River
Murray–Darling
Australia’s principal river system and the subject of the most ambitious water reallocation programme attempted anywhere — the Basin Plan, which buys back water entitlements to restore environmental flows.
Key facts
- Length
- approximately 3,700 km (combined)
- Basin area
- approximately 1.06 million km²
- Share of Australian irrigated agriculture
- around 40%
Relationships
- Located in: Australia
Related intelligence
Sources
- World Wildlife Fund / McGill University — HydroSHEDS / HydroRIVERS / HydroLAKES / HydroBASINS. Open — attribution required · CC BY 4.0
- Global Water System Project — Global Reservoir and Dam Database. Open — attribution required · CC BY 4.0
- Peer-reviewed scientific literature — Open-access hydrology, water chemistry and water use research. Public but restricted · Publisher terms — public access, reuse not clearly granted