Murrumbidgee River

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The Murrumbidgee River is a major inland river in southeastern Australia that flows through New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory before joining the Murray River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf inland river
river
basinCountry Australia
continent Australia
country Australia
crossedBy Hume Highway
Sturt Highway
ecoregion Murray–Darling Depression bioregion
surface form: Murray–Darling Depression

South Eastern Highlands
flowsThrough Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context)
surface form: Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales
hasProtectedArea Murrumbidgee Valley National Park
Murrumbidgee Valley National Park
surface form: Murrumbidgee Valley Nature Reserve
hasReservoir Blowering Dam
Burrinjuck Dam
hasTributary Goodradigbee River
Lachlan River
Molonglo River
Queanbeyan River
Tumut River
languageOfName Wiradjuri language
length approximately 1485 kilometres
locatedIn southeastern Australia
majorCityOnRiver Canberra
majorUseRegion Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
mouthLocation New South Wales
near Boundary Bend
near Victoria–New South Wales border
mouthOf Murray River
namedBy European settlers
partOf Murray–Darling Basin
surface form: Murray–Darling basin
passesNear Hay
Narrandera
Wagga Wagga
passesThrough Canberra
region Riverina
riverSystem Murray–Darling Basin
surface form: Murray–Darling river system
sourceLocation New South Wales
Snowy Mountains
sourceRegion Kosciuszko National Park
traditionalOwners Ngunnawal people
Wiradjuri people
tributaryOf Murray River
usedFor hydroelectric power
irrigation
recreation
water supply

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Australian Alps majorRiverSource Murrumbidgee River
Lost River drainsTo Murrumbidgee River
this entity surface form: Murrumbidgee River (indirectly)
Great Cumbung Swamp locatedAtEndOf Murrumbidgee River
Great Cumbung Swamp formedByConfluenceOf Murrumbidgee River
Brindabella Range drainageBasin Murrumbidgee River
Prince Alfred Bridge associatedWithPlace Murrumbidgee River
Burrinjuck Dam locatedOnRiver Murrumbidgee River
Burrinjuck Dam impounds Murrumbidgee River
Coleambally Irrigation Area waterSource Murrumbidgee River
Ginninderra Creek dams watercourseFlowsTo Murrumbidgee River
Narrandera Shire isLocatedOn Murrumbidgee River
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area namedAfter Murrumbidgee River
Murrumbidgee River at Hay partOf Murrumbidgee River
Adelong nearbyWatercourse Murrumbidgee River
Murrumbidgee Council namedAfter Murrumbidgee River
Carrathool locatedOnRiver Murrumbidgee River
Canberra reach of Murrumbidgee River partOf Murrumbidgee River
Murrumbidgee River headwaters partOf Murrumbidgee River
Murrumbidgee River headwaters upstreamFrom Murrumbidgee River
this entity surface form: Murrumbidgee River in the Australian Capital Territory
Tharwa locatedNear Murrumbidgee River
Tantangara Dam locatedOnRiver Murrumbidgee River
Gudgenby River mouthOf Murrumbidgee River
Carrathool Shire crossedByRiver Murrumbidgee River