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Murray-Darling Basin – River Management

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Key Questions

Where is the Murray-Darling basin located?

What is the climate like in the Murray-Darling basin?

Why is the basin important for agriculture?

What impact does agriculture have on the basin?

What strategies can farmers in the basin implement to make their water use sustainable?

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What is a drainage basin?

A drainage basin is the term used to describe the area that is drained by a river and its tributaries.A drainage basin is made up of several components shown in the diagram.

Precipitation that falls within the basin is transported to the sea by the rivers.

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What is a drainage basin?

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Where is the Murray-Darling basin?

The Murray-Darling basin is located in south-eastern Australia.

The basin covers 14% of the continent and has over 77,000km of rivers.

It is named aftertwo rivers that flowthrough the area:the Darlingand the Murray.

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Where is the Murray-Darling basin?