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Murray River

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Murray River
A river of southeast Australia rising in the Australian Alps and flowing about 2,589 km (1,609 mi) northwest then south to an arm of the Indian Ocean south of Adelaide.
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Noun1.Murray River - a southeast Australian riverMurray River - a southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at Adelaide
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Australia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
Australia - the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean
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The assessment of the Murray-Darling Basin -- known as the "food basket" of Australia because of its high level of farming -- found that water flowing to the mouth of the Murray River had dropped from more than 12,000 gigalitres a year 200 years ago to below 5,000 gigalitres.
Water resources dwindling in Australia's 'food basket': report by AFP / AFP Global Edition
The Victorian Government now has strong recommendations before it to protect an additional 100,000 hectares of river red gum forest along the Murray River system, expand our national park system and create genuine partnerships with indigenous communities to manage areas like the Barmah Forest--the largest red gum forest on Earth.
Healthy ecosystems campaign by Sinclair, Paul / Habitat Australia
The Murray-Darling Basin Commission, which monitors the east coast region that accounts for some 40 percent of the nation's farming production, said the level of water entering the Murray River was at a record low.
Grim prospects for Australian river system as drought bites:official by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
 
 
 
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