Murray-Darling Basin

Total Drainage Area: 1,061,469 km² (409,835 sq miles)

Australia's agricultural food bowl, subject to extreme climatic drought and flood cycles.

Rivers in this Catchment (1)

Transboundary 2,508 km

Semi-Arid Lowland River Verified

Murray River

Millewa, Tongala

Australia's longest standalone river, draining the western slopes of the Snowy Mountains across the semi-arid interior.

Length

2,508 km

Drainage Basin

Murray-Darling Basin

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