The Murray–Darling Basin Fitzroy Ri ver er Riv oa og r er N ve Riv i lice R A ie z n e k c a M r e v i Springsure R Barcoo R n ive o r s Blackall m o h T Tambo Carnarvon N.P. Bundaberg B Hervey Bay r u e rn v e i r tt River R e iv e R r v e i o v g i N e Taroom R r r Gayndah o a r k l W e e g iv e r R 0 r 50 100 n Da n e Augathella wso C a v A r i e L u p R b oo ur C d n River r N Kilometres a Legend W Chesterton Range N.P. Charleville State border Produced by the Murray–Darling Basin Authority Mitchell Kingaroy Roma Maroochydore Quilpie Morven Highway (MDBA), Canberra (2017). Cheepie Miles Data acquired from the following sources: River/creek ine River Chinchilla B ndam r Co is b River/creek outside MDB State borders, roads, towns, national parks: a k n e e r e M Condamine r r Geoscience Australia e e R City Town/city outside MDB a v v C i i i v r R l Dalby e R a e (pop. ≥30,000) a n r n n Major water storage Rivers/creeks/streams/reservoirs/lakes/locks: o h o o l o c a Surat l l a e B u City/town Geoscience Australia e R Wetland or natural lake B B Wyandra i v Tara (pop. 10,000–29,999) e Ramsar wetland Weirs, salt interception schemes: MDBA r Gatton Brisbane Town Reserve/park/forest Basin boundaries: Dept Environment QUEENSLAND (pop. 1,000–9,999) Irrigation areas (indicative)* Toowoomba Geographical coordinates, DATUM: GDA 1994 Thrushton iver Township National nie R Snowy Mountains area ek Park oo Cooper Cre k M r Moonie (pop. ≤999) Ramsar sites: Dept Environment e Beardmore Reservoir ve Millmerran Thargomindah e Ri Lock and/or weir r St George r C Bollon i e r W Allora Snowy Mountains area: CSIRO e e n Tweed Heads- Salt interception scheme i iv b Jack Taylor Weir R e Cunnamulla k e Coolangatta N n e n e o * Combines data provided by the states to give a picture of irrigation districts in Australia. The dataset does r l Warwick C a B Inglewood a not show actual on-ground irrigation but rather administrative boundaries for irrigation. The definitions of l a l l Goondiwindi a Coolmunda Reservoir irrigation districts for each state differ and as a result boundaries are larger or grouped in some states. g k n e u r Stanthorpe e Currawinya N.P. ve r i Currawinya Lakes M R ) C a D o cintyre River QL i r lg Dirranbandi Ma D ( k e u u er c iv C ma iv Lismore le Hungerford R Culgoa N.P. re Texas R e o sq rn iz ro e t a R v S P iv e LENGTH OF MAJOR RIVERS IN THE MURRAY–DARLING BASIN (Not to map scale) Mungindi er S Goodooga Tenterfield Torrington State MURRAY 2,508 km er iv Gwydir R Recreation Area R iver Pindari Reservoir C DARLING 1,545 km ie ver la rr Ri Lightning Ridge Se r r i n Moree vern e ve B r ra Riv nc MURRUMBIDGEE 1,485 km i Enngonia e ar er (N e R iv N SW) River go R Warialda e ra LACHLAN 1,339 km rr a Me a kh hi River W Bo M CONDAMINE-CULGOA 1,195 km ac Wanaaring Narran Lake int Glen Innes Grafton er yre Nocoleche Narran Lakes iv Inverell Ri MACQUARIE 1,076 km R ver Nature on Reserve arw Copeton Reservoir WARREGO 830 km Bourke Weir B Walgett r e iv R BARWON 700 km Bourke Brewarrina Wee Waa Mann Na Bundarra Coffs Harbour NAMOI 700 km moi River Mt. Kaputar N.P. PAROO 640 km Narrabri Armidale BOGAN 600 km Gundabooka N.P. Louth Byrock Pilliga West Uralla GOULBURN 560 km State Forest Split Rock k Manilla Reservoir Paroo–Darling e GWYDIR 560 km National Park e Macquarie Marshes r Pilliga C White Cliffs er Nature Keepit Reservoir Maclea CASTLEREAGH 550 km iv s y R g R M Coonamble Reserve x ive n o rli a r a c C LODDON 390 km D q Paroo–Darling u a Tamworth State Conservation Area r i Gunnedah WIMMERA 290 km e Coonabarabran Chaffey Reservoir R i v Warrambungle e Gulargambone N.P. Port Macquarie r C a Cobar s Werris Creek Wilcannia t Nyngan le re Warren ag h R iver Coolah er iv Coolbaggie Goonoo er R M gar Riv r annin Nature State lbra te g Riv Broken Hill Ta n er Reserve Forest u Dubbo H Menindee Main Weir Tottenham B og Dunedoo an G Muswellbrook R Narromine oulburn River iv Menindee er Lakes Menindee Burrendong NEW SOUTH