
Brisbane has 38 major creek catchments and more than 630 kilometres of waterways. As rain falls in a catchment, water flowing over the landscape can pick up and carry litter, soil, chemicals and other pollutants with it on its way to the local waterway.
The health of Brisbane’s waterways has been impacted by land use changes in their catchments, flood mitigation works and invasion by exotic plants and animals. Many now bear little resemblance to their ‘original’ state. Across Brisbane large numbers of community volunteers have formed groups committed to protect and restore the environmental values of their local catchments and creeks.