Murray River

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river

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.

Aliases (2)

Lower Murray River ×1
Murray River valley ×1

Statements (59)

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	River Murray NERFINISHED →
hasDam	Dartmouth Dam → Hume Dam →
hasHistoricUse	paddle steamers → timber transport → wool transport →
hasTributary	Darling River NERFINISHED → Edward River → Goulburn River → Lachlan River NERFINISHED → Murrumbidgee River NERFINISHED → Ovens River NERFINISHED →
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 →
sourceLocation	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 →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albury → Echuca → Mildura → Moama → Murray Irrigation Area → Swan Hill → Wentworth → Wodonga →	locatedOnRiver
Eastern Australia → Mildura →	hasRiver
Darling River (part) → Murrumbidgee River →	tributaryOf
Murray–Darling Basin →	containsRiver
Sturt Highway →	crossesRiver
Sunraysia region →	followsRiver
Sunraysia region →	hasIrrigationSource
Wentworth →	locatedAtConfluenceOf
Albury ("Murray River valley") →	locatedInValley
Murrumbidgee River →	mouthLocation
Murrumbidgee River →	mouthOfWatercourse
Ngarrindjeri people ("Lower Murray River") →	traditionalCustodiansOf
Yorta Yorta people →	traditionalTerritoryFeature