Geography
The Murray River is the 16th longest river in the world and the third longest navigable river. It stretches an amazing 1,061,468 square kilometres and is about 14% of the total area of Australia. It flows through three states, South Australia, Victoria and New South Whales. It mostly covers New South Whales taking up three quaters (3/4) of the states land. In Victoria the river covers over one half (1/2) and in South Australia it takes up a small portion very close to the states border. The Murray River flows out to the southern ocean through South Australia. The connection between the river and the ocean is called the Murray mouth. By the Murray Mouth there are long concrete structures that stop a lot of salt entering the River. Over two million people live in the basin. It's mostly the people upstream that use the water from the basin and the over water use is putting South Australian water supplies in danger (go to current issues for more information on this topic).
The national capitol Canberra ia located along the Murray Darling Basin along with many other Australian major inland centres. Including Toowoomba, Bendigo, Tamworth, Orange, Wagga Wagga and Shepparton. Over two million people live on the Basin.
The three longest rivers all run through the Murray-Darling Basin. These are:
The Darling River, the River Murray and the Murrumbidgee River.
The Basin is a major producer of a large number or horticultural crops such as citrus, stone fruits, pome fruits, grapes and assorted vegetables. Nearly all of Australia's rice crop is grown in the Murray-Darling Basin across a total of 176,000 hectares, producing 1.6 million tonnes. The crop was valued at $348.9 million in 2001.
The national capitol Canberra ia located along the Murray Darling Basin along with many other Australian major inland centres. Including Toowoomba, Bendigo, Tamworth, Orange, Wagga Wagga and Shepparton. Over two million people live on the Basin.
The three longest rivers all run through the Murray-Darling Basin. These are:
The Darling River, the River Murray and the Murrumbidgee River.
The Basin is a major producer of a large number or horticultural crops such as citrus, stone fruits, pome fruits, grapes and assorted vegetables. Nearly all of Australia's rice crop is grown in the Murray-Darling Basin across a total of 176,000 hectares, producing 1.6 million tonnes. The crop was valued at $348.9 million in 2001.