WALES Tullamore Reservoir Port Augusta Weir 32 Wellington Mudgee Kinchega N.P. IE H unt Windamere er R Goobang N.P. iv Yathong Reservoir er ch ran State Forest Round Hill ab Nature Reserve Rylstone Newcastle Peterborough An Ivanhoe g r in ive Condobolin SOUTH rl n R a Willandra la D Creek ch Port Pirie t La a e Lake Cargelligo Parkes Danggali r Portland G Conservation Pooncarie Lake Cargelligo Forbes Orange bury R kes iver AUSTRALIA Park aw H Lake Brewster Lithgow er Bathurst iv Hillston R ng Willandra Lakes region Lake Cowal Carcoar Reservoir Burra rli Da Mungo N.P. Grenfell Cowra Oberon Sydney Goolgowi Clare Booligal B Morgan Lock 6 la Riverland West Wyalong n Wyangala Reservoir R Lake Victoria d ive y Lock 5 Wentworth C r Murra Lock 9 Cocoparra N.P. r e r Lock 3 Lock 7 Great Cumbung e e Mildura k iv Wollongong Lock 2 Lock 8 Lock 10 Mallee Cliffs N.P. Swamp Griffith R ly Banrock Station il Renmark Lock 11 d M n Barmera Lock 4 urrum Crookwell o bidge ll Blanchetown e Riv o Murray River N.P. er Hanwood Young Lock 1 Robinvale W Gawler Fivebough– Loxton Balranald Tuckerbil Temora Boorowa Swan Reach Lock 15 Hay Goulburn Australia’s three longest rivers Hattah– Leeton Kulkyne Cootamundra Murray Sunset N.P. Lakes River Nowra run through the Basin. However, Billiat Conservation Mu Adelaide Mannum Hattah Hattah Lakes rra Oolambeyan N.P. Narrandera Park y Yanga N.P. Hattah-Kulkyne N.P. Yass in the driest inhabited continent on k Wagga Wagga Murray Bridge Moulamein ree N Bi C Lake earth, less than 6% of rainfall makes iem llab nco Gundagai er Karoonda Ouyen ur ong Ya Burrinjuck George iv Tooleybuc Riv Cre Lockhart R Lake er Werai Forest ek Reservoir n Pinnaroo E ve it into these slow flowing rivers. The Alexandrina dw Tumut Brindabella N.P. a ar lh d R Canberra a W iv T o Murray–Darling system carries one of Swan Hill e u h Clayton Tailem Bend Murrayville a r S Lower Lakes and k Bi m Blowering ool Jerilderie llabo Coorong Ri n u Goolwa Sea Lake ver Deniliquin g Reservoir Ginini the world’s smallest flow volumes for its C Henty t ACT Lake Albert re Flats Barrages ek R T Finley i Tinderry Murray Mouth Big Desert Wyperfeld N.P. Kerang upp v Batemans Bay Barham al e Nature Meningie Wilderness Hopetoun Wetlands Koondrook–Perricoota Cree size — many creeks and wetlands receiving k r Namadgi N.P. Reserve The Coorong Park Forest Millewa Forest Tumbarumba Gunbower Talbingo Lake Albacutya Torrumbarry Weir Kerang Forest R Tocumwal Reservoir water only in times of above-average rainfall. ive r M Lake Mulwala River Murray ur Barmah Forest Cabramurra For comparison, the average yearly flow of the Keith ray Albury Maragle State Forest Lake Hindmarsh Kow Swamp Yarrawonga Weir Corowa Hume Reservoir Adaminaby River Murray is less than the daily flow of Brazil’s L Echuca Gou Broken Cr Khancoban o lb Lake Buloke urn eek Wodonga Nhill d Riv Amazon river. d er M Kosciuszko Cooma o Wangaratta O i N.P. Donald r n v tt e Shepparton e a Bordertown A R ns M iv v r R K itt Blue Lake o i e i a R c v iv e R n a e iv B er iv Little Desert N.P. r ro w er The Basin has significant social, economic and o R R ke s i n Winton Wetlands a Horsham Avo v Bega d n R er e R R Dartmouth r iv p iv a e Benalla i r Bendigo s Waranga Basin e v h r Reservoir environmental value. More than two million a e c i p Mt. Buffalo N.P. r Alpine N.P. R m Snow Cairn a y Kingston SE Wimme Lake Nillahcootie Bright Rive people live there, including people from many C r ra R Curran ive Eppalock r Reservoir Reservoir Seymour Aboriginal Nations whose spiritual connection to the Maryborough Goulbur Mansfield Alpine N.P. Omeo Eden n Ri Halls Gap Tullaroop ver Eildon Reservoir environment dates back tens of thousands of years. Reservoir iver Grampians N.P. nelg R The Basin is Australia’s most important agricultural Gle Kinglake N.P. Lake Eildon N.P. Mi tch Ararat el region and produces around one-third of our food l R Sunbury i r ve e r iv Ballarat and billions of dollars for the national economy.