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The Murray–Darling Basin is a large geographical area in the interior of southeastern Australia, encompassing the drainage basin of the tributaries of the Murray River, Australia's longest river, and the Darling River, a right tributary of the Murray and Australia's third-longest river. The Basin, which includes six of Australia's seven ...
Billabong Creek. / 35.09222°S 144.03333°E / -35.09222; 144.03333. The Billabong Creek, a partly perennial stream [ 1] of the Murray River catchment within the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia . At 320 kilometres (200 mi) (with some estimates ranging up to 596 kilometres (370 mi) [ 4 ...
The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) [note 1] (Ngarrindjeri: Millewa, Yorta Yorta: Dhungala[2] (Tongala)) [3] is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at 2,508 km (1,558 mi) extent. [4] Its tributaries include five of the next six longest rivers of Australia (the Murrumbidgee, Darling, Lachlan ...
The Murrumbidgee River (/ m ʌr ə m ˈ b ɪ dʒ i / [6]) is a major tributary of the Murray River within the Murray–Darling basin and the second longest river in Australia.It flows through the Australian state of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, descending 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) over 1,485 kilometres (923 mi), [2] generally in a west-northwesterly direction from the ...
Great Darling Anabranch. The Great Darling Anabranch in flood, December 2010. The Great Darling Anabranch, commonly called the Darling Anabranch, is an anabranch and ancestral path of the Darling River in the lower Murray-Darling basin in the Far West and Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia.
Culgoa River, Warrego River, Paroo River. The Darling River (Paakantyi: Baaka or Barka) is the third-longest river in Australia, measuring 1,472 kilometres (915 mi) from its source in northern New South Wales to its confluence with the Murray River at Wentworth. Including its longest contiguous tributaries it is 2,844 km (1,767 mi) long, making ...
The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) is the principal government agency in charge of managing the Murray–Darling Basin in an integrated and sustainable manner. The MDBA is an independent statutory agency that manages, in conjunction with the Basin states, the Murray–Darling basin's water resources in the national interest.
The Oaklands Basin is in the south of the state under the Murray Basin. The Darling Basin is in the state's west, but mostly covered by the Murray Basin. Gilgandra Sub-Basin and Paka Tank Trough are potential places for coal and gas. [2]