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Murray River

Principal river of Australia. Rising near Mount Kosciusko, in southeastern New South Wales, it flows across southeastern Australia from the Snowy Mountains to the Great Australian Bight of the Indian Ocean; it is 1,609 mi (2,589 km) long. It forms the boundary between Victoria and New South Wales and then turns south and flows into Encounter Bay through Lake Alexandrina. River shipping was important in the 19th century, but navigation practically ceased with growing competition from railways and the demand for irrigation water. The river valley is of great economic importance, fostering the production of grains, fruit, and wine as well as cattle and sheep raising.

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No references found	The assessment of the Murray-Darling Basin -- known as the "food basket" of Australia because of its high level of farming -- found that water flowing to the mouth of the Murray River had dropped from more than 12,000 gigalitres a year 200 years ago to below 5,000 gigalitres. Water resources dwindling in Australia's 'food basket': report by AFP / AFP Global Edition The Victorian Government now has strong recommendations before it to protect an additional 100,000 hectares of river red gum forest along the Murray River system, expand our national park system and create genuine partnerships with indigenous communities to manage areas like the Barmah Forest--the largest red gum forest on Earth. Healthy ecosystems campaign by Sinclair, Paul / Habitat Australia The Murray-Darling Basin Commission, which monitors the east coast region that accounts for some 40 percent of the nation's farming production, said the level of water entering the Murray River was at a record low. Grim prospects for Australian river system as drought bites:official by AFP / AFP Asian Edition	Murphree efficiency Murphree, Eger V. Murphy Murphy's Law Murphy's Law "If Murphy, Audie Murphy, Charles Francis Murphy, Frank Murphy, Gardner Murphy, Gerald Murphy, Isaac Burns Murphy, John Benjamin Murphy, Lois Barclay Murphy, Patrick V. Murphy, Robert D. Murphy, Timothy Murphy, William P. Murphy, William Parry Murphysboro Murray Murray Bay Murray code Murray County Murray Gell-Mann Murray loop test Murray River Murray Valley encephalitis Murray, Alexander Stuart Murray, George Redmayne Murray, Gilbert Murray, Henry A. Murray, James Murray, James Edward Murray, James Stuart, 1st earl of Murray, John Murray, John Courtney Murray, John, 2d earl and 1st marquess of Atholl Murray, John, 2d marquess and 1st duke of Atholl Murray, Joseph E. Murray, Lindley Murray, Lord George Murray, Philip Murray, Sean Murray, Sir James Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, Thomas Randolph, 1st earl of Murray, William murre Mürren Murres Murrieta, Joaquín	Murray County, MN Murray County, OK Murray County, Oklahoma Murray Flow Assessment Tool Murray Gel-man Murray Gel-man Murray Gell-Mann Murray Gell-Mann Murray Gell-Mann Murray Gelman Murray Gelman Murray Grey Murray Hershman & Associates, Inc. Murray High School Murray Hill Chinese School Murray Hill Medical Group Murray Hill Middle School Murray International Holdings Murray Krieger Hall Murray loop test Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations Murray Mallee Division of General Practice Murray Mallee Strategic Task Force Murray Park Yacht Club Murray Perahia Murray Performance Index Murray Regional Algal Coordinating Committee Murray Regional Development Board Murray River Murray River Performing Group Murray Spalding Movement Arts Murray State University Murray State University Amateur Radio Club Murray Symphony Orchestra Murray to Mountains Rail Trail Murray v. Curlett Murray Valley Citrus Board Murray Valley encephalitis Murray Valley encephalitis Murray Valley encephalitis Murray Valley encephalitis Murray Valley encephalitis Murray Valley encephalitis virus Murray Valley encephalitis virus Murray Valley encephalitis virus Murray Valley Fever Virus Murray Valley Private Hospital Murray Wetlands Working Group Murray, Alexander Stuart Murray, Andy Murray, Ann Murray, Archibald James Murray, Bill Murray, Charles Murray, George Redmayne Murray, Gilbert Murray, Gilbert Murray, Gilbert Murray, Henry A

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The assessment of the Murray-Darling Basin -- known as the "food basket" of Australia because of its high level of farming -- found that water flowing to the mouth of the Murray River had dropped from more than 12,000 gigalitres a year 200 years ago to below 5,000 gigalitres.

Water resources dwindling in Australia's 'food basket': report by AFP / AFP Global Edition

The Victorian Government now has strong recommendations before it to protect an additional 100,000 hectares of river red gum forest along the Murray River system, expand our national park system and create genuine partnerships with indigenous communities to manage areas like the Barmah Forest--the largest red gum forest on Earth.

Healthy ecosystems campaign by Sinclair, Paul / Habitat Australia

The Murray-Darling Basin Commission, which monitors the east coast region that accounts for some 40 percent of the nation's farming production, said the level of water entering the Murray River was at a record low.

Grim prospects for Australian river system as drought bites:official by AFP / AFP Asian Edition

Murphy, Charles Francis