Murray River
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Murray River | |
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Cliffs along the Murray River, near Younghusband, South Australia, with a houseboat on the right and an Australian pelican in the foreground | |
Origin | Snowy Mountains[1] |
Mouth | Goolwa, South Australia |
Basin countries | Australia |
Length | 2,575 km (1,600 mi) |
Avg. discharge | 767 m³/s |
Basin area | 1,061,469 km² |
The Murray River is the largest river in Australia. It starts high in the Snowy Mountains and flows mainly west until it gets to the sea near Goolwa, South Australia. For much of its length it forms the boundary between Victoria and New South Wales. Other rivers join the Murray, the Darling River, the Lachlan River, the Murrumbidgee River and the Goulburn River.
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- ↑ GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT. Retrieved on 12 June 2008.