Northern Basin (Murray–Darling Basin)
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The Northern Basin of the Murray–Darling Basin is the upstream, predominantly semi-arid portion of the basin system in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, encompassing several major river catchments that contribute to the Darling River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northern Basin (Murray–Darling Basin) canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | river basin subregion ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| contains |
Darling River
ⓘ
surface form:
Barwon–Darling River system
Border Rivers catchment ⓘ Condamine–Balonne River ⓘ
surface form:
Condamine–Balonne River catchment
Gwydir River ⓘ
surface form:
Gwydir River catchment
Macintyre River basin ⓘ
surface form:
Macintyre River catchment
Namoi River catchment ⓘ tributaries of the Darling River ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| drainsTo | Darling River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy |
state water management legislation of New South Wales
ⓘ
state water management legislation of Queensland ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
episodic flooding
ⓘ
high evaporation rates ⓘ high inter-annual flow variability ⓘ |
| hasComponent | Northern Basin Review area ⓘ |
| hasIssue |
environmental flow management
ⓘ
over-extraction of water ⓘ salinity risk ⓘ water scarcity ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
dryland cropping
ⓘ
grazing ⓘ irrigated agriculture ⓘ |
| hasPolicyContext |
Basin Plan 2012
ⓘ
surface form:
Murray–Darling Basin Plan
|
| hasUse |
cultural water for First Nations
ⓘ
environmental water ⓘ town water supply ⓘ |
| hydrologicalRegionOf | Darling River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hydrologicalRole | major contributor of flows to the Darling River ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
eastern Australia
ⓘ
Northern New South Wales ⓘ
surface form:
northern New South Wales
Southern Queensland ⓘ
surface form:
southern Queensland
|
| managedBy | Murray–Darling Basin Authority ⓘ |
| partOf | Murray–Darling Basin ⓘ |
| positionInBasin | upstream portion of Murray–Darling Basin ⓘ |
| regionType | upstream catchment complex ⓘ |
| supportsEcosystem |
floodplain woodlands
ⓘ
inland riverine wetlands ⓘ |
| supportsSpecies |
native freshwater fish
ⓘ
waterbirds ⓘ |
| traditionalOwners |
Aboriginal nations of northern New South Wales
ⓘ
Aboriginal peoples of Queensland ⓘ
surface form:
Aboriginal nations of southern Queensland
|
| waterResourceType |
groundwater
ⓘ
surface water ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.