Murray Irrigation Area

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The Murray Irrigation Area is a major agricultural irrigation district in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its extensive network of channels supplying water to broadacre farms.

Observed surface forms (3)


Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural region
irrigation district
country Australia
hasEconomicRole major contributor to Riverina agricultural output
hasEnvironmentalContext semi-arid climate
hasInfrastructureOwner Murray Irrigation Area self-linksurface differs
surface form: Murray Irrigation Limited
hasIrrigationInfrastructureType open channel network
pumping stations
regulators
hasIrrigationSeason summer-dominant irrigation
hasLandUse intensive irrigated agriculture
mixed farming
hasMainCrops cereals
horticultural crops
oilseeds
pasture
rice
hasPolicyContext subject to Murray–Darling Basin Plan
hasPrimaryUse broadacre farming
irrigated agriculture
hasWaterManagementIssue salinity risk
water allocation variability
waterlogging risk
hasWaterRightsSystem seasonal water allocations
tradable water entitlements
locatedIn Murray–Darling Basin
New South Wales
Riverina
locatedInState New South Wales
locatedOnRiver Murray River
managedBy Murray Irrigation Area self-linksurface differs
surface form: Murray Irrigation Limited
partOf southern Riverina irrigation schemes
regionType rural
supportsCommunity farming communities in southern Riverina
supportsIndustry beef cattle grazing
dairy farming
sheep grazing
usesWaterDeliveryMethod gravity-fed channels
on-farm channels
surface irrigation
waterSource Murray River regulated flows
Murray–Darling Basin storages

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moama agriculturalRegion Murray Irrigation Area
this entity surface form: Murray irrigation district
Murray Irrigation Area hasInfrastructureOwner Murray Irrigation Area self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Murray Irrigation Limited
Riverina hasIrrigationArea Murray Irrigation Area
Coleambally hasIrrigationScheme Murray Irrigation Area
this entity surface form: Coleambally Irrigation Area
Murray River (part) hasMajorIrrigationDistrict Murray Irrigation Area
Murray Irrigation Area managedBy Murray Irrigation Area self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Murray Irrigation Limited