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Australian Water Information Dictionary

region

(i) Spatial unit on which sub-accounts of the National Water Account are built. (ii) Region is also the name given in the National Water Account to the water accounting concept of water report entity.

This definition applies to:

• Glossary for Water status: National Water Account 2011
• Glossary for Water status: National Water Account 2012-2017

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