Darling River

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river

The Darling River is one of Australia’s major inland rivers, flowing through New South Wales and forming part of the Murray–Darling Basin, a crucial agricultural and ecological region.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Barwon–Darling river system 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Baaka ⓘ
associatedWith Barkindji people ⓘ
basinSizeApproxSqKm 1160000 ⓘ
confluenceWith Murray River NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
ecologicalRole supports floodplain ecosystems ⓘ
supports native fish species ⓘ
supports waterbirds ⓘ
supports wetlands ⓘ
environmentalIssue fish kills ⓘ
reduced flows due to water extraction ⓘ
salinity ⓘ
flowsThrough Bourke ⓘ
Menindee ⓘ
Pooncarie ⓘ
Wentworth ⓘ
Wilcannia ⓘ
historicalUse inland navigation in the 19th century ⓘ
transport of wool by paddle steamers ⓘ
importance key component of Australian agriculture ⓘ
major inland river of Australia ⓘ
significant ecological corridor ⓘ
knownFor blue-green algal blooms ⓘ
high flow variability ⓘ
periodic droughts ⓘ
lengthApproxKm 1472 ⓘ
locatedIn New South Wales ⓘ
mouth Murray River NERFINISHED ⓘ
mouthLocation Wentworth, New South Wales ⓘ
namedAfter Ralph Darling ⓘ
nameEtymology named for Governor Ralph Darling of New South Wales ⓘ
partOf Murray–Darling Basin ⓘ
passesThrough semi-arid regions ⓘ
region inland southeastern Australia ⓘ
riverSystem Murray–Darling Basin ⓘ
surface form: Murray–Darling river system
tributary Barwon River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bogan River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Culgoa River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macquarie River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Namoi River ⓘ
Paroo River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Warrego River NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor domestic water supply ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
stock watering ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Murray–Darling Basin → containsRiver → Darling River ⓘ
Namoi River catchment → drainsInto → Darling River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barwon–Darling river system
eastern Australia → hasRiver → Darling River ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Australia
Wentworth → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Darling River ⓘ
Wentworth → locatedOnRiver → Darling River ⓘ
Darling River (part) → partOf → Darling River ⓘ
Macintyre River basin → riverSystem → Darling River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barwon–Darling river system