Murrumbidgee River

Murrumbidgee River
River, southeastern New South Wales, Australia.

The major right-bank tributary of the Murray River, it flows west from the Great Dividing Range near Canberra to join the Murray 140 mi (224 km) from the Victoria border; it is 980 mi (1,578 km) long. Small vessels can navigate it for about 500 mi (800 km) in the rainy season. The Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area involves more than 1,000 sq mi (2,600 sq km) of farmland and supports livestock pastures, grapes, citrus fruits, wheat, cotton, and rice.

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      major right-bank tributary of the Murray River, rising on the western slope of the Eastern Highlands (20 mi [32 km] north of Kiandra), in southeastern New South Wales, Australia. It flows at first southeastward and then, after a remarkable fishhook bend, directly northward through the Australian Capital Territory. At Yass it trends westward, being joined by the Lachlan between Maude and Balranald, and enters the Murray 140 mi from the Victoria border, after a course of 1,050 mi (1,690 km). Seen at its junction with the Hume by Charles Sturt (Sturt, Charles) (1829–30), and traversed (1836) in much of its course by Major Mitchell, the river, whose Aboriginal name means “big water,” or “overflowing,” is among the westernmost perennial streams of Australia.

      The river's drainage basin occupies 32,440 sq mi (84,020 sq km), and the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, roughly around the mid-course and its adjoining plains, is a highly organized and productive undertaking involving more than 1,000 sq mi of farmland. Established in 1912, the irrigation (irrigation and drainage) project was expanded to include the resettlement of former soldiers after World War I. It supports livestock pastures, grapes, citrus fruits, wheat, and cotton, and its rice yields are among the world's highest. Chief sources of irrigation water are the Burrinjuck and Berembed reservoirs. Water is also diverted across the divide into the Murrumbidgee's headstreams as part of the complex Snowy Mountains irrigation–hydroelectric development scheme. Important valley towns include Canberra (the federal capital), Yass, Wagga Wagga, Narrandera, Hay, and Balranald.

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