MDBA's Dr Peta Derham says 1100 kms of the Darling River between Wilcannia and Walgett in NSW has been mapped in an effort to better understand the river system.

Low precipitation has the continent resulting in the “least river water, the lowest runoff, and the smallest area of permanent wetlands on the planet. Major water sources such as drainage basins are ...

They looked at 27 indicators assessing the Indigenous, economic, and social impact of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan as well as compliance activity between 1980 and 2023.

TOMAH, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES, April 23, 2024 /EINPresswire / -- Delving into the heart of Australia's iconic Murray and Darling Rivers, author Anne Jensen unveils the secrets of nature's ...

In the Murray-Darling Basin, irrigators — who use about 80 percent of the extracted water — were the big winners of the changes made between 2010 and 2012. This has been a pattern in the basin.

Floodplain vegetation has been damaged, the river channel has been re-engineered, and pest plants and animals have been introduced. The Murray-Darling Basin Plan was established in 2012.

$24 billion Size of the basin’s agricultural industry. 46Native fish species that live in the Murray-Darling river system. 2,750 gigalitersWater that the Murray-Darling Basin Plan originally hoped to ...

The groundwater on the left is divided up into several more catchment areas than the surface water on the right. By comparing the MCE of the Murray-Darling Basin, a lot of groundwater will be affected ...

The next step is to fix the land, not just the flows Published: July 24, 2025 3:03am EDT Having plenty of native vegetation on river banks is important for river health. Geoff Reid, One Basin CRC ...

The aim of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan (MDBP) is to keep enough water in the system to improve the environment, predominantly through water licence buybacks and upgrading infrastructure such as ...