4610.0.55.007 - Water and the Murray-Darling Basin - A Statistical Profile, 2000-01 to 2005-06  
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ABBREVIATIONS

The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this product:

'000 thousand
$m million dollars
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
ACT Australian Capital Territory
ANCID Australian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage
ANZSIC Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification
ASGC Australian Standard Geographical Classification
Aust. Australia
AWRC Australian Water Resources Council
BoM Bureau of Meteorology
BRS Bureau of Resource Sciences
CD collection district
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
DEWHA Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
excl. excluding
EC exceptional circumstances
GL gigalitre
GVAP gross value of agricultural production
GVIAP gross value of irrigated agricultural production
GWh gigawatt hour
ha hectare
incl. including
IRSD Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
kL kilolitre
km2 square kilometre
m million
MDB Murray-Darling Basin
MDBA Murray-Darling Basin Authority
MDBC Murray-Darling Basin Commission
ML megalitre
ML/ha megalitres per hectare
no. number
NHT National Heritage Trust
NRM natural resource management
NSW New South Wales
NT Northern Territory
NWC National Water Commission
NWI National Water Initiative
Qld Queensland
SA South Australia
SEEAW System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water
SLA statistical local area
t tonne
Tas. Tasmania
Vic. Victoria
WA Western Australia