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The 1956 Murray River flood involved the rising of waters in the Murray River and flooding of many towns in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.The flood was and still is considered the biggest flood in the recorded history of the Murray and described as "the greatest catastrophe in South Australia's history", [1] although few lives were lost.
It was listed on 21 October 2002 as Ramsar site 1221. It lies in the Riverland region of south-eastern South Australia and is adjacent to the Murray River. It is a floodplain wetland subject to an ongoing environmental restoration program by a commercial organisation which manages the wetlands and promotes ecologically sustainable land
Floodplain restoration is the process of fully or partially restoring a river's floodplain to its original conditions before having been affected by the construction of levees (dikes) and the draining of wetlands and marshes.
In Tasmania, the Mersey River, Meander River and Macquarie River saw water levels reach major flood levels. [10] With the exception of the Maribyrnong River, the aforementioned Victoria and NSW rivers flow into the Murray River, which caused flooding downstream in North-Western Victoria and South Australia in November and December, and into ...
The Hidden Valley floodplain restoration project is adjacent to a restored section of Dos Rios, in the foreground, west of Modesto, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. The nonprofit River Partners is ...
Reasons to be Cheerful reports on floodplain restoration in California's Central Valley as climate change intensifies both flooding and drought.
State money contributes to Whitesboro floodplain program. Home & Garden. Medicare
The restoration effort is expected to take at least 100 years. [6] Planning for the decommissioning began in 2004 [ 7 ] and work started in 2009. [ 8 ] Decommissioning the lake was expected to allow the rebalancing of 44 gigalitres of water per year to the Broken, Goulburn , Snowy and Murray rivers and irrigation network, with environmental and ...