Murray River

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The Murray River is Australia's longest river, forming much of the border between New South Wales and Victoria and serving as a vital waterway for agriculture, ecosystems, and communities in southeastern Australia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basinArea over 1 million square kilometres
continent Australia
country Australia
flowsDirection generally westward
flowsInto Murray Mouth
flowsThrough New South Wales
South Australia
Victoria
formsBorderBetween New South Wales
Victoria
hasAlternateName Murray River
surface form: River Murray
hasDam Dartmouth Dam
Hume Dam
hasHistoricUse paddle steamers
timber transport
wool transport
hasTributary Darling River
Edward River
Goulburn River
Lachlan River
Murrumbidgee River
Ovens River
hasWeir Locks and weirs system in South Australia
Torrumbarry Weir
importantFor First Nations communities
length about 2508 kilometres
locatedIn southeastern Australia
longestRiverIn Australia
majorCityOnRiver Albury
Echuca
Mildura
Murray Bridge
Renmark
Swan Hill
Wodonga
managedBy Murray–Darling Basin Authority
mouthLocation Lake Alexandrina
South Australia
Southern Ocean
partOf Murray–Darling Basin
surface form: Murray–Darling basin
sourceLocation Snowy Mountains
surface form: Australian Alps

near Mount Kosciuszko
subjectTo drought
salinity issues
water extraction pressures
supportsEcosystem floodplain forests
wetlands
supportsSpecies Murray cod
golden perch
waterbirds
traditionalOwnersInclude Muthi Muthi people
Ngarrindjeri people
Yorta Yorta people
usedFor agriculture
domestic water supply
inland navigation
irrigation
recreation

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Murrumbidgee River (part) mouthOfWatercourse Murray River
subject surface form: Murrumbidgee River
Murrumbidgee River (part) tributaryOf Murray River
subject surface form: Murrumbidgee River
Murrumbidgee River (part) mouthLocation Murray River
subject surface form: Murrumbidgee River
Darling River (part) tributaryOf Murray River
eastern Australia hasRiver Murray River
subject surface form: Eastern Australia
Sturt Highway crossesRiver Murray River
Albury locatedOnRiver Murray River
Albury locatedInValley Murray River
this entity surface form: Murray River valley
Wentworth locatedOnRiver Murray River
Wentworth locatedAtConfluenceOf Murray River
Echuca locatedOnRiver Murray River
Sunraysia region followsRiver Murray River
Wodonga locatedOnRiver Murray River
Ngarrindjeri people traditionalCustodiansOf Murray River
this entity surface form: Lower Murray River
Moama locatedOnRiver Murray River
Swan Hill locatedOnRiver Murray River
Mildura locatedOnRiver Murray River
Mildura hasRiver Murray River
Murray River hasAlternateName Murray River
this entity surface form: River Murray
Darling River mouth Murray River
Darling River confluenceWith Murray River
Inland New South Wales traversedBy Murray River
Snowy Hydro Scheme watercourse Murray River
Snowy Hydro Scheme divertsWaterTo Murray River
Riverina region traversedByRiver Murray River
subject surface form: Riverina
Murrumbidgee River mouthOf Murray River
Murrumbidgee River tributaryOf Murray River
southeastern Australia hasMajorRiver Murray River
subject surface form: Southeastern Australia
Charles Sturt exploredRegion Murray River
Murray namedAfter Murray River
subject surface form: Murray (New South Wales state electoral district)
Murray borderFeature Murray River
subject surface form: Murray (New South Wales state electoral district)
Victoria (Australia) containsRiver Murray River
Murraylands namedAfter Murray River
Murraylands hasMajorRiver Murray River
Murray region namedAfter Murray River
Murray region traversedBy Murray River
Murray region hasPrimaryWaterSource Murray River
Murray Mouth partOf Murray River
this entity surface form: Murray River system
Murray Mouth mouthOf Murray River
Murray Mouth isEndPointOf Murray River
Murray Mouth isSouthernTerminusOf Murray River
this entity surface form: Murray River system
Renmark locatedOnRiver Murray River
Berrigan Shire borderedBy Murray River
State of Victoria hasMajorRiver Murray River
Perry Sandhills nearRiver Murray River